title: Synthesis and characterization of diporphyrin sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: Novel porphyrin dimers with broad and strong absorption in the visible and/or near IR regions have been synthesized; the meso-meso-linked porphyrin dimer (YDD1) exhibited the best photovoltaic performance with power conversion efficiency 5.2% under AM 1.5G one solar illumination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chi-Lun
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: Wei-Kai
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hsueh-Pei
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Cheng-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chien-Lan
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: You-Ren
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Eric Wei-Guang
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Diau
authors.forename: Chen-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D008665:Metalloporphyrins