title: Highly efficient light-harvesting ruthenium sensitizer for thin-film dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: A high molar extinction coefficient heteroleptic ruthenium complex, incorporating an electron-rich hexylthio-terminal chain, has been synthesized and demonstrated as an efficient sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells. With this new sensitizer excellent power conversion efficiency is 11.5% and 4.7% obtained under an irradiation of full sunlight (air mass 1.5 global) in combination with a volatility electrolyte and solid state hole transporting material, respectively. The devices with low volatility electrolyte showed good stability under visible-light soaking at 60 degrees C during 1000 h of accelerated tests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Jhong-Li, 32001 Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chia-Yuan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mingkui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jheng-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Nuttapol
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pootrakulchote
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alibabaei
authors.forename: Cevey-Ha
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ngoc-le
authors.forename: Jean-David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Decoppet
authors.forename: Jia-Hung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grätzel
authors.forename: Chun-Guey
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shaik M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zakeeruddin
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grätzel