Red-absorbing cationic acceptor dyes for photocathodes in tandem solar cells

Christopher J. Wood; Ming Cheng; Charlotte A. Clark; Raphael Horvath; Ian P. Clark; Michelle L. Hamilton; Michael Towrie; Michael W. George; Licheng Sun; Xichuan Yang; Elizabeth A. Gibson

doi:10.1021/jp4119937

Red-absorbing cationic acceptor dyes for photocathodes in tandem solar cells

Christopher J. Wood, Ming Cheng, Charlotte A. Clark, Raphael Horvath, Ian P. Clark, Michelle L. Hamilton, Michael Towrie, Michael W. George, Licheng Sun, Xichuan Yang, Elizabeth A. Gibson

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A pair of new donor-π-acceptor dyes that absorb toward the red region of the visible spectrum (CAD 1 and CAD 2) utilizing indolium cationic acceptor units have been synthesized for use in p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (p-DSC). Their optical and electrochemical properties were determined experimentally, including application of ultrafast transient absorption and time-resolved infrared spectroscopies. Our results are supported by computational modeling. NiO-based p-DSCs with CAD 1 and CAD 2 gave short-circuit photocurrent densities of 3.6 and 3.3 mA cm^-2, respectively, which are substantially higher than that of any previous red-absorbing p-DSC. These results are a step toward tandem dye-sensitized solar cells that absorb higher-energy photons at the TiO₂ anode and lower-energy photons at the NiO cathode. Routes to further improve the efficiency of NiO DSCS are also discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16536-16546
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume	118
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4119937
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
General Energy
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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Red-absorbing cationic acceptor dyes for photocathodes in tandem solar cells

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