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ACTA PHYSICO-CHIMICA SINICA
Volume 24, Issue 11, Pages 1950-1956Publisher
PEKING UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-1508(08)60077-7
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Triphenylamine dye; Guanidine thiocyanate; Solar cell; Photoelectric conversion
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Two triphenylamine-based dyes (TPAR3 and TPAR6) containing, two carboxylic acid groups with different conjugated lengths were synthesized and characterized with regard to their photophysical and photoelectrochemical properties. Experimental results showed that the lambda(max) of TPAR6 either in methanol solution or on TiO2 film was red-shifted and broadened by extending the pi-conjugated bridge. However, the performance of TPAR3-based dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) was Superior to that of TPAR6. This reason was due to the serious self-quenching of the electronically excited state in TPAR6 molecule, resulting from its cis-trans isomerization. The effects of addition of guanidine thiocyanate (GT) in the electrolyte on the performance of DSCs based on TPAR3 were also investigated, revealing a maximum energy conversion efficiency of 4.02% at 0.100 mol.L-1 GT.
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