Four new azulene-based dye molecules, 3-(azulen-1-yl)-2-cyanoacrylic acid (Azu-1), 3-(7-isopropyl-1,4-dimethylazulen-3-yl)-2-cyanoacrylic acid (Guai-1), 5-(azulen-1-yl)-2-cyanopenta-2,4-dienoic acid (Azu-2), and 5-(7-isopropyl-1,4-dimethylazulen-3-yl)-2-cyanopenta-2,4-dienoic acid (Guai-2), were synthesized and their photoelectrochemical properties were studied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). All of them exhibit, in the visible region, a strong absorption band coming from the S0–S2 transition and a very weak band coming from the S0–S1 transition, and the transition assignments are supported by theoretical calculations using time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) at the B3LYP/6–31G* level. In sensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2 electrodes, reducing their adsorption amount on the TiO2 surface (by co-adsorption with deoxycholic acid) mitigates dye aggregation and improves their photoelectric conversion efficiency greatly. Also, extending the conjugated side chain (Azu-2vs.Azu-1 or Guai-2vs.Guai-1) not only shifts their photoelectric response to longer wavelengths and therefore enhances the short-circuit photocurrent, but also increases the open-circuit photovoltage significantly. Moreover, it was found that the electron injection efficiencies varied remarkably with excitation wavelength, suggesting direct electron injection from the S2 state of these dye molecules.
四种新型甘菊环
染料分子,3-(azulen-1-yl)-
2-氰基丙烯酸 (Azu-1)、3-(7-异丙基-1,4-二甲基甘菊环-3-基)-
2-氰基丙烯酸(Guai-1)、5-(azulen-1-yl)-2-
氰基五-2,4-二烯酸 (Azu-2) 和 5-(7-异丙基-1,4-二甲基azulen-3-yl)合成了-
2-氰基戊酸-2,4-二烯酸(Guai-2),并在
染料敏化太阳能电池(DSSC)中研究了其光电
化学性质。它们在可见光区域都表现出来自 S0-S2 跃迁的强吸收带和来自 S0-S1 跃迁的非常弱的吸收带,并且跃迁分配得到了使用瞬态密度泛函理论的理论计算的支持(TD-DFT) 在 B3LYP/6–31G*
水平。在纳米晶TiO2电极的敏化中,减少其在TiO2表面的吸附量(通过与脱氧
胆酸共吸附)可以减轻
染料聚集并大大提高其光电转换效率。此外,延长共轭侧链(Azu-2vs.Azu-1或Guai-2vs.Guai-1)不仅将其光电响应转移到更长的波长,从而增强短路光电流,而且还增加了开路光电压显著地。此外,还发现电子注入效率随激发波长变化显着,表明电子从这些
染料分子的 S2 态直接注入。