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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
卷 5, 期 5, 页码 2297-2308出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ta09836c
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIP) through the Mid-career Researcher Program [2014R1A2A1A10051630]
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP) through the Functional Districts of the Science Belt Support Program [2015K000287]
- Ministry of Education through the Basic Science Research Program [2014R1A6A1030732]
The molecular design of organic sensitizers is one of the fundamental factors for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In this study, we first utilize the alkylated thieno[3,2-b]indole (TI) moiety as the pi-bridge unit to enhance the pi-bridge capability of the thieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene (TBT) used in organic sensitizers. To improve the spectral response of the SGT-130 reference dye, we strategically designed and synthesized two novel TI-based organic sensitizers, SGT-136 and SGT-137, through a simple change of the pi-bridge unit. By replacing the TBT with the alkylated TI moiety, SGT-136 and SGT-137 could have a red-shifted absorption band and upshifted highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level. As a result, the SGT-137-based DSSC exhibits a higher PCE (12.45%) than that based on SGT-130 (9.83%) owing to the improvement of current density and retardation of charge recombination by the hexyl substituted TI unit. These results indicate that the TI moiety is a good candidate for remarkable pi-electronic mediators in D-pi-A organic sensitizers with the characteristic of facile synthesis compared to other complicated pi-bridges. Furthermore, the parallel-connected tandem device with SGT-137 and SGT-021 porphyrin-based DSSCs shows a significantly improved current density (22.06 mA cm(-2)) and PCE (14.64%), which is the highest value reported for organic-based tandem solar cells to date.
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