Near-IR Photoresponse of Ruthenium Dipyrrinate Terpyridine Sensitizers in the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Guocan Li,
Aswani Yella,
D. G. Brown,
Serge I. Gorelsky,
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin,
Michaël Grätzel,
Curtis P. Berlinguette,
Michael Shatruk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 233
eISSN - 1520-510X
pISSN - 0020-1669
DOI - 10.1021/ic5006538
Subject(s) - dye sensitized solar cell , chemistry , terpyridine , ruthenium , denticity , photochemistry , ligand (biochemistry) , electrode , crystallography , crystal structure , electrolyte , metal , organic chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , receptor
Coordination of bidentate 5-pentafluorophenyldipyrrinate (pfpdp) or 5-(2-thienyl)dipyrrinate (2-tdp) to a Ru(II) center bearing 2,2':6',2″-terpyridine-4,4',4″-tricarboxylate (tctpy) and a NCS(-) ligand results in strongly light-absorbing complexes [Ru(tctpy)(L)(NCS)] (L = pfpdp or 2-tdp). Anchored to a mesoporous TiO2 electrode, these complexes afford a photoaction spectral response at wavelengths of up to 950 nm, one of the most red-shifted values reported to date for molecular dyes in the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC).
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