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Hole injection from P1 dye hot-excited states in p-type dye-sensitized films: a fluorescence study

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We present a study of the excited state relaxation dynamics of the photosensitizer P1 used in p-type dye-sensitized solar cells. Comparative femtosecond fluorescence upconversion measurements in solution and in films show that the dye undergoes a picosecond electronic relaxation from the bright Franck–Condon (FC) state to a low-emitting charge-transfer (CT) state in polar environment. The fluorescence is moderately quenched in solution and on the mesoporous Al2O3 isolator but dramatically more on NiO semiconductor. We assign this sub-picosecond process to the hole injection thus confirming that the electron transfer is from the FC state directly into the NiO valence band.

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This work was supported by the CEA program DSM Energie, contract PHLUMVIR—E113-9.

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Supplementary file1 The Supporting Information contains the following figures; fluorescence decays recorded by TCSPC for P1 in toluene, THF, EtOH and ACN, total fluorescence intensities and mean positions of the fluorescence band as obtained from lognorm fitting for P1 in toluene, THF, EtOH and ACN. Depth profiles of NiO and Al2O3 films, photographs of films, absorption and fluorescence spectra of P1 dye-sensitized NiO and Al2O3 films, fluorescence decays of P1 dye-sensitized NiO and Al2O3 films recorded by TCSPC, lognorm-fitted parameters of total fluorescence intensities and mean positions of the fluorescence band, Radiative and non-radiative rate constants as well as the radiative lifetimes for P1 in toluene, THF, EtOH and ACN, the radiative rate constant and radiative lifetime of P1 in THF (DOCX 668 kb)

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Maffeis, V., Jousselme, B. & Gustavsson, T. Hole injection from P1 dye hot-excited states in p-type dye-sensitized films: a fluorescence study. Photochem Photobiol Sci 20, 1257–1271 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00098-8

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