Журнал "Макрогетероциклы"

^aInstitute of Macroheterocycles, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology (ISUCT), 153000 Ivanovo, Russian Federation

^bInstitute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPM RAS), 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation

^@Corresponding author E-mail: pakhomov@ipmras.ru

 

DOI: 10.6060/mhc181114p

Macroheterocycles 2018 11(4) 412-417

 

The J-V characteristics of planar heterojunctions consisting of molecular semiconductors, tin (or lead) phthalocyanine and boron chloride subphphalocyanine SubPc, are obtained. While almost non-rectifying in the dark, the illuminated junctions show an unexpectedly significant photovoltaic effect (0.4 V). The sign of the photovoltage is also different from what is expected considering the donor/acceptor properties of paired compounds. This observation should be taken into account when introducing phthalocyanines in multilayer photovoltaic cells as buffers or cascade components.