Patent ID: 8148519
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: B82Y,C07D,C09B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A dye for a dye-sensitized solar cell, the dye being represented by the following general formula (100): wherein A is represented by one of the following general formulae (111) to (118), wherein Z 1 to Z 10 independently represent a hydrogen atom (H), lithium (Li), sodium (Na), or tetra-alkyl ammonium group represented by the following general formula (120), wherein X 1 to X 4 independently represent C m H 2m+1 (m=1 to 6), and B, C, and D are the same or different, and independently represented by one of the following general formulae (131) to (140): wherein R a to R f and R i to R z , are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C m H 2m+1 (m=1 to 15), OC p H 2p+1 (p=1 to 15), CH 2 [OC 2 H 4 ] n OCH 3 (n=1 to 30), and [OC 2 H 4 ] q OCH 3 (q=1 to 30), and R g and R h are independently selected from the group consisting of C m H 2m+1 (m=1 to 15), OC p H 2p+1 (p=1 to 15), CH 2 [OC 2 H 4 ] n OCH 3 (n=1 to 30), and [OC 2 H 4 ] q OCH 3 (q=1 to 30).