Molecular engineering of zinc phthalocyanine sensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
Takuro Ikeuchi1, Hirotaka Nomoto, Naruhiko Masaki
1Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda 386-8567, Japan. mkimura@shinshu-u.ac.jp shogmori@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
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.


