Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of diarylamines with haloarenes.

The cross-coupling reaction of diarylamines with aryl bromides/iodides can be effected by the Ni(ii)-(sigma-aryl) complex/PPh(3)/NaH system, and a preliminary investigation was conducted into the mechanism of this reaction.

Novel TPD-based organic D-pi-A dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells.

A novel class of organic D-pi-A dyes employing a N,N,N',N'-tetraphenylbenzidine (TPD) unit as donor was designed and synthesized for dye-sensitized solar cells, which achieved a solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency (eta) of 5.63% in preliminary tests as compared to 6.42% for N3 dye under the same experimental conditions.