A new class of organic dyes based on acenaphthopyrazine for dye-sensitized solar cells

Z Kong, H Zhou, J Cui, T Ma, X Yang, L Sun

Index: Kong, Zhixia; Zhou, Huizhi; Cui, Jingnan; Ma, Tingli; Yang, Xichuan; Sun, Licheng Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 213, # 2-3 p. 152 - 157

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Abstract

A new class of organic dyes based on acenaphthopyrazine derivatives, containing pyrazine group as the electron acceptor and o-dicarboxyl acids as the anchoring groups were designed and synthesized for application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). These dyes have short synthesis routes and are easily adsorbed on the surface of TiO2. Under illumination of simulated AM1. 5 solar light (100mWcm− 2), a total solar energy conversion ...