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New organic dyes with diphenylamine core for dye-sensitized solar cells

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In the current investigation, four novel donor–π–acceptor type organic dyes including (DPA-Ba, DPA-Hy, DPA-Rh, DPA-Cy), are proposed and their photophysical and electrochemical properties as well as dye-sensitized solar cell performance are systematically investigated. Among these dyes diphenylamine is utilized as an-electron donor while barbituric acid, hydantoin, rhodanine-n-acetic acid and cyano acetic acid, are proposed as anchoring groups as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The synthesized dyes are characterized using FT-IR, NMR, mass spectrometry, absorbance and electrochemical measurements. The photophysical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties of the solar cells based on these dyes are investigated to study the effect of different anchoring groups on the performance of the DSSCs. Among the examined dyes, the dye involving of cyanoacetic acid anchoring group shows the highest conversion efficiency of 1.88% (short-circuit current (Jsc) of 4.71 mA cm−2, open circuit voltage (VOC) of 590 mV, and fill factor (FF) of 0.68 under standard AM 1.5G irradiation) compared with the other designed dyes.

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We would like to thank Yasouj University for the financial support (Research Council Grant) and the Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative Council for their kind supports.

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  1. ‌Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Yasouj University, Yasouj, 7591874831, Iran

    Ali Reza Salimi Beni & Marzieh Karami

  2. ‌Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

    Behzad Hosseinzadeh

  3. Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Raheleh Ghahary

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Salimi Beni, A.R., Karami, M., Hosseinzadeh, B. et al. New organic dyes with diphenylamine core for dye-sensitized solar cells. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 6323–6336 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8612-4

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