A new class of hole-transporting materials (HTM) containing tetraphenylmethane (TPM) core have been developed. After thermal, charge carrier mobility, and contact angle tests, it was found that… (More)
Electromagnetic field (EMF) exposures have been shown to induce heat shock proteins (HSPs), which help to maintain the conformation of cellular proteins during periods of stress. We have previously… (More)
The electron acceptor 2-(1,1-dicyanomethylene) rhodanine is a promising alternative to cyanoacrylic acid as an anchoring group for organic dyes. For example, the RD-II-based dye-sensitized solar cell… (More)
Two new benzotriazole-bridged sensitizers are designed and synthesized (BTA-I and BTA-II) containing a furan moiety for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Two corresponding dyes (BTA-III and BTA-IV)… (More)
A series of new push-pull organic dyes (BT-I-VI), incorporating electron-withdrawing bithiazole with a thiophene, furan, benzene, or cyano moiety, as π spacer have been synthesized, characterized,… (More)
In this work, the quantum dot CuInS2 layer was deposited on TiO2 film using successive ionic layer absorption and reaction (SILAR) method, and then two bithiazole-bridged dyes (BTF and BTB) were… (More)
In this work, six new D-A-π-A sensitizers (ID1-ID6), with triarylamine as the electron donor; isoindigo as a auxiliary electron withdrawing unit; thiophene, furan, and benzene as the linker; and… (More)