- Synthesis and applications of novel acceptor-donor-acceptor organic dyes with dithienopyrrole- and fluorene-cores for dye-sensitized solar cells
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Four novel symmetrical organic dyes (S1-S4) configured with acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) structures containing electron donating fluorene (S1 and S2) and N-alkyl dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole (DTP) (S3 and S4) cores terminated with two anchoring cyanoacrylic acids (as electron acceptors) were synthesized and applied to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The DSSC device based on S2 dye showed the best photovoltaic performance among S1-S4 dyes: a maximum monochromatic incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of 76%, a short circuit current (JSC) of 12.27 mA/cm2, an open circuit voltage (VOC) of 0.61 V, a fill factor (FF) of 0.63, and an overall power conversion efficiency (η) of 4.73%. Besides, the utilization of chenodoxycholic acid (CDCA) as a co-adsorbent in the DSSC device based on S3 dye showed a significant improvement in its η value (from 3.70% to 4.31%), which is attributed to the suppression of dye aggregation on TiO2 surface and thus to increase the JSC value eventually. Copyright
- Sahu, Duryodhan,Padhy, Harihara,Patra, Dhananjaya,Yin, Jen-Fu,Hsu, Ying-Chan,Lin, Jiann-T'Suen,Lu, Kuang-Lieh,Wei, Kung-Hwa,Lin, Hong-Cheu
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- Whole-Cell Photoenzymatic Cascades to Synthesize Long-Chain Aliphatic Amines and Esters from Renewable Fatty Acids
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Long-chain aliphatic amines such as (S,Z)-heptadec-9-en-7-amine and 9-aminoheptadecane were synthesized from ricinoleic acid and oleic acid, respectively, by whole-cell cascade reactions using the combination of an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) from Micrococcus luteus, an engineered amine transaminase from Vibrio fluvialis (Vf-ATA), and a photoactivated decarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A (Cv-FAP) in a one-pot process. In addition, long chain aliphatic esters such as 10-(heptanoyloxy)dec-8-ene and octylnonanoate were prepared from ricinoleic acid and oleic acid, respectively, by using the combination of the ADH, a Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenase variant from Pseudomonas putida KT2440, and the Cv-FAP. The target compounds were produced at rates of up to 37 U g?1 dry cells with conversions up to 90 %. Therefore, this study contributes to the preparation of industrially relevant long-chain aliphatic chiral amines and esters from renewable fatty acid resources.
- Bornscheuer, Uwe T.,Cha, Hee-Jeong,Hollmann, Frank,Hwang, Se-Yeun,Kumar, Akula Ravi,Kwon, Yong-Uk,Lee, Da-Som,Oh, Deok-Kun,Park, Jin-Byung,Schuiten, Eva,Vo?, Moritz
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p. 7024 - 7028
(2020/03/04)
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- Multifunctional materials for OFETs, LEFETs and NIR PLEDs
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A family of phthalimide-thiophene copolymers with linear and branched alkyl chains attached to the imide nitrogen have been synthesized. Their optical and electronic properties were investigated along with their applications in OFETs and LEFETs. The phthalimide-thiophene copolymer having a C16 straight alkyl chain on the phthalimide yielded the highest mobilities and PLQE with mobilities of 1 × 10-3 cm2 V-1 s -1 for holes and 1 × 10-2 cm2 V -1 s-1 for electrons with a PLQE of ~28% in the solid state. Since these polymers are ambipolar and emissive, they have proven to be useful for applications as a host material for NIR PLEDs. In this study a 1% loading of NIR emitting DAD segments based on bisthienyl(thiadiazoloquinoxaline) or bisthienyl(benzotriazolothiadiazole) were incorporated into the phthalimide-thiophene polymerization. Using the branched CH(C8H 17)2 alkyl chain on the host phthalimide-thiophene copolymer combined with the bisthienyl(benzotriazolothiadiazole) emitter resulted in the most efficient (emission maximum ≥ 850 nm) single layer NIR-emitting PLED to date with an EQE of 0.27% emitting at 885 nm.
- Steckler,Lee,Chen,Fenwick,Andersson,Cacialli,Sirringhaus
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p. 5133 - 5141
(2014/07/07)
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- Novel NIR-absorbing conjugated polymers for efficient polymer solar cells: Effect of alkyl chain length on device performance
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Three low bandgap conjugated polymers, i.e., PDTPBT-C8, PDTPBT-C6 and PDTPBT-C5, which consist of alternating N-alkyl dithieno[3,2-b:2′, 3′-d]pyrrole and 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole units and carry 1-octylnonyl, 1-hexylheptyl and 1-pentylhexyl as side chains,
- Yue, Wei,Zhao, Yun,Shao, Shuyan,Tian, Hongkun,Xie, Zhiyuan,Geng, Yanhou,Wang, Fosong
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p. 2199 - 2206
(2010/04/05)
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- Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of symmetrical two-tailed dendritic tricarboxylato amphiphiles
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Two series of water-soluble, symmetrical two-tailed homologous dendritic amphiphiles-R2NCONHC((CH2)2COOH)3, 2(n,n), and R2CHNHCONHC((CH2)2COOH)3, 3(n,n), where R = n-CnH2n+1-were synthesized and compared to R″NHCONHC((CH2)2COOH)3, 1(n), R″ = n-CnH2n+1, to determine whether antimicrobial activity was influenced by total or individual alkyl chain lengths, and whether antimicrobial activity depends on hydrophobicity or tail topology (one or two). In a broad screen of 11 microorganisms, 2(n,n) and 3(n,n) generally displayed higher minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) than 1(n) against growth as measured by broth microdilution assays. Chain-length specificity was observed against Candida albicans as 1(16), 2(8,8), and 3(8,8) showed the lowest MIC in their respective series. The one case where two-tailed compounds displayed the lowest MICs-3(10,10), 15 μM; 3(11,11), 7.2 μM; and 3(12,12), 6.9 μM-was against Cryptococcus neoformans.
- Sugandhi, Eko W.,Falkinham III, Joseph O.,Gandour, Richard D.
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p. 3842 - 3853
(2008/02/09)
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