Effect of Peripheral Substitution on the Performance of Subphthalocyanines in DSSCs.
Urbani MDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Sarı FAAdvanced Technology Research & Application Center, Mersin University, Ciftlikkoy Campus, TR-33343, Mersin, Turkey.
Grätzel MLaboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Station 6, CH 1015-, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nazeeruddin MKLaboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Station 6, CH 1015-, Lausanne, Switzerland. mdkhaja.nazeeruddin@epfl.ch.
Torres TDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain. tomas.torres@uam.es.
Ince MAdvanced Technology Research & Application Center, Mersin University, Ciftlikkoy Campus, TR-33343, Mersin, Turkey. mine.ince@mersin.edu.tr.
English
A series of six new subphthalocyanines (SubPcs) bearing an ethynylcarboxyphenyl anchoring unit and decorated with a variety of substituents at the peripheral position of the macrocycle have been synthesized in order to investigate the effect of the peripheral substituent on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells.