Copper(I) dye-sensitized solar cells with [Co(bpy)3]2+/3+ electrolyte

Biljana Bozic-Weber; Edwin C. Constable; Sebastian O. Fürer; Catherine E. Housecroft; Lukas J. Troxler; Jennifer A. Zampese

doi:10.1039/C3CC44595J

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Copper(i) dye-sensitized solar cells with [Co(bpy)₃]^2+/3+ electrolyte†

Biljana Bozic-Weber,^a Edwin C. Constable,*^a Sebastian O. Fürer,^a Catherine E. Housecroft,*^a Lukas J. Troxler^a and Jennifer A. Zampese^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, CH4056 Basel, Switzerland
E-mail: edwin.constable@unibas.ch, catherine.housecroft@unibas.ch
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Abstract

The hierarchical assembly of DSCs containing a new heteroleptic copper(I) complex with a phosphonic acid anchoring ligand is described; it is shown that conventional I⁻/I₃⁻ electrolytes may be replaced by [Co(bpy)₃]^2+/3+ with no loss in performance.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC44595J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 19 Jun 2013
Accepted: 04 Jul 2013
First published: 11 Jul 2013
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 7222-7224

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Copper(I) dye-sensitized solar cells with [Co(bpy)₃]^2+/3+ electrolyte

B. Bozic-Weber, E. C. Constable, S. O. Fürer, C. E. Housecroft, L. J. Troxler and J. A. Zampese, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 7222 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC44595J

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