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Novel Imidazole Substituted Bodipy-Based Organic Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Joint Authors
Mao, Mao
Zhang, Xiao-Lin
Wu, Guo-Hua
Source
International Journal of Photoenergy
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-03-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A comparative study on the photophysical, electrochemical properties and photovoltaic performances of pure imidazole dyes containing varying linker groups is done.
Two new organic dyes containing 4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazole (BPI) unit as an electron donor, boron dipyrromethene (Bodipy) chromophore as a conjugate bridge, cyanoacetic acid as an electron acceptor, and phenylene (BPI-P) or thienyl (BPI-T) as a additional linker have been synthesized for fabricating dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
A reference dye (DPI-T) with 6,9-dimethoxy-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole as the donor has also been synthesized for comparison.
The overall conversion efficiencies of 0.18%, 0.32%, and 1.28% were obtained for DSSCs based on BPI-P, BPI-T, and DPI-T, respectively.
DPI-T was found to be more efficient than BPI-P and BPI-T because of its enhanced light harvesting efficiency and better coplanar geometry of the electronic structure.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mao, Mao& Zhang, Xiao-Lin& Wu, Guo-Hua. 2018. Novel Imidazole Substituted Bodipy-Based Organic Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174005
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mao, Mao…[et al.]. Novel Imidazole Substituted Bodipy-Based Organic Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174005
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mao, Mao& Zhang, Xiao-Lin& Wu, Guo-Hua. Novel Imidazole Substituted Bodipy-Based Organic Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174005
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1174005