光敏染料NTz-3−NTz-5使用三種不同的共軛橋梁(π‒linkers)增加平面性設計染料,做為光敏化太陽能電池(DSSCs)的染料,分子結構以D-π-A′-π-A模式組成,是由arylamine當作電子的提供者(donor),cyanoacrylic acid當作電子的接收者(acceptor),而缺電子的NTz作為輔助電子受體(auxiliary acceptor)可以與不同共軛橋梁(π‒linkers)連接。結果顯示這三種染料均在可見光區有強光捕捉能力(> 40000 M−1 cm−1),可能因為donor-acceptor之間的強電荷轉移(charge transfer)。在標準AM1.5G照明下,這些染料的電池表現出5.85%至6.91%的轉換效率。與共吸附劑CDCA共吸附後,由NTz-5染料製成的DSSC元件的染料,其轉換率為7.17%,是染料N719的標準細胞元件的95%。
Three metal-free dyes (NTz-3−NTz-5) with a D-π-A′-π-A architecture comprising an arylamine as the electron donor, a cyanoacrylic acid as electron acceptor, and an electron deficient naphtho[2,3-d][1,2,3]triazole (NTz) entity in the conjugated spacer with various π linkers, were developed and used as the sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The results indicate that all of the three dyes exhibit strong light-capturing ability in the visible region and obtain relatively high molar extinction coefficients (> 40000 M−1 cm−1) due to their strong charge transfer (CT) from donor to acceptor. Under standard global AM 1.5 G illumination, the cell photovoltaic performance from these dyes exhibited conversion efficiencies ranging from 5.85% and 6.91%. After coadsorbed with CDCA, the DSSCs based on NTz-5 dyes gives 7.17%, which is about 95% of the N719-based standard cell.