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Novel metal complexes of pyridineimine derivative used as auxiliary electron acceptor of D-(A-π-A)2 motif dye sensitizer: synthesis and photovoltaic application

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The auxiliary acceptors of metal complexes can easily regulate the electron-withdrawing ability of electron acceptor and adjust the balance of push–pull electron of D-A-π-A motif dye sensitizers. Two series of the D-(A-π-A)2 motif dye sensitizer (BDTT-im-Co, BDTT-im-Cu, BDTT-im-Zn, BDTT-im-Cd and FL-im-Co, FL-im-Cu, FL-im-Zn, FL-im-Cd) which use metal complexes of pyridineimine derivative as auxiliary acceptor were designed, synthesized, and characterized. The photovoltaic test of eight complex-based dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) showed that the short-circuit photocurrent density (JSC) and the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of two series dye sensitizers are sequentially increased. BDTT-im-Cd have the highest JSC of 15.58 mA cm−2 and the PCE of 9.13% under AM 1.5 irradiation, which may be due to that electron-withdrawing ability of the auxiliary acceptor metal complexes of pyridineimine derivative can be changed by the strength of coordination bond of the complexes. They also show good terminal stability with decomposition temperatures (Td) higher than 300 °C.

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We received financial support from the Open Project Program of Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, China (Grant No. 19HJYH10).

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    Yong Tian, Kaixuan Wang, Xianming Wu, Shiyu Tang, Houpeng Zhang & Chaofan Zhong

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Tian, Y., Wang, K., Wu, X. et al. Novel metal complexes of pyridineimine derivative used as auxiliary electron acceptor of D-(A-π-A)2 motif dye sensitizer: synthesis and photovoltaic application. J Solid State Electrochem 26, 719–727 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-022-05119-9

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