Time dependent – density functional theory characterization of organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells
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ArticleKAUST Department
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)Laboratory for Computational and Theoretical Chemistry of Advanced Materials
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2017-06-18Online Publication Date
2017-06-18Print Publication Date
2017-12-12Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/625620
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We aim at providing better insight into the parameters that govern the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) and photo-injection processes in dyes for dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC). Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations are utilized to study the geometry, electronic structure, electrostatic potential (ESP) and absorption spectrum, for a representative donor-π bridge-acceptor (D–π–A) dye for DSSC. The coplanar geometry of the dye (D1) facilitates strong conjugation and considerable delocalization originating the π CT interaction from donor to acceptor orbitals and the hyper-conjugative interactions involving Rydberg states. A model simulating the adsorption of the dye on the TiO surface is utilized to estimate binding energies. The effect of fluorine substituents in the π-spacer on the quantum efficiency of DSSCs was investigated. Gibb’s free energy values, redox potentials, excited state lifetime, non-linear optical properties (NLO) and driving forces for D1 and its fluorinated derivatives were computed.Citation
Hilal R, Aziz SG, Osman OI, Bredas J-L (2017) Time dependent – density functional theory characterization of organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Molecular Simulation: 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2017.1332409.Sponsors
This Project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, [grant number 130-434-D1435].Publisher
Informa UK LimitedJournal
Molecular SimulationAdditional Links
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08927022.2017.1332409Relations
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. DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5117317.v1 HANDLE: 10754/663825
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10.1080/08927022.2017.1332409