Synthesis, characterization, and photovoltaic properties of soluble TiOPc derivatives

Young-Keun Kim; Hyo-Jin Kang; Young-Wook Jang; Su-Bin Lee; Seung-Min Lee; Ki-Suck Jung; Jin-Kook Lee; Mi-Ra Kim

doi:10.3390/ijms9122745

Synthesis, characterization, and photovoltaic properties of soluble TiOPc derivatives

Int J Mol Sci. 2008 Dec;9(12):2745-2756. doi: 10.3390/ijms9122745. Epub 2008 Dec 19.

Authors

Young-Keun Kim^{1

2}, Hyo-Jin Kang¹, Young-Wook Jang^{1

2}, Su-Bin Lee¹, Seung-Min Lee¹, Ki-Suck Jung^{1

3}, Jin-Kook Lee¹, Mi-Ra Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, South Korea.
² Polycen Co., Ltd., Busan, 608-739, South Korea.
³ Daehan Solvay Special Chemicals Co., Ltd., Ulsan, South Korea.

Abstract

We have synthesized soluble TiOPc derivatives containing alkoxy groups for use as additives in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The DSSC devices containing these TiOPc derivatives exhibited short-circuit current densities of 8.49~10.04 mA/cm(2) and power conversion efficiencies of 2.73~3.62 % under AM 1.5 illumination and 100 mW/cm(2) irradiation.

Keywords: Dye-sensitized solar cell; Polymer electrolyte; Titanyl phthalocyanine (TiOPc).