Cyclometalated organoruthenium complexes for application in dye-sensitized solar cells

SH Wadman, JM Kroon, K Bakker…

Index: Wadman, Sipke H.; Kroon, Jan M.; Bakker, Klaas; Havenith, Remco W. A.; Van Klink, Gerard P. M.; Van Koten, Gerard Organometallics, 2010 , vol. 29, # 7 p. 1569 - 1579

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Abstract

To investigate the viability of cyclometalation as a general tool in the design of new sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, a series of (cyclometalated) ruthenium complexes was prepared. To this purpose we have prepared the carboxylate-functionalized 2,2′:6′,2′′- terpyridine (tpy)-based tridentate ligands 4′-ethoxycarbonyl-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine (EtO 2 CN ∧ N ∧ N, 5), methyl-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)benzoate (MeO 2 CN ∧ C(H) ∧ N, 6), 4- ...