Issue 99, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Benzothiadiazole-containing donor–acceptor–acceptor type organic sensitizers for solar cells with ZnO photoanodes†

Ryan Yeh-Yung Lin,ab   Chuan-Pei Lee,b   Yung-Chung Chen,a   Jia-De Peng,b   Te-Chun Chu,b   Hsien-Hsin Chou,a   Hung-Ming Yang,a   Jiann T. Lin*a  and  Kuo-Chuan Ho*bc  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang 11529, Taipei, Taiwan
E-mail: jtlin@gate.sinica.edu.tw

b Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
E-mail: kcho@ntu.edu.tw

c Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan

Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cells using nanocrystalline ZnO as the photoanode and a metal-free sensitizer with a benzothiadiazole entity directly connected to the 2-cyanoacrylic acid acceptor exhibited an efficiency (5.18%) higher than those using the TiO2 photoanode. Use of a hierarchical ZnO back scattering layer further improved the efficiency to 5.82%.

Graphical abstract: Benzothiadiazole-containing donor–acceptor–acceptor type organic sensitizers for solar cells with ZnO photoanodes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37184G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Oct 2012
Accepted
30 Oct 2012
First published
31 Oct 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 12071-12073

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Benzothiadiazole-containing donor–acceptor–acceptor type organic sensitizers for solar cells with ZnO photoanodes

R. Y. Lin, C. Lee, Y. Chen, J. Peng, T. Chu, H. Chou, H. Yang, J. T. Lin and K. Ho, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 12071 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37184G

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