Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk
heterojunction solar cells

Altindal, Ahmet; Keser Karaoğlan, Gülnur; dülger kutlu, öznur

doi:10.3906/kim-2010-1

Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells

Gülnur KESER KARAOĞLAN, (Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Kimya Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye)

Öznur DÜLGER KUTLU, (Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Kimya Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye)

Ahmet ALTINDAL (Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Fizik Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye)

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

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Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 45 Sayı: 3 Sayfa Aralığı: 694 - 703 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.3906/kim-2010-1 İndeks Tarihi: 28-06-2022

Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells

Öz:

Photovoltaic technology is an alternative resource for renewable and sustainable energy and low costs organic photovoltaic devices such as bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells, which are selective candidates for the effective conversion of solar energy into electricity. Asymmetric phthalocyanines containing electron acceptor and donor groups create high photovoltaic conversion efficiency in dye sensitized solar cells. In this study, a new unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanine was designed and synthesized including thiophene and amine groups at peripherally positions for BHJ solar cell. The structure of the targeted compound (4) was characterized comprehensively by FT-IR, UV–Vis, $^1 H-NMR$, and MALDI-TOF MS spectroscopies. The potential of this compound in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaic devices as donor was also researched as function of blend ratio (blend ratio was varied from 0.5 to 4). For this purpose, a series of BHJ devices with the structure of fluorine doped indium tin oxide (FTO)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate)/ ZnPc:[6,6]- phenyl-C61- butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blend/Al with identical thickness of ZnPc:PCBM layer were fabricated and characterized. Photo current measurements in 4 revealed that the observed photo current maximum is consistent with UV-vis spectra of the compound of 4. Preliminary studies showed that the blend ratio has a critical effect on the BHJ device performance parameters. Photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 6.14% was achieved with 4 based BHJ device.

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APA	Keser Karaoğlan G, dülger kutlu ö, Altindal A (2021). Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. , 694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
Chicago	Keser Karaoğlan Gülnur,dülger kutlu öznur,Altindal Ahmet Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. (2021): 694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
MLA	Keser Karaoğlan Gülnur,dülger kutlu öznur,Altindal Ahmet Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. , 2021, ss.694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
AMA	Keser Karaoğlan G,dülger kutlu ö,Altindal A Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. . 2021; 694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
Vancouver	Keser Karaoğlan G,dülger kutlu ö,Altindal A Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. . 2021; 694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
IEEE	Keser Karaoğlan G,dülger kutlu ö,Altindal A "Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells." , ss.694 - 703, 2021. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
ISNAD	Keser Karaoğlan, Gülnur vd. "Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells". (2021), 694-703. https://doi.org/10.3906/kim-2010-1

APA	Keser Karaoğlan G, dülger kutlu ö, Altindal A (2021). Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 45(3), 694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
Chicago	Keser Karaoğlan Gülnur,dülger kutlu öznur,Altindal Ahmet Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. Turkish Journal of Chemistry 45, no.3 (2021): 694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
MLA	Keser Karaoğlan Gülnur,dülger kutlu öznur,Altindal Ahmet Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. Turkish Journal of Chemistry, vol.45, no.3, 2021, ss.694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
AMA	Keser Karaoğlan G,dülger kutlu ö,Altindal A Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. Turkish Journal of Chemistry. 2021; 45(3): 694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
Vancouver	Keser Karaoğlan G,dülger kutlu ö,Altindal A Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells. Turkish Journal of Chemistry. 2021; 45(3): 694 - 703. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
IEEE	Keser Karaoğlan G,dülger kutlu ö,Altindal A "Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells." Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 45, ss.694 - 703, 2021. 10.3906/kim-2010-1
ISNAD	Keser Karaoğlan, Gülnur vd. "Unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines containing thiophene and amine groups as donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells". Turkish Journal of Chemistry 45/3 (2021), 694-703. https://doi.org/10.3906/kim-2010-1