A high molar extinction coefficient sensitizer for stable dye-sensitized solar cells

Peng Wang; Cédric Klein; Robin Humphry-Baker; Shaik M Zakeeruddin; Michael Grätzel

doi:10.1021/ja0436190

A high molar extinction coefficient sensitizer for stable dye-sensitized solar cells

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Jan 26;127(3):808-9. doi: 10.1021/ja0436190.

Authors

Peng Wang¹, Cédric Klein, Robin Humphry-Baker, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Michael Grätzel

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory for Photonics & Interfaces, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 15656598
DOI: 10.1021/ja0436190

Abstract

An amphiphilic heteroleptic polypyridyl ruthenium complex with a high molar extinction coefficient was synthesized and demonstrated as an efficient, thermostable sensitizer in nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells.