Phenothiazine and phenoxazine sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells–an investigative review of two complete dye classes

AF Buene, DM Almenningen - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Phenothiazine dyes have attracted significant attention as metal-free sensitizers for dye-
sensitized solar cells since their introduction in 2007. Since then, over 430 phenothiazine …

Structures, properties, and device applications for [1] benzothieno [3, 2‐b] benzothiophene derivatives

P Xie, T Liu, J Sun, J Yang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
benzothieno [3, 2‐b] benzothiophene (BTBT), with two benzene rings as the outermost rings,
is referred to as diacene‐fused ladder‐type π‐conjugated thienothiophenes. During the last …

Mini review on the molecular engineering of photosensitizer: Current status and prospects of metal-free/porphyrin frameworks at the interface of dye-sensitized solar …

S Ramasamy, M Bhagavathiachari, SA Suthanthiraraj… - Dyes and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this mini-review, we present an overview of materials based on donor-linker-acceptor
structural motifs and summarize the current state of research which can help in the design of …

Recent advances in the synthesis of benzo [b] thiophene fused polycyclic derivatives: Strategies and reactions

J Huang, W Wang, L Zhang, X Meng - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Benzo [b] thiophene fused compounds with a unique active heterocyclic skeleton have wide
applications in the fields of medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, and organic functional …

Modular synthesis of unsymmetrical [1] benzothieno [3, 2-b][1] benzothiophene molecular semiconductors for organic transistors

M Tayu, A Rahmanudin, GJP Perry, RU Khan… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A modular approach to underexplored, unsymmetrical [1] benzothieno [3, 2-b][1]
benzothiophene (BTBT) scaffolds delivers a library of BTBT materials from readily available …

Efficient co-sensitization of novel trimethoxybenzene-based dyes with N-719 for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

A Alnakeeb, AA Fadda, MA Ismail, MR Elmorsy - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Five novel metal free organic dyes (AL1-5) have been designed and synthesized as
sensitizers/co-sensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Theoretical …

Molecular engineering of twisted dipolar chromophores for efficiency boosted BHJ solar cells

AA Raheem, C Kumar, R Shanmugam… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we disclose the synthesis of new D–π–A push–pull chromophores (10 examples; 2a–
2j) by tethering tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) as an auxiliary group instead of …

[1] Benzothieno [3, 2-b][1] benzothiophene-based dyes: effect of the ancillary moiety on mechanochromism and aggregation-induced emission

BS Shivaji, R Boddula, SP Singh - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
It is an established fact that [1] benzothieno [3, 2-b][1] benzothiophene (BTBT) is a champion
molecule for high-mobility OFET devices. Recently, it has also been utilized in dye …

Novel metal-free organic dyes containing linear planar 11, 12-dihydroindolo [2, 3-a] carbazole donor for dye-sensitized solar cells: Effects of π spacer and alkyl chain

H Zhang, ZE Chen, J Hu, Y Hong - Dyes and Pigments, 2019 - Elsevier
Three novel D− π− A type dyes DC1∼ 3, which consisting of indolo [2, 3-a] carbazole as
donor scaffold linked to the acceptor/anchoring unit cyanoacetic acid via different π-spacers …

Variation of the donor and acceptor in D–A–π–A based cyanopyridine dyes and its effect on dye sensitized solar cells

B Hemavathi, V Jayadev, PC Ramamurthy… - New Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Two metal free organic dyes (TPCTh and TPCRh) with D–A–π–A configuration, having 3-
cyanopyridine as an auxiliary acceptor and thiophene π-linkers along with a triphenylamine …