A new class of organic dyes based on acenaphthopyrazine for dye-sensitized solar cells

• A new class of organic dyes based on acenaphthopyrazine derivatives, containing pyrazine group as the electron acceptor and o-dicarboxyl acids as the anchoring groups were designed and synthesized for application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). These dyes have short synthesis routes and are easily adsorbed on the surface of TiO2. Under illumination of simulated AM1.5 solar light (100 mW cm(-2)), a total solar energy conversion efficiency (eta) of 4.04% was obtained for the 3-(diphenylamino)acenaphtho[1,2-b] pyrazine-8,9-dicarboxylic acid (AP-1) in the preliminary tests, in comparison with the conventional N719 dye (eta=7.05%) under the same conditions.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Dye-sensitized solar cells

Acenaphthopyrazine derivatives

o-Dicarboxyl groups

Chemistry

Kemi

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