• Title of article

    Triphenylamine–phthalocyanine based sensitizer for sensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2 films

  • Author/Authors

    L. Giribabu and Bhaskar G. Maiya ، نويسنده , , ?، نويسنده , , V.K. Singh، نويسنده , , Ch. Vijay Kumar a، نويسنده , , Y. Soujanya and G. Narahari Sastry ، نويسنده , , P. Yella Reddy c، نويسنده , , M. Lakshmi Kantam a، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    1204
  • To page
    1212
  • Abstract
    We have designed a new triphenylamine–phthalocyanine based sensitizer (Pc-Org-1) having three bulky triphenylamine groups, which acts as donor and two carboxyl groups, which acts as acceptor as well as servers to graft onto nanocrystalline TiO2. The new sensitizer was fully characterized by CHN, Mass, UV–Vis, fluorescence spectroscopies and cyclic voltammetry. The bulky triphenylamine groups are further reducing the aggregation of phthalocyanine macrocyle. DFT studies indicate that HOMO is delocalized p-electron system of phthalocyanine and LUMO is located on carboxyl groups. The new photosensitizer was tested in dye-sensitized solar cells using a durable redox electrolyte and compared its performance with PCH001. 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
  • Keywords
    Dye-sensitized solar cells , Phthalocyanine , Triphenylamine , Unsymmetrical , aggregation
  • Journal title
    Solar Energy
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Solar Energy
  • Record number

    940674