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A new self-assemblies based on double-deck dyes ZnTPP-Wi (i = 1–3) were synthesized and applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Anchoring molecules (Wi i = 1–3) consisting of phenyl carboxyl acid and cyanoacetic acid group. Capping layer dyes zinc meso-tetraphenylporphine (ZnTPP) with anchoring molecules Wi through axially coordination bonds of Zn-to-ligand self-assemblies solar cells devices. We herein report a consisting acylamide and cyanoacetic acid group W3 as an anchoring molecule for the axial coordination with upper zinc porphyrin ZnTPP. W3 was synthesized by introducing acylamide and cyanoacetic acid groups may inhibit adverse dye aggregation and improving electrons are effectively injected into the TiO2 semiconductor surface. Thus, W3 anchoring molecules can be used to fabricate efficient solar cells with ZnTPP porohyrin dye, achieving good photoelectric performance, indicative of their general applicability in fabricating good-performance DSSCs. The assembled modes were also verified by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The photoelectrochemical efficiencies for dye ZnTPP-W3 are best than those of self-assembly dyes prevailingly ascribed to larger Jsc and Voc.
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The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21461023); Guizhou Province Science Foundation (QianKeHe-ZK[2021]064); Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Provincial Department of Education (QianJiaoHe KY Zi [2020]200; [2020]203) and Major projects of research and Innovation Fund of Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities (No. QNSY2018BS020) have supported this work. We are very grateful to Prof. Peng Wang (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for supplying device fabrication and measurement of solar cells. We also acknowledge the support of Key Laboratory of Computational Catalytic Chemistry of Guizhou Province. The authors also thank Shiyanjia Lab (www.shiyanjia.com) for the HRMS and 1H NMR measurement and analysis.
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Wu, Y., Wang, QM., Wang, F. et al. Novel Self-assembled Isonicotinic Acid Derivative and Zinc Porphyrin Dyads and Applications in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. J Inorg Organomet Polym 32, 3196–3203 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-022-02332-x
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