Issue 16, 2014
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Chemical Communications

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

Takuro Ikeuchi,a   Hirotaka Nomoto,a   Naruhiko Masaki,a   Matthew J. Griffith,a   Shogo Mori*a  and  Mutsumi Kimura*a  

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a Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda 386-8567, Japan
E-mail: mkimura@shinshu-u.ac.jp, shogmori@shinshu-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

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.

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

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC47714B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Oct 2013
Accepted
09 Dec 2013
First published
09 Dec 2013

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 1941-1943

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

T. Ikeuchi, H. Nomoto, N. Masaki, M. J. Griffith, S. Mori and M. Kimura, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 1941 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47714B

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