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Zn−Zn Porphyrin Dimer-Sensitized Solar Cells: Toward 3-D Light Harvesting

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Attila J. Mozer*^†, Matthew J. Griffith^†, George Tsekouras^†, Pawel Wagner^†, Gordon G. Wallace^†, Shogo Mori^‡, Kenji Sunahara^‡, Masanori Miyashita^‡, John C. Earles^§, Keith C. Gordon^§, Luchao Du, Ryuzi Katoh, Akihiro Furube and David L. Officer*^†

Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre for Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 2522, Australia, Department of Fine Materials Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Japan

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131 (43), pp 15621–15623

DOI: 10.1021/ja9057713

Publication Date (Web): October 9, 2009

davido@uow.edu.au; attila@uow.edu.au, †

University of Wollongong.

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Shinshu University.

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University of Otago.

AIST.

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Electrochemical, Radiational, and Thermal Energy Technology

Abstract

Zn−Zn porphyrin dimers have been incorporated into thin dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to boost their light harvesting efficiency. The photoexcited dimers show efficient and fast electron injection into TiO₂ indicating that both photoexcited chromophores contribute to current generation. The improved light harvesting ability coupled to enhanced DSSC performance demonstrates the potential of 3-D light harvesting arrays as next generation light harvesters for artificial solar energy conversion systems.

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