Through introducing an energy antenna system into a simple phenoxazine dye (TH301), a novel and efficient dye TH305 was designed and synthesized for application in a dye sensitized solar cell with prominent overall conversion efficiency of 7.7%.
A new strategy in which the anchoring group is separated from the acceptor groups of the dyes was developed; among these dyes, the HY103 dye gives a maximum IPCE value of 86% at 660 nm and an eta value of 3.7% in the NIR region reported in DSCs.
In this work, two Cu(II) complex compounds are designed and synthesized for applications as p-type dopants in solid-state perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Through the characterization of the optical and electrochemical properties, the complex Cu(bpcm) 2 is shown to be eligible for oxidization of the commonly used hole-transport material (HTM) Spiro-OMeTAD. The reason is the electron-withdrawing effect of the chloride groups on the ligands. When the complex was applied as p-type dopant in PSCs containing Spiro-OMeTAD as HTM, an efficiency as high as 18.5% was achieved. This is the first time a Cu(II) pyridine complex has been used as p-type dopant in PSCs.
A new redox couple, [Cu(bpye)2]+/2+, has been synthesized and applied in DSSCs. Overall efficiencies above 9.0% and good photostability were obtained. Excellent electrolyte charge transport, fast regeneration and low recombination are the major reasons for the high efficiencies.
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