Fluorous molecules for dye-sensitized solar cells: Synthesis and photoelectrochemistry of unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanine sensitizers with bulky fluorophilic donor groups

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3777-3788

  Pozzi, Gianluca ^a   Quici, Silvio ^a   Raffo, Maria Concetta ^a   Bignozzi, Carlo Alberto ^b   Caramori, Stefano ^b   Orlandi, Michele ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKOXY SUBSTITUENTS; CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DFT COMPUTATIONS; DONOR GROUPS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON DONORS; FLUOROUS; MAXIMUM POWER; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; NEAR-IR; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOCURRENT ACTION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHTHALOCYANINE DYES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79952305758     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp109846k     Document Type: Article

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