Liang Han, Jingzhi Zhu, Yanfei Jin, Jin'ge Zhao, Yujin Li, Qing Ye, Yanhong Cui
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Abstract
Three N-phenylphenothiazine sensitizers bearing benzothiadiazole unit with benzene, furan and thiophene bridges and cyanoacetic acid acceptor were synthesized. Dyes with furan or thiophene bridge have better coplanarity and smaller energy gap than dye with benzene bridge, thus exhibiting redshifted ICT absorption and higher molar extinction coefficients. However, dye with benzene bridge almost has a double loading amount on TiO2 film relative to the other two dyes, which contributes to its superior IPCE response spectrum. Thus, dye with benzene bridge achieves the optimal photoelectric conversion efficiency 6.76 % owing to its highest JSC and VOC. Compared with the corresponding N-phenylcarbazole sensitizers, N-phenylphenothiazine sensitizers bearing benzothiadiazole unit show redshifted ICT absorption, higher JSC and hence improved photovoltaic performance.
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