Research Article

TD-DFT Investigations on Optoelectronic Properties of Fluorescein Dye Derivatives in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs)

Table 3

The absorption properties of studied dye derivatives in a gas phase and acetonitrile.

DyesIn gasAcetonitrile
(nm) in eVTransition (nm) in eVTransition

FS390.563.17490.0253H → L (93.65%)369.693.35370.0587H → L (89.41%)
370.133.35010.0003H → L + 1 (59.58%)353.133.51100.0071H → L + 2 (36.25%)
362.233.42320.0004H → L + 1 (75.57%)338.023.66800.0326H → L + 3 (50.90%)
347.563.56770.0003H → L (7.55%)331.283.74260.0391H → L + 6 (77.12%)
355.003.70140.0528H → L + 4 (68.92%)322.263.84730.0084H → L (84.67%)
327.743.78340.0359H → L + 2 (68.24%)294.054.21640.0190H → L (61.20%)

FSA368.513.36450.0003H → L (93.65%)358.713.45640.0265H → L + 1 (51.255)
353.183.51050.0589H → L + 1 (59.58%)353.733.50500.0061H → L + 3 (40.31%)
344.243.60170.0129H → L + 1 (75.57%)347.683.56610.1224H → L + 1 (43.32%)
328.303.77650.0214H → L (75.55%)337.033.67870.0015H → L (53.01%)
322.933.83930.0099H → L + 4 (68.92%)334.653.70490.0034H → L (69.58%)
320.893.86380.0403H → L + 2 (68.24%)317.793.90150.0015H → L (47.99%)

FSE413.622.99750.0175H → L (96.79%)390.283.17680.0348H → L (96.88%)
376.733.29110.0003H → L + 1 (82.35%)353.173.51070.0072H → L (8.44%)
369.833.35240.0002H → L + 1 (60.45%)339.323.65390.0715H → L + 3 (64.09%)
365.923.38830.0007H → L (83.19%)333.983.71230.0245H → L + 4 (59.45%)
340.063.64600.0362H → L + 2 (51.62%)329.513.76270.0174H → L (77.87%)
331.563.73940.0603H → L + 1 (50.53%)305.324.06080.0159H → L + 2 (77.38%)

FSM380.313.26010.0312H → L (91.99%)363.623.40970.0734H → L (87.53%)
369.633.35420.0003H → L + 1 (62.35%)353.223.51020.0068H → L + 3 (43.93%)
356.673.47620.0004H → L + 1 (75.19%)337.683.67160.0220H → L + 3 (46.64%)
340.473.64160.0018H → L (67.27%)329.933.75790.0388H → L + 3 (81.16%)
331.973.73480.0312H → L + 3 (69.98%)320.763.86530.0087H → L (86.85%)
323.653.83090.0205H → L + 2 (77.57%)290.224.27210.0308H → L + 2 (53.75%)

FSO369.673.35390.0002H → L + 1 (60.73%)357.423.46890.0887H → L (85.79%)
364.343.40300.0413H → L (84.62%)353.143.51090.0134H → L + 3 (46.22%)
349.723.54520.0004H → L + 1 (72.09%)337.353.67520.0291H → L (40.51%)
333.543.71720.0261H → L + 3 (48.88%)327.723.78320.0059H → L+3 (82.29%)
326.483.79770.0496H → L (65.11%)319.923.87540.0093H → L (87.05%)
314.743.93920.0095H → L + 2 (77.57%)302.134.10360.0249H → L (88.61%)

FST421.812.93940.0196H → L (96.87%)397.743.11730.0360H → L (97.64%)
383.623.23190.0007H → L + 1 (86.15%)353.203.51040.0121H → L + 1 (41.14%)
373.163.32250.0008H → L (86.70%)343.163.61300.4195H → L + 1 (54.56%)
369.953.35130.0002H → L (63.24%)338.173.66630.1284H → L + 3 (32.36%)
341.763.62780.0627H → L + 3 (47.86%)334.763.70360.0086H → L + 4 (42.69%)
334.783.70350.2335H → L + 2 (38.95%)330.993.74590.0657H → L + 1 (48.39%)

The bolded values in Table 3 indicate the highest value of oscillator strength with respect to the calculated the (nm), excitation energies (eV), oscillator strengths (), assignment of molecular orbital contributions, and character.