title: Combining electron-accepting phthalocyanines and nanorod-like CuO electrodes for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: A route is reported for the synthesis of two electron-accepting phthalocyanines featuring linkers with different lengths as sensitizers for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Importantly, our devices based on novel nanorod-like CuO photocathodes showed high efficiencies of up to 0.191 %: the highest value reported to date for CuO-based DSSCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany).
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Langmar
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid (Spain).
authors.forename: Carolina R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ganivet
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany).
authors.forename: Annkatrin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lennert
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany). ruben.costa@fau.de.
authors.forename: Rubén D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid (Spain).
authors.forename: Gema
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de la Torre
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid (Spain). tomas.torres@uam.es.
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany). dirk.guldi@fau.de.
authors.forename: Dirk M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Guldi
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D058266:Dielectric Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004583:Electrons; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D054833:Isoindoles; D043942:Nanotubes; D012993:Solar Energy
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D003300:Copper; C000520:cuprous oxide; C013647:phthalocyanine
keywords: CuO electrodes; CuO nanorods; dye-sensitized solar cells; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; zinc phthalocyanines