title: New thiocyanate-free ruthenium(II) sensitizers with different pyrid-2-yl tetrazolate ligands for dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: The synthesis of two new thiocyanate free Ru(II) complexes with different pyrid-2-yl tetrazolate ligands is reported, along with their electrochemical, spectroscopic and theoretical characterization. The corresponding dye-sensitized solar cell devices were prepared, leading to 3.4% conversion efficiency, promising data, considering the simplicity of the ligands and the high chemical stability of the complexes.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, UdR-INSTM, Italy. claudia.dragonetti@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dragonetti
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magni
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meroni
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ugo
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marotta
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grazia Lobello
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salvatori
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Angelis