A solar cell incorporates a light harvesting array that comprises: (a) a first substrate comprising a first electrode; and (b) a layer of light harvesting rods electrically coupled to the first electrode, each of the light harvesting rods comprising a polymer of Formula I:
1
X
1
⁢
—
(
X
m
+
1
)
m
(
I
)
wherein m is at least 1, and may be from two, three or four to 20 or more; X
1
is a charge separation group (and preferably a porphyrinic macrocycle, which may be one ligand of a double-decker sandwich compound) having an excited-state of energy equal to or lower than that of X
2
; and X
2
through X
m+1
are chromophores (and again are preferably porphyrinic macrocycles).
Trans beta substituted chlorins and methods of making and using the same
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公开号:US20020033192A1
公开(公告)日:2002-03-21
Trans beta substituted chlorins and methods of making the same are disclosed, along with polymers formed from or containing such trans beta substituted chlorins as one or more monomeric units therein, light harvesting rods formed from such polymers, and electrodes carrying such polymers.