Abstract
Phthalocyanine possesses strong electron-donating ability and visible light absorbing property due to the large p conjugated system, which makes it a good light-harvesting antenna for artificial photosynthetic systems. Meanwhile, the excellent electron-accepting property of fullerene C 60 , together with its lower organization energy, renders this spherical carbon cage a perfect acceptor for photo- and electroactive molecular systems. The combination of phthalocyanine and fullerene in one compound provides the system with new properties due to the interaction between the two photoactive moieties. As such, these systems display good application prospect and are hot topics in related research fields. In this review, the structures and properties of covalent and supramolecular noncovalent phthalocyanine-fullerene systems and their relationship are introduced. Moreover, the recent application progress of these systems in the fields of organic solar cell, nonlinear optics and liquid crystal property is summarized, and their future development trend is prospected.
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