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International audience; To provide an insight into the microscopic second and third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) behavior of chlorophyll a and crocin, we have computed the electric dipole moments (μ), dispersion-free first hyperpolarizabilities (β), frequency-dependent first and second (γ) hyperpolarizabilities at 1064nm wavelength area using time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) method. According to ab-initio calculation results, the examined compounds exhibit first and second hyperpolarizabilities with non-zero values, implying second and third-order NLO phenomena.

International audience; Abstract The paper presents the second order nonlinear optical properties of Cu, Co, Mg and Zn metallophtalocyanines thin films. The films were fabricated by physical vapor deposition in high vacuum onto fused silica glass substrates. In order to investigate both optical and structural properties an annealing process in an ambient atmosphere for 12h at temperatures equal to either 150°C or 250°C applied after the fabrication process. Atomic force microscopy images were obtained for an observation of the structural property changes. The thickness of the thin films was in the range from 80nm to 120nm. The size and shape of the forming nanostructures were different for different metallophthalocyanines and depended on the phase of the material. As-deposited sample of copper phthalocyanine formed the smallest nanostructures – standing columns with 100nm of the height and 40nm of the diameter. Annealed sample formed the largest nanostructures – lying cuboids with dimensions: 10×1000×40nm. The second harmonic generation measurements have been carried out in order to investigate the second order nonlinear optical properties and their dependence on the structure of the thin films after the annealing process. Moreover the fittings based on the two models have been carried out in order to understand deeper the origin of the experimental findings. It was found that the annealing process can significantly modify both the structural and the second order nonlinear optical properties of the metallophthalocyanine thin films.

International audience; Co-sensitized solar cells have been fabricated using metal complex N3 dye and Ag2S/CdS quantum dots coupled with LiBOB-based liquid electrolyte. Quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized via the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) route. The absorbance and band gap energy of Ag2S and CdS QDs were determined. Their refractive indices were observed to be in the range of 1.5175-1.5200. It has been shown that LiBOB-based liquid electrolyte is able to function in the QD/N3 dye co-sensitized solar:cells but some stability issues of the QD were observed in the electrolyte system containing iodide whereby the QD-sensitized TiO2 was easily etched. Overall efficiencies and fill factors of the co-sensitized solar cells varied from 0.98% to 1.66% and 40% to 46% respectively. CdS QD was shown to be effective when coupled with polysulfide electrolyte while Ag2S QD was favorable towards the LiBOB-based liquid electrolyte.

International audience; Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been fabricated using metal complex N3 dye coupled with LiBOB and PAN-based gel polymer electrolyte (GPE). Conductivity of the GPE at room temperature was 1.2 x 10(-2) S cm(-1). The deconvoluted vibration spectra at different temperatures between 1000 and 970 cm(-1) show the existence of ion pairs and free ions. Overall efficiency and fill factor of the DSSC with LiBOB-BMII-PAN-I-2 GPE system is 0.65% and 48% respectively. The cell with LiBOB-BMII-PAN-I-2 GPE system appears to be stable under varied light intensity attributed to the presence of redox couple mediator in the GPE. Impedance measurements show that the DSSC with LiBOB-BMII-PAN-I-2 GPE has longer electron lifetime which suggests a lower electron recombination rate.