A series of new metal-free organic dyes with either a boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY)- phenylene or-thiophene as a π-conjugated bridge have been synthesized for application in dye-sensitized solar cells. The photophysical and electrochemical properties of these dyes were investigated and their performance as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells has been measured. The structure–property relationship shows that the introduction of a ...
![2-thiophen-2-yl-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole Structure](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/030/73042-94-1.png)