Molecular engineering of zinc phthalocyanine sensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

• DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47714b
• Publication Date: 2013-12-09T12:30:17Z
• Authors: Takuro Ikeuchi; Hirotaka Nomoto; Naruhiko Masaki; Matthew J. Griffith; Shogo Mori; Mutsumi Kimura
• Keywords: 7. Clean energy; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Asymmetric zinc phthalocyanines with alkyl chain substituents formed highly efficient light-harvesting layers on a TiO2 surface. Dye-sensitized solar cells using PcS20 exhibited a record efficiency of 6.4% under one-sun irradiation.