- Cyanomethylbenzoic acid: an acceptor for donor-π-acceptor chromophores used in dye-sensitized solar cells.
Cyanomethylbenzoic acid: an acceptor for donor-π-acceptor chromophores used in dye-sensitized solar cells.
ChemSusChem (2013-01-25)
Wanchun Xiang, Akhil Gupta, Muhammad Kalim Kashif, Noel Duffy, Ante Bilic, Richard A Evans, Leone Spiccia, Udo Bach
PMID23345047
ABSTRACT
Sensing the sun: Incorporation of a cyanomethyl benzoic acid electron acceptor into donor-π-acceptor sensitizers for dye-sensitized-solar cell is shown to lead to devices with improved conversion efficiency when compared with more widely used cyanoacetic acid acceptor.
MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description
Supelco
Mettler-Toledo Calibration substance ME 18555, Benzoic acid, analytical standard, (for the calibration of the melting point system), traceable to primary standards (LGC)
Supelco
Benzoic acid, Standard for quantitative NMR, TraceCERT®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland
Sigma-Aldrich
Benzoic acid, meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP, FCC, E210, 99.5-100.5% (alkalimetric)