Structural templating is frequently used in organic photovoltaic devices to control the properties of the functional layers
and therefore improve efficiencies. Modification of the substrate temperatures has also been shown to impact the
structure and morphology of phthalocyanine thin films. Here we combine templating by copper iodide and high substrate
temperature growth and study its effect on the structure and morphology of two different non-planar phthalocyanines,
chloroaluminium (ClAlPc) and vanadyl (VOPc) phthalocyanine. X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy and low energy
ion scattering show that both the morphology and the structure of the films are starkly different in every case, highlighting
the versatility of phthalocyanine film growth.