VINCENZO SCARANO

PhD Graduate

PhD program:: XXXVI


supervisor: Prof.ssa Marta Feroci e Prof. Leonardo Mattiello

Thesis title: New dyes for p-type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: from Design to Device

In this PhD Thesis, I reported on the synthesis of two new dyes to be employed as sensitizers in p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The design of the two new molecules under consideration has been inspired by the state-of-art dye PMI-6T-TPA. In particular, a specific engineering of the thiophene-based central core is here considered to favour structural planarity between an oligothiophene π-spacer (a sexithiophene), and the acceptor and donor units made by peryleneimide (PMI) and triphenylamine (TPA) moieties, respectively. This leads to a wide absorption in the NIR with stabilization of the HOMO energy level in the resulting dyes, as supported by TD-DFT simulations and spectroscopic characterization. When tested as sensitizers in NiOx-based p-type DSCs, A6D (with an Acceptor-π-Donor structure) outperforms both its counterpart with a Donor-π-Donor structure (D6D) and P1, a benchmark dye in the ambit of p DSCs. With A6D dye-sensitizer the resulting DSC device presents the quite remarkable value of stabilized efficiency as high as 0.15% when I-/I3- is employed as redox couple and nanostructured NiOx photocathode is thick less than 1.5 m and does not contain any blocking material. Notwithstanding the panchromatic feature of the sensitizer, A6D-based devices show an average visible transmittance (AVT) of 8%. Such a result paves the way toward the application of these types of multifunctional dyes in semi-transparent solar cells.

Research products

11573/1695888 - 2024 - Oligomers electrosynthesis: a selective and greener synthetic tool
Scarano, Vincenzo; Mattiello, Leonardo; Rocco, Daniele - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
paper: CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Bentham Science Publishers BV:PO Box 7917, Exec Ste Y 26, Saif Zone Sharjah Uae:011 971 6 5571132, EMAIL: benthams@emirates.net.ae, INTERNET: http://www.bentham.org, Fax: 011 971 6 5571134) pp. 89-104 - issn: 1385-2728 - wos: WOS:001191219600003 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85185667403 (1)

11573/1691296 - 2023 - A new push–pull dye for semi-transparent p-type dye-sensitized solar cells: tuning conjugation by sexithiophene chain engineering
Scarano, Vincenzo; Gontrani, Lorenzo; Zarate, Ana Yancy Segura; Galliano, Simone; Borrelli, Raffaele; Carbone, Marilena; Dini, Danilo; Mirante, Daniele; Feroci, Marta; Bonomo, Matteo; Mattiello, Leonardo - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: SOLAR ENERGY (Elsevier Science Limited:Oxford Fulfillment Center, PO Box 800, Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom:011 44 1865 843000, 011 44 1865 843699, EMAIL: asianfo@elsevier.com, tcb@elsevier.co.UK, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/shpsa/, Fax: 011 44 1865 843010) pp. 1-19 - issn: 0038-092X - wos: WOS:001110426600001 (2) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85175446875 (1)

11573/1674352 - 2022 - Acid Lewis catalyzed reactions of electrogenerated BF3 from BMIm-BF4 Ionic Liquid
Magboo, F. Jr. P.; Bortolami, M.; Melchiorri, S.; Scarano, V.; Vetica, F.; Feroci, M. - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana, GEI 2022 (Orvieto)
book: Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana, GEI 2022 - ()

11573/1607967 - 2022 - Recent advances in imidazolium-based dicationic ionic liquids as organocatalysts: a mini-review
Pandolfi, F.; Bortolami, M.; Feroci, M.; Fornari, A.; Scarano, V.; Rocco, D. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: MATERIALS (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International-MDPI) pp. 866- - issn: 1996-1944 - wos: WOS:000756361000001 (20) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85123313280 (21)

11573/1671008 - 2022 - Oligotiophenes: synthesis, characterization and applications as semiconductor in organic thin film transistors
Scarano, Vincenzo - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: Nanoinnovation 2022 (Roma,; Italy)
book: Nanoinnovation 2022 - ()

11573/1670994 - 2022 - Reaction of electrogenerated cyanomethyl anion with cyclohexylisocyanate: synthesis of N-(cyclohexylcarbamoyl) acetamide. An unexpected product
Scarano, Vincenzo; Bortolami, Martina; Pandolfi, Fabiana; Petrucci, Rita; Rocco, Daniele; Zollo, Giuseppe; Feroci, Marta - 04f Poster
conference: Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana (GEI) 2022 (Orvieto (TR); Italy)
book: Atti del Congresso Giornate dell'Elettrochimica Italiana (GEI) 2022 - ()

11573/1620044 - 2021 - Alkynes as building blocks, intermediates and products in the electrochemical procedures since 2000
Bortolami, M.; Petrucci, R.; Rocco, D.; Scarano, V.; Chiarotto, I. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CHEMELECTROCHEM (Weinheim: Wiley-VCH) pp. 3604-3613 - issn: 2196-0216 - wos: WOS:000679300900001 (10) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85111482714 (9)

11573/1559777 - 2021 - In situ anodically oxidized BMIm-BF4: a safe and recyclable BF3 source
Bortolami, Martina; Mattiello, Leonardo; Scarano, Vincenzo; Vetica, Fabrizio; Feroci, Marta - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ([Washington, D.C: American Chemical Society) pp. 16151-16157 - issn: 0022-3263 - wos: WOS:000727382500009 (12) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85110993487 (12)

11573/1674360 - 2021 - BMIm-BF4: a versatile ionic liquid for BF3 generation and reactions
Bortolami, Martina; Piamonte Magboo, Fernando Jr.; Melchiorri, Sofia; Scarano, Vincenzo; Vetica, Fabrizio; Feroci, Marta - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: XXVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana, (online)
book: XXVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana - ()

11573/1550673 - 2021 - Electrochemical transformations of methylxanthines in non-aqueous medium
Di Matteo, P.; Bortolami, M.; Feroci, M.; Scarano, V.; Petrucci, R. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CHEMELECTROCHEM (Weinheim: Wiley-VCH) pp. 2754-2763 - issn: 2196-0216 - wos: WOS:000651120200001 (2) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85105826422 (2)

11573/1607964 - 2021 - Electrochemistry: a useful tool in the synthesis of oligothiophenes
Pandolfi, F.; Bortolami, M.; Feroci, M.; Mattiello, L.; Scarano, V.; Rocco, D. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Bentham Science Publishers BV:PO Box 7917, Exec Ste Y 26, Saif Zone Sharjah Uae:011 971 6 5571132, EMAIL: benthams@emirates.net.ae, INTERNET: http://www.bentham.org, Fax: 011 971 6 5571134) pp. 2028-2036 - issn: 1385-2728 - wos: WOS:000705007800004 (5) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85118948926 (5)

11573/1674359 - 2021 - Anodic Dimerization of New Donor-Acceptor Oligothiophenes: Electrochemical and Solvatochromic Behavior
Rocco, Daniele; Pandolfi, Fabiana; Feroci, Marta; Scarano, Vincenzo; D’Anna, Francesca; Marullo, Salvatore; Mattiello, Leonardo - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: XXVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana (online)
book: XXVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana - ()

11573/1671012 - 2021 - Oligothiophenes: electrochemically obtained smart materials
Scarano, Vincenzo; D’Anna, Francesca; Rocco, Daniele; Feroci, Marta; Marullo, Salvatore; Mattiello, Leonardo - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: Nanoinnovation 2021 (Roma; Italy)
book: Nanoinnovation 2021 - ()

11573/1671016 - 2021 - Anodic dimerization and solvatochromic behavior of donor-acceptor oligothiophenes
Scarano, Vincenzo; D’Anna, Francesca; Rocco, Daniele; Feroci, Marta; Marullo, Salvatore; Mattiello, Leonardo - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: 72nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (Jeju Island; Korea)
book: 72nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry - ()

11573/1444502 - 2020 - Reaction of Electrogenerated Cyanomethyl Anion with Cyclohexylisocyanate: Synthesis of N-(cyclohexylcarbamoyl) acetamide. An Unexpected Product
Scarano, Vincenzo; Bortolami, Martina; Pandolfi, Fabiana; Petrucci, Rita; Rocco, Daniele; Zollo, Giuseppe; Feroci, Marta - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY (Electrochemical Society:65 South Main Street, Building D:Pennington, NJ 08534:(609)737-1902, EMAIL: ecs@electrochem.org, orders@electrochem.org, INTERNET: http://www.electrochem.org, Fax: (609)737-2743) pp. 155514- - issn: 0013-4651 - wos: WOS:000576107700001 (2) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85092700666 (2)

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