Issue 9, 2012
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Energy & Environmental Science

Aggregation-free branch-type organic dye with a twisted molecular architecture for dye-sensitized solar cells†

Youhei Numata,a   Ashraful Islam,a   Han Chenb  and  Liyuan Han*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Sengen 1-2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047 Japan
E-mail: Han.Liyuan@nims.go.jp
Fax: +81 29-859-2301
Tel: +81 29-859-2305

b State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composite, Shanghai Jiatong University, Shanghai, 200240 China

Abstract

A new aggregation-free branch-type organic dye for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) is developed by means of a twisting π-conjugation strategy. In comparison with the analogue planar dye, the twisting dye shows excellent potential as a new aggregation-free organic dye for DSCs.

Graphical abstract: Aggregation-free branch-type organic dye with a twisted molecular architecture for dye-sensitized solar cells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2EE22506A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jun 2012
Accepted
16 Jul 2012
First published
16 Jul 2012

Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8548-8552

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Aggregation-free branch-type organic dye with a twisted molecular architecture for dye-sensitized solar cells

Y. Numata, A. Islam, H. Chen and L. Han, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8548 DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22506A

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