@article { ISI:000291422100027,
	title = {Design and Development of Functionalized Cyclometalated Ruthenium Chromophores for Light-Harvesting Applications},
	journal = {INORGANIC CHEMISTRY},
	volume = {50},
	number = {12},
	year = {2011},
	month = {JUN 20},
	pages = {5494-5508},
	abstract = {{The syntheses and the electrochemical spectroscopic properties of a suite of asymmetrical bistridentate cyclometalated Ru(II) complexes bearing terminal triphenylamine (TPA) substituents are reported. These complexes, which contain structural design elements common to both inorganic and organic dyes that exhibit superior power conversion efficiencies in the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), are broadly formulated as {[}Ru-II(L-2,5{\textquoteright}-thiophene-TPA-R-1)(L-R-2)](+) {[}L = tridentate chelating ligand (e.g., 2,2{\textquoteright}:6{\textquoteright},2 {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteright}-terpyridine (tpy); deprotonated forms of 1,3-di(pyridin-2-yl)benzene (Hdpb) or 6-phenyl-2,2{\textquoteright}-bipyridine (Hpbpy)); R-1 = -H, -Me, -OMe; R-2 = -H, -CO2Me, -CO2H]. The following structural attributes were systematically modified for the series: (i) electron-donating character of the terminal substituents (e.g.},
	issn = {0020-1669},
	doi = {10.1021/ic200011m},
	author = {Robson, Kiyoshi C. D. and Koivisto, Bryan D. and Yella, Aswani and Sporinova, Barbora and Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K. and Baumgartner, Thomas and Graetzel, Michael and Berlinguette, Curtis P.}
}
