Porphyrin sensitized solar cells: TiO2 sensitization with a π-extended porphyrin possessing two anchoring groups

Chang Yeon Lee; Chunxing She; Nak Cheon Jeong; Joseph T. Hupp

doi:10.1039/C0CC00257G

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Porphyrin sensitized solar cells: TiO₂sensitization with a π-extended porphyrin possessing two anchoring groups†

Chang Yeon Lee,^a Chunxing She,^a Nak Cheon Jeong^a and Joseph T. Hupp*^a

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Abstract

A π-extended porphyrin possessing two anchoring groups has been synthesized and successfully applied to dye-sensitized solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of 5.5%, rendering it comparable to the performance of N719-sensitized solar cells under the conditions employed here.

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Details of synthesis, characterization, cyclic voltammetry, DFT molecular orbitals, LHE for ZnPDCA and ZnPCA, Charge lifetime versus photovoltage for ZnPDCA and ZnPCA sensitized cells, ¹H-NMR spectra and MALDI-TOF PDF (607K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00257G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 06 Mar 2010
Accepted: 24 Jun 2010
First published: 23 Jul 2010

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Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 6090-6092

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Porphyrin sensitized solar cells: TiO₂ sensitization with a π-extended porphyrin possessing two anchoring groups

C. Y. Lee, C. She, N. C. Jeong and J. T. Hupp, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6090 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00257G

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