Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyran-containing organic D–π–A sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Boyang Chu; Hong Wang; Bertrand Xerri; Ka-Ho Lee; Tingbin Yang; Zilong Wang; Zhenyang Lin; Yongye Liang; Carlo Adamo; Shihe Yang; Jianwei Sun

doi:10.1039/C4RA10706C

Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyran-containing organic D–π–A sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells†

Boyang Chu,^a Hong Wang,^a Bertrand Xerri,^c Ka-Ho Lee,^a Tingbin Yang,^b Zilong Wang,^a Zhenyang Lin,^a Yongye Liang,*^b Carlo Adamo,*^cd Shihe Yang*^a and Jianwei Sun*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
E-mail: sunjw@ust.hk, chsyang@ust.hk

^b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China
E-mail: liang.yy@sustc.edu.cn

^c Institut de Recherche Chimie Paris, Chimie-Paristech and CNRS, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, F-75005 Paris, France

^d Institut Universitaire de France, 103 Boulevard Saint Michel, F-75005 Paris, France
E-mail: carlo.adamo@chimie-paristech.fr

Abstract

We describe herein the design and synthesis of two new organic regioisomeric D–π–A sensitizers incorporating the dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyran (DTP) unit. The dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on these two dyes exhibit impressive power conversion efficiency.

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Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyran-containing organic D–π–A sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells†

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