The increasing energy demand and environmental issues caused by the over-exploitation of
fossil fuels render the need for renewable, clean, and environmentally benign energy …

In this review, a discussion on renewable sources of energy with clear focus on solar cell
applications is presented. Especially, possible future directions for development of dye …

Phthalocyanines (Pcs) are robust and intensely colored macrocycles (blue pigments) with
high chemical, thermal and light stability, properties that are of paramount importance for …

Dye‐sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is one of the promising photovoltaic (PV) technologies for
applications requiring high aesthetic features combined with energy production such as …

Organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite absorbers in combination with electron and hole
transporting selective contacts result in power conversion efficiencies of over 23% under AM …

Organic, dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cell technologies have triggered widespread
interest in recent years due to their very promising potential towards a high solar electricity …

Phthalocyanines are among the most promising of efficient molecules for commercial
application in dye sensitized solar cells due to their extremely intense red absorbance and …

Easily accessible tetra‐5‐hexylthiophene‐, tetra‐5‐hexyl‐2, 2′‐bisthiophene‐substituted
zinc phthalocyanines (ZnPcs) and tetra‐tert‐butyl ZnPc are employed as hole‐transporting …

The ever-increasing demand for energy that necessitates fabrication of optoelectronic
devices for efficient solar harvesting systems has driven scientists towards the development …

A non-aggregated Zn (II) octa (2, 6-diphenylphenoxy) phthalocyanine (coded as TT80) has
been used as a hole-transporting material for perovskite solar cells. The cells were …