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Chevrier M, Fattori A, Lasser L, Kotras C, Rose C, Cangiotti M, Beljonne D, Mehdi A, Surin M, Lazzaroni R, Dubois P, Ottaviani MF, Richeter S, Bouclé J, Clément S. In Depth Analysis of Photovoltaic Performance of Chlorophyll Derivative-Based "All Solid-State" Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Molecules 2020; 25:E198. [PMID: 31947792 PMCID: PMC6983229 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25010198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Chlorophyll a derivatives were integrated in "all solid-state" dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with a mesoporous TiO2 electrode and 2',2',7,7'-tetrakis[N,N-di(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-9,9'-spirobifluorene as the hole-transport material. Despite modest power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) between 0.26% and 0.55% achieved for these chlorin dyes, a systematic investigation was carried out in order to elucidate their main limitations. To provide a comprehensive understanding of the parameters (structure, nature of the anchoring group, adsorption …) and their relationship with the PCEs, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, optical and photovoltaic studies and electron paramagnetic resonance analysis exploiting the 4-carboxy-TEMPO spin probe were combined. The recombination kinetics, the frontier molecular orbitals of these DSSCs and the adsorption efficiency onto the TiO2 surface were found to be the key parameters that govern their photovoltaic response.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michèle Chevrier
- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, CC1701, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France; (M.C.); (C.K.); (C.R.); (A.M.)
- Service des Matériaux Polymères et Composites (SMPC), Centre d’Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux et Polymères (CIRMAP), Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium;
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA), University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy; (A.F.); (M.C.); (M.F.O.)
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, CIRMAP, University of Mons UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (L.L.); (D.B.); (M.S.); (R.L.)
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, CC1701, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France; (M.C.); (C.K.); (C.R.); (A.M.)
- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, CIRMAP, University of Mons UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (L.L.); (D.B.); (M.S.); (R.L.)
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, CC1701, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France; (M.C.); (C.K.); (C.R.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA), University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy; (A.F.); (M.C.); (M.F.O.)
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, CIRMAP, University of Mons UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (L.L.); (D.B.); (M.S.); (R.L.)
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, CC1701, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France; (M.C.); (C.K.); (C.R.); (A.M.)
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, CIRMAP, University of Mons UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (L.L.); (D.B.); (M.S.); (R.L.)
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, CIRMAP, University of Mons UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (L.L.); (D.B.); (M.S.); (R.L.)
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- Service des Matériaux Polymères et Composites (SMPC), Centre d’Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux et Polymères (CIRMAP), Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium;
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA), University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy; (A.F.); (M.C.); (M.F.O.)
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, CC1701, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France; (M.C.); (C.K.); (C.R.); (A.M.)
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- CNRS, Univ. Limoges, XLIM, UMR 7252, F-87000 Limoges, France
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, CC1701, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France; (M.C.); (C.K.); (C.R.); (A.M.)
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Jadhav M, Vaghasiya JV, Patil D, Soni SS, Sekar N. Effect of donor modification on the photo-physical and photo-voltaic properties of N-alkyl/aryl amine based chromophores. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj06196c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Six push–pull sensitizers (MD1 to MD6) having rhodanine-3-acetic acid acting as an electron withdrawing group and N-alkyl/aryl amine as a donor moiety were planned and prepared to rationalize the influence of donor alteration on absorption/emission properties and photon to current conversion efficiency (η).
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Affiliation(s)
- Manoj Jadhav
- Department of Dyestuff Technology
- Institute of Chemical Technology
- Mumbai – 400 019
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Sardar Patel University
- Vallabh Vidyanagar
- India
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Department of Dyestuff Technology
- Institute of Chemical Technology
- Mumbai – 400 019
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Sardar Patel University
- Vallabh Vidyanagar
- India
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- Department of Dyestuff Technology
- Institute of Chemical Technology
- Mumbai – 400 019
- India
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