Salicylic acid-based organic dyes acting as the photosensitizer for solar cells

A D-π-A metal-free organic dye, featuring salicylic acid as a novel acceptor/anchoring unit, has been designed, synthesized and applied to dye-sensitized solar cell. The detailed photophysical, electrochemical, photovoltaic and sensitizing properties of the organic dye were investigated, in addition...

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Main Authors: Hong S, Park JH, Han AR, Ko KW, Eom JH, Namgoong SK, Lo, Alvie Sin Loi, Keith C Gordon, Yoon S, Han CH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Scientific Publishers 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19007/1/Salicylic%20acid%20based%20organic%20dyes%20acting%20as%20the%20photosensitizer%20for%20solar%20cells.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19007/
https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2016.12218
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Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Language: English
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Summary:A D-π-A metal-free organic dye, featuring salicylic acid as a novel acceptor/anchoring unit, has been designed, synthesized and applied to dye-sensitized solar cell. The detailed photophysical, electrochemical, photovoltaic and sensitizing properties of the organic dye were investigated, in addition to the computational studies of the dye and dye-(TiO2)6 system. A solar cell device using this new organic dye as a sensitizer produced a solar to electric power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.49% (J(sc) = 6.69 mAcm-2, V(oc) = 0.74 V and ff = 0.70) under 100 mWcm(-2) simulated AM 1.5 G solar irradiation, demonstrating that the salicylic acid-based organic dye is a suitable alternative to currently used organometallic dyes