A comparative study on properties of two phenoxazine-based dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells
摘要:
Two phenoxazine (POZ)-based organic D-pi-A sensitizers (POZ-1 and POZ-2) were synthesized. Then these two dyes were applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to investigate the influence of different conjugated direction, extra phenyl ring and alkyl chain on the light-harvesting, energy level and photovoltaic properties through a joint spectral, electrochemical and photovoltaic study. The result shows that dye POZ-2 exhibits higher power conversion efficiency (eta = 6.5%) than dye POZ-1 (eta = 2.4%) under standard illumination (Global Air Mass 1.5). Besides, the geometries of the dyes were optimized to gain insight into the molecular structure and electron distribution. The charge extraction and transient photovoltage decay measurements were further performed to understand the alterative order of efficiency. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A comparative study on properties of two phenoxazine-based dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells
摘要:
Two phenoxazine (POZ)-based organic D-pi-A sensitizers (POZ-1 and POZ-2) were synthesized. Then these two dyes were applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to investigate the influence of different conjugated direction, extra phenyl ring and alkyl chain on the light-harvesting, energy level and photovoltaic properties through a joint spectral, electrochemical and photovoltaic study. The result shows that dye POZ-2 exhibits higher power conversion efficiency (eta = 6.5%) than dye POZ-1 (eta = 2.4%) under standard illumination (Global Air Mass 1.5). Besides, the geometries of the dyes were optimized to gain insight into the molecular structure and electron distribution. The charge extraction and transient photovoltage decay measurements were further performed to understand the alterative order of efficiency. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Donor–π-acceptor–type-based heavy-atom-free photosensitizers (PTZ-CN and PXZ-CN) were developed using malononitrile as the electron acceptor and functionalized phenothiazine/phenoxazine as the electron donor. Both PTZ-CN and PXZ-CN exhibit bright fluorescence and excellent ROS generation and hold great potential as photosensitizers for fluorescence imaging-guided photodynamictherapy.