N3敏化Ho3+离子修饰TiO2纳米晶电极的光电化学性质

研究了Ho3+离子表面修饰对TiO2纳米晶电极光电性能的影响. TiO2表面氧化钬的存在一方面降低了染料和TiO2之间的电子注入速率, 而另一方面它也能够抑制电荷复合. 结果表明, 在TiO2纳米晶薄膜表面修饰一定厚度的Ho3+离子层, 在电极表面就形成了一个势垒, 能够有效抑制电极表面的电荷复合, 从而提高了染料敏化太阳能电池的光电压和光电转化效率. 在93.1 mW·cm-2白光照射下, TiO2/Ho-0.1 和TiO2/Ho-0.2(0.1 和0.2分别是修饰TiO2电极的Ho3+溶液的浓度, 单位是mol·L-1)两个电极的光电转化效率分别达到8.3%和7.6%, 与TiO2电极(7.2%)比较, 分别增大了15%和5%.     

光子晶体太阳能电池研究进展

光子晶体具有光子禁带、“慢光子”效应等独特的光学性能,近年来被广泛用于太阳能电池中.光子晶体的引入,可调节光子在太阳能电池中的传播和分布.在电池中不同的位置引入光子晶体,能够提高或抑制太阳能电池的光电转化效率.因此充分了解光子晶体的光学特性,正确使用光子晶体是提高光电转化效率的关键.本文总结归纳不同类型光子晶体在硅太阳能电池及敏化型太阳能电池中的应用,并对其可能存在的问题进行了分析和评述.     

Highly efficient modification of DNA polymerase β under conditions of direct and sensitized activation of photoreactive DNAs. Modification of cell extract proteins

dUTP and dCTP derivatives containing a 4-azido-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzylideneaminooxy group were incorporated into the 3′-end of the DNA primer within complexes with the DNA-matrix as analogs of natural dTTP by virtue of catalytic activity of DNA polymerase β or endogenous DNA polymerases of the cell extract. The photoreactive DNAs synthesized in situ were used for affinity modification of DNA polymerase β and DNA-binding proteins of the cell extract. For the photoreactive DNA based on these analogs, the efficiency of formation of covalent adducts with DNA polymerase β under the highest degree of DNA complexation with the enzyme was determined. The yield of covalent DNA adducts with the enzyme was 28–47%, depending on the type of the analog. The effect of the sequence of the DNA template near the localization of the photoreactive group on the redistribution of covalent cross-links between the possible targets was demonstrated. A possibility of increasing the efficiency of DNA polymerase β modification in the presence of a substantial excess of photoreactive DNA using a sensitizer, a dUTP derivative containing a pyrene residue, was studied. When photoreactive DNA containing a 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-azidobenzoyl (FAB) group was used, about 60% of DNA polymerase β was covalently attached to DNA. Photoreactive dNTP analogs ensuring a high level of protein modification in the cell extract were found. __________ Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1273–1283, May, 2005.     

X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of the stability of platinized catalytic electrodes in dye‐sensitized solar cells

The stability of platinized catalytic electrodes prepared by thermal decomposition of hexachloroplatinic acid was investigated. The platinum on the electrode did not dissolve in the presence of the electrolyte containing an iodide/triiodide redox couple, even under anodic bias. The electrocatalytic activity of platinized catalytic electrodes sealed in a cell with oxygen‐free electrolyte did not decrease within 23 weeks. However, the charge transfer resistance value of platinized catalytic electrodes increased tenfold when the electrodes were heated at 150° for 15 min in air during the sealing process and doubled when the electrodes were reused. The XPS analysis results showed that part of the platinum catalyst on the surface of the electrode was transformed to Pt[II] and Pt[IV] during the thermal sealing process, which led to the decrease of catalytic activity of the platinized catalytic electrodes for the reduction of triiodide. A large amount of inactive iodine absorbed on the surface of the reused electrode, which was confirmed by XPS, also decreased the electrocatalytic activity of the electrodes. The electrocatalytic activity of reused electrodes can be recovered by heating again at 390 °C or removing the platinum oxide and inactive iodine by the electrochemical method. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

含有TiO2刺球散射中心光阳极的设计及其在染料敏化太阳能电池的应用

采用水热法制备了一种刺球状TiO_2(NT),将其作为光散射中心,与纳米晶TiO_2混合,制备成一种底层为P25薄膜(作为染料吸收层),上层为添加NT散射层的混合结构的薄膜光阳极。探讨了NT添加量对薄膜性能的影响,实验结果表明,当NT与P25粉体的质量比为35%时电池光电性能最优,电池短路光电流密度为14.30 m A·cm~(-2),其光电转换效率达到7.38%。质量比继续增大,当达到50%时电池性能有所下降,光电转换效率降为5.99%,同时染料吸附量也由73.2μmol·cm~(-2)降到70.1μmol·cm~(-2)。这表明过量的大颗粒TiO_2刺球散射中心会减少光阳极的比表面积从而降低染料的有效吸附量,并且还会引起不必要的反向散射,只有适量的散射中心才能得到最佳性能的太阳能电池器件。     

Theoretical study of metal‐free organic dyes based on different configurations for efficient dye‐sensitized solar cells

Considering different solar dyes configuration, four novel metal‐free organic dyes based on phenoxazine as electron donor, thiophene and cyanovinylene linkers as the ‐conjugation bridge and cyanoacrylic acid as electron acceptor were designed to optimize open circuit voltage and short circuit current parameters and theoretically inspected. Density functional theory and time‐dependent density functional theory calculations were used to study frontier molecular orbital energy states of the dyes and their optical absorption spectra. The results indicated that D2‐4 dyes can be suitable candidates as sensitizers for application in dye sensitized solar cells and among these three dyes, D3 showed a broader and more bathochromically shifted absorption band compared to the others. The dye also showed the highest molar extinction coefficient. This work suggests optimizing the configuration of metal‐free organic dyes based on simple D‐ ‐A configuration containing alkyl chain as substitution, starburst conformation, and symmetric double D‐ ‐A chains would produce good photovoltaic properties.     

氨基吡嗪型双齿席夫碱配基功能化聚砜的制备及其与Tb(Ⅲ)离子配合物的荧光发射特性

首先,通过苯甲醛(BA)改性的聚砜(BA-PSF)与氨基吡嗪(AP)发生席夫碱反应,制得了侧链含氨基吡嗪型双齿席夫碱配基(APSB)的功能化聚砜APSB-PSF。使用核磁共振氢谱(~1HNMR)、红外光谱(FT-IR)表征其化学结构。然后,以APSB-PSF为大分子配体,邻菲罗啉(Phen)为第二配体,使它们与Tb(Ⅲ)离子进行配位螯合反应,分别制备了二元高分子-稀土配合物Tb(Ⅲ)-(APSB)_3-PSF与三元配合物(Phen)_1-Tb(Ⅲ)-(APSB)_3-PSF,研究了配合物Tb(Ⅲ)-(APSB)_3-PSF和(Phen)_1-Tb(Ⅲ)-(APSB)_3-PSF的荧光发射特性与发光机理。实验结果表明,大分子配体APSB-PSF不但能够强烈地吸收紫外光,且其本身荧光强度很高;当APSB-PSF与Tb(Ⅲ)离子配位生成新的二元配合物后,其自身的吸光强度基本不变,但荧光强度却大为削弱,即能量发生了转移,该配合物同时发射出Tb(Ⅲ)离子的特征荧光,且由于接受了APSB-PSF转移的能量使其发光强度大大增强,即APSB-PSF对Tb(Ⅲ)离子发生了敏化作用。而配体APSB-PSF的三线态与Eu(Ⅲ)离子的共振能级不匹配,使APSB-PSF与Eu(Ⅲ)离子的配合物几乎不发射荧光。三元配合物不仅发射出Tb(Ⅲ)离子的特征荧光,且其发光强度高于二元配合物。     

The Structure‐property Relationships of D‐π‐A BODIPY Dyes for Dye‐sensitized Solar Cells

BODIPY dyes have attracted considerable attention as potential photosensitizers in dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) owing to their excellent optical properties and facile structural modification. This account focuses on recent advances in the molecular design of D‐π‐A BODIPY dyes for applications in DSSCs. Special attention has been paid to the structure‐property relationships of D‐π‐A BODIPY dyes for DSSCs. The developmental process in the modified position at the BODIPY core with a donor/acceptor is described. The devices based on 2,6‐modified BODIPY dyes exhibit better photovoltaic performance over other modified BODIPY dyes. Meanwhile, the research reveals the correlation of molecular structures (various donor chromophores, extended units, molecular frameworks, and long alkyl groups) with their photophysical and electrochemical properties and relates it to their performance in DSSCs. The structure‐property relationships give valuable information and guidelines for designing new D‐π‐A BODIPY dyes for DSSCs.

     

Bright white light electroluminescent devices based on efficient management of singlet and triplet excitons

Efficient and bright white organic light-emitting devices (WOLEDs) based on phosphor sensitized fluorescence are improved by using an unusual device structure, in which phosphorescent emissive layer is sandwiched between two blue fluorescent doped ones. This architecture allows for resonant energy transfer from both the host singlet and triplet energy levels that minimizes exchange energy losses. Thus, a WOLED with a maximum luminous efficiency of 11.63 cd/A, a maximum power efficiency of 7.37 lm/W, a maximum luminance of 31,770 cd/m², and Commission Internationale de L’Eclairage coordinates of (0.34, 0.36) is achieved.