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

Alessandro Abbotto, Claudia Barolo, Luca Bellotto, Filippo De Angelis, Michael Graetzel, Norberto Manfredi, Chiara Marinzi, Simona Fantacci, Jun-Ho Yum and Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (42), pp.5318-5320
01/01/2008
PMID: 18985196

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Chemistry Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Physical Sciences Science & Technology
A 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.

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