Carboxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene- and carboxy-2,6-naphthylene-vinylene unsymmetrical substituted zinc phthalocyanines for dye-sensitized solar cells

• Published in: Journal Of Porphyrins And Phthalocyanines, vol. 13, p. 369-375
• Publication date: 2009

Two unsymmetrical Zn(II) phthalocyanines 1 and 2 bearing an anchoring carboxylic function linked to the phthalocyanine ring through different rigid arylenevinylene bridges have been designed for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) applications. The phthalocyanines 1 and 2, when anchored onto nanocrystalline TiO2 films, yielded 30% incident monochromatic photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) and 2% power conversion efficiencies under AM1.5 sun.

Keywords: phthalocyanines ; near-IR sensitizers ; pi-conjugated materials ; dye-sensitized solar cells ; mesoporous TiO2 films ; Nanocrystalline Tio2 Films ; Organic Photovoltaic Cells ; Charge-Transfer States ; Near-Ir Sensitization ; Electronic-Properties ; Fullerene Ensembles ; Efficient ; Dyads ; Separation ; Injection

Reference

• EPFL-ARTICLE-159803
• doi:10.1142/S1088424609000449
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