Pyrimidine-Based Push–Pull Systems with a New Anchoring Amide Group for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Synthesis
3.2. Thermal Properties
3.3. Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties
3.4. Photovoltaic Performance of Dyes D1–D3
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Dye | Absorption in THF Solution λ (nm)/ε·10−3 (M−1·cm−1) | Absorption on TiO2 λ (nm) | Photoluminescence | E0-0b (eV) | Td c (°C) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Excitation λmax (nm) | Emission λmax (nm) | ΦFa | |||||
D1 | 407/71.2 300/51.3 | 446 | 407 300 | 520 | 0.62 | 2.67 | 388.3 |
D2 | 429/44.9 341/16.8 303/21 | 499 | 429 341 303 | 560 | 0.47 | 2.51 | 393.2 |
D3 | 400/19.6 306/59.5 | 433 | 400 306 | 558 | 0.14 | 2.62 | 396.5 |
Compound | EOxonset, V | ERedonset, V | EHOMO, eV | ELUMO, eV | Eg, eV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D1 | 0.82 | −1.41 | −5.42 | −3.19 | 2.23 |
D2 | 0.85 | −1.40 | −5.45 | −3.20 | 2.25 |
D3 | 0.89 | −1.23 | −5.49 | −3.37 | 2.12 |
Dye | Jsc (mA/cm2) | Voc (V) | FF (%) | PCE (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
D1a | 2.13 ± 0.12 | 0.56 ± 0.01 | 71.85 ± 2.72 | 0.84 ± 0.02 |
D2a | 1.23 ± 0.01 | 0.55 ± 0.01 | 43.72 ± 4.58 | 0.30 ± 0.03 |
D3a | 0.78 ± 0.02 | 0.51 ± 0.01 | 23.14 ± 0.63 | 0.09 ± 0.01 |
WL101-Rb | 1.98 | 0.63 | 81.1 | 1.01 |
OUY-1c | 3.26 | 0.50 | 58.0 | 0.95 |
D4d | 2.04 | 0.52 | 85.0 | 0.91 |
Dye | ftr, Hz | τtr a, ms | frec, Hz | τrec b, ms | hcc c |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D1 | 39.5 | 4 | 1.38 | 115 | 0.96 |
D3 | 6.34 | 25 | 1.38 | 115 | 0.78 |
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Verbitskiy, E.V.; Steparuk, A.S.; Zhilina, E.F.; Emets, V.V.; Grinberg, V.A.; Krivogina, E.V.; Kozyukhin, S.A.; Belova, E.V.; Lazarenko, P.I.; Rusinov, G.L.; et al. Pyrimidine-Based Push–Pull Systems with a New Anchoring Amide Group for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Electron. Mater. 2021, 2, 142-153. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat2020012
Verbitskiy EV, Steparuk AS, Zhilina EF, Emets VV, Grinberg VA, Krivogina EV, Kozyukhin SA, Belova EV, Lazarenko PI, Rusinov GL, et al. Pyrimidine-Based Push–Pull Systems with a New Anchoring Amide Group for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Electronic Materials. 2021; 2(2):142-153. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat2020012
Chicago/Turabian StyleVerbitskiy, Egor V., Alexander S. Steparuk, Ekaterina F. Zhilina, Viktor V. Emets, Vitaly A. Grinberg, Ekaterina V. Krivogina, Sergey A. Kozyukhin, Ekaterina V. Belova, Petr I. Lazarenko, Gennady L. Rusinov, and et al. 2021. "Pyrimidine-Based Push–Pull Systems with a New Anchoring Amide Group for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" Electronic Materials 2, no. 2: 142-153. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat2020012