Dye-sensitized solar cells based on multichromophoric supramolecular light-harvesting materials

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 May 25;50(40):5358-60. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47498d. Epub 2014 Jan 10.

Abstract

Multichromophoric dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) comprised of a supramolecular zinc-phthalocyanineperyleneimide (ZnPc···PMI) dyad convert light to electrical energy with much higher power conversion efficiency (PCE = 2.3%) and incident-photon-to-current-efficiency (IPCE = ca. 40%) than the devices made of individual dyes.