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Cyclometalated Ruthenium(II) Complexes Featuring Tridentate Click-Derived Ligands for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications

TitleCyclometalated Ruthenium(II) Complexes Featuring Tridentate Click-Derived Ligands for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsSchulze, B, Brown, DG, Robson, KCD, Friebe, C, Jaeger, M, Birckner, E, Berlinguette, CP, Schubert, US
JournalCHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume19
Pagination14171-14180
Date PublishedOCT 11
ISSN0947-6539
Abstract

{A series of heteroleptic bis(tridentate) Ru-II complexes featuring N<\^{}>C<\^{}>N-cyclometalating ligands is presented. The 1,2,3-triazole-containing tridentate ligands are readily functionalized with hydrophobic side chains by means of click chemistry and the corresponding cyclometalated Ru-II complexes are easily synthesized. The performance of these thiocyanate-free complexes in a dye-sensitized solar cell was tested and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 4.0% (J(sc)=8.1mAcm(-2)

DOI10.1002/chem.201301440