Ruthenium(II) thiocyanate complexes containing 4′-(4-phosphonatophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine: synthesis, photophysics and photosensitization tonanocrystalline TiO₂ electrodes

Abstract

Several polypyridyl ruthenium(ii) complexes [Ru^II(ttp-PO₃H)(LL)(NCS)], where ttp-PO₃H=4′-(4-phosphonatophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine and LL=4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (dmpy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) or 2,2′-biquinoline (biquin), were synthesized and characterized. The three structurally analogous complexes show different sensitization to nanocrystalline TiO₂ film electrodes with increasing activity in the sequence LL=biquin, phen, dmpy, the biquin derivative showing almost no sensitization. Investigations demonstrate that the localization of the excited electron of the complexes affects the electron injection efficiency. Results indicate that the excited electron should be localized on the ligand with adsorbent groups attaching to the electrode in the design of complex sensitizers. Evidence of the localization of the excited electron in the ruthenium polypyridine complexes is proposed.

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