The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21173042);the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2007CB936300);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK201123694);Foundation of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmental Material and Environmental Engineering(No.JHCG201012);Foundation of Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KF200902);Science and Technology Founda-tion of Southeast University(No.KJ2010429)
2, 9, 16, 23-tetracarboxy zinc phthalocyanine (ZnTCPc) is synthesized and characterized by physicochemical and theoretical methods and it is used as a photosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The exci...