Nopporn Ruangsupapichat

Utilization of renewable energy sources has become one of the most important and necessary scientific and technological advancements. Since the report of Grätzel in 1991, the study of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have received steadily growing interest from both academic and industrial protagonists as an alternative to conventional metal-free based solar cells because of their low low-cost materials and production, large-scale manufacturing process, and environmentally-friendly properties. Here, the development of new metal-free organic dyes based on indolo[3,2-b]indole donor backbone was designed, synthesized, and utilized as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). One of them (dye 2) can provide an enhanced overall conversion efficiency of 7.86% compared to the 8.08% of the standard commercial N719-based cell, under the same global standard condition 1.5 AM.

Reference:
“Double anchor indolo[3,2-b]indole-derived metal-free dyes with extra electron donors as efficient sensitizers
for dye-sensitized solar cells” C. Ruamyart, P. Chasing, T. Sudyoadsuk, V. Promarak, N. Ruangsupapichat
New J. Chem. 2021, 45 (17), 7542–7554.