Synthesis, spectroscopy and photophysical properties of
ruthenium triazole complexes and their application as
dye-molecules in regenerative solar cells
Lees, Anthea C., Evrard, Bénédicte, Keyes, Tia E., Vos, Johannes G., Kleverlaan, Cornelis J., Alebbi, Monica and Bignozzi, Carlo A.
(1999)
Synthesis, spectroscopy and photophysical properties of
ruthenium triazole complexes and their application as
dye-molecules in regenerative solar cells.
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1999
(12).
pp. 2309-2317.
ISSN 1434-1948
The complexes [Ru(dcb)2(L)] (L = 3-(2-phenol)-5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole (2-ppt),
3-(4-phenol)-5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole (4-ppt), 3,5-bis(pyrazin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole (bpzt),
3-(2-phenol)-5-(pyrazin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole (2-ppzt) and dcb = 4,4’-(CO2H)2-2,2’-bipyridine)
have been synthesized, spectroscopically characterized and anchored to nanocrystalline TiO2
electrodes for the conversion of light into electricity in regenerative solar cells. The different
efficiencies observed have been rationalized on the basis of an analytical expression relating
the incident photon-to-current-conversion efficiency (IPCE) to the kinetic parameters of the
relevant electron transfer processes involved in the solar cell.
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ruthenium triazole titanium electron transfer sensitizers