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New organic dyes composed of the benzo[
b]furan donor, thiophene-conjugated bridge, and cyano acrylicacid acceptor have been newly synthesized through the one-pot coupling cyclization key step.Nanocrystalline TiO
2 dye-sensitized solar cell was fabricated using this dye. A solar-to-electric conversionefficiency of 6.65% and 4.70% is achieved with
1 and
2, respectively.