Guest-Host Interactions in Symmetrical Carboxy Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes-Titanium Dioxide Systems: Synthesis, Theoretical Calculations, Aggregation Properties, and Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Table 1
Experimental conditions for the study of coadsorption of deoxycholic acid (DCA) and cyanine 13 as a model in methanol solutions on TiO2 mesoporous layer.
Methodology
Type
Conditions
#1
One-step adsorption
Dye concentration: 5.0 mM; DCA concentrations: 2, 6, 20, and 40 mM; TiO2 temperature: 80°C; adsorption time: 24 h
#2
Dye concentration: 5.0 mM; DCA concentrations: 2, 6, 20, and 40 mM; TiO2 temperature: 22°C; adsorption time: 24 h
#3
Dye concentration: 5.0 mM; DCA concentrations: 2, 6, 20, and 40 mM; TiO2 temperature: 22°C; adsorption time: 1 h
#4
Dye concentration: 0.1 mM. DCA concentrations: 2, 6, and 20 mM; TiO2 temperature: 22°C; adsorption time: 1 h
#5
Two-step adsorption
First step: DCA concentrations—2, 6, and 20 mM; Second step: dye concentration—0.1 mM; TiO2 temperature: 22°C; adsorption time: 1 h
