Abstract
We have prepared a novel piperidine-donor-substituted perylene sensitizer, PK0002, and studied the photovoltaic performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Physical properties and photovoltaic performance of this new perylene derivative PK0002 are reported and compared with those of unsubstituted perylene sensitizer, PK0003. PK0002, when anchored to nanocrystalline TiO2 films, achieves very efficient sensitization across the whole visible range extending up to 800 nm. The incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) spectrum was consistent with the absorption spectrum and resulted in a high short-circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) of 8.8 mA cm-2. PK0002 showed higher IPCE values than PK0003 in the 520–800 nm region. Under standard AM 1.5 irradiation (100 mW cm-2) and using an electrolyte consisting of 0.6 M dimethylpropyl-imidazolium iodide, 0.05 M I2, 0.1 M LiI, and 0.5 M tert-butylpyridine in acetonitrile, a solar cell containing sensitizer PK0002 yielded a short-circuit photocurrent density of 7.7 mA cm-2, an open-circuit photovoltage of 0.57 V, and a fill factor of 0.70, corresponding to an overall conversion efficiency of 3.1%.
Highlights
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been widely investigated because of their simple structure and potential for low-cost production [1,2,3]
The incident photon-tocurrent conversion efficiency (IPCE) spectrum was consistent with the absorption spectrum and resulted in a high short-circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) of 8.8 mA cm−2
Under standard AM 1.5 irradiation (100 mW cm−2) and using an electrolyte consisting of 0.6 M dimethylpropyl-imidazolium iodide, 0.05 M I2, 0.1 M LiI, and 0.5 M tert-butylpyridine in acetonitrile, a solar cell containing sensitizer PK0002 yielded a short-circuit photocurrent density of 7.7 mA cm−2, an open-circuit photovoltage of 0.57 V, and a fill factor of 0.70, corresponding to an overall conversion efficiency of 3.1%
Summary
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been widely investigated because of their simple structure and potential for low-cost production [1,2,3]. In this solar cell, a monolayer of dyes is attached to the surface of nanocrystalline TiO2 film to absorb solar light. Most of current research concerns development of panchromatic sensitizers based on organic dyes and transition metal complexes Towards this goal, a number of transition metal complexes are used as effective sensitizers, due to their intense charge-transfer absorption over the whole visible range and highly efficient metal-to-ligand charge-transfer in a dye-sensitized solar cell device.
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