Among the several approaches for harnessing solar energy and converting it into electricity,
dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) represent one of the most promising methods for future …

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted much attention as an alternative to silicon-
based solar cells because of their low-cost production and high power conversion efficiency …

Porphyrin dyes containing the carbazole electron donor have been designed and optimized
by wrapping the porphyrin framework, introducing an additional ethynylene bridge to extend …

Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are a promising source of renewable energy. However,
the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of devices has been limited largely by the difficulty of …

A new porphyrin sensitizer, LD31, was designed based on a donor–π–acceptor structure, in
which an ethynyl-anthracenyl moiety was inserted between the dioctylaminophenyl group …

Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) has been attractive to scientific community due to its eco-
friendliness, ease of fabrication, and vivid colorful property etc. Among various kinds of …

To evaluate the effects of substituent bulkiness around a porphyrin core on the photovoltaic
properties of porphyrin-sensitized solar cells, long alkoxy groups were introduced at the …

A new approach to functionalize porphyrinoids was developed based on the Vilsmeier
formylation followed by the azine formation and a new class of the compounds namely …

Co-sensitization of an efficient zinc porphyrin sensitizer (LD14) with its free-base analogue
(H2LD14) and an organic dye (AN-3) improves the efficiency of the dye-sensitized solar …

Aiming at collecting a maximum amount of energy with one panchromatic sensitizer, three
novel dyes based on zinc porphyrin and diketopyrrolopyrrole units have been synthesized …