Issue 22, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Symmetric vs. asymmetric squaraines as photosensitisers in mesoscopic injection solar cells: a structure–property relationship study†

Jinhyung Park,a   Claudia Barolo,*a   Frédéric Sauvage,*bc   Nadia Barbero,d   Caterina Benzi,*a   Pierluigi Quagliotto,a   Salvatore Coluccia,a   Davide Di Censo,b   Michael Grätzel,b   Md. K. Nazeeruddinb  and  Guido Viscardia  

* Corresponding authors

a Dipartimento di Chimica, NIS Centre of Excellence, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, Torino, Italy
E-mail: claudia.barolo@unito.it, caterina.benzi@unito.it
Fax: +39 011 670 7591
Tel: +39 011 670 7596

b Laboratoire de Photonique et Interfaces, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, Lausanne, Switzerland
Fax: +41 21 693 4114
Tel: +41 21 693 3178

c Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie du Solide (CNRS-UMR 7314), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 Rue Saint-Leu, F-80039 Amiens Cedex, France
E-mail: frederic.sauvage@u-picardie.fr
Fax: +33 22 82 75 90
Tel: +33 22 82 79 71

d DYEPOWER, Viale Castro Pretorio 122, 00185 Roma, Italy

Abstract

A symmetric squaraine and its related non-symmetric structure are shown to have comparable efficiencies in DSCs, but with undoubtedly advantages in the low cost and easiness of synthesis for the symmetrical structure.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC17187B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Nov 2011
Accepted
04 Jan 2012
First published
10 Jan 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 2782-2784

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Symmetric vs. asymmetric squaraines as photosensitisers in mesoscopic injection solar cells: a structure–property relationship study

J. Park, C. Barolo, F. Sauvage, N. Barbero, C. Benzi, P. Quagliotto, S. Coluccia, D. Di Censo, M. Grätzel, Md. K. Nazeeruddin and G. Viscardi, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 2782 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17187B

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