Push-pull zinc phthalocyanine bearing hexa-tertiary substituted carbazolyl donor groups for dye-sensitized solar cells

An asymmetrical, push-pull phthalocyanine bearing bulky tert-butylcarbazolyl moieties as electron donor and carboxylic acid as anchoring group was synthetized and tested as a photosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The new photosensitizer was characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, UV-Vis and...

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Autores: Ghazal, Basma, Azizi, Kobra, Ewies, Ewies F., Youssef, Ahmed S.A., Mwalukuku, Valid Mwatati, Demadrille, Renaud, Torres Cebada, Tomás, Makhseed, Saad
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/694522
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/694522
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25071692
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DSSC
Dye-sensitized solar cells
Zn(II) phthalocyanine
A3B
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Sumario:An asymmetrical, push-pull phthalocyanine bearing bulky tert-butylcarbazolyl moieties as electron donor and carboxylic acid as anchoring group was synthetized and tested as a photosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The new photosensitizer was characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, UV-Vis and mass spectrometry. The bulky tert-butylcarbazolyl moieties avoid the aggregation of the phthalocyanine dye. DFT studies indicate that the HOMO is delocalized throughout the π-electron system of the substituted phthalocyanine and the LUMO is located on the core of the molecule with a sizable electron density distribution on carboxyl groups. The new dye has been used as a photosensitizer in transparent and opaque dye-sensitized solar cells, which exhibit poor efficiencies related to a low Jsc