title: A novel ruthenium sensitizer with a hydrophobic 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl-conjugated bipyridyl ligand for effective dye sensitized TiO2 solar cells.
abstract: A hydrophobic and 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl-conjugated ruthenium complex, cis-Ru(dhtbpy)(dcbpy)(NCS)2 [dhtbpy = 4,4'-di(hexylthienylvinyl)-2,2'-bipyridyl; dcbpy = 4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridyl], was newly designed, synthesized and applied successfully to sensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2-based solar cells, giving a conversion efficiency of 9.5% under irradiation with AM 1.5 solar light.
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Science and Innovation, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Ke-Jian
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Naruhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: Jiang-Bin
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Shozo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagida