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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Y-shaped dyes based on triphenylamine for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Three new triphenylamine-based dyes with Y-shaped conformation bearing triphenylamino-vinyl, 10-octyl-10H-phenothiazine-vinyl and 9-octyl-9H-carbazole- vinyl as arms (TT, TP, and TC) have been synthesized. From electrochemical investigations it is found that they can be employed in DSSCs due to the balanced HOMO and LUMO energy levels. Notably, the photo-to-electrical conversion efficiency of the DSSCs sensitized with branched TT, TP, and TC reach 5.12%, 4.84%, and 3.63%, which are higher than that sensitized with T (2.79%), and the DSSC sensitized with TT shows higher IPCE response and better photovoltaic performances (Jsc=12.37 mA/cm2, V oc=0.72 V and ff=0.58) than others. These results reveal that the introduction of branched Y-shaped extended π-conjugated donors to D-π-A dyes cannot only enlarge the spectral response range, but also suppress the molecular aggregation on TiO2 films to a certain extent, which would enhance the performance of DSSCs.

The photophysical properties and two-photon absorption of novel triphenylamine-based dendrimers

Novel triphenylamine-based dendrimers were synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, elemental analysis, 1H NMR spectroscopy, and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The linear photophysical properties including absorption, one-photon induced fluorescence and the fluorescence lifetimes in different solvents were investigated. The two-photon induced fluorescence behavior was recorded in toluene solution, employing a Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser pulse. The dendrimers both emit strong blue-green fluorescence under irradiation. Two-photon excited state fluorescence cross-sections were also obtained. The two dendrimers displayed a large two-photon absorption. The polytriphenylamine dendrimer shows larger two-photon excited state fluorescence cross-sections in toluene relative to the tristriphenylamine analog, indicating that there is cooperative enhancement originating from inter-branch coupling and an increase of light-harvesting ability with increasing dendrimer size.