Theoretical Study of Effect of Introducing pi-Conjugation on Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
- Authors
- Lee, Geon Hyeong; Kim, Young Sik
- Issue Date
- Sep-2018
- Publisher
- AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
- Keywords
- Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC); Heteroleptic; Donor; Acceptor; Density Functional Theory (DFT)
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, v.18, no.9, pp.6640 - 6644
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 6640
- End Page
- 6644
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/3254
- DOI
- 10.1166/jnn.2018.15714
- ISSN
- 1533-4880
- Abstract
- In this study, phenoxazine (PXZ)-based dye sensitizers with triphenylamine (TPA) as a dual-electron donor and thiophen and benzothiadiazole (BTD) or 4,7-diethynylbenzo[c][1,2,5] thiadiazole (DEBT) as an electron acceptor (dye1, dye2, and dye3) were designed and investigated. Dye3 can significantly stabilize the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of an organic dye. We used density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations to better understand the factors responsible for the photovoltaic performance. The absorption spectrum of the dyes showed different forms because of the different energy levels of the molecular orbital (MO) of each dye and the intramolecular energy transfer (EnT). Among the three dyes, dye3 showed greater red-shift, broader absorption spectra, and higher molar extinction coefficient. These results indicate that adding a withdrawing unit and pi-conjugation to a dye can result in good photovoltaic properties for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
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