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      Dye adsorbates BrPDI, BrGly, and BrAsp on anatase TiO2 (001) for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

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      Çakır, D.
      Gülseren, O.
      Mete, E.
      Ellialtıoǧlu, Ş.
      Date
      2009
      Source Title
      Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
      Print ISSN
      1550-235X
      Publisher
      American Physical Society
      Volume
      80
      Issue
      3
      Pages
      035431-1 - 035431-6
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      Using the first-principles plane-wave pseudopotential method within density functional theory, we systematically investigated the interaction of perylenediimide PDI-based dye compounds BrPDI, BrGly, and BrAsp with both unreconstructed UR and reconstructed RC anatase TiO2 001 surfaces. All dye molecules form strong chemical bonds with surface in the most favorable adsorption structures. In UR-BrGly, RC-BrGly, and RC-BrAsp cases, we have observed that highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital levels of molecules appear within band gap and conduction-band region, respectively. Moreover, we have obtained a gap narrowing upon adsorption of BrPDI on the RC surface. Because of the reduction in effective band gap of surface-dye system and possibly achieving the visible-light activity, these results are valuable for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications. We have also considered the effects of hydration of surface to the binding of BrPDI. It has been found that the binding energy drops significantly for the completely hydrated surfaces.
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      All dye molecules
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/22661
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.035431
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