A solid-state photovoltaic cell sensitized with a ruthenium bipyridyl complex

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Tennakone, K [1 ]
Kumara, GRRA [1 ]
Kottegoda, IRM [1 ]
Wijayantha, KGU [1 ]
Perera, VPS [1 ]
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[1] Inst Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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10.1088/0022-3727/31/12/014
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Ruthenium bipyridyl complexes have been used as efficient sensitizers for photoelectrochemical cells based on nano-porous films of TiO2. It is found that cis-dithiocyanate-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylate) ruthenium (II) can be used as the sensitizer in a solid-state photovoltaic cell in which a monolayer of the sensitizer is sandwiched between nano-porous n-TiO2 and p-Cul. The data on performance of the cell and the problems encountered in construction of dye-sensitized solid-state photovoltaic cells are described.
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