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A cascaded QSAR model for efficient prediction of overall power conversion efficiency of all‐organic dye‐sensitized solar cells
Author(s) -
Li Hongzhi,
Zhong Ziyan,
Li Lin,
Gao Rui,
Cui Jingxia,
Gao Ting,
Hu Li Hong,
Lu Yinghua,
Su ZhongMin,
Li Hui
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of computational chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1096-987X
pISSN - 0192-8651
DOI - 10.1002/jcc.23886
Subject(s) - quantitative structure–activity relationship , energy conversion efficiency , dye sensitized solar cell , photovoltaic system , organic solar cell , power (physics) , biological system , chemistry , computer science , materials science , machine learning , thermodynamics , optoelectronics , physics , engineering , electrical engineering , biology , electrode , electrolyte
A cascaded model is proposed to establish the quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) between the overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) and quantum chemical molecular descriptors of all‐organic dye sensitizers. The cascaded model is a two‐level network in which the outputs of the first level ( J SC , V OC , and FF) are the inputs of the second level, and the ultimate end‐point is the overall PCE of dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The model combines quantum chemical methods and machine learning methods, further including quantum chemical calculations, data division, feature selection, regression, and validation steps. To improve the efficiency of the model and reduce the redundancy and noise of the molecular descriptors, six feature selection methods (multiple linear regression, genetic algorithms, mean impact value, forward selection, backward elimination, and + n‐m algorithm) are used with the support vector machine. The best established cascaded model predicts the PCE values of DSSCs with a MAE of 0.57 (%), which is about 10% of the mean value PCE (5.62%). The validation parameters according to the OECD principles are R 2 (0.75), Q 2 (0.77), andQ cv 2(0.76), which demonstrate the great goodness‐of‐fit, predictivity, and robustness of the model. Additionally, the applicability domain of the cascaded QSAR model is defined for further application. This study demonstrates that the established cascaded model is able to effectively predict the PCE for organic dye sensitizers with very low cost and relatively high accuracy, providing a useful tool for the design of dye sensitizers with high PCE. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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