Ultrafast interfacial charge-transfer dynamics in a donor-π-acceptor chromophore sensitized TiO2 nanocomposite

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4824-4835

  Bairu, Semere G ^a   Mghanga, Edwin ^a   Hasan, Jameel ^a   Kola, Srinivas ^b   Rao, Vaidya Jayatirtha ^b   Bhanuprakash, Kotamarthy ^b   Giribabu, Lingamallu ^b   Wiederrecht, Gary P ^c   Da Silva, Robson ^d   Rego, Luis G C ^d   Ramakrishna, Guda ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER INTERACTION; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENCE UPCONVERSION; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; INTRAMOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFERS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS SIMULATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BLEACHING; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHROMOPHORES; CLEANING; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; QUANTUM THEORY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON INJECTION;

EID: 84874891702     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310642t     Document Type: Article

References (88)

1. Miller, R. D. J.; McLendon, G. L.; Nozik, A. J.; Schmickler, W.; Willig, F. Surface electron transfer processes; VCH Publishers, Inc.: New York, 1995.
2. Lanzafame, J. M.; Palese, S.; Wang, D.; Miller, R. D. J.; Muenter, A. A. Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Studies of Surface Reaction Dynamics: Mapping the Electron Trajectory J. Phys. Chem. 1994, 98, 11020-11033
3. Kamat, P. V. Photochemistry on Nonreactive and Reactive (semiconductor) Surfaces Chem. Rev. 1993, 93, 267-300
4. Ellingson, R. J.; Asbury, J. B.; Ferrere, S.; Ghosh, H. N.; Sprague, J. R.; Lian, T.; Nozik, A. J. Dynamics of Electron Injection in Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Films Sensitized with [Ru(4,4′-dicarboxy-2,2′- bipyridine)2(NCS)2] by Infrared Transient Absorption J. Phys. Chem. B 1998, 102, 6455-6458
5. Asbury, J. B.; Hao, E.; Wang, Y. Q.; Ghosh, H. N.; Lian, T. Ultrafast Electron Transfer Dynamics from Molecular Adsorbates to Semiconductor Nanocrystalline Thin Films J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 4545-4557
6. Anderson, N. A.; Lian, T. Ultrafast Electron Transfer at the Molecule-Semiconductor Nanoparticle Interface Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2005, 56, 491-519
7. 2 Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2007, 58, 143-184
8. 2 Semiconductors J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7989-7997
9. 2 Films Nature 1991, 353, 737-740
10. Gratzel, M. Photoelectrochemical Cells Nature 2001, 414, 338-344
11. Kamat, P. V. Meeting the Clean Energy Demand: Nanostructure Architectures for Solar Energy Conversion J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 2834-2860
12. Hagfeldt, A.; Boschloo, G.; Sun, L.; Kloo, L.; Pettersson, H. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6595-6663
13. 2 Nanoparticles J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 14214-14222
14. 2 films under UV and visible light irradiation Appl. Catal. B 2007, 71, 291-303
15. Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Kay, A.; Rodicio, I.; Humphry-Baker, R.; Müller, E.; Liska, P.; Vlachopoulos, N.; Grätzel, M. Conversion of light to electricity by cis-X2bis(2,2′-bipyridyl-4,4′-dicarboxylate) ruthenium(II) charge-transfer sensitizers (X = Cl-, Br-, I-, CN-, and SCN-) on nanocrystalline titanium dioxide electrodes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 6382-6390
16. Yum, J. H.; Hagberg, D. P.; Moon, S. J.; Karlsson, K. M.; Marinado, T.; Sun, L.; Hagfeldt, A.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Grätzel, M. A Light-Resistant Organic Sensitizer for Solar-Cell Applications Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1576-1580
17. Hara, K.; Kurashige, M.; Ito, A.; Shinpo, A.; Suga, S.; Sayama, K.; Arakawa, H. Novel Polyene Dyes for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Commun. 2003, 252-253
18. Hara, K.; Sato, T.; Katoh, R.; Furube, A.; Yoshihara, T.; Murai, M.; Kurashige, M.; Ito, S.; Shinpo, A.; Suga, S.; Arakawa, H. Novel Conjugated Organic Dyes for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005, 15, 246-252
19. Kim, S.; Lee, J. K.; Kang, S. O.; Ko, J.; Yum, J. H.; Fantacci, S.; DeAngelis, F.; DiCenso, D.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Gratzel, M. Molecular Engineering of Organic Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16701-16707
20. Zeng, W.; Cao, Y.; Bai, Y.; Wang, Y.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, M.; Wang, F.; Pan, C.; Wang, P. Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with an Organic Photosensitizer Featuring Orderly Conjugated Ethylenedioxythiophene and Dithienosilole Blocks Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 1915-1925
21. Yu, Q.; Wang, Y.; Yi, Z.; Zu, N.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, M.; Wang, P. High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Influence of Lithium Ions on Exciton Dissociation, Charge Recombination, and Surface States ACS Nano 2010, 4, 6032-6038
22. Tian, H.; Yang, X.; Chen, R.; Zhang, R.; Hagfeldt, A.; Sun, L. Effect of Different Dye Baths and Dye-Structures on the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Triphenylamine Dyes J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 11023-11033
23. Hwang, S.; Lee, J. H.; Park, C.; Lee, H.; Kim, C.; Park, C.; Lee, M.-H.; Lee, W.; Park, J.; Kim, K.; Park, N.-G. A Highly Efficient Organic Sensitizer for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Commun. 2007, 4887-4889
24. Katono, M.; Bessho, T.; Wielopolski, M.; Marszalek, M.; Moser, J.-E.; Humphry-Baker, R.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Grätzel, M. Influence of the Anchoring Modes on the Electronic and Photovoltaic Properties of D-π-A Dyes J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 16876-16884
25. Chen, Z.; Li, F.; Huang, C. Organic D-π-A Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Curr. Org. Chem. 2007, 11, 1241-1258
26. 2 Solar Cells Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 1806-1812
27. Snaith, H. J.; Petrozza, A.; Ito, S.; Miura, H.; Gratzel, M. Charge Generation and Photovoltaic Operation of Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Incorporating a High Extinction Coefficient Indolene-Based Sensitizer Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 1810-1818
28. Jiang, X.; Marinado, T.; Gabrielsson, E.; Hagberg, D. P.; Sun, L.; Hagfeldt, A. Structural Modification of Organic Dyes for Efficient Coadsorbent-Free Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 2799-2805
29. Ren, X.; Jiang, S.; Cha, M.; Zhou, G.; Wang, Z.-S. Thiophene-Bridged Double D-π-A Dye for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 3493-3499
30. Kim, S.; Lee, J. K.; Kang, S. O.; Ko, J.; Yum, J.-H.; Fantacci, S.; De Angelis, F.; Di Censo, D.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Grätzel, M. Molecular Engineering of Organic Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16701-16707
31. Hagberg, D. P.; Marinado, T.; Karisson, K. M.; Nonomura, K.; Qin, P.; Boschloo, G.; Brinck, T.; Hagfeldt, A.; Sun, L. Tuning the HOMO and LUMO Energy Levels of Organic Chromophores for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 9550-9556
32. Liang, M.; Xu, W.; Cai, F.; Chen, P.; Peng, B.; Chen, J.; Li, Z. New Triphenylamine-Based Organic Dyes for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 4465-4472
33. Liang, Y.; Peng, B.; Chen, J. Correlating Dye Adsorption Behavior with the Open-Circuit Voltage of Triphenylamine-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 10992-10998
34. Yin, Q. S.; JianLi, H.; He, T. New D-π-A Dyes for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Sci. China: Chem. 2012, 55, 677-697
35. Kanaparthi, R. L.; Kandhadi, J.; Giribabu, L. Metal-Free Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Recent Advances Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 8383-8393
36. Myllyperkio, P.; Monzoni, C.; Polli, D.; Cerullo, G.; Korppi-Tommola, J. Electron Transfer from Organic Aminophenyl Acid Sensitizers to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Films J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 13985-13992
37. Giibabu, L.; Kanaparthi, R. K.; Velkannan, V. Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications Chem. Rec. 2012, 12, 306-328
38. Koops, S. E.; O'Regan, B. C.; Barnes, P. R. F.; Durrant, J. R. Parameters Influencing the Efficiency of Electron Injection in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 4808-4818
39. Wang, L.; Wang, H.-Y.; Fang, H.-H.; Wang, H.; Yang, Z.-Y.; Gao, B.-R.; Chen, Q.-D.; Han, W.; Sun, H.-B. Universal Electron Injection Dynamics at Nanointerfaces in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 2783-2791
40. 2 Surfaces. An Insight into the Mechanism of Photosensitization J. Phys. Chem. 1995, 99, 10883-10889
41. Ramakrishna, G.; Jose, D. A.; Kumar, D. K.; Das, A.; Palit, D. K.; Ghosh, H. N. Strongly Coupled Ruthenium-Polypyridyl Complexes for Efficient Electron Injection in Dye-Sensitized Semiconductor Nanoparticles J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 15445-15453
42. 2 Nanoparticles J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 4775-4783
43. 2, and ZnO Nanocrystalline Thin Films: Role of Interface-Bound Charge-Separated Pairs J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 6560-6566
44. 3 Thin Films J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103, 3110-3119
45. Huber, R.; Sporlein, S.; Moser, J. E.; Gratzel, M.; Wachtveitl, J. The Role of Surface States in the Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Sensitizing Dye Molecules to Semiconductor Colloids J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 8995-9003
46. 2) Interface J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 9577-9578
47. 2 Films J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2001, 142, 215-220
48. 2 J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 410-419
49. 2 and ZnO solar cells sensitized with Coumarin 343 J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2011, 226, 42-50
50. Lu, H.-P.; Tsai, C.-Y.; Yen, W.-N.; Hsieh, C.-P.; Lee, C.-W.; Yeh, C.-Y.; Diau, E. W.-G. Control of Dye Aggregation and Electron Injection for Highly Efficient Porphyrin Sensitizers Adsorbed on Semiconductor Films with Varying Ratios of Coadsorbate J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 20990-20997
51. Lin, C.-H.; Lo, C.-F.; Luo, L.; Lu, H.-P.; Hung, C.-S.; Diau, E. W.-G. Design and Characterization of Novel Porphyrins with Oligo(phenylethylnyl) Links of Varied Length for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis and Optical, Electrochemical, and Photovoltaic Investigation J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 755-764
52. Lu, H.-P.; Mai, C.-L.; Tsia, C.-Y.; Hsu, S.-J.; Hsieh, C.-P.; Chiu, C.-L.; Yeh, C.-Y.; Diau, E. W.-G. Design and Characterization of Highly Efficient Porphyrin Sensitizers for Green See-Through Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11, 10270-10274
53. Fakis, M.; Stathatos, E.; Tsigaridas, B.; Giannetas, V.; Persephonis, P. Femtosecond Decay and Electron Transfer Dynamics of the Organic Sensitizer D149 and Photovoltaic Performance in Quasi-Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 13429-13437
54. Martin, C.; Ziolek, M.; Marchena, M.; Douhal, A. Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics in a Solar Cell Organic Dye Anchored to Semiconductor Particle and Aluminum-Doped Mesoporous Materials J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 23183-23191
55. Ziolek, M.; Martín, C.; Navarro, M.; Garcia, H.; Douhal, A. Confined Photodynamics of an Organic Dye for Solar Cells Encapsulated in Titanium-Doped Mesoporous Molecular Materials J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 8858-8867
56. Ziolek, M.; Martín, C.; Cohen, B.; Garcia, H.; Douhal, A. Virtues and Vices of an Organic Dye and Ti-Doped MCM-41 Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 23642-23650
57. 2 Semiconductors J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 21169-21178
58. Ziolek, M.; Yang, X.; Sun, L.; Douhal, A. Interrogating the Ultrafast Dynamics of an Efficient Dye for Sunlight Conversion Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 8099-8108
59. 2 nanotubes and nanoparticles Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 4032-4044
60. Ziolek, M.; Cohen, B.; Yang, X.; Sun, L.; Paulose, M.; Varghese, O. K.; Grimes, C. A.; Douhal, A. Femtosecond to millisecond studies of electron transfer processes in a donor-(π-spacer)-acceptor series of organic dyes for solar cells interacting with titania nanoparticles and ordered nanotube array films Phys. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 2816-2831
61. Srinivas, K.; Kumar, C. R.; Reddy, M. A.; Bhanuprakask, K.; Rao, V. J.; Giribabu, L. D-π-A Organic Dyes with Carbazole as Donor for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Syn. Met. 2011, 161, 96-105
62. 2 Nanoparticles: A New Approach to Determining Back Electron Transfer Rate and Verifying the Marcus Inverted Regime J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 7000-7008
63. 2 Nanoparticles Proc. SPIE 2010, 7518, 751801-7751810
64. 2 Nanoparticles: Is It Localized or Delocalized? J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 13917-13925
65. 25 Clusters J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 22417-22423
66. Wiederrecht, G. P.; Geibink, N. C.; Hranisavljevic, J.; Rosenmann, D.; Martinsson, A. B. F.; Schaller, R. D.; Wasielewski, M. R. Visualizing Charge Movement Near Organic Heterojunctions with Ultrafast Time Resolution via an Induced Stark Shift Appl. Phys. Lett. 2012, 100, 113304-113307
67. Frisch, M. J.; Gaussian 03, revision C02; Gaussian Inc.: Wallingford, CT, 2004.
68. 2-Electrolyte Interfaces J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 19433-19442
69. Kresse, G. Hafner, From Ultrasoft Pseudopotentials to the Projector Augmented-wave Method J. Phys. Rev. B 1999, 59, 1758-1775
70. Hess, B.; Kutzner, C.; van der Spoel, D.; Lindahl, E. Algorithms for Highly Efficient, Load-Balanced, and Scalable Molecular Simulation J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2008, 4, 435-447
71. 2 Semiconductors J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 18234-18242
72. 3 Complexes J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 1317-1325
73. 2+ Complexes J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 15617-15626
74. 2 Nanocrystallites J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6696-6709
75. 2 Nanocrystallites: Evidence for a Stark Effect J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 14596-14604
76. 2 Interfaces J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11586-11587
77. Cappel, U. B.; Feldt, S. M.; Schoneboom, J.; Hagfeldt, A.; Boschloo, G. The Influence of Local Electric Fields on Photoinduced Absorption in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9096-9101
78. Snaith, H. J.; Karthikeyan, C. S.; Petrozza, A.; Teuscher, J.; Moser, J. E.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Thelakkat, M.; Gratzel, M. High Extinction Coefficient "Antenna" Dye in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A Photophysical and Electronic Study J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 7562-7566
79. Cappel, U. B.; Gibson, E. A.; Hagfeldt, A.; Boschloo, G. Dye Regeneration by Spiro-MeOTAD in Solid State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Studied by Photoinduced Absorption Spectroscopy and Spectroelectrochemistry J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 6275-6281
80. 2 Heterointerfaces J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 1261-1267
81. Pensack, R. D; Banyas, K. M.; Barbour, L. W.; Hegadorn, M.; Asbury, J. B. Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy of Charge-carrier Dynamics in Organic Photovoltaic Materials Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11, 2575-2591
82. Pensack, R. D.; Banyas, K. M.; Asbury, J. B. Vibrational Solvatochromism in Organic Photovoltaic Materials: Method to Distinguish Molecules at Donor/Acceptor Interfaces Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 14144-14152
83. Stark, J. Observation of the Separation of Spectral Lines by an Electric Field Nature 1913, 92, 401-404
84. Boxer, S. G. Stark Realities J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 2972-2983
85. Sebastian, L.; Weiser, G.; Bassler, H. Charge Transfer Transitions in Solid Tetracene and Pentacene Studied by Electroabsorption Chem. Phys. 1981, 61, 125-135
86. 2 Thin Films Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 15429-15437
87. Dorbizhev, M.; Makarov, N. S.; Tillo, S. E.; Hughes, T. E.; Rebane, A. Two-photon Absorption Properties of Fluorescent Proteins Nat. Methods 2011, 8, 393-399
88. Rothenberger, G.; Fitzmaurice, D.; Gratzel, M. Spectroscopy of Conduction Band Electrons in Transparent Metal Oxide Semiconductor Films: Optical Determination of the Flatband Potential of Colloidal Titanium Dioxide Films J. Phys. Chem. 1992, 96, 5983-5986