Phthalocyanine blends improve bulk heterojunction solar cells.
A core phthalocyanine platform allows engineering of the solubility properties the band gap, shifting the maximum absorption toward the red. A simple method for increasing the efficiency of heterojunction solar cells uses a self-organized blend of phthalocyanine chromophores fabricated by solution processing.
Varotto
Alessandro
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hunter College of The City University of New York, New York, New York 10065, USA.
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Chang-Yong
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Radivojevic
Ivana
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Tomé
Joao P C
JP
Cavaleiro
José A S
JA
Black
Charles T
CT
Drain
Charles Michael
CM
D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D054833:Isoindoles; D012993:Solar Energy; D012995:Solubility; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D013053:Spectrophotometry
D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D012996:Solutions; C013647:phthalocyanine