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

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作者
Jiang, Ke-Jian
Masaki, Naruhiko
Xia, Jiang-Bin
Noda, Shuji
Yanagida, Shozo
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[1] Osaka Univ, Ctr Adv Sci & Innovat, Osaka 5650871, Japan
[2] Shimane Inst Ind Technol, Matsue, Shimane 6900816, Japan
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10.1039/b602989b
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:2460 / 2462
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