The effect of donor-modification in organic light-harvesting motifs: triphenylamine donors appended with polymerisable thienyl subunits.
A family of seven organic triphenylamine-based dyes suitable for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) applications is reported. The donor portion of these dyes has been systematically modified using polymerisable thienyl subunits. The physicochemical properties and device performance are discussed with device efficiencies ranging from 5.51 to 6.65%.
Department of Chemistry and Biology and the Centre for Urban Energy (CUE) and Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3. bryan.koivisto@ryerson.ca.
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Bonnier
Devin D
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Machin
Omar K
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Abdi
Kiyoshi C D
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Robson
Bryan D
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Koivisto