Phthalocyanine-based organic thin-film transistors: a review of recent advances

OA Melville, BH Lessard, TP Bender - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Metal phthalocyanines (MPcs) are versatile conjugated macrocycles that have attracted a
great deal of interest as active components in modern organic electronic devices. In …

Porphyrins and phthalocyanines in solar photovoltaic cells

MG Walter, AB Rudine, CC Wamser - Journal of Porphyrins and …, 2010 - World Scientific
This review summarizes recent advances in the use of porphyrins, phthalocyanines, and
related compounds as components of solar cells, including organic molecular solar cells …

Covalent and noncovalent phthalocyanine− carbon nanostructure systems: synthesis, photoinduced electron transfer, and application to molecular photovoltaics

G Bottari, G de la Torre, DM Guldi, T Torres - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Photosynthesis is used by nature to convert light energy into chemical energy in some living
systems. In such a process, a cascade of very efficient, short-range energy and electron …

Lighting porphyrins and phthalocyanines for molecular photovoltaics

MV Martinez-Diaz, G de la Torre, T Torres - Chemical Communications, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of organic photovoltaics (OPV) represents one of the most promising technological
areas. Porphyrins and phthalocyanines are perfectly suited for their integration in light …

Recent development of the inverted configuration organic solar cells

F Zhang, X Xu, W Tang, J Zhang, Z Zhuo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent years, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of normal configuration organic solar
cells (OSCs) has obtained rapid progress to reach more than 6% under standard …

Phthalocyanines and subphthalocyanines: Perfect partners for fullerenes and carbon nanotubes in molecular photovoltaics

G de la Torre, G Bottari, T Torres - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The huge interest towards fullerenes and carbon nanotubes in molecular materials and
materials science is closely related to the intriguing properties of these carbon …

Layer‐by‐layer processed organic solar cells

Y Wang, X Zhan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Layer‐by‐layer (LL) processes, ie, sequential deposition of different active layers, are widely
used in the fabrication of organic solar cells (OSCs). Recently, LL vacuum deposition and LL …

Small molecules for vacuum-processed organic photovoltaics: Past, current status, and prospect

A Venkateswararao, KT Wong - Bulletin of the Chemical Society …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs), a potential green technology that evolves to satisfy global
energy demands, have shown great improvements recently. The success of OPVs relies on …

Zinc phthalocyanine—Influence of substrate temperature, film thickness, and kind of substrate on the morphology

C Schünemann, C Elschner, AA Levin, M Levichkova… - Thin Solid Films, 2011 - Elsevier
Zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc), C32H16N8Zn, is a planar organic molecule having numerous
optical and electrical applications in organic electronics. This work investigates the influence …

Triplet excitons: improving exciton diffusion length for enhanced organic photovoltaics

BT Luppi, D Majak, M Gupta, E Rivard… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A short exciton diffusion length (LD) is one of the main factors limiting the final power
conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic photovoltaics (OPV). Aiming at overcoming this …