Three is not a crowd: efficient sensitization of TiO2 by a bulky trichromic trisheteroleptic cycloruthenated dye

Paolo G. Bomben; Javier Borau-Garcia; Curtis P. Berlinguette

doi:10.1039/C2CC00136E

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Three is not a crowd: efficient sensitization of TiO₂ by a bulky trichromic trisheteroleptic cycloruthenated dye†

Paolo G. Bomben,^a Javier Borau-Garcia^a and Curtis P. Berlinguette*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary and the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment & Economy, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Canada
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Abstract

A cyclometalated Ru dye bearing two triphenylamine groups to augment light absorption exhibits a power conversion efficiency (PCE) in excess of 7% in the dye-sensitized solar cell despite having a large molecular footprint on TiO₂.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC00136E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 08 Jan 2012
Accepted: 28 Feb 2012
First published: 30 Apr 2012

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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5599-5601

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Three is not a crowd: efficient sensitization of TiO₂ by a bulky trichromic trisheteroleptic cycloruthenated dye

P. G. Bomben, J. Borau-Garcia and C. P. Berlinguette, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5599 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00136E

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