研究員 Yang 博士と佐野教授のスクアリリウム誘導体を利用した有機薄膜太陽電池に関する「A novel π-D1-A-D2 type low bandgap squaraine dye for efficient small molecules organic solar cells」と題する論文が Elsevier の Dyes and Pigments (IF: 3.767) に受理されました！Yang 博士、佐野健志教授、おめでとうございます！
Title: A novel π-D1-A-D2 type low bandgap squaraine dye for efficient small molecules organic solar cells
By D. Yang, T. Sano,* H. Sasabe, J. Kido*, Dyes and Pigments 2018, accepted.
Abstract: Squaraine dyes attract increasing attention as photovoltaic materials for organic solar cells (OSCs) because of their facile and low-cost synthesis, intense and broad absorption in Vis-NIR regions as well as colorful films. Here, we report a novel π-D1-A-D2 type squaraine dye (namely DTT-USQ-11) with a low optical bandgap of 1.50 eV. In comparison with the classic D1-A-D2 type squaraine dye (namely USQ-11), DTT-USQ-11 shows a lower optical bandgap, deeper HOMO energy level, and higher hole mobility. Consequently, solution-processed bulk heterojunction small molecular OSCs fabricated with the DTT-USQ-11/PC71BM blend film exhibits much higher power conversion efficiency (PCE, 5.69%) than that of the USQ-11/PC71BM system (4.15%). This much enhanced PCE can be attributed to the simultaneously increased open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current density and fill factor.
