Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted significant interest in the last few years as effective low-cost devices for solar energy conversion. We have analyzed the excited state dynamics of several organic dyes bearing both cyanoacrylic acid and siloxane anchoring groups. The spectroscopic properties of the dyes have been studied both in solution and when adsorbed on a TiO2film using stationary and time-resolved techniques, probing the sub-picosecond to nanosecond time interval. The comparison between the spectra registered in solution and on the solid substrate evidences different pathways for energy and electron relaxation. The transient spectra of the TiO2-adsorbed dyes show the appearance of a long wavelength excited state absorption band, attributed to the cationic dye species, which is absent in the spectra measured in solution. Furthermore, the kinetic traces of the samples adsorbed on the TiO2film show a long decay component not present in solution which constitutes indirect evidence of electron transfer between the dye and the semiconductor. The interpretation of the experimental results has been supported by theoretical DFT calculations of the excited state energies and by the analysis of molecular orbitals of the analyzed dye molecules.

Castellucci, E., Monini, M., Bessi, M., Iagatti, A., Bussotti, L., Sinicropi, A., et al. (2017). Photoinduced excitation and charge transfer processes of organic dyes with siloxane anchoring groups: A combined spectroscopic and computational study. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 19(23), 15310-15323 [10.1039/c7cp01956d].

Photoinduced excitation and charge transfer processes of organic dyes with siloxane anchoring groups: A combined spectroscopic and computational study

Bessi, Matteo;Sinicropi, Adalgisa;Basosi, Riccardo;Reginato, Gianna;Mordini, Alessandro;
2017-01-01

Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted significant interest in the last few years as effective low-cost devices for solar energy conversion. We have analyzed the excited state dynamics of several organic dyes bearing both cyanoacrylic acid and siloxane anchoring groups. The spectroscopic properties of the dyes have been studied both in solution and when adsorbed on a TiO2film using stationary and time-resolved techniques, probing the sub-picosecond to nanosecond time interval. The comparison between the spectra registered in solution and on the solid substrate evidences different pathways for energy and electron relaxation. The transient spectra of the TiO2-adsorbed dyes show the appearance of a long wavelength excited state absorption band, attributed to the cationic dye species, which is absent in the spectra measured in solution. Furthermore, the kinetic traces of the samples adsorbed on the TiO2film show a long decay component not present in solution which constitutes indirect evidence of electron transfer between the dye and the semiconductor. The interpretation of the experimental results has been supported by theoretical DFT calculations of the excited state energies and by the analysis of molecular orbitals of the analyzed dye molecules.
2017
Castellucci, E., Monini, M., Bessi, M., Iagatti, A., Bussotti, L., Sinicropi, A., et al. (2017). Photoinduced excitation and charge transfer processes of organic dyes with siloxane anchoring groups: A combined spectroscopic and computational study. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 19(23), 15310-15323 [10.1039/c7cp01956d].
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