Novel sensitisers for photovoltaic cells. Structural variations of Ru(II) complexes containing 2,6-bis(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-y1)pyridine

Inorganica Chimica Acta

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-140

  Ruile, Stefan ^a   Kohle, Oliver ^a   Péchy, Peter ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Phenylcyanamide; Ruthenium sensitizers; Solar cell; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ISOMERS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PYRIDINE; SOLAR CELLS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; PHENYLCYANAMIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELL; PHOTOENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; RUTHENIUM SENSITIZERS; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0000700544     PISSN: 00201693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(97)05457-1     Document Type: Article

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