New ruthenium bisterpyridinyl complexes, as efficient sensitizers of nanocrystalline, TiO2 films

✍ Scribed by Marc Beley; Carlo-Alberto Bignozzi; Gilbert Kirsch; Monica Alebbi; Jean-Christophe Raboin

• Book ID: 104138528
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 121 KB
• Volume: 318
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-1693
• DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(01)00418-2

✦ Synopsis

Unsymmetrical bisterpyridinyl ruthenium complexes carrying vicinal carboxylic acids are prepared. They show room temperature luminescence and efficient sensitisation of nanocrystalline TiO 2 films, with conversion yields (IPCE) of 70%.