Five new organic DâAâÏâA sensitizers DIA6âDIA10 containing benzothiadiazole (BTD) or benzotriazole (BTZ) as auxiliary electron withdrawing units have been synthesized. Their photophysical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties have been studied. Consequently, although all of these dyes have long alkyl chains grafted on a Ï-bridge, DSSCs with dyes containing a BTZ unit displayed higher open circuit voltages (757â829 mV) than those containing a BTD unit (682â712 mV). This may be because the nitrogen-based heterocyclic group of BTZ can lift the conduction band edge and reduce the charge recombination that arises from the absence of the sulfur atom. Benefiting from this and the introduction of alkyl chains on the nitrogen atom, DSSCs with one dye containing BTZ and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (TT) as the Ï-spacer (DIA7) showed the highest open circuit voltage (Voc = 829 mV). The addition of one more thiophene unit to DIA6 broadens the absorption spectra, leading the DIA8 device to produce the largest photocurrent. Among these sensitizers, the best photovoltaic performance was obtained by the DIA8 device, with a short circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) of 13.45 mA cmâ2, an open-circuit photovoltage (Voc) of 757 mV, and a fill factor (FF) of 70%, corresponding to an overall conversion efficiency (η) of 7.15% which reached 93% of the reference dye N719-based cell under standard global AM 1.5 solar light conditions.
我们合成了五种新的有机 DâAâÏâA敏化剂 DIA6âDIA10 ,它们含有作为辅助取电子单元的苯并
噻二唑(BTD)或苯并三唑(BTZ)。对它们的光物理、电
化学和光伏特性进行了研究。结果表明,尽管所有这些
染料都具有接枝在Ï桥上的长烷基链,但含有 BTZ 单元的
染料的 DSSC 的开路电压(757â829 mV)高于含有 BTD 单元的 DSSC 的开路电压(682â712 mV)。这可能是因为 BTZ 的氮基杂环基团可以提升导带边缘,减少因
硫原子缺失而产生的电荷
重组。得益于这一点以及在氮原子上引入烷基链,使用一种含有 BTZ 和
噻吩并[3,2-b]噻吩(
TT)作为Ï-间隔物的
染料的 DSSC(DIA7)显示出最高的开路电压(Voc = 829 mV)。在 DIA6 中增加一个
噻吩单元可拓宽吸收光谱,从而使 DIA8 器件产生最大的光电流。在这些敏化剂中,DIA8 器件的光电性能最好,其短路光电流密度(Jsc)为 13.45 mA cmâ2,开路光电电压(Voc)为 757 mV,填充因子(FF)为 70%,总转换效率(δ-)为 7.15%,在全球
AM 1.5 标准太阳光条件下达到了基于 N719 参考
染料电池的 93%。