Abstract
Porphyrins and their metalloderivatives are a class of compounds exhibiting a wide variety of interesting and highly useful properties, such as chlorophyll. Porphyrins are particularly interesting in photoelectrochemical applications due to their structural similarity to chlorophylls in natural photosynthetic systems, as well as their strong and tunable absorption properties. Recently, various porphyrins have been extensively studied for their applications in solar cells, photocatalytic hydrogen production, optical information storage and others. This review will focus on the unique physical and chemical properties of D-π-A structured porphyrins, and their photovoltaic performances in dye-sensitized solar cells. A brief discussion in the future development of porphyrins is presented.
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Keywords
porphyrin, solar cell, water splitting, photochemistry
Publication Date
2016-08-29
Online Available Date
2016-03-17
Revised Date
2016-03-09
Received Date
2016-02-23
Recommended Citation
Shuang-shuang LIU, Jian-feng Lu, Ming-kui Wang.
Prospects of D-π-A structured porphyrins and their photoelectrochemical application[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry,
2016
,
22(4): 340-355.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.160143
Available at:
https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol22/iss4/4
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