title: Benzothiadiazole-containing donor-acceptor-acceptor type organic sensitizers for solar cells with ZnO photoanodes.
abstract: Dye-sensitized solar cells using nanocrystalline ZnO as the photoanode and a metal-free sensitizer with a benzothiadiazole entity directly connected to the 2-cyanoacrylic acid acceptor exhibited an efficiency (5.18%) higher than those using the TiO(2) photoanode. Use of a hierarchical ZnO back scattering layer further improved the efficiency to 5.82%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang 11529, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ryan Yeh-Yung
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chuan-Pei
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yung-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jia-De
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Te-Chun
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Hsien-Hsin
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Hung-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jiann T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Kuo-Chuan
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry; D012993:Solar Energy; D013830:Thiadiazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D004573:Electrolytes; D013830:Thiadiazoles; C009495:titanium dioxide; C015700:benzo-1,2,3-thiadiazole; D014025:Titanium; D015034:Zinc Oxide