Highly Efficient Luminescent Solar Concentrators Based on BODIPY Derivatives

Autor: Antonino Arrigo, Chiara Maria Antonietta Gangemi, Anna Barattucci, Paola Maria Bonaccorsi, Valentina Greco, Alessandro Giuffrida, Salvatore Genovese, Sebastiano Campagna, Francesco Nastasi, Fausto Puntoriero
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Advanced Materials Interfaces, Vol 11, Iss 20, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2196-7350
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202400114
Popis: Abstract Three new chromophores based on difluoroborondipyrromethene dyes (Bodipy‐1, Bodipy‐2, and Bodipy‐3) are used as precursors to prepare luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) based on poly‐acrylate, following a thermally activated polymerization involving lauryl methacrylate as monomer, ethyl glycol dimethacrylate as cross‐linking agent, and lauroyl peroxide as initiator. The new dyes exhibit typical BODIPY absorption and emission properties in dichloromethane fluid solution, assigned to the lower‐lying singlet π–π∗ level, which in the case of Bodipy‐2 and Bodipy‐3, both containing diamino‐substituted styryl subunits in their structure, has a strong charge transfer contribution. The LSCs obtained starting from each of the three Bodipys are interfaced to silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells, and the PV light‐to‐energy conversion efficiencies ηopt for the three systems are calculated. The results yield ηopt of 4.53% for LSC‐Bodipy‐1, 5.26% for LSC‐Bodipy‐2, and 8.23% for LSC‐Bodipy‐3. The optical efficiency for LSC‐Bodipy‐3 is a remarkable value among the LSC based on organic dyes.
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