Novel organic dyes based on phenyl-substituted benzimidazole for dye sensitized solar cells
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2015
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Two new sensitizers derived from benzimidazole core for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) applications were designed and synthesized as D-π-A structures, in which two phenyl-substituted benzimidazole group, a phenyl ring and a cyanoacrylic acid were used as the electron donor, π-conjugated linkage and the electron acceptor, respectively. Effect of methoxy- and N,N-dimetylamino- moieties attached to the phenyl groups of benzimidazole were investigated by means of optical and photovoltaic measurements. The compounds exhibit broad absorption maximum at 387 nm with the tail extending up to 500 nm on TiO2-coated thin film. The longer wavelength absorption band around 360 nm and the much longer decay components could be attributed to the existence of charge transfer state of the dyes in solutions. DSSC device fabricated by using methoxy substituted dye (BI5a) as a sensitizer shows much better incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of 64% giving cell efficiency of 2.68%. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Charge transfer , Efficiency , Electric properties , Luminescence , Optical materials , Organic polymers , Organic solar cells , Oxide minerals , Photovoltaic effects , Thin films , Titanium dioxide , Benzimidazole groups , Broad absorptions , Charge transfer state , Decay components , Electron acceptor , Incident photon-to-current conversion efficiencies , Longer wavelength absorptions , Photovoltaic measurements , Dye-sensitized solar cells