Functional panchromatic BODIPY dyes with near-infrared absorption: design, synthesis, characterization and use in dye-sensitized solar cells

• Quentin Huaulmé,
• Cyril Aumaitre,
• Outi Vilhelmiina Kontkanen,
• David Beljonne,
• Alexandra Sutter,
• Gilles Ulrich,
• Renaud Demadrille and
• Nicolas Leclerc

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1758–1768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.169

• -dipyrromethene; BODIPY; dye-sensitized solar cells; near-infrared absorbers; organic dyes; Introduction The past two decades have witnessed tremendous efforts to develop alternative photovoltaic (PV) technologies. Among them, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) display numerous advantages compared to its fully