Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on nanocrystalline semiconductors have
attracted significant attention as lower‐cost alternatives to conventional silicon‐based solar …

Driven by escalating environmental concerns, synthetic chemistry faces an urgent need for a
green revolution. Green chemistry, with its focus on low environmental impacting chemicals …

Aggregation of adsorbed dye molecules on TiO2 electrode typically decreases the yield of
photoinduced charge separation at the dye/TiO2 interface. The decreased yield could be …

A novel near-infrared-absorbing heptamethine–cyanine dye (KFH-3) that contains four n-
butyl groups was synthesized for use in highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells with porous …

A series of non-aggregated zinc phthalocyanine derivatives containing either bulky
thiophenol or phenol substituents were synthesized as a novel donor component for bulk …

Three new sterically demanding unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines have been designed
and synthesized as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. All three unsymmetrical …

Abstract The [1] benzothieno [3, 2‐b][1] benzothiophene (BTBT) planar system was used to
functionalize the phthalocyanine ring aiming at synthesizing novel electron‐rich π …

Treatment of 4, 5-bis [4-(methoxycarbonyl) phenoxy] phthalonitrile and 4, 5-bis [3, 5-bis
(methoxycarbonyl) phenoxy] phthalonitrile with an excess of 1, 3-diiminoisoindoline in the …

Thin nanoporous TiO2 layers, deposited by dc reactive sputtering, have been functionalized
with a novel unsymmetrical Zn (II) phthalocyanine (ZnPc-II) bearing a push–pull system …

The photophysics of 9 (19), 16 (17), 23 (24)-tri-tert-butyl-2-[ethynyl-(4-carboxymethyl)
phenyl] phthalocyaninatozinc (II) and its H-aggregates is studied in different solvents by …