Effect of Extended Conjugation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Sensitizers on the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Suri Babu Akula; Huei Siou Chen; Chaochin Su; Bo Ren Chen; Jiunn Jie Chiou; Chia Hsuan Shieh; Ya Fen Lin; Wen Ren Li

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01714

Effect of Extended Conjugation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Sensitizers on the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Suri Babu Akula, Huei Siou Chen, Chaochin Su, Bo Ren Chen, Jiunn Jie Chiou, Chia Hsuan Shieh, Ya Fen Lin, Wen Ren Li

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We report the synthesis, characterization, and photovoltaic properties of four ruthenium complexes (CI101, CBTR, CB111, and CB108) having various N-heterocyclic carbene ancillary ligands, pyridine-imidazole, -benzimidazole, -dithienobenzimidazole, and -phenanthroimidazole, respectively. These complexes were designed to investigate the effect of extended conjugation ordained from ring fusion on the power conversion efficiencies of the solar cells. The device sensitized by CB108, the pyridine-phenanthroimidazole conjugated complex, showed an improved efficiency (9.89%) compared to those of pyridine-benzimidazole conjugated system (CBTR, 9.72%) and the parent unfused ring system (CI101, 6.24%). Surprisingly, the sulfur-incorporated pyridine-dithienobenzimidazole system (CB111, 9.24%) exhibited a little lower efficiency than that of N719 (9.41%). The enhanced photovoltaic performance of CB108 was mainly attributed to the increase in electron lifetime and diffusion length confirmed by the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12987-12995
Number of pages	9
Journal	Inorganic Chemistry
Volume	56
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01714
State	Published - 6 Nov 2017

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CCDC 878366: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Chiou, J. (Contributor), Chen, H. (Contributor), Lin, Y. (Contributor), Su, C. (Contributor), Akula, S. B. (Contributor), Chen, B. (Contributor), Shieh, C. (Contributor) & Li, W. (Contributor), The Cambridge Structural Database, 6 Nov 2017
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Chen, B. (Contributor), Li, W. (Contributor), Su, C. (Contributor), Chen, H. (Contributor), Chiou, J. (Contributor), Lin, Y. (Contributor), Shieh, C. (Contributor) & Akula, S. B. (Contributor), The Cambridge Structural Database, 6 Nov 2017
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Su, C. (Contributor), Chen, H. (Contributor), Chen, B. (Contributor), Chiou, J. (Contributor), Shieh, C. (Contributor), Li, W. (Contributor), Lin, Y. (Contributor) & Akula, S. B. (Contributor), The Cambridge Structural Database, 6 Nov 2017
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Effect of Extended Conjugation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Sensitizers on the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. / Akula, Suri Babu; Chen, Huei Siou; Su, Chaochin; Chen, Bo Ren; Chiou, Jiunn Jie; Shieh, Chia Hsuan; Lin, Ya Fen; Li, Wen Ren.

In: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 56, No. 21, 06.11.2017, p. 12987-12995.

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