Journal
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 6, Issue 8, Pages 4229-4237Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c00072
Keywords
dye-sensitized solar cells; organic dyes; coplanar; rigid molecule; indolocarbazole
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In this study, the design of coplanar organic dyes ZL002, ZL004, and ZL006 with rigid structures led to densely packed arrangements on the surface of TiO2, resulting in improved photoelectric properties, electron injection efficiency, and longer charge-recombination lifetime.
Rigid and coplanar molecular structures are important for photosensitizers, but their packing status on the surface of nanocrystalline mesoporous titanium dioxide (TiO2) films requires more attention. Here, we designed three indolo[3,2-b]carbazole-based organic dyes ZL002, ZL004, and ZL006 with a coplanar structure by introducing flexible Z-type double and triple bonds having a smaller stereo-effect, and a rigid backbone from a benzene ring connected by a single bone. We studied the properties of photoelectricity, electron injection, and charge transport based on the ZL dyes adsorbed on the surface of TiO2, and their dye-sensitized solar cell performance. We found that rigid single bonds and triple bonds widen absorption and preserve the vertical coplanar status of the dyes on TiO2. The coplanar and rigid dye ZL004 densely packed on the surface of TiO2 gives smaller relaxation loss, higher electron-injection efficiency, and longer charge-recombination lifetime. As a result, the best efficiency of 11.6% based on dye ZL004 is achieved from their densely packed structure on the surface of TiO2.
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