MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF PHOTOSENSITIZERS FOR NANOCRYSTALLINE SOLAR-CELLS - SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RU DYES BASED ON PHOSPHONATEDTERPYRIDINES

Authors
ZAKEERUDDIN SM NAZEERUDDIN MK PECHY P ROTZINGER FP HUMPHRYBAKER R KALYANASUNDARAM K GRATZEL M SHKLOVER V HAIBACH T
Citation
Sm. Zakeeruddin et al., MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF PHOTOSENSITIZERS FOR NANOCRYSTALLINE SOLAR-CELLS - SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RU DYES BASED ON PHOSPHONATEDTERPYRIDINES, Inorganic chemistry, 36(25), 1997, pp. 5937-5946
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Inorganic chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00201669
Volume
36
Issue
25
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5937 - 5946
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1669(1997)36:25<5937:MEOPFN>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We report the results of an investigation on the preparation, spectral , and photoelectrochemical properties of Ru(II)-polypyridyl complexes containing a new phosphonated terpyridine (P-terpy) ligand: [Ru(H2P-te rpy)(2)] and [Ru(HP-terpy)(Me(2)bpy)(NCS)]. Resonance Raman spectral a nd luminescence studies allow probing into the nature of the low-energ y MLCT transitions observed in these complexes. The crystal and molecu lar structure of the mixed-ligand complex [Ru(HP-terpy)(Me(2)bpy)(NCS) ] based on X-ray diffraction study is reported. This complex appears t o be a promising candidate as a photosensitizer in dye-sensitized phot oelectrochemical cells based on nanocrystalline films of TiO2.