Issue 23, 2006

A novel ruthenium sensitizer with a hydrophobic 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl-conjugated bipyridyl ligand for effective dye sensitized TiO2 solar cells

Abstract

A hydrophobic and 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl-conjugated ruthenium complex, cis-Ru(dhtbpy)(dcbpy)(NCS)2 [dhtbpy = 4,4′-di(hexylthienylvinyl)-2,2′-bipyridyl; dcbpy = 4,4′-dicarboxy-2,2′-bipyridyl], was newly designed, synthesized and applied successfully to sensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2-based solar cells, giving a conversion efficiency of 9.5% under irradiation with AM 1.5 solar light.

Graphical abstract: A novel ruthenium sensitizer with a hydrophobic 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl-conjugated bipyridyl ligand for effective dye sensitized TiO2 solar cells

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Feb 2006
Accepted
06 Apr 2006
First published
03 May 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 2460-2462

A novel ruthenium sensitizer with a hydrophobic 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl-conjugated bipyridyl ligand for effective dye sensitized TiO2 solar cells

K. Jiang, N. Masaki, J. Xia, S. Noda and S. Yanagida, Chem. Commun., 2006, 2460 DOI: 10.1039/B602989B

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