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Novel unsymmetrically π-elongated porphyrin for dye-sensitized TiO<sub>2</sub>cells

Masanobu Tanaka, Shinya Hayashi, Seunghun Eu, Tomokazu Umeyama, Yoshihiro Matano, Hiroshi Imahori

Chemical Communications · 2007 · 182 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

A novel naphthyl-fused zinc porphyrin carboxylic acid has been synthesized and employed successfully in a dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cell, with a power conversion efficiency of 4.1%, which is improved by 50% relative to the unfused porphyrin reference cell.

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