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Thiazolo [5, 4-d] thiazole-based organic sensitizers with strong visible light absorption for transparent, efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells

A Dessì, M Calamante, A Mordini, M Peruzzini…

Index: Dessi, Alessio; Calamante, Massimo; Mordini, Alessandro; Zani, Lorenzo; Taddei, Maurizio; Reginato, Gianna RSC Advances, 2014 , vol. 4, # 3 p. 1322 - 1328

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Abstract

A small set of thiazolo [5, 4-d] thiazole-based D–π–A organic dyes, endowed with bis- pentylpropylenedioxythiophene (ProDOT) moieties in the π-spacer, was designed with the aid of computational analysis, synthesized and characterized. The presence of bulky and electronrich ProDOT groups beside the electron poor thiazolothiazole unit induced optimal physico-chemical properties, including broad and intense visible light absorption. As a ...