Research Article

Structure-Property Relationship of New Organic Sensitizers Based on Multicarbazole Derivatives for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 2

Photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cellsa.

Dyeb /mA cm−2 /VFF (%) /%

C1A13.9390.608 69.841.67
C2A15.5480.681 66.042.5
C2S1A110.830.69 67.685.1
N71915.580.745 69.668.09

Photovoltaic performance under AM1.5 irradiation of dye-sensitized solar cells containing organic dyes based on 3-propyl-1-methyl-imidazolium iodide (1 M), lithium iodide (0.2 M), iodide (0.05 M), and tert-butylpyridine (0.5 M) in acetonitrile/valeronitrile (85 : 15). bDye bath: chloroform solution (3 × 10−4 M).