Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV16)
Publication date: 28th March 2016
Abstract
Considering the range of D-π-A dyes employed as sensitizers in DSSC, derivatives of triphenylamines (TPA) occupy a prominent position because of their very high power conversion efficiencies.[1,2,3] Herein we report a series of novel donor-π-acceptor type propeller shaped triphenylamine dyes with multiple donor groups, which were investigated for photophysical, electrochemical as well as dye-sensitized solar cell performance. These dyes have triphenylamine group at the core of the structure acting as the donor moiety which is radially connected to cyanoacrylic acid acceptor groups through phenylethynyl bridges. The propeller shape of the dyes prevent their aggregation on TiO2 surface and give better solar cell performance without the need for any coadsorbents. A detailed study on interfacial charge transfer process has been successfully carried out using Impedance (EIS), photomodulated impedance (IMPS/IMVS) and charge extraction measurements.
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