Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2010, 11(1), 329-353; doi:10.3390/ijms11010329
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Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Dyes Containing Various Donors and Acceptors

Tzi-Yi Wu 1,2 , Ming-Hsiu Tsao 1 , Fu-Lin Chen 1 , Shyh-Gang Su 1 , Cheng-Wen Chang 1 , Hong-Paul Wang 2,3 , Yuan-Chung Lin 4 , Wen-Chung Ou-Yang 5  and I-Wen Sun 1,2,* email
1 Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 2 Sustainable Environment Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan 3 Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 4 Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan 5 Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung 80778, Taiwan
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Received: 13 November 2009; in revised form: 23 December 2009 / Accepted: 17 January 2010 / Published: 22 January 2010
(This article belongs to the Section Material Sciences and Nanotechnology)
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Abstract: New organic dyes comprising carbazole, iminodibenzyl, or phenothiazine moieties, respectively, as the electron donors, and cyanoacetic acid or acrylic acid moieties as the electron acceptors/anchoring groups were synthesized and characterized. The influence of heteroatoms on carbazole, iminodibenzyl and phenothiazine donors, and cyano-substitution on the acid acceptor is evidenced by spectral, electrochemical, photovoltaic experiments, and density functional theory calculations. The phenothiazine dyes show solar-energy-to-electricity conversion efficiency (η) of 3.46–5.53%, whereas carbazole andiminodibenzyl dyesshow η of 2.43% and 3.49%, respectively.
Keywords: organic dyes; donor; absorption; electrochemistry; photovoltaic materials

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Wu, T.-Y.; Tsao, M.-H.; Chen, F.-L.; Su, S.-G.; Chang, C.-W.; Wang, H.-P.; Lin, Y.-C.; Ou-Yang, W.-C.; Sun, I.-W. Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Dyes Containing Various Donors and Acceptors. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2010, 11, 329-353.

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Wu T-Y, Tsao M-H, Chen F-L, Su S-G, Chang C-W, Wang H-P, Lin Y-C, Ou-Yang W-C, Sun I-W. Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Dyes Containing Various Donors and Acceptors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2010; 11(1):329-353.

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Wu, Tzi-Yi; Tsao, Ming-Hsiu; Chen, Fu-Lin; Su, Shyh-Gang; Chang, Cheng-Wen; Wang, Hong-Paul; Lin, Yuan-Chung; Ou-Yang, Wen-Chung; Sun, I-Wen. 2010. "Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Dyes Containing Various Donors and Acceptors." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 11, no. 1: 329-353.

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