A mass spectrometric analysis of sensitizer solution used for dye-sensitized solar cell

被引：78

作者：

Buscaino, Roberto ^{[1
]}

Baiocchi, Claudio ^{[2
]}

Barolo, Claudia ^{[1
]}

Medana, Claudio ^{[2
]}

Graetzel, Michael ^{[3
]}

Nazeeruddin, K. ^{[3
]}

Viscardi, Guido ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Chim Gen & Organ Applicata, Ctr Excellence Nanostructured Interfaces & Surfac, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[2] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Chim Analit, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[3] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Sch Basic Sci, Inst Chem Sci & Engn, Lab Photon & Interfaces, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

来源：

INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA | 2008年 / 361卷 / 03期

关键词：

Ru(II) complex; ESI-MS; noncovalent complexes; N719; sensitizer; dye-sensitized solar cell;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ica.2007.07.016

中图分类号：

O61 [无机化学];

学科分类号：

070301 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

We report a mass spectrometric study of ruthenium(II) sensitizer ((C4H9)(4)N)(2)[Ru(4-carboxy-4'-carboxylate-2,2'-bipyridine)(2)(NCS)(2)] (N719) in various organic and aqueous solvents. At the equilibrium different species were found, depending on solution properties. After stoichiometry confirmation through high-resolution mass spectra and isotopic pattern analysis, the formation of these complexes was found to strongly depend from the polarity and the ionic strength of solvent medium. Mass spectra obtained in acetonitrile/tert-butanol (1:1) mixture, used for the absorption of N719 on TiO2, suggests that the main species involved in the adsorption process is the dicarboxylate form of N719 with one (C4H9)(4)N as counter ion. The photovoltaic data of the N719 sensitizer adsorbed on TiO2 films exhibited a remarkable power conversion efficiency, 11.20% at 1 sun. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：798 / 805

页数：8

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