- Synthesis of a novel dinuclear ruthenium polypyridine dye for dye-sensitized solar cells application
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A new dinuclear ruthenium(II) polypyridine complex has been successfully synthesized. The new compound has been characterized by spectroscopic and electrochemical methods. Its potential application as a sensitizing dye in dye-sensitized solar cells has been checked under AM 1.5 G irradiation conditions (100 mW cm-2) and its performance was compared to that of a commercially available mononuclear analogous dye. The overall light-to-electricity conversion efficiency of the photovoltaic device sensitized by the new dinuclear dye has been found to be over 2.5 times lower than that sensitized by the commercial analogue, despite a much higher extinction coefficient of the former dye. The probable reasons for the lower photovoltaic activity are discussed.
- Zalas,Gierczyk,Klein,Siuzdak,P?dziński,?uczak
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p. 381 - 387
(2013/11/06)
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- K3PO4-KOH mixture as efficient reagent for the deprotection of 4-aryl-2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ols to terminal acetylenes
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A mixture of potassium hydroxide and potassium phosphate was found to be an active reagent mixture for the cleavage of 2-hydroxypropyl-protected acetylenes. The reaction was performed in toluene at reflux temperature and gave terminal acetylenes in good to excellent yields within very short periods of time. Numerous other functional groups are tolerated. Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications for full experimental and spectral details.
- Smeyanov, Alexey,Schmidt, Andreas
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p. 2809 - 2816
(2013/08/23)
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- Synthesis of new dendritic antenna-like polypyridine ligands
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An efficient synthesis of multidentate polypyridine ligands, 3,5-bis(2,2′-bipyridin-4-ylethynyl)benzoic acid and 3,5-bis(2,5-bis(2- pyridyl)-pyridin-4-ylethynyl)benzoic acid, with potential application in the production of ruthenium dyes for dye-sensitised solar cells was developed. Isolation of intermediate products and final compounds is simple and the yields are very high. The ligands obtained can be used in the synthesis of dendritic analogues of well known and very efficient N3 dye and "black dye".
- Zalas, Maciej,Gierczyk, Blazej,Ceglowski, Michal,Schroeder, Grzegorz
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p. 733 - 740
(2013/07/26)
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- Helical pitch of m-phenylene ethynylene foldamers by double spin labeling
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To investigate the helical conformation of oligo(m-phenylene ethynylene)s, a pair of TEMPO spin labels were appended to the backbone. The two TEMPO radicals were separated by the four, five, and six repeating units. ESR spectra of the labeled oligomers were measured in chloroform and in ethyl acetate solvents in which the oligomers are disordered and folded, respectively. The measurement and analysis of ESR spectra revealed that six repeating units make one helical turn. Copyright
- Matsuda, Kenji,Stone, Matthew T.,Moore, Jeffrey S.
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p. 11836 - 11837
(2007/10/03)
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