A series of acene-modified zinc-porphyrin dyes (benzene to pentacene, denoted as LAC-1 to LAC-5) were chosen to examine their performance as photosensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

Rigid triarylamine donor–π–acceptor porphyrin dyes and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Advances 2015, 5 (51) , 41193-41202. DOI: 10.1039/C5RA04862A. Panagiotis A. Angaridis, ...