Issue 32, 2008
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Chemical Communications

An element of surprise—efficient copper-functionalized dye-sensitized solar cells†

Takeru Bessho,a   Edwin C. Constable,*b   Michael Graetzel,a   Ana Hernandez Redondo,b   Catherine E. Housecroft,b   William Kylberg,b   Md. K. Nazeeruddin,a   Markus Neuburgerb  and  Silvia Schaffnerb  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces (LPI), Institute of Chemical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Basic Science, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

b Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, Switzerland
E-mail: edwin.constable@unibas.ch
Fax: +41 61 267 1005
Tel: +41 61 267 1001

Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cells with carboxylate-derivatized {CuIL2} complexes are surprisingly efficient and offer a long-term alternative approach to ruthenium-functionalized systems.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B808491B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 May 2008
Accepted
24 Jun 2008
First published
08 Jul 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 3717-3719

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An element of surprise—efficient copper-functionalized dye-sensitized solar cells

T. Bessho, E. C. Constable, M. Graetzel, A. Hernandez Redondo, C. E. Housecroft, W. Kylberg, Md. K. Nazeeruddin, M. Neuburger and S. Schaffner, Chem. Commun., 2008, 3717 DOI: 10.1039/B808491B

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