title: Oligocarbazole-based chromophores for efficient thin-film dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: Carb your enthusiasm: Carbazole-based sensitizers with high extinction coefficients are synthesized for application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The dyes perform efficiently with both iodine and cobalt electrolytes, showing power conversion efficiencies of up to 5.8% on TiO₂ films of 15 μm thickness, and retaining 90% of their efficiency in devices with thinner films.
authors.affiliation: Université de Bordeaux, Institut des Sciences moléculaires, UMR-CNRS 5255, 33400 Talence, France.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Sousa
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olivier
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ducasse
authors.forename: Gwenaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Bourdon
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toupance
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D003116:Color; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry; D012993:Solar Energy
chemical_list: D002227:Carbazoles; D004396:Coloring Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; C031721:naphthalene