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Comparative Study on Electronic Structures and Optical Properties of Indoline and Triphenylamine Dye Sensitizers for Solar Cells

Comparative Study on Electronic Structures and Optical Properties of Indoline and Triphenylamine Dye Sensitizers for Solar Cells

Cai-Rong Zhang, Li Liu, Jian-Wu Zhe, Neng-Zhi Jin, Li-Hua Yuan, Yu-Hong Chen, Zhi-Qiang Wei, You-Zhi Wu, Zi-Jiang Liu, Hong-Shan Chen

J Mol Model. 2013 Apr;19(4):1553-63.

PMID: 23271308

Abstract:

The computations of the geometries, electronic structures, dipole moments and polarizabilities for indoline and triphenylamine (TPA) based dye sensitizers, including D102, D131, D149, D205, TPAR1, TPAR2, TPAR4, and TPAR5, were performed using density functional theory, and the electronic absorption properties were investigated via time-dependent density functional theory with polarizable continuum model for solvent effects. The population analysis indicates that the donating electron capability of TPA is better than that of indoline group. The reduction driving forces for the oxidized D131 and TPAR1 are slightly larger than that of other dyes because of their lower highest occupied molecular orbital level. The absorption properties and molecular orbital analysis suggest that the TPA and 4-(2,2diphenylethenyl)phenyl substituent indoline groups are effective chromophores in intramolecular charge transfer (IMCT), and they play an important role in sensitization of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The better performance of D205 in DSCs results from more IMCT excited states with larger oscillator strength and higher light harvesting efficiency. While for TPA dyes, the longer conjugate bridges generate the larger oscillator strength and light harvesting efficiency, and the TPAR1 and TPAR4 have larger free energy change for electron injection and dye regeneration.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP936336219	D205 Dye		936336-21-9	Price

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