PMID- 19338034
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090602
LR  - 20090804
IS  - 1521-3765 (Electronic)
IS  - 0947-6539 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 20
DP  - 2009
TI  - Structure-function relationships in unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines for 
      dye-sensitized solar cells.
PG  - 5130-7
LID - 10.1002/chem.200801778 [doi]
AB  - A series of unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines bearing an anchoring carboxylic 
      function linked to the phthalocyanine ring through different spacers were 
      designed for dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC). The modification of the spacer 
      group allows not only a variable distance between the dye and the nanocrystalline 
      TiO(2), but also a distinct orientation of the phthalocyanine on the 
      semiconductor surface. The photovoltaic data show that the nature of the spacer 
      group plays a significant role in the electron injection from the photo-excited 
      dye into the nanocrystalline TiO(2) semiconductor, the recombination rates and 
      the efficiency of the cells. The incident monochromatic photon-to-current 
      conversion efficiency (IPCE) for phthalocyanines bearing an insulating spacer is 
      as low as 9%, whereas for those with a conducting spacer an outstanding IPCE 80% 
      was obtained.
FAU - Cid, Juan-Jose
AU  - Cid JJ
AD  - Departamento de Quimica Organica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 
      28049, Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Garcia-Iglesias, Miguel
AU  - Garcia-Iglesias M
FAU - Yum, Jun-Ho
AU  - Yum JH
FAU - Forneli, Amparo
AU  - Forneli A
FAU - Albero, Josep
AU  - Albero J
FAU - Martinez-Ferrero, Eugenia
AU  - Martinez-Ferrero E
FAU - Vazquez, Purificacion
AU  - Vazquez P
FAU - Gratzel, Michael
AU  - Gratzel M
FAU - Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K
AU  - Nazeeruddin MK
FAU - Palomares, Emilio
AU  - Palomares E
FAU - Torres, Tomas
AU  - Torres T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Chemistry
JT  - Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
JID - 9513783
EDAT- 2009/04/02 09:00
MHDA- 2009/04/02 09:01
CRDT- 2009/04/02 09:00
PHST- 2009/04/02 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/04/02 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/04/02 09:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/chem.200801778 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemistry. 2009;15(20):5130-7. doi: 10.1002/chem.200801778.