The Stille Reaction: Applications in the Synthesis of Organic Dyes for DSSCs

Authors

  • Gianna Reginato Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. gianna.reginato@iccom.cnr.it
  • Alessandro Mordini Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università degli Studi di Firenze Via della Lastruccia 13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. alessandro.mordini@unifi.it
  • Lorenzo Zani Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
  • Massimo Calamante Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università degli Studi di Firenze Via della Lastruccia 13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
  • Alessio Dessì Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
  • Daniele Franchi Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università degli Studi di Firenze Via della Lastruccia 13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2017.586

Keywords:

Dssc, Organic dyes, Organostannanes, Stille reaction

Abstract

The cross-coupling reaction of organic electrophiles with organostannanes, traditionally known as the Stille reaction, has found renewed interest in the preparation of new organic materials such as conjugated polymers, organic semiconductors and photoactive molecules for use in organic photovoltaics. Moreover, a very recent field in which the Stille reaction has found successful application is that of the design and synthesis of new photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). DSSCs are considered a promising alternative for energy production from renewable sources. In such devices light harvesting is carried out by a dye which is generally a highly conjugated molecule. Due to the mild operating conditions and the high functional-group compatibility, the Stille reaction proved to be a powerful tool not only for the preparation of photosensitizers, but also to plan their chemical elaboration in order to tune and optimize their photophysical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties. In this microreview some recent examples of the Stille reaction in the synthesis of organic dyes for DSSC are reported.

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2017-09-27

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How to Cite

[1]
G. Reginato, A. Mordini, L. Zani, M. Calamante, A. Dessì, D. Franchi, Chimia 2017, 71, 586, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2017.586.