title: Thiocyanate-free ruthenium(II) sensitizer with a pyrid-2-yltetrazolate ligand for dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: The synthesis of the new complex [Ru(Tetrazpy)(dcbpy)2]Cl is reported, along with its spectroscopical, electrochemical, and theoretical characterization. The first dye-sensitized solar cell device with this complex has been prepared, leading to a 3% of conversion efficiency, promising data considering the simplicity of the Tetrazpy ligand.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, UdR-INSTM di Milano , Via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dragonetti
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magni
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mussini
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nisic
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roberto
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ugo
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valore
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valsecchi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salvatori
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lobello
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Angelis