Wielopolski, MateuszMarszalek, MagdalenaBrunetti, Fulvio G.Joly, DamienCalbo, JoaquínAragó, JuanMoser, Jacques-E.Humphry-Baker, RobinZakeeruddin, Shaik M.Delgado, Juan LuisGrätzel, MichaelOrtí, EnriqueMartín, Nazario2016-01-082016-01-082016-01-08201610.1039/C5TC03501Ehttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/122066WOS:000375697000016The development of new light harvesting materials is a key issue for the progress of the research on organic & hybrid photovoltaics. Here, we report a new class of organic sensitizers based on the bi-fluorenylidene moiety as p-linker within the donor–p-linker–acceptor (D–p–A) scheme. The new dyes are endowed with electron donor and electron acceptor units at strategic positions in order to improve their electronic and light-harvesting properties. The comprehensive study of these compounds through the use of different experimental and theoretical techniques, provides an in-depth understanding of their electronic and photophysical properties, and reveal their interest as photovoltaic materials.text::journal::journal article::research article