Molecular engineering of hybrid sensitizers incorporating an organic antenna into ruthenium complex and their application in solar cells

Hyunbong Choi; Chul Baik; Sanghoon Kim; Moon-Sung Kang; Xiang Xu; Hong Seok Kang; Sang Ook Kang; Jaejung Ko; Md. K. Nazeeruddin; Michael Grätzel

doi:10.1039/B810332A

Molecular engineering of hybrid sensitizers incorporating an organic antenna into ruthenium complex and their application in solar cells

Hyunbong Choi,^a Chul Baik,^a Sanghoon Kim,^a Moon-Sung Kang,^b Xiang Xu,^de Hong Seok Kang,^d Sang Ook Kang,^a Jaejung Ko,*^a Md. K. Nazeeruddin*^c and Michael Grätzel^c

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^a Department of New Material Chemistry, Korea University, Jochiwon, Chungnam, Korea
E-mail: jko@korea.ac.kr
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^b Energy & Environment Lab. Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) Yongin, Korea

^c LPI, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Faculté des Sciences de Base École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

^d Department of Nano and Advanced Materials, College of Engineering, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Korea

^e Pohl Institute of Solid State Physics, Tongji University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Abstract

Two novel hybrid sensitizers incorporating an organic antenna into a ruthenium complex have been synthesized and applied successfully in nanocrystalline TiO₂ based solar cells, which yielded solar to electricity conversion efficiencies of 8.20–9.16% under AM 1.5 sunlight.

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Molecular engineering of hybrid sensitizers incorporating an organic antenna into ruthenium complex and their application in solar cells

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