Synthesis of Light Harvesting Molecules Based on Squaraine Chromophores to Maximize Solar Absorption in Organic Photovoltaics

dc.contributor.advisor	Oikonomopoulos, Solon
dc.contributor.author	Ehlert, Philipp
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-13T07:17:05Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-13T07:17:05Z
dc.date.created	2018-06-12
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier	ntnudaim:19712
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2562303
dc.description.abstract	This study explores the synthesis of a new squaraine-quinoline-graphene hybrid for use in organic photovoltaics (OPV). The goal of this project is to research the effect of squaraine-quinoline based dye attached to exfoliated graphene using π-π-stacking. To achieve this several novel compounds have been synthesized resulting in a dye that was successfully attached to graphene. The dye (9) were analyzed using differential pulse voltammetry, UV-VIS and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The final dye (9) was synthesized with a yield of 57%, HOMO and LUMO levels were approximated to 5,31 eV and 3,75 eV respectively with a bandgap of 1,55 eV.
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	NTNU
dc.subject	Industriell kjemi og bioteknologi, Organisk kjemi
dc.title	Synthesis of Light Harvesting Molecules Based on Squaraine Chromophores to Maximize Solar Absorption in Organic Photovoltaics
dc.type	Master thesis