02640nas a2200289   4500008004100000022001400041245015900055210006900214260000800283300001100291490000800302520162200310653002401932653002101956653002401977653003102001653002502032653001902057653001802076100002602094700001602120700001702136700001702153700003002170700002702200856012302227       2025                        eng d  a1010-603000aDouble anchoring squaraine dye with triazatruxene amine donor for dye-sensitized solar cells: sequential cosensitization for panchromatic light-harvesting0 aDouble anchoring squaraine dye with triazatruxene amine donor fo  cMAY  a1162290 v4623 a<p>
	Dyes are firmly bound to a semiconducting TiO2 film using carboxylic acid anchoring groups for an efficient electron transfer from the excited state of dye to the conduction band (CB) of TiO2. Strong dye binding can be accomplished with multi-anchoring dye designs to improve photophysical characteristics, including high extinction coefficients, panchromatic absorption, post-sensitization modifications, and dark current suppression, besides enhancing the stability of the dye-TiO2 interface. Herein, a novel KV2D dye with double squaraine acceptor and double carboxylic acid anchoring groups is designed to achieve a high extinction coefficient (epsilon, 3.57 x 105M-1cm-1) and robust binding to the TiO2 film for an effective electron transfer. We systematically changed the amount of coadsorbent chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) to control the aggregation of dyes on the TiO2 surface that improves the power conversion efficiency (PCE, eta) for the devices based on the doubleanchoring KV2D. Out of these devices, KV2D: CDCA (1:10) based cell exhibited the best PCE of 5.26% with VOC of 754 mV, JSC of 10.41 mA/cm2, and ff of 67%. The sequential cosensitization studies were carried out with a far-red active dye to find the effect of the strong binding of the sensitizer to the TiO2 film. Interestingly, when di-anchoring, KV2D was sensitized first for 12 h and then sequentially cosensitized with far-red absorbing SQS4 for 5 h to achieve a PCE of 5.0% with VOC of 697 mV, JSC of 10.23 mA/cm2, and ff of 70% with panchromatic spectral response in IPCE upto 730 nm giving higher photocurrent generation.</p>
10aaggregation of dyes10aBulky donor unit10aDouble acceptor dye10aDye-sensitized solar cells10aself-assembly of dye10asquaraine dyes10atriazatruxene1 aIngole, Kiran, Balaso1 aSiby, Jesna1 aPandya, Rinu1 aVanka, Kumar1 aKrishnamoorthy, Kothandam1 aNithyanandhan, Jayaraj  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/double-anchoring-squaraine-dye-triazatruxene-amine-donor-dye-sensitized-solar-cells