Synthesis and intramolecular charge-transfer properties of new tetrathiafulvalene–σ-tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane diad (TTF–σ-TCNAQ) and triad (TTF–σ-TCNAQ–σ-TTF) molecules
Synthesis and intramolecular charge-transfer properties of new tetrathiafulvalene–σ-tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane diad (TTF–σ-TCNAQ) and triad (TTF–σ-TCNAQ–σ-TTF) molecules
Novel squarylium dyes with either terminally placed tetracyanoquinodimethane or tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane moieties as strong electron acceptors were designed and synthesized for use as sensitizers for TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The photovoltaic performance of DSSCs indicates that two chromophores, strong electron acceptors and squarylium components, make independent contributions to photosensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2. DSSCs fabricated from squarylium-based diads as sensitizers and chenodeoxycholic acid as the coadsorbent exhibited a high open-circuit voltage (up to 0.66 V), suggesting that the electron-accepting components showed some effect on electron injection from the squarylium chromophore to the conduction band of TiO2. Under the coadsorbent-free conditions, the short-circuit photocurrent and overall solar-to-electrical energy conversion efficiency of the photovoltaic cells was improved by the contribution of photosensitizing effect in the wavelength range derived from the electron-acceptor components rather than the squarylium component. This phenomenon implies the possibility that the electron-accepting group acts as an anchoring unit to the TiO2 surface. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis of an optically active electron-acceptor tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane (TCAQ) main-chain polyester
作者:Rafael Gómez、José L. Segura、Nazario Martín
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.06.112
日期:2006.9
The first main-chain copolymer containing TCAQ and enantiomerically pure binaphthyl moieties connected at 2,6 positions of the TCAQ ring was successfully synthesized by means of a polycondensation reaction. Cyclic voltammetry investigations show that TCAQ preserves its acceptor ability in the polymer system and preliminary photophysical investigations show fluorescence quenching in mixtures containing the acceptor polymer and fluorescent conjugated polymers. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.