Molecular engineering and theoretical investigation of metal-free organic Chromophores for dye-sensitized solar cells
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2016
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American Scientific Publishers
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A new donor-?-bridge-acceptor (D- ? -A) based sensitizer comprising of indole moiety in the donor segment, thiophene as ? spacer and 2-phenylacetic acid as an acceptor unit was designed and synthesized. It was characterized using FTIR, NMR, MS and elemental analyses. Its photophysical and electrochemcial properties were studied by UV-vis spectrometry and cyclic voltammetry, respectively. DFT simulations were also carried out using TURBOMOLE software package. © 2016 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.
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Dye sensitized solar cells, Indole, Metal free sensitizers
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Advanced Science Letters, 2016, 22, 1, pp. 36-39