Harnessing multiple generated excitons from intermolecular singlet fission of perylene–monoimides in a p-type dye-sensitized solar cell

Papadopoulos I, Schol P, Garcés-Garcés J, Sastre-Santos Á, Fernández-Lázaro F, Guldi DM (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

Solar Energy Elsevier

Book Volume: 250

Pages Range: 1-9

DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2022.12.003

Abstract

A perylene-monoimide (PMI) monomer is functionalized with a benzoic acid to support immobilization on copper oxide (CuO) / nickel oxide (NiO) p-type semiconductors in order to construct p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). All devices are fully characterized by means of J-V, electrochemical impedance, and incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) measurements. Their optimization in terms of PMI uptake, iodine / Li+ addition and layer thickness lead to efficiencies as high as 0.07 %. For PMIs, the favorable relationship between their respective singlet and triplet excited state energies of 2.36 and 1.12 eV enable thermodynamically driven singlet fission (SF). The strong inter–PMI interactions on the semiconductor surface allow for an efficient and fast intermolecular SF. The formed correlated triplet pair ((T1)(T1)) is corroborated by means of time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) and partakes in an interfacially charge injection into the CuO / NiO semiconductors within the p-type DSSCs.

Authors with CRIS profile

Ilias Papadopoulos Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie I Peter Schol Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie I Dirk Michael Guldi Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie I

Additional Organisation(s)

FAU Profilzentrum Licht.Materie.Quantentechnologien (FAU LMQ)

Involved external institutions

Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) / Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche ES Spain (ES)

How to cite

APA:

Papadopoulos, I., Schol, P., Garcés-Garcés, J., Sastre-Santos, Á., Fernández-Lázaro, F., & Guldi, D.M. (2023). Harnessing multiple generated excitons from intermolecular singlet fission of perylene–monoimides in a p-type dye-sensitized solar cell. Solar Energy, 250, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2022.12.003

MLA:

Papadopoulos, Ilias, et al. "Harnessing multiple generated excitons from intermolecular singlet fission of perylene–monoimides in a p-type dye-sensitized solar cell." Solar Energy 250 (2023): 1-9.

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