Issue 11, 2014
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Novel triphenylamine-modified ruthenium(ii) terpyridine complexes for nickel oxide-based cathodic dye-sensitized solar cells†

Christopher J. Wood,a   Kiyoshi C. D. Robson,b   Paul I. P. Elliott,c   Curtis P. Berlinguette‡b  and  Elizabeth A. Gibson*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK
E-mail: elizabeth.gibson@nottingham.ac.uk

b Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

c Department of Chemistry, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, UK

Abstract

A pair of ruthenium based donor-π-chromophore sensitizers (K1 and K2) have been synthesized for use in NiO based p-type dye sensitized solar cells (p-DSCs). The optical and electrochemical properties of these dyes were determined experimentally and interpreted by DFT modelling. NiO p-DSC devices incorporating these dyes gave photocurrents of 2.9 for K1 and 2.0 mA cm−2 for K2 (IPCE of 14% and 9%); this is a vast improvement on the photocurrents of p-DSC devices incorporating ‘traditional’ ruthenium sensitizers.

Graphical abstract: Novel triphenylamine-modified ruthenium(ii) terpyridine complexes for nickel oxide-based cathodic dye-sensitized solar cells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA44690E
Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Aug 2013
Accepted
10 Dec 2013
First published
18 Dec 2013

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 5782-5791

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Novel triphenylamine-modified ruthenium(II) terpyridine complexes for nickel oxide-based cathodic dye-sensitized solar cells

C. J. Wood, K. C. D. Robson, P. I. P. Elliott, C. P. Berlinguette and E. A. Gibson, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 5782 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA44690E

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