Alibabaei, LeilaWang, MingkuiGiovannetti, RitaTeuscher, JoelDi Censo, DavideMoser, Jacques-E.Comte, PascalPucciarelli, FilippoZakeeruddin, Shaik M.Graetzel, Michael2010-09-092010-09-092010-09-09201010.1039/b926726chttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/53476WOS:000279322800010We synthesized the Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes of the 2,7,12,17-tetrapropionic acid of 3,8,13,18-tetramethyl-21H,23H porphyrin (coproporphyrin-I) and successfully employed them as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells. Copper(II) coproporphyrin-I exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 3.8% measured under irradiation of AM 1.5G full sunlight (100 mW cm(-2)).Conjugated Organic-DyesArtificial PhotosynthesisChlorophyll DerivativesPhotovoltaic PropertiesConversion EfficiencyPorphyrin SensitizersRuthenium SensitizersAdsorbing GroupsTio2 ElectrodesCoumarin DyeApplication of Cu(II) and Zn(II) coproporphyrins as sensitizers for thin film dye sensitized solar cellstext::journal::journal article::research article