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Functionalized pentacenes for dye-sensitized solar cells

  • Zhong Li
  • , Karthik Shankar
  • , Gopal K. Mor
  • , Robert A. Grimminger
  • , Chih Min Lin
  • , John E. Anthony
  • , Craig A. Grimes

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Abstract

Carboxylic acid functionalized pentacene-based dyes are synthesized and tested in dye-sensitized solar cells utilizing titania (rutile) nanowire arrays as the electron transporting photoanode. Functionalization on both chromophore and solubilizing substitutents leads to materials demonstrating promising light-harvesting and energy-conversion properties in these large polycyclic aromatic compounds.

Original languageEnglish
Article number11106
JournalJournal of Photonics for Energy
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors thank the Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG36-08GO18074, for supporting this study.

Funding

The authors thank the Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG36-08GO18074, for supporting this study.

FundersFunder number
Michigan State University-U.S. Department of Energy (MSU-DOE) Plant Research LaboratoryDE-FG36-08GO18074

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    1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    Keywords

    • Dye-sensitized solar cells
    • Organic dyes
    • Organic solar cells
    • Titania

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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