A new thiocyanate-free cyclometallated ruthenium complex for dye-sensitized solar cells: Beneficial effects of substitution on the cyclometallated ligand

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 714, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-93

  Dragonetti, Claudia ^a,b   Valore, Adriana ^b,c   Colombo, Alessia ^a,b   Roberto, Dominique ^a,b,c   Trifiletti, Vanira ^d   Manfredi, Norberto ^d   Salamone, Matteo Marco ^d   Ruffo, Riccardo ^d   Abbotto, Alessandro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UdR di Milano dell'Instm   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclometallated phenylpyridine; Dye sensitized solar cells; Ruthenium(II) complexes

Indexed keywords

2-PHENYLPYRIDINE; 4-TERT-BUTYLPYRIDINE; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CYCLOMETALLATED COMPLEXES; CYCLOMETALLATED PHENYLPYRIDINE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRONWITHDRAWING; LIGAND EXCHANGES; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PYRIDINE RINGS; RU COMPLEXES; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; TRIFLUOROMETHYL GROUP;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGANDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PYRIDINE; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84863721260     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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