Star-shaped carbazole derivative based efficient solid-state dye sensitized solar cell

International audienceTwo new star-shaped carbazole molecules, including tri(9-(methoxyphenyl)carbazol-3-yl)amine named TMPCA having molecular glasses properties and hole transport properties were synthesized. Their thermal, optical, photophysical and electrochemical properties were studied. The carbazole based molecules exhibit high thermal stability with 5% weight loss temperatures over 480 °C with higher glass temperature transitions 164-175 °C than the classical spiro-OMeTAD reference molecule. Their optical band gaps (2.76 eV) are low enough not to hinder neither the absorption of the indoline sensitizer (D102) nor its photoexcitation and charge transfer. Solid state ionization potential (IPs) of TMPCA is well adapted to that of D102 and ensure a driving force ΔrG >0.2 eV for an efficient transfer and regeneration of the photo-oxidized dye. Solid-state dye sensitized solar cells ITO/TiO2/D102/T4MPCA/Au showed a power conversion efficiency of 2.23% with Jsc of 8.85 mA cm−2 under standard AM 1.5 simulated solar irradiation

(E)-1-(3-Nitrophenyl)-2-({5-[(1E)-2-(3-nitrophenyl)hydrazin-1-ylidenemethyl]-2-thienyl}methylidene)hydrazine

The title molecule, C18H14N6O4S, adopts a U-shape with the aromatic groups lying syn and oriented in the same direction as the thiophene S atom. Twists away from planarity are evident with the maximum deviation being found for a terminal nitro group: C/C/N/O = 19.0 (3)°. The conformation about each of the C=N bonds is E. In the crystal, centrosymmetrically related molecules are connected via N—H...Onitro hydrogen bonds, forming 14-membered {...HNC3NO}2 synthons. These are linked into layers via C—H...Onitro interactions with the primary interactions between layers being of the type C—H...π, where the π-system is the thiophene ring

Hydrazone based molecular glasses for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells.

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Hole-transporting molecular glasses based on carbazole for photovoltaic systems.

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Investigation of solid hybrid solar cells based on molecular glasses

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