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The current review aims to collect short information about photovoltaic performance and structure of porphyrin-based sensitizers used in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Sensitizer is the key component of the DSSC device. Structure of sensitizer is important to achieve high photovoltaic performance. Porphyrin derivatives are suitable for DSSC applications due to their thermal, electronic and photovoltaic properties. It describes some electrochemical and spectral properties as well as thestructure of porphyrin dyes used in dye based-solar cells.
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Birel, Ö., Nadeem, S. & Duman, H. Porphyrin-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs): a Review. J Fluoresc 27, 1075–1085 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-017-2041-2
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