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    A panchromatic anthracene-fused porphyrin sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

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    Authors
    Ball, James M.
    Davis, Nicola K. S.
    Wilkinson, James D.
    Kirkpatrick, James
    Teuscher, Joël
    Gunning, Robert
    Anderson, Harry L.
    Snaith, Henry J.
    KAUST Grant Number
    KUK-C1-013-04
    Date
    2012
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/597367
    
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    Abstract
    The development of ruthenium-free sensitizers which absorb light over a broad range of the solar spectrum is important for improving the power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells. Here we study three chemically tailored porphyrin-based dyes. We show that by fusing the porphyrin core to an anthracene unit, we can extend the conjugation length and lower the optical gap, shifting the absorption spectrum into the near-infrared (NIR). All three dyes were tested in dye-sensitized solar cells, using both titanium dioxide and tin dioxide as the electron-transport material. Solar cells incorporating the anthracene-fused porphyrin dye exhibit photocurrent collection at wavelengths up to about 1100 nm, which is the longest reported for a porphyrin-based system. Despite extending the photon absorption bandwidth, device efficiency is found to be low, which is a common property of cells based on porphyrin dyes with NIR absorption. We show that in the present case the efficiency is reduced by inefficient electron injection into the oxide, as opposed to dye regeneration, and highlight some important design considerations for panchromatic sensitizers. © 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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    Ball JM, Davis NKS, Wilkinson JD, Kirkpatrick J, Teuscher J, et al. (2012) A panchromatic anthracene-fused porphyrin sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2: 6846. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2ra20952g.
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    For financial support JMB and HJS acknowledge the European Commission, under the SANS project, grant agreement number 246124; NKSD, JDW, HLA, HJS and JT acknowledge the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; NKSD, JDW and HLA acknowledge the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; and JK is a member of the Oxford Centre of Collaborative Applied Mathematics (OCCAM) where his work is supported by award number KUK-C1-013-04, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
    Publisher
    Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
    Journal
    RSC Advances
    DOI
    10.1039/c2ra20952g
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1039/c2ra20952g
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