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Title: Computational Studies of the Interaction between Ruthenium Dyes and X- and X2-, X = Br, I, At. Implications for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Authors: Hu, Ching-Han;Abu Md. Asaduzzaman;Georg Schreckenbach
Contributors: 化學系
Date: 2010-09
Issue Date: 2012-05-03T06:18:17Z
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Abstract: Quantum chemistry in the form of relativistic density functional theory (DFT) combined with a continuum solvation model has been applied to study the interaction of two prototypical ruthenium dyes (N3 and its chlorinated form) and redox mediators X− and X2−, X = Br, I, At, with a view at the elementary reactions within a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Along the series Br, I, and At, increasing bond lengths of X2, X2−, and X3− are found, as well as an increasing reducing power of the X−/X3− redox couple. Inner-sphere seven-coordinate complexes between the dye and the redox species do not exist; however, the dyes form outer-sphere complexes with the X− and X2− species. The thermodynamics of a recently proposed mechanism [J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 6561] involving a [dye+X−] intermediate are probed, and the existence of the intermediate and the elementary steps of the process are confirmed. The dye regeneration is thermodynamically more favorable for the N3 dye than its chlorinated counterpart. The regeneration of the neutral dye is favored for At, followed by the iodine and bromine systems (At > I > Br). This may be related to the observed superior performance in actual DSSCs of the iodide/triiodide redox couple over the alternative bromide/tribromide couple.
Relation: J. Phys. Chem. C, 114(35): 15165-15173
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