Journal
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ELECTRONICS
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 840-848Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-020-01486-6
Keywords
Dyes; DFT; Optoelectronic properties; Alkyl chain length
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In recent years, investigating organic compounds for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) applications has received particular attention for its interesting optoelectronics properties. In this article, we have conducted a theoretical study on a series of D-pi-A molecules, which have carbazole as a donor (D) and cyanoacrylic acid as acceptor (A) linked by a conjugated bridge. Theoretical calculations were conducted using Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Time-Dependent-DFT to evaluate the substitution effect of linear chains and to elucidate the effects of alkyl chain length (R: H, CH3 to C6H13). We have studied the geometrical structures, the electronic and optical properties, the conduction band shift, as well as the charge transfer parameters: IP, EA, PEE, HEP, lambda, LHE, Voc, Delta G(inject) and Delta G(reg) of the studied dyes. According to the results obtained, the substitution of hydrogen H (Dye 1) by the methyl group CH3 (Dye 2) has, on the one hand, a significant effect on the values of the energies HOMO and LUMO, and on the other hand, the absorption peak is redshifted and the contribution of the electronic transition (H -> L) has been improved (664.17 nm and 70%, respectively). However, the substitution of CH3 (Dye 2) by the other alkyl groups CnH2n+1 (n = 2 to 6) (Dye 3 to Dye 7) has low effects. The best results are obtained by substitution with methyl CH3, and the increase in chain length, which will require additional computing time, has a low effect on the properties of the dyes studied.
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