Functionalized dendritic oligothiophenes: ruthenium phthalocyanine complexes and their application in bulk heterojunction solar cells

Authors :: Fischer, Markus K.R.
Lopez-Duarte, Ismael
Wienk, Martijn M.
Martinez-Diaz, M. Victoria
Janssen, Rene A.J.
Bauerle, Peter
Torres, Tomas
Source :: Journal of the American Chemical Society. June 24, 2009, Vol. 131 Issue 24, 8669-8676
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: Two series of novel ruthenium(II) phthalocyanine (RuPc) complexes with one [RuPcCOPy-nT] or two [RuPc[(Py-nT).sub.2]] dendritic oligothiophene (DOT) ligands in the axial positions are described. Good efficiencies of up to 1.6% are achieved when blended together with a fullerene acceptor in solution-processed photovoltaic devices, which has provided the phthalocyanine-based bulk heterojunction solar cells.

Subjects :: Organometallic compounds -- Structure
Organometallic compounds -- Chemical properties
Phthalocyanins -- Chemical properties
Ruthenium -- Chemical properties
Solar batteries -- Composition
Solar batteries -- Optical properties
Solar cells -- Composition
Solar cells -- Optical properties
Thiophene -- Chemical properties
Thiophene -- Structure
Chemistry

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