Issue 41, 2014

The importance of various anchoring groups attached on porphyrins as potential dyes for DSSC applications

Abstract

In the design of new chromophores, with high efficiency, chemical stability and low cost materials for dye sensitized solar cells, porphyrin macrocycles could play a very important role. Their successful use in nature during photosynthesis must be the inspiration for new artificial antenna systems. Porphyrins offer an excellent platform for building such multi-chromophoric systems to self-assemble because of the availability of several substituent sites and their intrinsic spectroscopic properties. Specifically, their high absorption ability in the visible region can be extended, and electron donor and anchoring groups with high chemical affinity to the cell should be part of the new design. This review provides a summary of some of the most important developments and approaches that are used in order to improve the light collection efficiency of DSSCs based on porphyrin hybrid derivatives. For this reason we have attempted to describe the developments in the DSSCs of various porphyrin dyes with different anchoring groups linked through either meso or β-positions. Also, the influence of the anchoring groups in the cell performance is discussed. Studies containing chromophores other than porphyrin derivatives are not included in this work.

Graphical abstract: The importance of various anchoring groups attached on porphyrins as potential dyes for DSSC applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
04 feb 2014
Accepted
29 apr 2014
First published
30 apr 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 21379-21404

Author version available

The importance of various anchoring groups attached on porphyrins as potential dyes for DSSC applications

K. Ladomenou, T. N. Kitsopoulos, G. D. Sharma and A. G. Coutsolelos, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 21379 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA00985A

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