To improve the hybrid dye-sensitized solar cell (HDSSC)Â’s efficiency, new metal-phthalocyanine solutions were employed. In this research, copper, silver, and zinc phthalocyanine were synthesized and applied as molecular sensitizers into the cells. It was hypothesized that HDSSCs based on metal-phthalocyanines would generate better efficiency than those made of phthalocyanine dyes. UV-Visible spectroscopy was the first test to verify if three metals were successfully chelated into the metal cores of phthalocyanines. Depend on particular lighting conditions; the optimal energy efficiency of these HDSSCs of 1.6% has been reached.

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Creator

• Do, Amy
• Vo-Lextrait, Nhi Thi

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-041112-184430

Advisor

• Brodeur, Drew R.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-11

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemistry

Rights statement

• In Copyright

最新修改

• 2020-11-19