Synthesis of new N, N-diphenylhydrazone dyes for solar cells: Effects of thiophene-derived π-conjugated bridge
作者:Ping Shen、Xinping Liu、Shenghui Jiang、Ling Wang、Ling Yi、Dandan Ye、Bin Zhao、Songting Tan
DOI:10.1016/j.dyepig.2011.08.014
日期:2012.3
Four novel D-pi-A hydrazone dyes (HT, HM, HE, and HO) with an N, N-diphenylhydrazone moiety as the electron donor, different thiophene-derived pi-conjugated bridges and a cyanoacrylic acid moiety as the electron acceptor have been designed and synthesized for the application in dye-sensitized solar cells. The influences of thiophene-derived bridges on the photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic performance of these hydrazone dyes were investigated. Results demonstrate that the introduction of 3,4-dialkyloxythiophene could red-shift the dye's absorption spectrum due to the enhancement of the electron-donating ability of pi-conjugated bridges. Importantly, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis reveal that 3,4-dialkyloxythiophene bridge could change the charge recombination resistance at the TiO2/dye/electrolyte interface and as a result to improve the open-circuit photovoltage. Among the four dyes, HO exhibits the maximum power conversion efficiency of 5.83% (V-oc = 0.65 V, J(sc) = 12.69 mA/cm(2), FF = 0.707) under simulated AM 1.5 irradiation (100 mW/cm(2)). (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.