Phenothiazine sensitizers bearing benzothiadiazole unit for dye-sensitized solar cells

IF 4 2区化学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Journal of Molecular Structure Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI:10.1016/j.molstruc.2025.141672

Liang Han, Jingzhi Zhu, Yanfei Jin, Jin'ge Zhao, Yujin Li, Qing Ye, Yanhong Cui

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Abstract

Three N-phenylphenothiazine sensitizers bearing benzothiadiazole unit with benzene, furan and thiophene bridges and cyanoacetic acid acceptor were synthesized. Dyes with furan or thiophene bridge have better coplanarity and smaller energy gap than dye with benzene bridge, thus exhibiting redshifted ICT absorption and higher molar extinction coefficients. However, dye with benzene bridge almost has a double loading amount on TiO₂ film relative to the other two dyes, which contributes to its superior IPCE response spectrum. Thus, dye with benzene bridge achieves the optimal photoelectric conversion efficiency 6.76 % owing to its highest J_SC and V_OC. Compared with the corresponding N-phenylcarbazole sensitizers, N-phenylphenothiazine sensitizers bearing benzothiadiazole unit show redshifted ICT absorption, higher J_SC and hence improved photovoltaic performance.

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Journal of Molecular Structure 化学-物理化学

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7.10

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15.80%

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2384

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45 days

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