Published in

American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 44(113), p. 14588-14595, 2009

DOI: 10.1021/jp906334w

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

New Indole-Based Metal-Free Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Journal article published in 2009 by Qianqian Li, Lanlan Lu, Cheng Zhong, Jie Shi ORCID, Qing Huang, Xianbo Jin, Tianyou Peng, Jingui Qin, Zhen Li
This paper is available in a repository.
This paper is available in a repository.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
  • Must obtain written permission from Editor
  • Must not violate ACS ethical Guidelines
Upload
Orange circle
Postprint: archiving restricted
  • Must obtain written permission from Editor
  • Must not violate ACS ethical Guidelines
Upload
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Policy details
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

Two indole-based organic dyes were conveniently prepared and well characterized. The triphenylamine or carbazole moieties were bonded to the indole group acting as a potential electron donor, which can tune the HOMO and LUMO levels of the resultant dye, and another triphenylamine or carbazole group was linked to the pyrrole ring on the nitrogen atom, which was expected to suppress the aggregation of the dye in the solid state to some degree. These two dyes were utilized as dye sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells and demonstrated efficient photon-to-electron conversion properties.