Abstract
Novel organic pyridinium ylide sensitizers (NO109-111) consisting of various anchoring groups were synthesized and characterized for applications in dye sensitized solar cells. Compared with the pyridine-N-oxide dye (NO108), the ylide sensitizers with strong electron-withdrawing acceptors exhibited dominant ultraviolet absorption properties and efficient binding abilities to the TiO2 surface. Among these dyes, the pyridinium ylide NO111 sensitized solar cell showed the highest efficiency (5.15%), which was improved to 7.41% by employing coadsorbent chenodeoxycholic acid.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3386-3389 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 07 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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