Sensitization of TiO2 with ruthenium complexes containing boronic acid functions

被引:48
作者
Altobello, S
Bignozzi, CA
Caramori, S
Larramona, G
Quici, S
Marzanni, G
Lakhmiri, R
机构
[1] Univ Ferrara, Dipartimento Chim, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
[2] IMRA Europe, Sophia Antipolis, France
[3] CNR, ISTM, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[4] Univ Abdelmalek Essaadi, Dept Chim, Fac Sci Tetouan, Tetouan, Morocco
关键词
ruthenium complexes; titanium dioxide; boronic acid function;
D O I
10.1016/j.jphotochem.2004.04.029
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
New ruthenium complexes based on bipyiridine and terpyridyne type ligands, containing boronic acid functions, of formulae: [Ru(bpy-OB(OH)(2))(2)(CN)(2)], 6, (bpy-Phi-B(OH)(2) = 4-(2,2'-dipyridil)phenylboronic acid), [Ru(trpy-B(OH)(2))(tb(2)bpy)Cl](PF6), 11, (trey-B(OH)(2) = 4-[4'-(2,2':6',2"-terpyridil]-boronic acid), [Ru(trpy)-Phi-B(OH)(2))(tb(2)bpy)Cl] (PF6), 12, (trey)-Phi-B(OH)(2) = 4-[4'-(2,2':6',2"-terpyridil]phenylboronic acid), have been prepared, characterized, and tested in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The results of this first study indicate that: (i) the boronic acid function acts as interlocking group between sensitizer and mesoporous titanium dioxide; (ii) only the presence of two B(OH)(2) groups/molecule allow to obtain high photoanode surface coverages with optical densities > 1; (iii) The presence of the phenyl spacer in 12 reduces the photocurrent efficiency with respect to complex 11, most probably for a reduced electronic coupling between excited sensitizer and semiconductor conduction band. The insights gained from this work suggest that better photoelectrochemical performances should be obtained with dye molecules based on bpy type ligands bearing two boronic acid functions directly bound to the aromatic ring. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:8
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