A structurally simple perylene dye with ethynylbenzothiadiazole-benzoic acid as the electron acceptor achieves an over 10% power conversion efficiency

• DOI: 10.1039/c4ee03934c
• Publication Date: 2015-01-20T10:01:56Z
• Authors: Zhaoyang Yao; Heng Wu; Yameng Ren; Yanchun Guo; Peng Wang
• Keywords: Acceptor; Benzoic acid; Electron acceptor

A metal-free perylene dye achieves a PCE of 10.4% at the AM1.5G conditions as well-known zinc porphyrin <bold>YD2-o-C8</bold>.