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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2020
University of Mississippi, University, MS (US);
Jared Heath Delcamp, Oxford, MS (US);
Roberta Ramalho Rodrigues, Oxford, MS (US);
Adithya Peddapuram, Oxford, MS (US);
Hammad Arshad Cheema, Lahore, PK;
Christine Curiae, Oxford, MS (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, University, MS (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are dyes, dye-sensitized solar cells, and sequential series multijunction dye-sensitized solar cell devices. The dyes include an electron deficient acceptor moiety, a medium electron density π-bridge moiety, and an electron rich donor moiety comprising a biaryl, a substituted biaryl, or an R, R, Rsubstituted phenyl where each of R, R, and Rindependently comprises H, aryl, multiaryl, alkyl substituted aryl, alkoxy substituted aryl, alkyl substituted multiaryl, alkoxy substituted multiaryl, OR, N(R), or a combination thereof; each Rindependently comprises H, alkyl, aryl, alkyl substituted aryl, alkoxy substituted aryl, or a combination thereof; and each Rindependently comprises aryl, multiaryl, alkyl substituted aryl, alkoxy substituted aryl, alkyl substituted multiaryl, alkoxy substituted multiaryl, or a combination thereof. The solar cells include a glass substrate, a dye-sensitized active layer, and a redox shuttle. The devices include at least two dye-sensitized solar cells connected in series.