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Bouzineb Y, Fitri A, Benjelloun AT, Benzakour M, Mcharfi M, Bouachrine M. Theoretical investigation of the effect of changing the auxiliary acceptor on the performance of organic D-A'-A dyes used as sensitizers in DSSCs. J Mol Model 2023; 29:365. [PMID: 37946060 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05766-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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CONTEXT Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have displayed huge potential in inexpensive, efficient, and clean solar energy technology. In this work, seven new dyes with the structure D-A'-A were designed in which the thiophene in the reference dye was replaced by auxiliary acceptors (A'). These dyes consist mainly of a pyranylidene-based electron donor D and the cyanoacrylic acid moiety as acceptor A. A computational investigation was carried out on the effect of various auxiliary acceptors A' on the efficiency of D-A'-A dyes in isolation and after binding to the semiconductor TiO2. Optimized structures, geometrical, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic parameters were calculated to predict promising dyes for potential use as solar cell sensitizers, including band gap (Egap), natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis, nonlinear optical properties (NLO), UV-Vis absorption spectra, maximum absorption wavelength (λmax), reorganization energy (λtotal), light-harvesting efficiency (LHE), electron injection driving force (ΔGinject) and open-circuit photovoltage (VOC). The results of this study revealed that all designed dyes, compared to the reference dye, are characterized by small Egap and λtotal values as well as large λmax, in addition to significant NLO properties and large adsorption energy (Eads). Therefore, all studied dyes can be used as sensitizers in DSSC. METHODS Using Density Functional Theory (DFT) approaches with the B3LYP functional and the 6-31G(d,p) basis set, all ground state geometries of the isolated dyes were fully optimized. Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) method using the CAM-B3LYP/6-31G(d,p)/IEF-PCM level was applied to simulate the UV-visible absorption properties. All isolated dye calculations were performed using the Gaussian 09 software package. DFT calculations have been carried out with the DMol3 package included in Materials Studio for simulating the adsorption of the investigated dyestuff on the TiO2 surface of anatase (101), using the generalized gradient corrected approximation (GGA) approach of the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) functional with the basic set of digital double polarisation (DNP). To study the optical performance of dye@TiO2 the PBE/DNP method present in DMol3 was applied.
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- Yassir Bouzineb
- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar el Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University, Fez, Morocco.
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- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar el Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University, Fez, Morocco
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- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar el Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University, Fez, Morocco
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- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar el Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University, Fez, Morocco
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- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar el Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University, Fez, Morocco
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Azaid A, Abram T, Alaqarbeh M, Raftani M, Kacimi R, Sbai A, Lakhlifi T, Bouachrine M. Design new organic material based on triphenylamine (TPA) with D-π-A-π-D structure used as an electron donor for organic solar cells: A DFT approach. J Mol Graph Model 2023; 122:108470. [PMID: 37116334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2023.108470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Because of the increasing scarcity of fossil fuels and the growing need for energy, it has become necessary to research new renewable energy resources. In this study, five new high-performance materials (TP-FA1F-TP - TP-FA5F-TP) of the D-π-A-π-D configuration based on triphenylamine (TPA) were theoretically investigated by applying DFT and TD-DFT methods for future application as heterojunction organic solar cells (BHJ). The influence of the modification of the acceptor (A) of the parent molecule TP-FTzF-TP on the structural, electronic, photovoltaic and optical properties of the TP-FA1F-TP - TP-FA5F-TP organic molecules was investigated in detail. TP-FA1F-TP - TP-FA5F-TP showed Egap in the interval of 1.44-2.01 eV with λabs in the range of 536-774 nm, open-circuit voltage (Voc) values varied between 0.3 and 0.56 V and power conversion efficiencies (PCE) ranging from (3-6) %. Our results also show that the donor molecules suggested in this research exhibit an improved performance compared to the recently synthesized TP-FTzF-TP, such as a lowest HOMO energy, a smaller Egap, and a greater absorption spectrum, and can lead to higher performance. Indeed, this theoretical research could lead to the future synthesis of better compounds as active substances used in BHJ.
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- Ahmed Azaid
- Molecular Chemistry and Natural Substances Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco
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- Molecular Chemistry and Natural Substances Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco
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- National Agricultural Research Center, Al-Baqa, 19381, Jordan.
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- Molecular Chemistry and Natural Substances Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco
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- Molecular Chemistry and Natural Substances Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco
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- Molecular Chemistry and Natural Substances Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco
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- Molecular Chemistry and Natural Substances Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco
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- Molecular Chemistry and Natural Substances Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco; EST Khenifra, University Sultan Moulay Sliman, Morocco.
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Chebil S, chemek M, Mestiri T, Alimi K. Theoretical enhancement of the electronic and optical properties of a new D-π-A-π-D synthesized donor molecule for a new generation of fullerene-based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) for new organic solar cells devices. J Mol Graph Model 2022; 115:108226. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fadili D, Fahim ZME, Bouzzine SM, Alaoui OT, Hamidi M. Effects of auxiliary electron-withdrawing moieties on the photovoltaic properties of D-π-A’-π-A phosphonic acid-based DSSCs. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Divya VV, Suresh CH. Tuning the donating strength of dye sensitizers using molecular electrostatic potential analysis. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj04797j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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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The significance of electron releasing groups at the donors of D–π–A systems for improving the donating strength and power conversion efficiency of photosensitizers.
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- Velayudhan V. Divya
- Chemical Sciences and Technology Division
- CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
- Thiruvananthapuram
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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- Chemical Sciences and Technology Division
- CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
- Thiruvananthapuram
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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Chouk R, Aguir C, Haouanoh D, Bergaoui M, Tala-Ighil R, Stathatos E, Khalfaoui M. A first-principles computational and experimental investigation on schiff base cobalt complex towards designing solar cells. J Mol Struct 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Campbell JP, Sharafi M, Murphy KE, Bocanegra JL, Schneebeli ST. Precise molecular shape control of linear and branched strips with chirality-assisted synthesis. Supramol Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2019.1638922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Design, synthesis and photoelectrical properties of diphenylamine-containing triphenylamine-based D-D-π-A-type fluorescence dyes. Tetrahedron Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Liu H, Liu L, Fu Y, Liu E, Xue B. Theoretical Design of D-π-A-A Sensitizers with Narrow Band Gap and Broad Spectral Response Based on Boron Dipyrromethene for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. J Chem Inf Model 2019; 59:2248-2256. [PMID: 30908031 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Dye-sensitized solar cells based on boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) have gained widespread attention in recent years because of their easy structural modification, strong light absorption, and photostability. In this paper, a series of dyes with single or double acceptors based on the BODIPY framework have been designed and compared by density functional theory calculation. Results show that the dyes with double acceptors exhibit smaller band gap and broader red-shift absorption peaks than their counterparts with single acceptors. To further improve the dye performance, polythiophenes and electron donating groups are successively introduced into BODIPY and donor moieties of double-acceptor dyes. The introduction of polythiophene effectively improved the light harvesting efficiency (LHE) from 0.79 to 0.96. And, the stronger electron donating groups create a narrow band gap, resulting in a broad absorption band in the range of 400-1600 nm. These modifications not only broaden the absorption range but also facilitate electron injection, thereby improving the photoelectric conversion efficiency, which is beneficial for the potential application of BODIPY sensitizers in the field of photovoltaics.
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- Haizhen Liu
- School of Chemistry and Material Science , Shanxi Normal University , Linfen 041000 , P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science , Shanxi Normal University , Linfen 041000 , P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science , Shanxi Normal University , Linfen 041000 , P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science , Shanxi Normal University , Linfen 041000 , P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science , Shanxi Normal University , Linfen 041000 , P.R. China
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Todorović M, Stetsovych O, Moreno C, Shimizu TK, Custance O, Pérez R. Pentacene/TiO 2 Anatase Hybrid Interface Study by Scanning Probe Microscopy and First Principles Calculations. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:34718-34726. [PMID: 30183245 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b09203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The understanding and control of the buried interface between functional materials in optoelectronic devices is key to improving device performance. We combined atomic resolution scanning probe microscopy with first-principles calculations to characterize the technologically relevant organic/inorganic interface structure between pentacene molecules and the TiO2 anatase (101) surface. A multipass atomic force microscopy imaging technique overcomes the technical challenge of imaging simultaneously the corrugated anatase substrate, molecular adsorbates, monolayers, and bilayers at the same level of detail. Submolecular resolution images revealed the orientation of the adsorbates with respect to the substrate and allowed direct insights into interface formation. Pentacene molecules were found to physisorb parallel to the anatase substrate in the first contact layer, passivating the surface and promoting bulk-like growth in further organic layers. While molecular electronic states were not significantly hybridized by the substrate, simulations predicted localized pathways for molecule-surface charge injection. The localized states were associated with the molecular lowest unoccupied molecular orbital inside the oxide conduction band, pointing to efficient transfer of photo-induced electron charge carriers across this interface in prospective photovoltaic devices. In uncovering the atomic arrangement and favorable electronic properties of the pentacene/anatase interface, our findings testify to the maturity and analytic power of our methodology in further studies of organic/inorganic interfaces.
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- Milica Todorović
- Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University , P.O. Box 11100, Aalto FI-00076 , Finland
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-2-1 Sengen , Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0047 , Japan
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences , Cukrovarnicka 10 , Prague 6 16200 , Czech Republic
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- International Center for Young Scientists, NIMS , 1-2-1 Sengen , Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0047 , Japan
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) , CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB , Bellaterra , 08193 Barcelona , Spain
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-2-1 Sengen , Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0047 , Japan
- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics , Keio University , 3-14-1 Hiyoshi , Yokohama , Kanagawa 223-8522 , Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-2-1 Sengen , Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0047 , Japan
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