VISIBLE-LIGHT SENSITIZATION BY CIS-BIS(THIOCYANATO)BIS(2,2'-BIPYRIDYL-4,4'-DICARBOXYLATO)RUTHENIUM(II) OF A TRANSPARENT NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO FILM PREPARED BY SOL-GEL TECHNIQUES

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作者
REDMOND, G
FITZMAURICE, D
GRAETZEL, M
机构
[1] NATL UNIV IRELAND UNIV COLL DUBLIN,DEPT CHEM,DUBLIN 4,IRELAND
[2] ECOLE POLYTECH FED LAUSANNE,INST CHIM PHYS,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
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10.1021/cm00041a020
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Transparent nanocrystalline ZnO films have been prepared on a conducting glass substrate by sol-gel techniques. Their sensitization by adsorption of a ruthenium-based complex and subsequent incorporation as the light harvesting unit in a regenerative photoelectrochemical cell are described. The resulting device has a monochromatic incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency of 13% at 520 nm.
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