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New D–A–π–A organic photo-sensitizer with thioindoxyl group for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

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Two new metal-free organic dyes with D–A–π–A structure containing monotriphenylamine as electron donor and cyanoacrylic acid as end electron acceptor were prepared. All intermediates and organic photosensitizers were specified by analytical techniques. The cyclic voltammetry analysis was employed to examine the possibility of applying organic dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells and the results show that the charge transfer overall is done thermodynamically. Three configurations as individual, co-sensitization and tandem were selected for the investigation of photovoltaic properties. The photovoltaic investigation shows efficiency of 3.84%, 5.61%, 7.74% and 8.69% for Dye 1, Dye 2, co-sensitization and tandem structure, respectively.

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The authors sincerely thank the Center of Excellence for Color Science and Technology for making this investigation possible.

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  1. Department of Organic Colorants, Institute for Color Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16656118481, Tehran, Iran

    Mozhgan Hosseinnezhad & Kamaladin Gharanjig

  2. Center of Excellence for Color Science and Technology, Institute for Color Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16656118481, Tehran, Iran

    Mozhgan Hosseinnezhad, Kamaladin Gharanjig & Siamak Moradian

  3. Department of Polymer and Color Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, P. O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran

    Siamak Moradian

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Hosseinnezhad, M., Gharanjig, K. & Moradian, S. New D–A–π–A organic photo-sensitizer with thioindoxyl group for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. Chem. Pap. 74, 1487–1494 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-019-01001-7

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