Issue 26, 2019

Towards efficient sustainable full-copper dye-sensitized solar cells

Abstract

Two new heteroleptic copper(I) sensitizers bearing 6,6′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine-4,4′-dibenzoic acid, to anchor the dye on the titania surface, and a π-delocalized 2-(R-phenyl)-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole (R = NPh2 or O-hexyl) ancillary ligand were prepared and well characterized. Their performance as dyes in DSSCs is quite similar to that of the related complex bearing 2,9-dimesityl-1,10-phenanthroline as an ancillary ligand, when using the common I/I3 redox couple or homoleptic copper complexes as electron shuttles. The experimental results along with theoretical calculations confirm the great potential of full-copper DSSCs.

Graphical abstract: Towards efficient sustainable full-copper dye-sensitized solar cells

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Feb 2019
Accepted
02 Apr 2019
First published
02 Apr 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 9703-9711

Towards efficient sustainable full-copper dye-sensitized solar cells

C. Dragonetti, M. Magni, A. Colombo, F. Fagnani, D. Roberto, F. Melchiorre, P. Biagini and S. Fantacci, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 9703 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00790C

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