| Title | Cyclometalated Ruthenium(II) Complexes Featuring Tridentate Click-Derived Ligands for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | Schulze, B, Brown, DG, Robson, KCD, Friebe, C, Jaeger, M, Birckner, E, Berlinguette, CP, Schubert, US |
| Journal | CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL |
| Volume | 19 |
| Pagination | 14171-14180 |
| Date Published | OCT 11 |
| ISSN | 0947-6539 |
| 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) |
| DOI | 10.1002/chem.201301440 |
