High molar extinction coefficient branchlike organic dyes containing Di(p-tolyl)phenylamine donor for dye-sensitized solar cells applications

Huajie Chen, Hui Huang, Xianwei Huang, John N. Clifford, Amparo Forneli, Emilio Palomares, Xiaoyan Zheng, Liping Zheng, Xianyou Wang, Ping Shen, Bin Zhao, Songting Tan*

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Abstract

Two novel branchlike organic dyes (D1 and D2) comprising two di(p-toyl)phenylamine moieties as the electron donor, cyanoacetic acid moieties as the electron acceptor, thiophene or 3-hexylthiophene moieties as the Π-spacer, were designed and synthesized for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). It was found that the introduction of two di(p-tolyl)phenylamine groups to form the branchlike configuration exhibited better photovoltaic performance due to the improvement of the electron donating and the light-harvesting properties. By the introduction of two di(p-tolyl)phenylamine groups into the framework of D2, it is interesting to note that the UV-vis absorption of D2 showed an obvious blue-shift but also improved molar extinction coefficient compared with that of D3. The transient absorption measurements showed that the dyes D1 and D2 with two di(p-tolyl)phenylamine-substitutes could effectively retard charge recombination between electrons at the TiO2 and the oxidized dyes. Among the three dyes studied, a maximum power conversion efficiency of 6.41% was obtained under simulated AM 1.5 G solar irradiation (100 mW/cm2) with a DSSC based on D2 dye (Jsc = 11.62 mA/cm2, Voc = 0.73 V, FF = 0.756) upon the addition of 1.0 × 10-3 M chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) as coadsorbent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3280-3286
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume114
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Feb 2010
Externally publishedYes

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Chen, H., Huang, H., Huang, X., Clifford, J. N., Forneli, A., Palomares, E., Zheng, X., Zheng, L., Wang, X., Shen, P., Zhao, B., & Tan, S. (2010). High molar extinction coefficient branchlike organic dyes containing Di(p-tolyl)phenylamine donor for dye-sensitized solar cells applications. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(7), 3280-3286. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp911139x