Effects of structure and electronic properties of D-π-A organic dyes on photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells
- Authors
- Lee, Min-Woo; Kim, Jae-Yup; Lee, Hyung-Geun; Cha, Hyun Gil; Lee, Duck-Hyung; Ko, Min Jae
- Issue Date
- Mar-2021
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- Dye-sensitized solar cells; Donor-acceptor dyes; Electron-rich unit; Wide-range absorption; Impedance spectroscopy
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY, v.54, pp.208 - 216
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
- Volume
- 54
- Start Page
- 208
- End Page
- 216
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/142268
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jechem.2020.05.060
- ISSN
- 2095-4956
- Abstract
- Herein, we examine the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells containing five D-pi-A organic dyes designed by systematic modification of pi-bridge size and geometric structure. Each dye has a simple push-pull structure with a triarylamino group as an electron donor, bithiophene-4,4-dimethyl-4H-cyclopenta[1,2-b:5,4-b']dithiophene (M11), 4,4-dimethyl-4H-cyclopenta[1,2-b:5,4-b']dithiophene-thiophene (M12), thiophene-4,4-dimethyl-4H-cyclopenta[1,2-b:5,4-b']dithiophene (M13), 4,4-dimethyl-4H-cyclopenta[1,2-b:5,4-b']dithiophene-benzene (M14), and 4,4-dimethyl-4H-cyclopenta [1,2-b:5,4-b']dithiophene (M15) units as pi-bridges, and cyanoacrylic acid as an electron acceptor/anchor. The extension of the pi-bridge linkage favors wide-range absorption but, because of the concomitant molecular volume increase, hinders the efficient adsorption of dyes on the TiO2 film surface. Hence, higher loadings are achieved for smaller dye molecules, resulting in (i) a shift of the TiO2 conduction band edge to more negative values, (ii) a greater photocurrent, and (iii) suppressed charge recombination between the photoanode and the redox couple in the electrolyte. Consequently, under one-sun equivalent illumination (AM 1.5 G, 100 mW/cm(2)), the highest photovoltage, photocurrent, and conversion efficiency (eta = 7.19%) are observed for M15, which has the smallest molecular volume among M series dyes.
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