Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic Dyes

π-conjugated organic material, specifically, the modification of donor acceptor-based dyes, has gained significant attention over the years for its outstanding performance in efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as well as contributing to overall economically sustainable solar cell technolog...

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Main Authors: Taylor Dorlus, Jing Wang, Jerzy Leszczynski
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description π-conjugated organic material, specifically, the modification of donor acceptor-based dyes, has gained significant attention over the years for its outstanding performance in efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as well as contributing to overall economically sustainable solar cell technology. In the present study, density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) approaches were executed to investigate the impact of benzobisselenadiazole (BBSD) based organic dyes with interchangeable donor and acceptor units on their optical properties. Two spacers were selected from 27 π-linker models due to their better performance on the absorption spectra. A total of 200 BSSD dyes were designed based upon the above two selected spacers linking with various donors and acceptors. The corresponding structures and properties were theoretically analyzed by DFT/TDDFT methods. D10A8-16 and D10A6-17 show the best performance and may become the best candidates to be developed as efficient dye sensitizers for DSSCs. Our results showed that structural changes can effectively improve the optoelectronic properties of the designed BSSD dyes. This provides us with an economic and fast screening way for artificial design of new dyes.
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spelling doaj-art-5b10438fadd64d909e19e24ead60ca262025-01-24T13:28:04ZengMDPI AGCrystals2073-43522024-12-011513010.3390/cryst15010030Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic DyesTaylor Dorlus0Jing Wang1Jerzy Leszczynski2Center for Computational Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USACenter for Computational Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USACenter for Computational Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USAπ-conjugated organic material, specifically, the modification of donor acceptor-based dyes, has gained significant attention over the years for its outstanding performance in efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as well as contributing to overall economically sustainable solar cell technology. In the present study, density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) approaches were executed to investigate the impact of benzobisselenadiazole (BBSD) based organic dyes with interchangeable donor and acceptor units on their optical properties. Two spacers were selected from 27 π-linker models due to their better performance on the absorption spectra. A total of 200 BSSD dyes were designed based upon the above two selected spacers linking with various donors and acceptors. The corresponding structures and properties were theoretically analyzed by DFT/TDDFT methods. D10A8-16 and D10A6-17 show the best performance and may become the best candidates to be developed as efficient dye sensitizers for DSSCs. Our results showed that structural changes can effectively improve the optoelectronic properties of the designed BSSD dyes. This provides us with an economic and fast screening way for artificial design of new dyes.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/15/1/30organic dyesbenzobisselenadiazolesolar cells
spellingShingle Taylor Dorlus
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Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic Dyes
Crystals
organic dyes
benzobisselenadiazole
solar cells
title Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic Dyes
title_full Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic Dyes
title_fullStr Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic Dyes
title_full_unstemmed Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic Dyes
title_short Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic Dyes
title_sort theoretical studies on the design of benzo 1 2 c 4 5 c bis 1 2 5 selenadiazole acceptor based organic dyes
topic organic dyes
benzobisselenadiazole
solar cells
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/15/1/30
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