Anion Effect on the CuII–Neocuproine Mediator and Its Electrocatalysts for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Polymeric Chalcogenides of PEDOT–PEDTT and [Ag2(SePh)2]n

Autor: Lin, Xin-Bei, Wu, Chih-Ya, Han, Bo-Yu, Lee, Yu-Chien, Lin, Yin-Fan, Li, Sie-Rong, Sun, Shih-Sheng, Li, Chun-Ting
Zdroj: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces; November 2024, Vol. 16 Issue: 45 p61820-61831, 12p
Abstrakt: The synthetical methodology for the [Cu(dmp)2]2+/1+(dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline; neocuproine) complexes has been systematically investigated by using various copper precursors, including CuCl2, Cu(NO3)2, and Cu(ClO4)2. After an anion exchange to trifluoromethanesulfonimide (TFSI), the tetra-coordinated CuII(dmp)2(TFSI)2-Cu(ClO4)2(7.43%) outperformed the penta-coordinated CuII(dmp)2(TFSI)(NO3)-Cu(NO3)2(4.30%) and CuII(dmp)2(TFSI)(Cl)-CuCl2. Polymeric chalcogenides, including a conducting copolymeric electrode of PEDOT–PEDTT [PEDOT = poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene); PEDTT = poly(3,4-ethylenedithiothiophene)] and a coordination polymeric electrode of silver bezeneselenolate ([Ag2(SePh)2]n; mithrene), are introduced as the electrocatalysts for [Cu(dmp)2]2+/1+for the first time. After optimization, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on carbon cloth (CC)/AgSePh-30 (10.18%) showed superior electrocatalytic ability compared to the benchmark CC/Pt (7.43%) due to numerous active sites provided by electron-donating Se atoms, high film roughness, and bottom-up 2D charge transfer routes. The DSSC based on CC/PEDTT-50 (10.38%) also outperformed CC/Pt due to numerous active sites provided by electron-donating S atoms and proper energy band structure. This work sheds light on the future design and synthesis in Cu-complex mediators and functional polymeric chalcogenides for high-performance DSSCs.
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