Six novel dye molecules were developed from D-π-A system and their suitability for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) was evaluated using density functional theory (DFT). All the calculation were performed using B3LYP/6-311++ G (d,p) level basis set. The intermolecular charge transfer was examined using Frontier molecular orbitals. The absorption spectra, light harvesting efficiency (LHE) and the electron injection energy (∆Ginject) for all the designed dyes were calculated to compare their photovoltaic performance. All of these dyes developed in this study show great potential as a DSSC sensitizer.

In this study we have designed six metal free D–π–A system and evaluated their optimum properties for Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The ground state geometries, electronic properties, light harvesting efficiency, and electronic absorption spectra of these dyes were studied using Density functional theory and Time dependant density functional theory. All these calculations were performed in the gas phase and Dimethylformamide, Dichloromethane as solvent. Our theoretical calculation reveals that the designed metal free organic dyes are good candidate for DSSC applications.

In this investigation, five novel π-new organic donor-π-acceptor dyes (D-π-A) based on 2,2′-bipyrimidines were used. For optimization and DFT research, respectively, the 6-311+G(d,p) basis set and B3LYP density functional theory were applied. In all the systems, diphenyl amine moiety acts as the electron-donor component, whereas the nitro/cyano moiety as electron acceptor (anchoring) group. In the conjugated spacer, a methyl/ethyl substituent was used to examine the impact of the auxiliary donor group. The computed HOMO-LUMO gap and the spectral data matched well. The oscillator strength (f), electron injection free energy (ΔGinject) and light-harvesting efficiency (LHE) were also computed and explained. The calculated values for the examined dye-sensitizers open-circuit photo voltage (Voc) and electron coupling constant (VRP) were also included in this research. This study demonstrates that every synthetic dye has promising potential as a dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) sensitizer.