Zn-Zn porphyrin dimer-sensitized solar cells: toward 3-D light harvesting.
Zn-Zn porphyrin dimers have been incorporated into thin dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to boost their light harvesting efficiency. The photoexcited dimers show efficient and fast electron injection into TiO(2) indicating that both photoexcited chromophores contribute to current generation. The improved light harvesting ability coupled to enhanced DSSC performance demonstrates the potential of 3-D light harvesting arrays as next generation light harvesters for artificial solar energy conversion systems.
Mozer
Attila J
AJ
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre for Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 2522, Australia. attila@uow.edu.au
Griffith
Matthew J
MJ
Tsekouras
George
G
Wagner
Pawel
P
Wallace
Gordon G
GG
Mori
Shogo
S
Sunahara
Kenji
K
Miyashita
Masanori
M
Earles
John C
JC
Gordon
Keith C
KC
Du
Luchao
L
Katoh
Ryuzi
R
Furube
Akihiro
A
Officer
David L
DL