Dithienothiophene (DTT)-Based Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis of 2,6-Dibromo-DTT

Tae-Hyuk Kwon; Vanessa Armel; Andrew Nattestad; Douglas R MacFarlane; Udo Bach; Samuel J Lind; Keith C Gordon; Weihua Tang; David J Jones; Andrew B Holmes

Journal article

Dithienothiophene (DTT)-Based Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis of 2,6-Dibromo-DTT

Tae-Hyuk Kwon, Vanessa Armel, Andrew Nattestad, Douglas R MacFarlane, Udo Bach, Samuel J Lind, Keith C Gordon, Weihua Tang, David J Jones, Andrew B Holmes

Journal of Organic Chemistry | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1021/jo2001484

University of Melbourne Researchers

Andrew Holmes Author Bio21 Institute

David Jones Author Chemistry

Grants

Awarded by Australian Government

Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the Australian Research Council, the Australian Government [DIISR ISL (CG10059)], and the Victorian State Government DPI (SERD) and DBI (VSA SPF) Program VICOSC for financial support. We thank Drs. Joseph Frey and Michael Armitage (University of Cambridge) for their early observations on the bromodecarboxylation reactions of DTT-carboxylic acids.