Organic BODIPY based gels: Optical, electrochemical and self-assembly properties.

Two novel BODIPY dyes, BOC3 and BC12, were synthesized with variable alkyl chains at terminal amide functional units. BC12, featuring a longer alkyl chain (-C12H25), formed a gel compared to BOC3, which has a shorter alkyl chain (-CH2OCH3), due to supra molecular self-assembly in film. Both dyes exhibited absorption peaks around 530 nm in the visible region, with a red shift of about 30 nm in the film state, essential for organic electronic applications.

An Organic Dyad Composed of Diathiafulvalene-Functionalized Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Fullerene for Single-Component High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells.

A new low-band gap dyad DPP-Ful, which consists of covalently linked dithiafulvalene-functionalized diketopyrrolopyrrole as donor and fullerene (C60 ) as the acceptor, has been designed and synthesized. Organic solar cells were successfully constructed using the DPP-Ful dyad as an active layer. This system has a record power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.

Highly Directional 1D Supramolecular Assembly of New Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Gel for Organic Solar Cell Applications.

A new thermoreversible organogel based on diketopyrrolopyrrole dye (DPP-NCO) is reported for the first time and evolved as a new building block for the fabrication of 1D supramolecular assembly. AFM analysis illustrated that its gel state is composed of different sized 1D rods. DPP-NCO gel used as an additive in organic solar cells yields high efficiency of 7.

Near-infrared unsymmetrical blue and green squaraine sensitizers.

Two novel panchromatic asymmetrical squaraine sensitizers (SPSQ1 and SPSQ2) have been synthesized, characterized and effectively used for TiO2-based dye sensitized solar cells. In a solution, both dyes display a highly intense near-IR absorption (SPSQ1; 651 nm and SPSQ2; 692 nm), the red shifted absorption of SPSQ2 was attributed to the incorporation of the auxiliary acceptor dicyanovinyl unit on the squaraine moiety. Interestingly, the dicyanovinyl unit lowered the LUMO level of SPSQ2, which decreased the band gap and red shifted the absorption when compared to SPSQ1.