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Lazrak M, Toufik H, Bouzzine SM, Ennehary S, Lamchouri F. Theoretical analysis on D-π-A triphenylamine-based dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: effect of π-bridges on the optoelectronic, and photovoltaic properties. J Mol Model 2023; 29:266. [PMID: 37505323 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05660-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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CONTEXT The dye-sensitized solar cell is a technology unique in its light conversion properties as it operates with record efficiencies in diffused light conditions. The choice of the appropriate sensitizer is one of the important strategies to improve photovoltaic performance of DSSC devices. This theoretical study mainly aims to determine the impact of the π-spacer on the geometric and optoelectronic parameters of sensitizer dyes. For that, we have chosen six organic dyes of Donor-π-Acceptor structure based on triphenylamine unit as electron donor, cyanoacrylic acid as electron acceptor with various π-bridges. The results indicated that the doping process modify dihedral angles and electronic properties by enhancing the planarity and decreasing the gap energy. We have examined the optoelectronic and photovoltaic properties of studied triphenylamine based-dyes. Introducing thiophene and furan as π-spacer groups in D6 dye can effectively decrease the gap energy (Egap = 2.21 eV), broaden the absorption range (λmax = 671.19 nm), and promote the light-harvesting properties. The D2 dye based on two pyrrole units presents an improved electron injection driving force (ΔGinject = - 2.269 eV) and regeneration driving force corresponding to better charge separation. The π-bridge groups can efficiently tune the optoelectronic and photovoltaic properties of sensitizers, which contribute to the efficiency of solar cells. METHODS The geometrical and electronic properties of all systems were studied by the DFT method using the correlation exchange functional B3LYP combined with 6-31G(d, p) basis set. On the other hand, the maximum absorption wavelengths λmax and the corresponding oscillator strengths were calculated using the hybrid functional BHandHLYP and 6-31+G(d) basis set. The solvent tetrahydrofuran (THF) are used to study the effect of the solvent, using the "Conductor-Polarizable Continuum" (C-PCM) model. All calculations were performed using Gaussian 09 program.
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- Malak Lazrak
- Laboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health & Quality of Life (SNAMOPEQ), Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taza, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez, Fes, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health & Quality of Life (SNAMOPEQ), Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taza, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez, Fes, Morocco.
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- Laboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health & Quality of Life (SNAMOPEQ), Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taza, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez, Fes, Morocco.
- Regional Center for Training and Professional Education, BP 8, Errachidia, Morocco.
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- Laboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health & Quality of Life (SNAMOPEQ), Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taza, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez, Fes, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health & Quality of Life (SNAMOPEQ), Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taza, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez, Fes, Morocco
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Zhou P, Lin B, Chen R, An Z, Chen X, An Q, Chen P. Effect of Extending the Conjugation of Dye Molecules on the Efficiency and Stability of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:30069-30077. [PMID: 34778678 PMCID: PMC8582274 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c04794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We designed and synthesized two organic dyes (A6 and A10) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) by extending the molecular conjugation strategy. The sensitizer A10 was constructed by inserting ethene into our previously reported sensitizer AZ6. The sensitizer A6 was obtained by further substituting the hydrogen of ethene with another donor (D) and π-bridge-acceptor (π-A) segment. The UV-vis spectra and J-V curves showed that the dyes A10 and A6 could effectively facilitate the light-harvesting and photocurrent densities with respect to AZ6. Consequently, the A10-based DSSC achieved an enhanced efficiency (8.54%) with a high photocurrent (18.81 mA cm-2). Desorption experiments of dyes adsorbed on TiO2 showed that compared with the monoanchoring dyes AZ6 and A10, the dianchoring configuration effectively strengthened the affinity of dye A6 with the photoanode, making it more difficult to leach from the photoanode. The A6-based DSSC shows outstanding stability, and its overall efficiency could remain 98.0% of its initial value after 3000 h of aging time, exceeding that of its monoanalogue AZ6 (remained 78.3% after 3000 h).
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- Pengjuan Zhou
- Key
Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Shannxi Normal
University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Shannxi Normal
University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Shannxi Normal
University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Shannxi Normal
University, Xi’an 710062, China
- Xi’an
Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi’an 710065, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Shannxi Normal
University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- North
Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, Beijing 100089, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Shannxi Normal
University, Xi’an 710062, China
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Al-Qurashi OS, Wazzan N. Theoretical investigation of the nitrogen-heterocyclic as π-linker in diphenylthienylamine-based dyes adsorbed on TiO2 nanotubes for DSSCs applications. Mol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1919772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Ohoud S. Al-Qurashi
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Synthesis, crystal structures and electrochemical properties of ferrocenyl imidazole derivatives. Heliyon 2019; 5:e02580. [PMID: 31692585 PMCID: PMC6806399 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Six ferrocenyl imidazole derivatives substituted with -Cl, -NO2 and -CH3 on the 2-position of the 1H-imidazole ring have been synthesized. Of the six compounds, the di-substituted ferrocenes, i.e. compounds 4 (1,1′-ferrocenylmethyl(2-chloroimidazole)), 5 (1,1′-ferrocenyl(2-nitroimidazole)), and 6 (1,1′-ferrocenylmethyl(2-methylimidazole)) are reported for the first time. The structure-property relationships of compounds 4, 5 and 6 were investigated by means of UV-visible, FTIR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR spectroscopy and electrochemical studies. UV-visible analysis in acetonitrile showed that the π -π* band of compounds 2 (1-ferrocenylmethyl(2-nitroimidazole)) and 5 appeared at longer wavelength compared to 1 (1-ferrocenylmethyl(2-chloroimidazole)), 3 (1-ferrocenylmethyl(2-methylimidazole)), 4 and 6. This phenomenon is due to the different electronics around the imidazole moieties. In cyclic voltammetry analysis, all compounds exhibited a quasi-reversible redox wave for the ferrocenyl and imidazole moieties. Density functional theoretical (DFT) calculations with the B3LYP/6-311+G(d) basis set were performed on compounds 1–6, and the calculated HUMO-LUMO band gap energies correlated with those obtained from electrochemical and spectroscopic data. The X-ray crystallographic analysis highlighted the effect of electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents on the conformation of the cyclopentadienyl rings attached to the ferrocenyl moiety.
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Tuning of some novel triphenylamine-based organic dyes for their potential application in dye-sensitized solar cells: A theoretical study. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molecular engineering of bithiazole-based organic dyes with different electron-rich linkers toward highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Meng Y, Zhang Y, Sun W, Wang M, He B, Chen H, Tang Q. Biomass converted carbon quantum dots for all-weather solar cells. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.10.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Maragani R, Ansari MS, Banik A, Misra R, Qureshi M. Cs -Symmetric Triphenylamine-Linked Bisthiazole-Based Metal-Free Donor-Acceptor Organic Dye for Efficient ZnO Nanoparticles-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis, Theoretical Studies, and Photovoltaic Properties. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:5981-5991. [PMID: 31457851 PMCID: PMC6644399 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Herein, we have designed a metal-free donor-acceptor dye by incorporating an electron deficient bisthiazole moiety as a linker in between the electron donor triphenylamine and cyanoacetic acid acceptor. The bisthiazole-based organic dye D1 was synthesized using the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling and Knoevenagel condensation reactions. On the basis of the optical, electrochemical, and computational studies, dye D1 showed a better electronic interaction between the donor and acceptor moieties. As-synthesized C 2 symmetric triphenylamine-linked bisthiazole-based organic dye D1 has four anchoring groups, which play a significant role for better adsorption on the ZnO surface along with the enhanced kinetics of photoexcited electron injection. Consequently, photovoltaic properties of the organic dye D1 has been carried out by fabricating the ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs)-based solar device. We obtained the maximum incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency of about 56.20%, with a short-circuit photocurrent density (J sc) of 13.60 mA cm-2, which results in a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.94% under AM 1.5 irradiation (100 mW cm-2). The high PCE value is the result of proficient electron injection from E LUMO of dye D1 to the conduction band of ZnO NPs, as suggested by the computational calculations. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurement is carried out to calculate the electron lifetime and also reveals the insight to the reduced charge recombinations at the various active interfaces of the photovoltaic device.
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- Ramesh Maragani
- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore 453552, MP, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore 453552, MP, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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Merz J, Fink J, Friedrich A, Krummenacher I, Al Mamari HH, Lorenzen S, Haehnel M, Eichhorn A, Moos M, Holzapfel M, Braunschweig H, Lambert C, Steffen A, Ji L, Marder TB. Pyrene Molecular Orbital Shuffle-Controlling Excited State and Redox Properties by Changing the Nature of the Frontier Orbitals. Chemistry 2017; 23:13164-13180. [PMID: 28718975 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We show that by judicious choice of substituents at the 2- and 7-positions of pyrene, the frontier orbital order of pyrene can be modified, giving enhanced control over the nature and properties of the photoexcited states and the redox potentials. Specifically, we introduced a julolidine-like moiety and Bmes2 (mes=2,4,6-Me3 C6 H2 ) as very strong donor (D) and acceptor (A), respectively, giving 2,7-D-π-D- and unsymmetric 2,7-D-π-A-pyrene derivatives, in which the donor destabilizes the HOMO-1 and the acceptor stabilizes the LUMO+1 of the pyrene core. Consequently, for 2,7-substituted pyrene derivatives, unusual properties are obtained. For example, very large bathochromic shifts were observed for all of our compounds, and unprecedented green light emission occurs for the D/D system. In addition, very high radiative rate constants in solution and in the solid state were recorded for the D-π-D- and D-π-A-substituted compounds. All compounds show reversible one-electron oxidations, and Jul2 Pyr exhibits a second oxidation, with the largest potential splitting (ΔE=440 mV) thus far reported for 2,7-substituted pyrenes. Spectroelectrochemical measurements confirm an unexpectedly strong coupling between the 2,7-substituents in our pyrene derivatives.
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- Julia Merz
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, Al Khoud, 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Ferreira E, Le Poul P, Cabon N, Caro B, Robin-Le Guen F, Pellegrin Y, Planchat A, Odobel F. New D-π-A-conjugated organic sensitizers based on α-pyranylidene donors for dye-sensitized solar cells. Tetrahedron Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.01.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ramkumar S, Manidurai P. Tuning the physical properties of organic sensitizers by replacing triphenylamine with new donors for dye sensitized solar cells - a theoretical approach. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 173:425-431. [PMID: 27705847 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2016.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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New donor molecules with low ionization potential have been theoretically designed by replacing the benzene moieties in triphenylamine (TPA) with thiophene as well as furan. The designed new donors also exhibited planar structure, making an angle of 120° around the nitrogen atom that results in resonance effects through π-bonds of aryl rings. New sensitizers have been theoretically studied using DFT and TD-DFT by adopting these designed donors. UV-Vis absorption spectra, light harvesting ability (LHE) and electron injection ability (ΔGinject) of the designed sensitizers have been calculated by taking L0 as reference. Orbital overlapping between donor and acceptor facilitates intra-molecular charge transfer, thereby increasing the interfacial electron injection from the sensitizer to the semiconductor nanoparticles. Our theoretical results demonstrate that sensitizers DTPA-AA and DFPA-AA have broader absorption and lower ΔGinject respectively compare to L0, this opens a new way for designing sensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). All the dyes designed were found to be good light harvesters.
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- Sekar Ramkumar
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical sciences, PO box-160-C, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile.
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical sciences, PO box-160-C, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile.
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Xie Y, Han L, Ge CS, Cui YH, Gao JR. Novel organic dye sensitizers containing fluorenyl and biphenyl moieties for solar cells. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2016.06.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hosseinzadeh E, Hadipour NL, Parsafar G. A computational investigation on the influence of different π spacer groups in the bithiazole-based organic dye sensitizers on the short-circuit photocurrent densities of dye-sensitized solar cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liu Y, He J, Han L, Gao J. Influence of the auxiliary acceptor and π-bridge in carbazole dyes on photovoltaic properties. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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High performance arylamine-based metallated and metal-free organic photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Li H, Fang M, Hou Y, Tang R, Yang Y, Zhong C, Li Q, Li Z. Different Effect of the Additional Electron-Withdrawing Cyano Group in Different Conjugation Bridge: The Adjusted Molecular Energy Levels and Largely Improved Photovoltaic Performance. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:12134-12140. [PMID: 27101840 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Four organic sensitizers (LI-68-LI-71) bearing various conjugated bridges were designed and synthesized, in which the only difference between LI-68 and LI-69 (or LI-70 and LI-71) was the absence/presence of the CN group as the auxiliary electron acceptor. Interestingly, compared to the reference dye of LI-68, LI-69 bearing the additional CN group exhibited the bad performance with the decreased Jsc and Voc values. However, once one thiophene moiety near the anchor group was replaced by pyrrole with the electron-rich property, the resultant LI-71 exhibited a photoelectric conversion efficiency increase by about 3 folds from 2.75% (LI-69) to 7.95% (LI-71), displaying the synergistic effect of the two moieties (CN and pyrrole). Computational analysis disclosed that pyrrole as the auxiliary electron donor (D') in the conjugated bridge can compensate for the lower negative charge in the electron acceptor, which was caused by the CN group as the electron trap, leading to the more efficient electron injection and better photovoltaic performance.
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- Huiyang Li
- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 China
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Maragani R, Gautam P, Mobin SM, Misra R. C2-Symmetric ferrocenyl bisthiazoles: synthesis, photophysical, electrochemical and DFT studies. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:4802-9. [PMID: 26866584 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04988a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of donor-acceptor ferrocenyl substituted bisthiazoles 3-8 were designed and synthesized by the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki, Heck, and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions. Their photophysical, electrochemical and computational studies reveal strong donor-acceptor interactions. The photonic and electrochemical studies show that the ferrocenyl bisthiazoles with vinyl linkage ferrocenyl-bisthiazole 4, show better electronic communication compared to rest of the ferrocenyl bisthiazoles. The time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculation at B3LYP on the ferrocenyl substituted bisthiazoles 3-5 was performed, in which the ferrocenyl-bisthiazole 4 shows strong donor-acceptor interactions compared to the Fc-bisthiazoles 3 and 5. The thermal stability of the ferrocenyl substituted bisthiazoles 3-8 is reported, in which Fc-bisthiazole 8 shows high thermal stability. The single crystal structures of ferrocenyl-bisthiazoles 3 and 5 are reported.
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- Ramesh Maragani
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore-452 017, India.
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Li H, Fang M, Xu T, Hou Y, Tang R, Chen J, Liu L, Han H, Peng T, Li Q, Li Z. New anthracene-based organic dyes: the flexible position of the anthracene moiety bearing isolation groups in the conjugated bridge and the adjustable cell performance. Org Chem Front 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5qo00377f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A series of 9,10-diarylsubstituted anthracene (An)-bridged with different sequences were developed to explore the suitable position of isolation groups.
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Guo F, Liu X, Ding Y, Kong F, Chen W, Zhou L, Dai S. Broad spectral-response organic D–A–π–A sensitizer with pyridine-diketopyrrolopyrrole unit for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra27288b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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In this work, four D–A–π–A sensitizers PDPP-I–IV based on pyridine-flanked DPP moieties (PDPP) were designed and synthesized for broadly spectral-response in dye-sensitized solar cells.
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- Fuling Guo
- Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-film Solar Cells
- Institute of Applied Technology
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-film Solar Cells
- Institute of Applied Technology
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-film Solar Cells
- Institute of Applied Technology
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-film Solar Cells
- Institute of Applied Technology
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-film Solar Cells
- Institute of Applied Technology
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-film Solar Cells
- Institute of Applied Technology
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-film Solar Cells
- Institute of Applied Technology
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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Biswas AK, Das A, Ganguly B. Can fused-pyrrole rings act as better π-spacer units than fused-thiophene in dye-sensitized solar cells? A computational study. NEW J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6nj02040b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Fused-pyrrole rings can be potential π-spacers in dye-sensitized solar cells.
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- Abul Kalam Biswas
- Analytical Discipline and Centralized Instrument Facility
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
- Bhavnagar – 364002
- India
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- Analytical Discipline and Centralized Instrument Facility
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
- Bhavnagar – 364002
- India
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- Analytical Discipline and Centralized Instrument Facility
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
- Bhavnagar – 364002
- India
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Thiophene-bithiazole based metal-free dye as DSSC sensitizer: Effect of co-adsorbents on photovoltaic efficiency. J CHEM SCI 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12039-015-0995-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chung J, Seo UR, Chun S, Chung YK. Poly(3,4-dimethyl-5-vinylthiazolium)/DBU-Catalyzed Thioesterification of Aldehydes with Thiols. ChemCatChem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201501140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Junyong Chung
- Department of Chemistry; Seoul National University; Seoul 151-747 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Seoul National University; Seoul 151-747 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Seoul National University; Seoul 151-747 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Seoul National University; Seoul 151-747 Korea
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Liu Y, Xie Q, Hu J, Peng D, Liao Y, Zhu C, Zhong C. Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of the Novel Dye of Branched Chain Polymeric Metal Complexes with Cyclopentadithiophene Derivatives as a Donor. ADVANCES IN POLYMER TECHNOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/adv.21604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ye Liu
- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 People's Republic of China
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Molecular Engineering and Theoretical Investigation of Novel Metal-Free Organic Chromophores for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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XIE QIUFANG, ZHOU JUN, HU JIAOMEI, PENG DAHAI, LIU YE, LIAO YANLONG, ZHU CHUNXIAO, ZHONG CHAOFAN. Synthesis and Photovoltaic properties of branched chain polymeric metal complexes containing Phenothiazine and Thiophene derivative for dye-sensitized solar cells. J CHEM SCI 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12039-015-0790-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Novel D-π-A carbazole sensitizers with 4-phenyl-2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole as π-bridge for dye-sensitized solar cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lee CP, Lin RYY, Lin LY, Li CT, Chu TC, Sun SS, Lin JT, Ho KC. Recent progress in organic sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra16493h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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This review focuses on recent progress of metal-free sensitizers and on panchromatic engineering of co-sensitization in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
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- Chuan-Pei Lee
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
- Institute of Chemistry
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- National Taipei University of Technology
- Taipei 10608
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei 11529
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering
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Wang Y, Zhai J, Song Y. Feather-like Ag@TiO2 nanostructures as plasmonic antenna to enhance optoelectronic performance. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:5051-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05398b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A schematic diagram of feather-like Ag@TiO2 nanostructures as “plasmonic antenna”. In electrodes, feather-like Ag@TiO2 captures and transfers the photoinduced electrons.
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- Yang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Energy Materials and Devices
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Beihang University
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Energy Materials and Devices
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Beihang University
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Energy Materials and Devices
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Beihang University
- China
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Nath Ghosh N, Chakraborty A, Pal S, Pramanik A, Sarkar P. Modulating triphenylamine-based organic dyes for their potential application in dye-sensitized solar cells: a first principle theoretical study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:25280-7. [PMID: 25335462 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03621b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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By using computational methodologies based on time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) we study the opto-electronic properties of three types of triphenylamine (TPA)-based dyes, namely TPA-TBT-1, TPA-DBT-1, and TPA-BT-1, and these are proposed as potential candidates for photovoltaic applications. Energy band modulation has been performed by functionalizing these dyes with different electron donating and electron withdrawing groups. Photoelectron spectra and photovoltaic properties of the dyes have been investigated by a combination of DFT and TDDFT approaches. Based on the optimized molecular geometry, relative position of the frontier energy levels, and the absorption maximum of the dyes we propose some dyes offering good photovoltaic performance. At the same time, these results provide a direction for optimizing the composition of dye-metal surface nanodevices for fabricating dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
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Han L, Wu H, Cui Y, Zu X, Ye Q, Gao J. Synthesis and density functional theory study of novel coumarin-type dyes for dye sensitized solar cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Slodek A, Filapek M, Szafraniec G, Grudzka I, Pisarski WA, Malecki JG, Zur L, Grela M, Danikiewicz W, Krompiec S. Synthesis, Electrochemistry, Crystal Structures, and Optical Properties of Quinoline Derivatives with a 2,2′-Bithiophene Motif. European J Org Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201402241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Yang J, Ganesan P, Teuscher J, Moehl T, Kim YJ, Yi C, Comte P, Pei K, Holcombe TW, Nazeeruddin MK, Hua J, Zakeeruddin SM, Tian H, Grätzel M. Influence of the donor size in D-π-A organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:5722-30. [PMID: 24655036 DOI: 10.1021/ja500280r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We report two new molecularly engineered push-pull dyes, i.e., YA421 and YA422, based on substituted quinoxaline as a π-conjugating linker and bulky-indoline moiety as donor and compared with reported IQ4 dye. Benefitting from increased steric hindrance with the introduction of bis(2,4-dihexyloxy)benzene substitution on the quinoxaline, the electron recombination between redox electrolyte and the TiO2 surface is reduced, especially in redox electrolyte employing Co(II/III) complexes as redox shuttles. It was found that the open circuit photovoltages of IQ4, YA421, and YA422 devices with cobalt-based electrolyte are higher than those with iodide/triiodide electrolyte by 34, 62, and 135 mV, respectively. Moreover, the cells employing graphene nanoplatelets on top of gold spattered film as a counter electrode (CE) show lower charge-transfer resistance compared to platinum as a CE. Consequently, YA422 devices deliver the best power conversion efficiency due to higher fill factor, reaching 10.65% at AM 1.5 simulated sunlight. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and transient absorption spectroscopy analysis were performed to understand the electrolyte influence on the device performances with different counter electrode materials and donor structures of donor-π-acceptor dyes. Laser flash photolysis experiments indicate that even though the dye regeneration of YA422 is slower than that of the other two dyes, the slower back electron transfer of YA422 contributes to the higher device performance.
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- Jiabao Yang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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Zhao J, Yang X, Hao Y, Cheng M, Tian J, Sun L. Effect of different numbers of -CH2- units on the performance of isoquinolinium dyes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:3907-3914. [PMID: 24575825 DOI: 10.1021/am405014f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Three new dyes have been synthesized to investigate the influence of the distance between the electron acceptor and TiO2 surface on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In these dyes, the isoquinolinium acceptor, with a -(CH2)nCOOH anchoring group, and a functionalized triphenylamine donor are separated by an oligothiophene bridge. The physical and electrochemical properties of the dyes were investigated systematically. The results prove that different numbers of -CH2- units between the isoquinolinium acceptor and the carboxyl anchoring group have a less pronounced effect on the physical and electrochemical properties of these dyes. However, when applied in DSSCs, a sharp decrease in the short-circuit current (Jsc) was observed with increasing numbers of -CH2- units. For example, the device containing the organic dye bearing three -CH2- units produced the lowest Jsc of 7.94 mA·cm(-2). In contrast, the device containing the dye bearing only one -CH2- unit exhibited the highest Jsc of 13.88 mA·cm(-2). The higher photocurrent obtained with the device incorporating the dye with one -CH2- unit resulted in a higher power conversion efficiency of 6.8%.
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- Jianghua Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT) , 2 Linggong Road, 116024 Dalian, China
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Li H, Tang R, Hou Y, Yang Y, Chen J, Liu L, Han H, Peng T, Li Q, Li Z. Diphenyldibenzofulvene-Based Sensitizers for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Tuned Absorption Properties and Partially Suppressed Aggregation. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201300231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zhao J, Yang X, Cheng M, Wang W, Sun L. Influence of different methylene units on the performance of rhodanine organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra45034a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Ying W, Yang J, Wielopolski M, Moehl T, Moser JE, Comte P, Hua J, Zakeeruddin SM, Tian H, Grätzel M. New pyrido[3,4-b]pyrazine-based sensitizers for efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc51844b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Li H, Hou Y, Yang Y, Tang R, Chen J, Wang H, Han H, Peng T, Li Q, Li Z. Attempt to improve the performance of pyrrole-containing dyes in dye sensitized solar cells by adjusting isolation groups. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2013; 5:12469-12477. [PMID: 24215468 DOI: 10.1021/am403668d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Four new pyrrole-based organic sensitizers with different isolation groups were conveniently synthesized and applied to dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The introduction of isolation group in the side chain could both suppress the formation of dye aggregates and electron recombination. Especially, when two pieces of D-π-A chromophore moieties shared one isolation group to construct the "H" type dye, the performance was further improved. Consequently, in the corresponding solar cell of LI-57, a short-circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) was tested to be 13.85 mA cm(-2), while 0.72 V for the open-circuit photovoltage (Voc), 0.64 for the fill factor (FF), and 6.43% for the overall conversion efficiency (η), exceeding its analogue LI-55 (5.94%) with the same isolation group. The results demonstrated that both the size (bulk and shape) and the linkage mode between the D-π-A chromophores and the isolation groups, could affect the performance of sensitizers in DSCs in a large degree, providing a new approach to optimize the chemical structure of dyes to achieve high conversion efficiencies.
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- Huiyang Li
- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Opto-Electronic Materials, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, China
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Mao J, Wang D, Liu SH, Hang Y, Xu Y, Zhang Q, Wu W, Chou PT, Hua J. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Functionally Separated D-π-A Dyes with 2-Cyanopyridine as an Electron-Accepting and Anchoring Group. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201300178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Photovoltaic performance of bithiazole-bridged dyes-sensitized solar cells employing semiconducting quantum dot CuInS2 as barrier layer material. J Colloid Interface Sci 2013; 408:59-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.06.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2013] [Revised: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Arylamine organic dyes with donor (D), π-bridge (π) and acceptor (A) moieties for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have received great attention in the last decade because of their high molar absorption coefficient, low cost and structural variety. In the early stages, the efficiency of DSCs with arylamine organic dyes with D-π-A character was far behind that of DSCs with ruthenium(II) complexes partly due to the lack of information about the relationship between the chemical structures and the photovoltaic performance. However, exciting progress has been recently made, and power conversion efficiencies over 10% were obtained for DSCs with arylamine organic dyes. It is thus that the recent research and development in the field of arylamine organic dyes employing an iodide/triiodide redox couple or polypyridyl cobalt redox shuttles as the electrolytes for either DSCs or solid-state DSCs has been summarized. The cell performance of the arylamine organic dyes are compared, providing a comprehensive overview of arylamine organic dyes, demonstrating the advantages/disadvantages of each class, and pointing out the field that needs to reinforce the research direction in the further application of DSCs.
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- Mao Liang
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, People's Republic of China
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Chen L, Li X, Ying W, Zhang X, Guo F, Li J, Hua J. 5,6-Bis(octyloxy)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-Bridged Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage Performance. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201201424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Wang Y, Li X, Liu B, Wu W, Zhu W, Xie Y. Porphyrins bearing long alkoxyl chains and carbazole for dye-sensitized solar cells: tuning cell performance through an ethynylene bridge. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra40788h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Guo F, He J, Qu S, Li J, Zhang Q, Wu W, Hua J. Structure-property relationship of different electron donors: new organic sensitizers based on bithiazole moiety for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra00181d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Stergiopoulos T, Konstantakou M, Falaras P. Dye solar cells combining a TiO2 surface-blocking organic sensitizer and solvent-free ionic liquid-based redox electrolyte. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra42506a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Fan S, Chen Z, Zhang X. Copper-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Benzothiazoles with Thiazoles and Polyfluoroarene. Org Lett 2012; 14:4950-3. [DOI: 10.1021/ol3023165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Shilu Fan
- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, 8 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, 8 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, 8 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China
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Mao J, He N, Ning Z, Zhang Q, Guo F, Chen L, Wu W, Hua J, Tian H. Stable Dyes Containing Double Acceptors without COOH as Anchors for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201204948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mao J, He N, Ning Z, Zhang Q, Guo F, Chen L, Wu W, Hua J, Tian H. Stable Dyes Containing Double Acceptors without COOH as Anchors for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:9873-6. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ying W, Guo F, Li J, Zhang Q, Wu W, Tian H, Hua J. Series of new D-A-π-A organic broadly absorbing sensitizers containing isoindigo unit for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2012; 4:4215-4224. [PMID: 22817332 DOI: 10.1021/am300925e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this work, six new D-A-π-A sensitizers (ID1-ID6), with triarylamine as the electron donor; isoindigo as a auxiliary electron withdrawing unit; thiophene, furan, and benzene as the linker; and cyanoacrylic acid as the anchoring group, were synthesized through simple synthetic procedures and with low cost. Their absorption spectra were broad with long wavelength absorption maximum approximately at 589 nm and the absorption onset at 720 nm on the TiO(2) film. Electrochemical experiments indicate that the HOMO and LUMO energy levels can be conveniently tuned by alternating the donor moiety and the linker. All of these dyes performed as sensitizers for the DSSCs test under AM 1.5 similar experimental conditions, and a maximum overall conversion efficiency of 5.98% (J(sc) = 14.77 mA cm(-2), V(oc) = 644 mV, ff = 0.63) is obtained for ID6-based DSSCs when TiO(2) films were first immersed for 6 h in 20 mM CDCA ethanol solution followed by 12 h of dipping in the dye CH(2)Cl(2) solution. Electrochemical impedance measurement data implies that the electron lifetime can be increased by coadsorption of CDCA, which leads to a lower rate of charge recombination and thus improved V(oc).
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- Weijiang Ying
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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