Abstract
Two new metal-free organic dyes ( DPP-I and DPP-II) with diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) core were designed and synthesized, in which triphenylamine or N, N-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)benzenamine moieties was used as the electron donor, DPP units as the π-conjugated bridge, and carboxylic acid group as the electron acceptor. Photophysical and electrochemical properties of two dyes were investigated by UV–vis spectrometry and cyclic voltammetry. Electrochemical measurement data indicate that the tuning of the HOMO and LUMO energy levels can be conveniently accomplished by alternating the donor moiety. The DSSC based on dye DPP-I showed better photovoltaic performance: a maximum monochromatic incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of 80.6% corresponding to an overall conversion efficiency of 2.68%. Although the power conversion efficiencies are not so high, this work explores new donor–π-accepter–π-donor models and the effects of molecular design on optical properties.
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