Facile and selective synthesis of oligothiophene-based sensitizer isomers: An approach toward efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Q Feng, Q Zhang, X Lu, H Wang, G Zhou…

Index: Cai, Shengyun; Hu, Xiaohao; Zhang, Zhiyun; Su, Jianhua; Li, Xin; Islam, Ashraful; Han, Liyuan; Tian, He Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013 , vol. 1, # 15 p. 4763 - 4772

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Abstract

Two sets of isomeric organic dyes with n-hexyl (DH and AH) or 2-ethylhexyl (DEH and AEH) groups substituted at the spacer part have been designed and straightforwardly synthesized via a facile and selective synthetic route. The structure difference between the isomers