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How Does Polymorphism Affect the Interfacial Charge-Transfer States in Organic Photovoltaics?
摘要： The bulk heterojunction in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices is a mixture of polymer (electron donor) and an electron acceptor material (typically functionalized fullerenes), and it is crucial for the device operation, as this is where excitons are split into electrons and holes to produce current. Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are promising new materials for improving the device efficiency, and their solid-state arrangement with respect to the electron donor polymer is critical for the charge mobility and the performance of OPV devices. Although there have been numerous studies on NFAs, most of the current understanding comes from empirical considerations, with little atomistic-level interpretation of why and how the packing influences the charge transport properties of these materials. In this work we describe large-scale (with up to 3462 atoms) DFT simulations for ground and excited states on a number of polymer-NFA interfaces of realistic size, whose NFA domains consist of polymorphs of the same materials. Hence, we bridged the gap between experimental evidence and the intuitive expectation on the importance of intermolecular π-π stacking interactions in the NFA phase. We show that low connectivity leads to highly localized excitons, whereas in phases with a higher connectivity excitons are able to delocalize over multiple directions. Remarkably, excitons with a three-dimensional delocalization were also observed, leading to isotropic mobilities, similarly to fullerenes. Furthermore, a lower charge-transfer exciton binding energy and a lower energy loss between the lowest excitation of the polymer and the first charge-transfer state in the interface were both observed in systems characterized by a highly interconnected NFA phase. This suggests a higher probability of exciton splitting for these interfaces, which could potentially lead to higher device efficiencies.
关键词： organic photovoltaics,non-fullerene acceptors,DFT simulations,polymorphism,charge-transfer states
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Performance Enhancement of Betanin Solar Cells Co-Sensitized with Indigo and Lawsone: A Comparative Study
摘要： Co-sensitization is an important strategy toward e?ciency enhancement of solar cells by enabling better light harvesting across the solar spectrum. Betanin is a natural dye which absorbs light in the major portion of the incident solar spectrum (green region) and is the most e?cient natural pigment used in dye-sensitized solar cells. This study investigates the performance enhancement of a betanin solar cell by co-sensitizing it with two natural pigments which show complementary light absorption, indigo and lawsone, absorbing in the red and blue regions of the solar spectrum, respectively. The calculated highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energies of the pigment molecules, derived from density functional theory (DFT) simulations, con?rmed their optimal alignment with respect to the conduction band energy of the TiO2 semiconductor and reduction potential energy level of the I?/I3 ? electrolyte, a necessary requirement for optimal device performance. Lawsone solar cells displayed better performance, showing average e?ciencies of 0.311 ± 0.034%, compared to indigo solar cells showing e?ciencies of 0.060 ± 0.004%. Betanin was co-sensitized with indigo and lawsone, and the performances of the co-sensitized solar cells were compared. The betanin/lawsone co-sensitized solar cell showed a higher average e?ciency of 0.793 ± 0.021% compared to 0.655 ± 0.019% obtained for the betanin/indigo co-sensitized solar cell. An 11.7% enhancement in e?ciency (with respect to betanin) was observed for the betanin/indigo solar cell, whereas a higher enhancement of 25.5% was observed for the betanin/lawsone solar cell. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies con?rmed that the higher e?ciency can be attributed to the higher electron lifetime of 313.8 ms in the betanin/lawsone co-sensitized solar cell compared to 291.4 ms in the betanin/indigo solar cell. This is due to the energy levels being more optimally aligned in lawsone compared to that of indigo, as observed in the DFT studies, and the lack of dipole moment in indigo, resulting in more e?cient charge separation and charge transfer in lawsone.
关键词： DFT simulations,indigo,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,dye-sensitized solar cells,co-sensitization,betanin,lawsone
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Molecular design of novel indacenodithiophene‐based organic dyes for efficient dye‐sensitized solar cells applications
摘要： Indacenodithiophene (IDT)-based high-efficiency photovoltaics have received increasing attention recently. This paper reports a density functional theory investigation of the electronic and optical properties of three IDT-based organic dyes together with the dye/(TiO2)46 interface. In order to enhance the photoelectric properties of IDT dyes, this paper considers two methods for the structure modification of the experimentally reported dye DPInDT (J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 8977): the extension of the conjugation length by dithienothiophene as well as the heteroatom substitution of the bridging atoms by electron-rich nitrogen atoms. Our calculations show that both methods obviously affect the distributions of the molecular orbitals and notably red shift the absorption peaks of around 20 nm, with the former method demonstrating enhanced light harvesting efficiency. The structure modifications proposed also enhance the emission spectrum properties for IDT-based organic dyes. The calculated ultrafast injection time of electrons from the excited state of IDT dyes to the (TiO2)46 belongs to the femtosecond order of magnitude, and is ideal for efficient photoelectric conversion process in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) applications. The IDT dyes designed in this paper have good electronic and spectroscopic properties. This study is expected to provide useful guidance for the development of novel IDT dyes for applications in DSSCs.
关键词： organic dyes,DFT simulations,indacenodithiophene,molecular design
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22