Theoretical investigation of self-assembled donor-acceptor phthalocyanine complexes and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells

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第一作者: Yu, Lijuan

作者: Yu, Lijuan;Yu, Lijuan;Lin, Li;Liu, Yuwen;Li, Renjie

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关键词: Zinc phthalocyanine;Density functional calculations;Dye-sensitized solar cell;Self-assembled;Axial coordination

期刊名称:JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS & MODELLING ( 影响因子:2.518; 五年影响因子:2.293 )

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摘要: A theoretical investigation of self-assembled donor-acceptor dyads (ZnPca, ZnPcb and ZnPcc) formed by axial coordination of zinc phthalocyanines appended with 4-carboxyl pyridine has been conducted with the density functional theory (DFT) method and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations. A comparison between the molecular structures, atomic charges, molecular orbitals, UV-vis spectra and infrared (IR) spectra has been studied. Further, as sensitizers for the TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells, the photovoltaic performances have been investigated. The ZnPcc-sensitized solar cell exhibits a higher conversion efficiency than the ZnPcb and ZnPca-sensitized ones under AM 1.5 G solar irradiation, while the ZnPca-sensitized cell performs the poorest due to the lack of peripheral substituents (n-butyoxyl groups) which can be confirmed by the result of the theoretical research. It shows that the directionality of charge transfer in the self-assembled donor-acceptor dyads is important and benefit for the efficiency of the DSSC. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

分类号: Q7`TP3

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