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New Acetylene‐Bridged 9,10‐Conjugated Anthracene Sensitizers: Application in Outdoor and Indoor Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Tingare Yogesh S.,
Vinh Nguyễn So'n,
Chou HsienHsin,
Liu YuChieh,
Long YeanSan,
Wu TengChun,
Wei TzuChien,
Yeh ChenYu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201700032
Subject(s) - anthracene , materials science , photochemistry , alkoxy group , energy conversion efficiency , alkyl , fluorescence , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , chemistry , optics , physics
In this report, a pivotal improvement in the performance of dye‐sensitized solar cells has been achieved, thus taking it one step closer toward the commercialization. Through the stepwise modification on the anthracene‐based organic sensitizers, the alteration of alkyl to alkoxy chain and incorporation of electron deficient moieties in the new sensitizing dyes TY3 , TY4 , and TY6 are found to play a significant role in the efficiency enhancement. The dye TY6 , when tested under 1 sun (AM 1.5G) illumination, is found to exhibit the best efficiency of 8.08% in the series reported here. Taking it further, sensitizer TY6 achieves a milestone by displaying an efficiency of 28.56% when tested under T5 fluorescent illumination of 6000 lux and 20.72% under same illuminance from a commercial light emitting diode light source. Such an excellent performance can be attributed to its outstanding J SC and V OC , which are characteristic properties of these anthracene dyes.