Experimental data for "Improved light harvesting via energy transfer within a benzothiadiazole-based antenna-sensitizer dyad for dye-sensitized solar cells"

Here we share the experimental data used for writing the article entitled "Improved light harvesting via energy transfer within a benzothiadiazole-based antenna-sensitizer dyad for dye-sensitized solar cells" by Rossella Infantino Elena Ermini, Carmen Coppola, Irene Motta, Gregorio Bottaro, Lidia Armelao, Adalgisa Sinicropi, Alessandro Mordini, Gianna Reginato, Massimo Calamante, Daniele Franchi, Alessio Dessì and Lorenzo Zani. All files are in .txt format and can be open with the Notepad app in Windows, except one file in .pdf format. A short description of the files is as follows: 1) UV-Vis spectra of the final compounds in THF solution: "Ant-1 UV-Vis in THF.txt"; "EE24 UV-Vis in THF.txt"; "DYAD2 UV-Vis in THF.txt". 2) UV-Vis spectra of the sensitizers after absorption on a thin TiO2 film: "EE24 UV-Vis on TiO2.txt"; "DYAD2 UV-Vis on TiO2.txt" 3) Fluorescence emission spectra of the final compounds in THF solution, with indication of the excitation wavelength: "Ant-1 Emission in THF_exc 397 nm.txt"; "EE24 Emission in THF_exc 546 nm"; "DYAD2 Emission in THF_exc 397 nm.txt"; "DYAD2 Emission in THF_exc 535 nm.txt". 4) Excitation spectra of the sensitizers in THF solution, with indication of the monitored emission wavelength: "EE24 Excitation spectrum in THF_emi 750 nm.txt"; "DYAD2 Excitation spectrum in THF_emi 721 nm". 5) Cyclic voltammetries of the compounds in CH2Cl2 solution, with and without ferrocene as an internal standard (NOTE: potentials are reported as measured against the Ag/AgNO3 pseudo-reference electrode during the experiments): "CV EE24 in DCM_no std_3 cycles.txt"; "CV EE24 in DCM_+ferrocene_3 cycles.txt"; "CV DYAD2 in DCM_no std_3 cycles.txt"; "CV DYAD2 in DCM_+ferrocene_3 cycles.txt". 6) Excited state lifetime measurements via Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) experiments in THF solution, comprising the Instrument Response Function (IRF) trace and the sample data with indication of the monitored emission wavelength: "TCSPC IRF.txt"; "TCSPC Ant-1 emi 516 nm.txt"; "TCSPC DYAD2 emi 516 nm.txt"; "TCSPC DYAD2 emi 700 nm.txt". 7) Current-voltage curves of the dye-sensitized solar cells built with the compounds developed in this work; for each series the cell number from 1 to 4 is indicated (NOTE: raw current values are displyed, without correcting them for the cells surface area): "J-V_EE24_cell1-4.txt"; "J-V_EE24+Ant-1_cell1-4.txt"; "J-V_DYAD2_cell1-4.txt". 8) IPCE spectra of the best cells built with each sensitizer: "IPCE_EE24_4.txt"; "IPCE_EE24+Ant-1_1.txt"; "IPCE_DYAD2_3.txt". 9) Coordinates of the optimized structures of the ground- and first excited states of the compounds as derived from the computational investigation: "coordinates.pdf".