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Ru(II) porphyrins as sensitizers for DSSCs: Axial vs. peripheral carboxylate anchoring group

Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Voutes Campus, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Hellenic Mediterranean University, Department of Agriculture, Estavromenos, 71410, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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Vasilis Nikolaou

Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Voutes Campus, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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Georgios Charalambidis

Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Voutes Campus, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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Ganesh D. Sharma

Molecular Electronics and Optoelectronics Device Research Laboratory Department of Physics, LNMIIT, Jamdoli, Jaipur, Raj, 302031, India

E-mail Address: gdsharma273@gmail.com

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Athanassios G. Coutsolelos

Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Voutes Campus, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S108842461950072XCited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this study, two porphyrin chromophores metallated with ruthenium, RuTBP and RuTBPPy, were prepared and studied as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The difference between the two dyes is the position (axial vs. peripheral) of the carboxylic anchoring group. This work examines the impact of this variation towards the optical, electrochemical and photovoltaic performance of DSSCs. The thorough photophysical and photovoltaic measurements indicated that the peripherally substituted sensitizer (RuTBP) presented higher photovoltaic performance compared to RuTBPPy. More specifically, DSSCs sensitized with RuTBP and RuTBPPy displayed an overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.12% and 4.08%, respectively. The higher PCE value of the DSSC sensitized with RuTBP is mainly attributed to the enhancement of $J_{sc}$ and FF values. These factors were enhanced due to the efficient dye regeneration process, the suppression of back-charge recombination reactions and the longer electron lifetimes as evidenced from the electrochemical impedance spectra.

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