Issue 43, 2013
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Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]difuran-based sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells†

Hui Li,a   Chenyi Yi,b   Sofiane Moussi,‡c   Shi-Xia Liu,*a   Claude Daul,c   Michael Grätzel*b  and  Silvio Decurtinsa  

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a Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
E-mail: liu@iac.unibe.ch
Fax: +41 31 631 43 99
Tel: +41 31 631 42 96

b Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Science and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, CH-1050 Lausanne, Switzerland
E-mail: michael.graetzel@epfl.ch
Fax: +41 21 693 61 00
Tel: +41 21 693 31 12

c Computational Chemistry Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Ch. du Musée 9, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

Abstract

Two BDF-based organic sensitizers, as first examples for their use in dye-sensitized solar cells, are prepared and characterized. They yield promising power conversion efficiencies of up to 5.5% and high open circuit voltages up to 0.82 V. This work demonstrates that the BDF chromophore acts as an effective donor in organic sensitizers.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA43669A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Jul 2013
Accepted
12 Aug 2013
First published
13 Aug 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 19798-19801

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Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]difuran-based sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

H. Li, C. Yi, S. Moussi, S. Liu, C. Daul, M. Grätzel and S. Decurtins, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 19798 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA43669A

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