A Step Toward Efficient Panchromatic Multi-Chromophoric Sensitizers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Abstract
Panchromatic dyes with absorption profiles extending into the near infra-red are of interest to researchers in the field of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as they offer potential access to a wide energy range of photons necessary to enhance solar to electric power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). In this report, a porphyrin with a Soret band absorbing at high energy is combined with a squaraine absorbing at low energy $via$ an acetylene linker to form a bichromophoric sensitizer with molar extinctions on the order of 105 M-1 cm-1 and an incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) onset of ~850 nm. Various bulky substituents were installed on both the porphyrin and squaraine moieties, and conjugation was increased with π-bridge spacers to achieve a PCE of 7.6%, which is up to 15% higher than a comparable squaraine-only dye. For the most part, charge injection dynamics indicate slower charge injection rates and lower injection quantum yields for these bichromophoric sensitizers compared to non-porphyrin squaraine-based DSSC sensitizers. Nevertheless, higher PCE was observed for most porphyrincontaining dyes due largely to increased panchromaticity.
- Authors:
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- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics
- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). Laser Dynamics Lab., School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials (CISSEM)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1369927
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001084
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Chemistry of Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 18; Related Information: CISSEM partners with the University of Arizona (lead); Georgia Institute of Technology; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Princeton University; University of Washington; Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Jradi, Fadi M., O’Neil, Daniel, Kang, Xiongwu, Wong, Jinsze, Szymanski, Paul, Parker, Timothy C., Anderson, Harry L., El-Sayed, Mostafa A., and Marder, Seth R. A Step Toward Efficient Panchromatic Multi-Chromophoric Sensitizers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02006.
Jradi, Fadi M., O’Neil, Daniel, Kang, Xiongwu, Wong, Jinsze, Szymanski, Paul, Parker, Timothy C., Anderson, Harry L., El-Sayed, Mostafa A., & Marder, Seth R. A Step Toward Efficient Panchromatic Multi-Chromophoric Sensitizers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02006
Jradi, Fadi M., O’Neil, Daniel, Kang, Xiongwu, Wong, Jinsze, Szymanski, Paul, Parker, Timothy C., Anderson, Harry L., El-Sayed, Mostafa A., and Marder, Seth R. Wed .
"A Step Toward Efficient Panchromatic Multi-Chromophoric Sensitizers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1369927.
@article{osti_1369927,
title = {A Step Toward Efficient Panchromatic Multi-Chromophoric Sensitizers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells},
author = {Jradi, Fadi M. and O’Neil, Daniel and Kang, Xiongwu and Wong, Jinsze and Szymanski, Paul and Parker, Timothy C. and Anderson, Harry L. and El-Sayed, Mostafa A. and Marder, Seth R.},
abstractNote = {Panchromatic dyes with absorption profiles extending into the near infra-red are of interest to researchers in the field of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as they offer potential access to a wide energy range of photons necessary to enhance solar to electric power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). In this report, a porphyrin with a Soret band absorbing at high energy is combined with a squaraine absorbing at low energy $via$ an acetylene linker to form a bichromophoric sensitizer with molar extinctions on the order of 105 M-1 cm-1 and an incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) onset of ~850 nm. Various bulky substituents were installed on both the porphyrin and squaraine moieties, and conjugation was increased with π-bridge spacers to achieve a PCE of 7.6%, which is up to 15% higher than a comparable squaraine-only dye. For the most part, charge injection dynamics indicate slower charge injection rates and lower injection quantum yields for these bichromophoric sensitizers compared to non-porphyrin squaraine-based DSSC sensitizers. Nevertheless, higher PCE was observed for most porphyrincontaining dyes due largely to increased panchromaticity.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02006},
journal = {Chemistry of Materials},
number = 18,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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