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Preparation of transition metal phthalocyanine complexes as photosensitizers for dye solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
1999
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Novel transition metal phthalocyanine-type compounds having an axial ligand which is capable of binding onto a semiconductor such as TiO2, and having at least one peripheral substituent, are active photosensitizers for dye solar cells. Preferred compounds offer absorbance of solar radiation in the near infra-red and may be used in electricity-generating windows.

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1999
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