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Behera AK, Sahu PN, Sahu GC, Sen A. A quantum chemical study: thoughtful exploration for optimal donors in Y-type dual donor-based dye sensitizers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:26341-26352. [PMID: 37750227 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03899h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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This research explores the influence of different dual donors on the effectiveness of dye sensitizers. We selected 35 diverse donors to construct Y-type dual donor-based dyes, connecting them with thiophene as the π-spacer and cyanoacrylic acid as the acceptor. Density functional theory calculations indicate that these dual donor-based dyes exhibit superior optoelectronic properties compared to their single donor counterparts. Notably, significant variations in charge distribution among the different dual donors affect their donor capabilities. Our calculations specifically highlight the enhanced thermodynamic parameters, including light harvesting efficiency (LHE), the free energy of dye injection (ΔGinject), and regeneration (ΔGreg), for donor moieties containing nitrogen atoms, such as NS-3 (N,N-dimethylaniline), NS-5 (diphenylamine), NS-6 (triphenylamine), and NS-8 (4-methoxy-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-phenylaniline). These results suggest that nitrogen-containing donor moieties act as promising candidates for donors for efficient dye sensitizers. However, further experimental validation in the near future will be necessary to confirm our findings.
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- Anil Kumar Behera
- Department of Chemistry (CMDD Lab), GITAM School of Science, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam-530045, AP, India.
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- Department of Chemistry (CMDD Lab), GITAM School of Science, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam-530045, AP, India.
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- Department of Chemistry (CMDD Lab), GITAM School of Science, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam-530045, AP, India.
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- Department of Chemistry (CMDD Lab), GITAM School of Science, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam-530045, AP, India.
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Zhou H, Ji JM, Lee HS, Masud, Aftabuzzaman M, Lee DN, Kim CH, Kim HK. D-π-A Structured Porphyrin and Organic Dyes with Easily Synthesizable Donor Units for Low-Cost and Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:39426-39434. [PMID: 37578375 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c08877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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This study aimed to develop low-cost D-π-A structured porphyrin and organic dyes with easily synthesizable donor units instead of the conventional complex multistep synthetic donor unit of Hexyloxy-BPFA [bis(7-(2,4-bis(hexyloxy)phenyl)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)amine] used in SGT-021 and SGT-149 as well-known record cosensitizers with an extremely high power conversion efficiency (PCE). The design strategy concerned the easier synthesis of low-cost donor units with inversion structures in donor groups via donor structural engineering, particularly by changing the position of the fluorene and phenylene units in the donor moiety while keeping the π-bridge and acceptor unit unchanged, leading to the synthesis of two D-π-A structured porphyrins [SGT-021(D0) and SGT-021(D)] and one D-π-A structured organic sensitizer [SGT-149(D)] for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Specifically, porphyrin SGT-021(D0) incorporated two hexyl chains into the 9-position of each fluorene, while SGT-021(D) and SGT-149(D) substituted two hexyloxy chain units to the terminal position of each fluorene in the donor groups of porphyrin dyes. The effect of the position of the fluorene and phenylene units in the donor moiety on the photochemical and electrochemical properties, as well as the photovoltaic performance, was compared with the reference dyes of SGT-021 and SGT-149, previously reported by the research group. After optimizing the DSSC devices, SGT-021(D) and SGT-021(D0) achieved a high PCE of 11.6 and 10.5%, respectively, while SGT-149(D) exhibited a little lower PCE of 10.3% under the standard AM 1.5G light intensity. The cell performance of DSSC devices based on SGT-021(D) and SGT-149(D) was inferior to the corresponding reference dyes of SGT-021 and SGT-149 due to their lower donating ability of Hexyloxy-BPFA than Hexyloxy-BFPA.
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- Haoran Zhou
- Global GET-Future Lab. and Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
- Renewable Energy Materials Laboratory (REML), Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon 16229, Korea
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- Global GET-Future Lab. and Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
- Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45740 Melheim, Germany
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- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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- Global GET-Future Lab. and Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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- Global GET-Future Lab. and Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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- Global GET-Future Lab. and Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
- School of Chemical Engineering and Center for Antibonding Regulated Crystals, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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- Global GET-Future Lab. and Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Korea
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Behera AK, Sen A. Pyrrole – Best additional spacers for azo based dye sensitized solar cells: A computational study. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Li C, Jia Q, Fan Y, Zhang W, Sun X, Cao J, Jin N, Liu J. Synthesis of zinc porphyrin with fluorophenyl group and applications in dye sensitized solar cells. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2022. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424622500389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wang R, Gong K, Liu R, Liu D, Li W, Wang L, Zhou X. Spectral properties and photophysical processes of meso styryl substituent triphenylamine-porphyrin derivatives. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2022. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424622500353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This work reports the synthesis and spectral properties of meso-styryl substituted triphenylamine-porphyrin derivatives, mP-BLP, mPPC-BLP and their metal coordinated complexes. The photophysical processes were analyzed and related to the meso-groups and centre metal ions. The meso styryl substituent in mP-BLP and its complexes are able to extend the conjugation of porphyrin macrocycle to the styryl motif, increase light harvesting ability and accelerate intersystem crossing (ISC) process. A large dihedral angle between the meso-styryl group and porphyrin macrocycle would prohibit the delocalization of electrons between the two motifs and induce the occurrence of solvation decay process. Increasing the electron-withdrawing ability of meso-substituent via additional pyrimidine group could promote the photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer (PIET) process for mPPC-BLP. Moreover, the coordination of metal ions would significantly accelerate the photophysical processes of both mP-BLP and mPPC-BLP. Specially, the Mg[Formula: see text] is helpful to the ISC process whereas Zn[Formula: see text] is adverse to the ISC process, while Cu[Formula: see text] would boost the non-radiation process. Furthermore, Zn[Formula: see text] is able to promote the PIET process of mPPC-BLP, exhibiting the highest charge-separated tendency among these porphyrins. mPPC-ZnBLP-based dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) devices show the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE). The photovoltaic performance of DSSC devices reveals the significancy of the photoinduced charge-separated tendency for the design of porphyrin sensitizers.
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- Rong Wang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Chen Y, Tang Y, Zou J, Zeng K, Baryshnikov G, Li C, Xie Y. Fluorenyl Indoline as an Efficient Electron Donor for Concerted Companion Dyes: Enhanced Light-Harvesting and Photocurrent. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:49828-49839. [PMID: 34641667 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Concerted companion dyes (CC dyes) like XW61 have been demonstrated to be an effective platform for developing efficient DSSCs. However, the moderated phenothiazine-based electron donor in XW61 results in unsatisfactory Jsc. To address this problem, a stronger fluorenyl indoline-based electron donor has been used to construct porphyrin dye XW68 and organic dyes Y1-Y2. The stronger electron-donating character of the fluorenyl indoline unit leads to an enhanced Jsc value (20.48 mA·cm-2) for the individual dye XW68. On this basis, CC dyes XW69-XW70-C8 have been designed and synthesized by combining the frameworks of Y1 and Y2 with XW68. The complementary absorption characters of the porphyrin and the organic dye moieties lead to panchromatic absorption with a strong light-harvesting capability from 350 to 700 nm and the onset wavelength extended to ca. 840 nm in the IPCE curves. As a result, excellent Jsc values have been achieved (>22 mA·cm-2). In addition to the advantages of high Jsc, bulky octyl groups have been introduced into the donor of XW70-C8 to reduce dye aggregation and suppress charge recombination. Finally, a highest PCE of 11.1% with a satisfactory Jsc (22.25 mA·cm-2) and an enhanced Voc (750 mV) has been achieved upon coadsorption of XW70-C8 with CDCA. In addition, the CC dye XW70-C8-based solar cells exhibit excellent long-term photostability. These results provide an effective method for rationally improving the photovoltaic behavior, especially the Jsc of CC dyes, by introducing strong electron donor moieties with suitable substituents.
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- Yingying Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Jungong 300, Shanghai 200090, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Department of Science and Technology, Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, Norrköping SE-60174, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Li Y, Wang G, Feng X, Jia Q, Li Y, Liu J, Cao J, Liu J. Double-layer novel zinc porphyrin based on axial coordination self-assembly for dye-sensitized solar cells. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yuan Q, Yu Y, Sun Z, Song X. Enhancing the Photoelectric Properties of Zinc Porphyrin Dyes by Introducing Five-Membered Heterocyclic Rings into the Electron Donor: A Density Functional Theory and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Study. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:23551-23557. [PMID: 34549151 PMCID: PMC8444289 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To fabricate highly efficient dye sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, new zinc porphyrin dye sensitizers were designed based on one of the most efficient dyes, YD2-o-C8, by introducing electron-rich heterocyclic rings into the electron donor. Five potentially efficient dyes, Dye1-5, were obtained by replacing the phenyl group of the donor in YD2-o-C8 with pyrrolyl, furyl, and thienyl groups. The electronic structures, absorption spectra, intramolecular charge-transfer characteristics, and excited-state lifetimes of the designed dyes were investigated using the density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory methods. All the designed dyes exhibit better photoelectric properties than those of YD2-o-C8. Compared with YD2-o-C8, the designed new dyes have smaller frontier molecular orbital energy gaps and obvious red-shifting absorption spectra in the Q band. The analyses of charge density difference plots and intramolecular charge-transfer characteristics indicated that the designed dyes can better promote intramolecular charge transfer and electron-hole separation. Among the five designed dyes, Dye1 with a pyrrolyl group exhibits the best performance. Dye3 and Dye5 with methyl-furyl and methyl-thienyl groups, respectively, exhibit the next best performance. Dye2 and Dye4 with furyl and thienyl groups, respectively, are the worst performers. The introduced methyl group can further improve the electron-donating ability of heterocyclic rings and promote the red shift of the Q bands and intramolecular charge transfer of dyes. The excited-state lifetimes of the new dyes were in the following order: YD2-o-C8 < Dye4 < Dye2 < Dye5 < Dye3 < Dye1, which shows their stronger abilities to inject electrons into semiconductor films.
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- Qingtang Yuan
- Beijing
Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Environmental
Chemical Engineering, Beijing University
of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Environmental
Chemical Engineering, Beijing University
of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing
Engineering Research Center of Printed Electronics, School of Printing
and Packaging Engineering, Beijing Institute
of Graphic Communication, Beijing 102600, China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Environmental
Chemical Engineering, Beijing University
of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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Novel indole-based photosensitizers coupled with PEG-HEC quasi-solid-state electrolyte to improve energy conversion and stability of organic dyes based-dye sensitized solar cells. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cha HL, Seok S, Kim HJ, Thogiti S, Goud BS, Shin G, Eun LJ, Koyyada G, Kim JH. Towards achieving improved efficiency using newly designed dye-sensitized solar cell devices engineered with dye-anchored counter electrodes. J IND ENG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Xu Z, Gao S, Lu X, Li Y, Li Y, Wei S. Theoretical analysis of the absorption spectrum, electronic structure, excitation, and intramolecular electron transfer of D-A'-π-A porphyrin dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:14846-14856. [PMID: 32579631 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01664k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A series of porphyrin dyes with D-A'-π-A structure were designed and theoretically investigated by DFT and TD-DFT methods. Different electron-withdrawing auxiliary acceptor units were introduced into the dye molecule skeleton to shed light on how the type and position of auxiliary acceptors influence the photoelectric performance of the dyes. It was found that the introduction of electron-withdrawing units, BTD, TPZ, BTZ, PP and DPPZ, between the Zn-porphyrin core and the anchoring group had a significantly positive influence on the performance of the dye molecules. Also, more appropriate electron distribution in the molecular orbital and the lower HOMO-LUMO energy gap, more extensive absorption coverage, higher light-harvesting efficiency, lower orbital overlap, and more effective long-range intramolecular electron transfer (IET) process can be achieved as compared to the reference dye. Among these five electron-withdrawing units, BTD and TPZ had the effect leading to the greatest improvement and therefore, are the best candidates for auxiliary acceptors. The calculated results indicated that the longitudinal π-conjugation of the electron-withdrawing unit also had an obvious effect on the performance of the dye molecule, and NTD is expected to be a more effective auxiliary acceptor than BTD. The effects of the relative positions of the auxiliary acceptors in the dye molecular skeleton were also investigated. A comparative study of AX1-3 and AA1-3 showed that the introduction of BTD, TPZ and BTZ units between the donor part and the Zn-porphyrin core may have a negative impact on the performance of the dyes. Our studies are expected to provide new insight for the design and screening of high-efficiency porphyrin dyes for DSSCs applications.
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- Zhijie Xu
- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China.
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China.
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China.
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Kurumisawa Y, Higashino T, Nimura S, Tsuji Y, Iiyama H, Imahori H. Renaissance of Fused Porphyrins: Substituted Methylene-Bridged Thiophene-Fused Strategy for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9910-9919. [PMID: 31189307 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Over the last decades, porphyrin sensitizers have made a remarkable contribution to performance improvement in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In particular, versatile push-pull-type porphyrin sensitizers have achieved power conversion efficiencies (η) over 10% as a result of their improved light-harvesting abilities. Meanwhile, aromatic ring fusion to a porphyrin core is an attractive option for highly efficient DSSCs because of its expanded π-conjugation and resultant red-shifted absorption. Nevertheless, aromatic-fused porphyrin sensitizers have suffered rather low cell performances due to their mismatch of HOMO-LUMO levels, high aggregation tendency, and short lifetime of the excited states. Bearing these in mind, we envisioned that the fusion of substituted methylene-bridged small aromatic ring to a porphyrin core would overcome these drawbacks, boosting the cell performance. Herein, we report a series of substituted methylene-bridged thiophene-fused porphyrins, AfZnP, DfZnP, and DfZnP- iPr. After optimization, DSSC with the donor-side thiophene-fused DfZnP- iPr achieved an η-value of 10.1%, which is comparable to that of DSSC with GY50 (10.0%), a representative high-performance push-pull-type porphyrin sensitizer. More importantly, cosensitization of DfZnP- iPr with a complementary sensitizer LEG4 further led to an η-value of 10.7%, which is the highest value ever reported for DSSCs with fused porphyrin sensitizers. Therefore, our strategy will reboot the exploration of aromatic-fused porphyrin sensitizers for high-performance DSSCs.
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- Yuma Kurumisawa
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan.,Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) , Kyoto University , Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 , Japan
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Di Carlo G, Orbelli Biroli A, Pizzotti M, Tessore F. Efficient Sunlight Harvesting by A 4 β-Pyrrolic Substituted Zn II Porphyrins: A Mini-Review. Front Chem 2019; 7:177. [PMID: 31032244 PMCID: PMC6470396 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) are a highly promising alternative to conventional photovoltaic silicon-based devices, due to the potential low cost and the interesting conversion efficiencies. A key-role is played by the dye, and porphyrin sensitizers have drawn great interest because of their excellent light harvesting properties mimicking photosynthesis. Indeed, porphyrins are characterized by strong electronic absorption bands in the visible region up to the near infrared and by long-lived π* singlet excited states. Moreover, the presence of four meso and eight β-pyrrolic positions allows a fine tuning of their photoelectrochemical properties through structural modification. Trans-A2BC push-pull ZnII porphyrins, characterized by a strong and directional electron excitation process along the push-pull system, have been extensively investigated. On the other hand, A4 β-pyrrolic substituted tetraaryl ZnII porphyrins, which incorporate a tetraaryl porphyrinic core as a starting material, have received lower attention, even if they are synthetically more attractive and show several advantages such as a more sterically hindered architecture and enhanced solubility in most common organic solvents. The present contribution intends to review the most prominent A4 β-substituted ZnII porphyrins reported in the literature so far for application in DSSCs, focusing on the strategies employed to enhance the light harvesting capability of the dye and on a comparison with meso-substituted analogs.
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- Gabriele Di Carlo
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, UdR INSTM Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (CNR-ISTM), SmartMatLab Centre, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, UdR INSTM Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, UdR INSTM Milano, Milan, Italy
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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]
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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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- 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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Cheng Y, Yang G, Jiang H, Zhao S, Liu Q, Xie Y. Organic Sensitizers with Extended Conjugation Frameworks as Cosensitizers of Porphyrins for Developing Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:38880-38891. [PMID: 30358387 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b12883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Relatively high efficiencies have been achieved for porphyrin-based dye-sensitized solar cells. For the purpose of designing efficient cosensitizers, we herein report systematically optimized dyes XC1-XC5 employing a triphenylamine donor, a benzothiadiazole moiety as the auxiliary acceptor, and a benzoic acid acceptor. One hexyl and four hexyloxy groups were introduced, and an ethynylene moiety was introduced between the donor and the auxiliary acceptor to afford XC1. To further extend the absorption wavelength, a second ethynylene moiety was introduced between the acceptor and the auxiliary acceptor to afford XC2. XC3 and XC4 were designed by introducing one and two methyl substituents, respectively, into the meta-positions of the anchoring carboxyl group. XC5 was further synthesized by inserting a cyano substituent into one of the ortho-positions of the carboxyl group with the purpose to strengthen the intramolecular charge-transfer effect and thus broaden the absorption wavelength. As expected, compared with the Jsc (14.29 mA·cm-2) of XC1, the corresponding Jsc values for XC2-XC5 were enhanced to 16.50, 16.95, 16.73, and 17.74 mA·cm-2, respectively. Moreover, XC4 exhibits the highest Voc of 770 mV owing to the presence of a maximum of seven chains, which can effectively suppress dye aggregation. As a result, compared with XC1, XC2-XC5 exhibit improved efficiencies of 8.67, 9.05, 8.78, and 9.30%, respectively. In addition, the efficiencies of XC3 and XC5 were further enhanced by cosensitizing them with our previously reported porphyrin dye XW28 under various conditions. Finally, a remarkable efficiency of 10.50% was achieved for the cells cosensitized with XC5 and XW28. These results indicate that the combination of good planarity of the extended D-π-A framework with multiple alkoxy/alkyl chains may compose an effective optimizing strategy for designing and synthesizing excellent cosensitizers for porphyrins.
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering , Shandong University of Science and Technology , Qingdao 266510 , P. R. China
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Panagiotakis S, Giannoudis E, Charisiadis A, Paravatou R, Lazaridi M, Kandyli M, Ladomenou K, Angaridis PA, Bertrand HC, Sharma GD, Coutsolelos AG. Increased Efficiency of Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells by Incorporation of a π Spacer in Donor–Acceptor Zinc Porphyrins Bearing Cyanoacrylic Acid as an Anchoring Group. Eur J Inorg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Stylianos Panagiotakis
- Department of Chemistry University of Crete Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry Voutes Campus 70013 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- Department of Chemistry University of Crete Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry Voutes Campus 70013 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- Department of Chemistry University of Crete Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry Voutes Campus 70013 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- Department of Chemistry University of Crete Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry Voutes Campus 70013 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- Department of Chemistry University of Crete Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry Voutes Campus 70013 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- Department of Chemistry University of Crete Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry Voutes Campus 70013 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- Department of Chemistry University of Crete Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry Voutes Campus 70013 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- Department of Chemistry Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry 54124 Thessaloniki Greece
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- Laboratoire des Biomolécules ‐ UMR7203 Département de Chimie de l'ENS 24 rue Lhomond et Campus Jussieu – Tour 23‐33‐5ème étage – 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris France
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- Molecular Electronics and Optoelectronic Research Laboratory Department of Physics The LNM institute for Information Technology Jamdoli 302031 Jaipur India
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- Department of Chemistry University of Crete Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry Voutes Campus 70013 Heraklion Crete Greece
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Higashino T, Kurumisawa Y, Nimura S, Iiyama H, Imahori H. Enhanced Donor-π-Acceptor Character of a Porphyrin Dye Incorporating Naphthobisthiadiazole for Efficient Near-Infrared Light Absorption. European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201701736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Tomohiro Higashino
- Department of Molecular Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku 615-8510 Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku 615-8510 Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku 615-8510 Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku 615-8510 Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku 615-8510 Kyoto Japan
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences; Kyoto University; Sakyo-ku 606-8501 Kyoto Japan
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Song H, Liu Q, Xie Y. Porphyrin-sensitized solar cells: systematic molecular optimization, coadsorption and cosensitization. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:1811-1824. [PMID: 29372729 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09671b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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As a promising low-cost solar energy conversion technique, dye-sensitized solar cells have undergone spectacular development since 1991. For practical applications, improvement of power conversion efficiency has always been one of the major research topics. Porphyrins are outstanding sensitizers endowed with strong sunlight harvesting ability in the visible region and multiple reaction sites available for functionalization. However, judicious molecular design in consideration of light-harvest, energy levels, operational dynamics, adsorption geometry and suppression of back reactions is specifically required for achieving excellent photovoltaic performance. This feature article highlights some of the recently developed porphyrin sensitizers, especially focusing on the systematic dye structure optimization approach in combination with coadsorption and cosensitization methods in pursuing higher efficiencies. Herein, we expect to provide more insights into the structure-performance correlation and molecular engineering strategies in a stepwise manner.
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- Heli Song
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd., Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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Ooyama Y, Furue K, Enoki T, Kanda M, Adachi Y, Ohshita J. Development of type-I/type-II hybrid dye sensitizer with both pyridyl group and catechol unit as anchoring group for type-I/type-II dye-sensitized solar cell. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 18:30662-30676. [PMID: 27790658 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06513a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A type-I/type-II hybrid dye sensitizer with a pyridyl group and a catechol unit as the anchoring group has been developed and its photovoltaic performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is investigated. The sensitizer has the ability to adsorb on a TiO2 electrode through both the coordination bond at Lewis acid sites and the bidentate binuclear bridging linkage at Brønsted acid sites on the TiO2 surface, which makes it possible to inject an electron into the conduction band of the TiO2 electrode by the intramolecular charge-transfer (ICT) excitation (type-I pathway) and by the photoexcitation of the dye-to-TiO2 charge transfer (DTCT) band (type-II pathway). It was found that the type-I/type-II hybrid dye sensitizer adsorbed on TiO2 film exhibits a broad photoabsorption band originating from ICT and DTCT characteristics. Here we reveal the photophysical and electrochemical properties of the type-I/type-II hybrid dye sensitizer bearing a pyridyl group and a catechol unit, along with its adsorption modes onto TiO2 film, and its photovoltaic performance in type-I/type-II DSSC, based on optical (photoabsorption and fluorescence spectroscopy) and electrochemical measurements (cyclic voltammetry), density functional theory (DFT) calculation, FT-IR spectroscopy of the dyes adsorbed on TiO2 film, photocurrent-voltage (I-V) curves, incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) spectra, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for DSSC.
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- Yousuke Ooyama
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
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Gros CP, Michelin C, Bucher L, Desbois N, Devillers CH, Coutsolelos AG, Biswas S, Sharma GD. Synthesis and characterization of zinc carboxy–porphyrin complexes for dye sensitized solar cells. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj04612j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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DOTA-like porphyrin Zn complexes 8 afford new perspectives in DSSCs compared to mono-porphyrin counterpart 2, by displaying a PCE (%) of 7.13.
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- Claude P. Gros
- ICMUB (UMR CNRS 6302), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- 21000 Dijon
- France
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- ICMUB (UMR CNRS 6302), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- 21000 Dijon
- France
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- ICMUB (UMR CNRS 6302), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- 21000 Dijon
- France
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- ICMUB (UMR CNRS 6302), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- 21000 Dijon
- France
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- Department of Physics, The LNMIIT (Deemed University)
- Jaipur
- India
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- Department of Physics, The LNMIIT (Deemed University)
- Jaipur
- India
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Jadhav MM, Vaghasiya JV, Patil DS, Soni SS, Sekar N. Structure-efficiency relationship of newly synthesized 4-substituted donor–π–acceptor coumarins for dye-sensitized solar cells. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj04954d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Substitution at the 4-position of coumarin alters the photophysical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties of the dyes.
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- Manoj M. Jadhav
- Department of Dyestuff Technology
- Institute of Chemical Technology
- Mumbai
- 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
- 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
- India
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Jia HL, Peng ZJ, Chen YC, Huang CY, Guan MY. Highly efficient stereoscopic phenothiazine dyes with different anchors for dye-sensitized solar cells. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04164d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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For DSSCs based on stereoscopic phenothiazine dyes, JA6 with a cyanoacrylic acid anchor shows the highest PCE of 7.34%.
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- Hai-Lang Jia
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Institute of Advanced Functional Materials for Energy
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Institute of Advanced Functional Materials for Energy
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Institute of Advanced Functional Materials for Energy
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Nanjing 210044
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Institute of Advanced Functional Materials for Energy
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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Higashino T, Nimura S, Sugiura K, Kurumisawa Y, Tsuji Y, Imahori H. Photovoltaic Properties and Long-Term Durability of Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Silicon-Based Anchoring Groups. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:6958-6967. [PMID: 31457279 PMCID: PMC6645028 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Anchoring groups for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) play a decisive role in high-power conversion efficiency (η) and long-term cell durability. To date, a carboxylic acid is the most widely used anchoring group for DSSCs. However, the carboxylic acid tends to dissociate from a TiO2 surface during the cell operation as well as in the presence of water. Considering that the dye dissociation from TiO2 leads to a decrease in the cell performance, stable anchoring groups are highly desirable to achieve long-term durability of DSSCs toward their practical application. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of porphyrin dyes with the triethoxysilyl anchoring groups, ZnPSi1, ZnPSi2, and ZnPSi3, to evaluate the effects of the silicon-based anchoring group on cell durability and photovoltaic properties. The DSSCs based on ZnPSi1, ZnPSi2, and ZnPSi3 exhibited moderate η-values of 2.2, 4.7, and 2.3%, respectively. It is noteworthy that the η-value of the DSSC based on ZnPSi2 (4.7%) is the highest among DSSCs based on porphyrin dyes with silicon-based anchoring groups. The moderate η-values are mainly attributed to the low charge collection efficiency originating from the low surface coverage and plausible tilted geometry of the dyes on TiO2. More importantly, we demonstrated that the DSSC based on ZnPSi2 revealed higher long-term cell durability under illumination than that based on reference porphyrin YD2 -o -C8 having a conventional carboxylic acid anchoring group.
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- Tomohiro Higashino
- Department
of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department
of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department
of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department
of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department
of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department
of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- Institute
for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- E-mail:
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Hu Y, Yellappa S, Thomas MB, Jinadasa RGW, Matus A, Shulman M, D'Souza F, Wang H. β‐Functionalized Push–Pull
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- Yi Hu
- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle, no. 305070 Denton TX 76203-5017 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle, no. 305070 Denton TX 76203-5017 USA
- Government Science College Bengaluru 560001 Karnataka India
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle, no. 305070 Denton TX 76203-5017 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle, no. 305070 Denton TX 76203-5017 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Miami University Oxford OH 45056 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Miami University Oxford OH 45056 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle, no. 305070 Denton TX 76203-5017 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle, no. 305070 Denton TX 76203-5017 USA
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Higashino T, Kurumisawa Y, Cai N, Fujimori Y, Tsuji Y, Nimura S, Packwood DM, Park J, Imahori H. A Hydroxamic Acid Anchoring Group for Durable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Incorporating a Cobalt Redox Shuttle. CHEMSUSCHEM 2017; 10:3347-3351. [PMID: 28722326 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201701157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A hydroxamic acid group has been employed for the first time as an anchoring group for cobalt-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The porphyrin dye YD2-o-C8HA including a hydroxamic acid anchoring group exhibited a power conversion efficiency (η) of 6.4 %, which is close to that of YD2-o-C8, a representative porphyrin dye incorporating a conventional carboxylic acid. More importantly, YD2-o-C8HA was found to be superior to YD2-o-C8 in terms of both binding ability to TiO2 and durability of cobalt-based DSSCs. Notably, YD2-o-C8HA photocells revealed a higher η-value (4.1 %) than YD2-o-C8 (2.8 %) after 500 h illumination. These results suggest that the hydroxamic acid can be used for DSSCs with other transition-metal-based redox shuttle to ensure high cell durability as well as excellent photovoltaic performance.
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- Tomohiro Higashino
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Jia HL, Huang MZ, Peng ZJ, Wang DM, Zhang GH, Guan MY. A supramolecular assembly of metal-free organic dye with zinc porphyrin chromophore for dye-sensitized solar cells. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:15124-15129. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03373g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The supramolecular system has superior performance in improving spectral response and reducing charge recombination, which could be a promising and convenient method to improve the performance of DSSCs.
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- Hai-Lang Jia
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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Ooyama Y, Kanda M, EnoKi T, Adachi Y, Ohshita J. Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties, and photovoltaic performance of a panchromatic and near-infrared (D)2–π–A type BODIPY dye with pyridyl group or cyanoacrylic acid. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra00799j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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(D)2–π–A type BODIPY dyes bearing a pyridyl group or cyanoacrylic acid group and two diphenylamine–thienylcarbazole moieties which possess near-infrared adsorption ability as well as panchromatic adsorption ability, have been developed.
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- Yousuke Ooyama
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Hiroshima University
- Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Hiroshima University
- Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Hiroshima University
- Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Hiroshima University
- Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Hiroshima University
- Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527
- Japan
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Zhang H, Iqbal Z, Chen ZE, Hong YP. Effect of structural optimization on the photovoltaic performance of dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole-based dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra05716d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Five novel organic push–pull dyes, DT, CD-T, TD-T, CD-C and TD-P, based on carbazole or triphenylamine as donors, dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole as a π-spacer and cyanoacetic acid as an acceptor were synthesized, and their structures were optimized for DSSCs.
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- Hai Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qianbei Featured Resources Applied Research Key Laboratory
- Zunyi Normal College
- Zunyi 563006
- China
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- Applied Chemistry Research Centre
- PCSIR Laboratories Complex
- Lahore 54000
- Pakistan
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qianbei Featured Resources Applied Research Key Laboratory
- Zunyi Normal College
- Zunyi 563006
- China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Product and Functional Food
- College of Food Science and Engineering
- Jiangxi Agricultural University
- Nanchang 330045
- China
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Jiang R, Yang X, Wu D. Copper(ii)-promoted oxidative C–H/C–H cross-coupling for rapid access to aza-BODIPY-indole derivatives with broad optical absorption. Org Biomol Chem 2017. [PMID: 28632262 DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01344b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The absorption band of aza-BODIPY is remarkably broadened by coupling with indoles via a concise and inexpensive approach.
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- Ruyong Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy
- West China Medical School
- Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy
- West China Medical School
- Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy
- West China Medical School
- Sichuan University
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Ooyama Y, Yamaguchi N, Ohshita J, Harima Y. Impact of the molecular structure and adsorption mode of D-π-A dye sensitizers with a pyridyl group in dye-sensitized solar cells on the adsorption equilibrium constant for dye-adsorption on TiO 2 surface. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:32992-32998. [PMID: 27886308 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07386g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
D-π-A dyes NI-4 bearing a pyridyl group, YNI-1 bearing two pyridyl groups and YNI-2 bearing two thienylpyridyl groups as the anchoring group on the TiO2 surface have been developed as dye sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), where NI-4 and YNI-2 can adsorb onto the TiO2 electrode through the formation of the coordinate bond between the pyridyl group of the dye and the Lewis acid site (exposed Tin+ cations) on the TiO2 surface, but YNI-1 is predominantly adsorbed on the TiO2 electrode through the formation of the hydrogen bond between the pyridyl group of the dye and the Brønsted acid sites (surface-bound hydroxyl groups, Ti-OH) on the TiO2 surface. The difference in the dye-adsorption mode among the three dyes on the TiO2 surface has been investigated from the adsorption equilibrium constant (Kad) based on the Langmuir adsorption isotherms. It was found that the Kad values of YNI-1 and YNI-2 are higher than that of NI-4, and more interestingly, the Kad value of YNI-2 is higher than that of YNI-1. This work demonstrates that that for the D-π-A dye sensitizers with the pyridyl group as the anchoring group to the TiO2 surface the number of pyridyl groups and the dye-adsorption mode on the TiO2 electrode as well as the molecular structure of the dye sensitizer affect the Kad value for the adsorption of the dye to the TiO2 electrode, that is, resulting in a difference in the Kad value among the D-π-A dye sensitizers NI-4, YNI-1 and YNI-2.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yousuke Ooyama
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
| | - Naoya Yamaguchi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
| | - Joji Ohshita
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
| | - Yutaka Harima
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
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