Electron-rich heteroaromatic conjugated bipyridine based ruthenium sensitizer for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Abbotto, AlessandroBarolo, ClaudiaBellotto, LucaDe Angelis, FilippoGraetzel, MichaelManfredi, NorbertoMarinzi, ChiaraFantacci, SimonaYum, Jun-HoNazeeruddin, Mohammad K.2010-11-302010-11-302010-11-30200810.1039/b811378ehttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/60904WOS:000260620500013A novel heteroleptic ruthenium complex carrying a heteroaromatic-4,4'-pi-conjugated 2,2'-bipyridine [Ru(II)LL'(NCS)(2)] (L = 4,4'-bis[(E)-2-(3,4-ethylenedioxythien-2-yl)vinyl]-2,2'-bipyridine, L' = 4,4'-(dicarboxylic acid)-2,2'-bipyridine) was synthesized and used in dye-sensitized solar cells, yielding photovoltaic efficiencies of 9.1% under standard global AM 1.5 sunlight.Tio2 FilmsEnergeticsDftElectron-rich heteroaromatic conjugated bipyridine based ruthenium sensitizer for efficient dye-sensitized solar cellstext::journal::journal article::research article