Adsorption of phthalocyanines lacking conventional attaching substituents onto nanostructured TiO 2 electrodes has been studied, and some of the important factors for sensitisation have been identified. Tetra-dimethoxyphenyl phthalocyanine (2) and tetra-phenyl phthalocyanine (3), derived from 4-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)phthalonitrile and 4-phenylphthalonitrile, respectively, are shown to successfully sensitise nanostructured TiO 2 electrodes, with IPCE max of 9 and 5% at λ = 650 nm . The dye-oxide systems have been characterised by UV-vis spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and photoelectrochemical methods, and the dye–surface interactions are discussed.
Dye-sensitized solar cell based on an inclusion complex of a cyclic porphyrin dimer bearing four 4-pyridyl groups and fullerene C60