Design, Synthesis and electronic structural studies of some symmetrical and unsymmetrical phthalocyanines for photo-electrochemical applications

Abstract

Thesis Title: Design, Synthesis and electronic structural studies of some symmetrical and unsymmetrical phthalocyanines for photo-electrochemical applications Research Place: National Research Center and Kuwait University.

Phthalocyanines are an intensely blue-green-colored aromatic macrocyclic compound. They are a kind of near-IR photosensitizer with promising electrochemical, photochemical, and thermal properties. The main scope of this thesis is the preparation, structural and photophysical characterization of some novel symmetrical and unsymmetrical phthalocyanines and their application as photosensitizers in Photodynamic therapy and photovoltaics based on changing the substituents.

The thesis consists of four chapters as follow: Chapter one presents a general and comprehensive introduction covering all the related topics in work including phthalocyanine and their methods of preparation. Also, the characteristics of phthalocyanine were presented with special focus on their electronic structure. After that, we presented applications of phthalocyanines in the two main categories under investigation: Photosensitization (Photodynamic therapy) and photovoltaics (Application in Solar Cells). Chapter two presents the experimental details and synthesis procedures.