TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficient ruthenium sensitizer with a terpyridine ligand having a hexylthiophene unit for dye-sensitized solar cells
T2 - Effects of the substituent position on the solar cell performance
AU - Ozawa, Hironobu
AU - Kuroda, Takahiro
AU - Harada, Shohei
AU - Arakawa, Hironori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - A novel ruthenium sensitizer with a terpyridine ligand having a hexylthiophene unit at the 4-position (TUS-38) has been synthesized to investigate the effects of the substituent position on the photo- and electrochemical properties and on solar cell performance. The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) with TUS-38 showed a 10.6 % conversion efficiency under AM 1.5 (100 mW/cm2) irradiation, which is much higher than that of the DSC with a previously reported ruthenium sensitizer with a terpyridine ligand having two hexylthiophene units at the 5- and 5″-positions. A novel ruthenium sensitizer with a terpyridine ligand having a hexylthiophene unit at the 4-position (TUS-38) has been synthesized, and the dye-sensitized solar cell with TUS-38 showed a 10.6 % conversion efficiency under AM 1.5 (100 mW/cm2) irradiation.
AB - A novel ruthenium sensitizer with a terpyridine ligand having a hexylthiophene unit at the 4-position (TUS-38) has been synthesized to investigate the effects of the substituent position on the photo- and electrochemical properties and on solar cell performance. The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) with TUS-38 showed a 10.6 % conversion efficiency under AM 1.5 (100 mW/cm2) irradiation, which is much higher than that of the DSC with a previously reported ruthenium sensitizer with a terpyridine ligand having two hexylthiophene units at the 5- and 5″-positions. A novel ruthenium sensitizer with a terpyridine ligand having a hexylthiophene unit at the 4-position (TUS-38) has been synthesized, and the dye-sensitized solar cell with TUS-38 showed a 10.6 % conversion efficiency under AM 1.5 (100 mW/cm2) irradiation.
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U2 - 10.1002/ejic.201402530
DO - 10.1002/ejic.201402530
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027924680
SN - 0365-9496
VL - 2014
SP - 4734
EP - 4739
JO - Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft
JF - Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft
IS - 28
ER -