@article{3067542,
    title = "Influence of pyridine ligand nature and the corresponding ruthenium(ii) dye molecular structure on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells",
    author = "Konti, G. and Chatzivasiloglou, E. and Likodimos, V. and Kantonis, G. and Kontos, A.G. and Philippopoulos, A.I. and Falaras, P.",
    journal = "Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences",
    year = "2009",
    volume = "8",
    number = "5",
    pages = "726-732",
    publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
    doi = "10.1039/b817470a",
    keywords = "dicarboxylic acid derivative;  dye;  fluorophosphate;  pyridine;  quinolone derivative;  ruthenium, aqueous solution;  article;  chemical reaction;  chemical structure;  electrochemical analysis;  ion exchange;  performance;  photochemistry;  priority journal;  sensitization;  solar energy;  synthesis",
    abstract = "cis-[Ru(bpy)2(Ln)]Cl2 (n = 1, L 1 = 4-carboxy-2-(2′-pyridyl)quinoline (2); n = 2, L2 = 2,2′-pyridine-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid (4)); and cis-[Ru(bpy) 2(L′)2)]Cl2 (L′ = 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid (6)) complexes, with surface anchoring groups, are prepared from the reaction of cis-[Ru(bpy)2Cl2] (1) with the appropriate ligand (L1, L2, L′). Ion exchange in aqueous solution with NH4PF6 gives the corresponding bis(hexafluorophosphate) derivatives cis-[Ru(bpy)2(L 1)](PF6)2 (3), cis-[Ru(bpy)2(L 2)](PF6)2 (5) and cis-[Ru(bpy) 2(L′)2](PF6)2 (7), respectively. The photo-electrochemical properties of the dyes (2-7) are investigated and the efficiency of the corresponding dye sensitized solar cells is compared to a N719 sensitized device, under similar fabrication and testing conditions. © The Royal Society of Chemistry and Owner Societies 2009."
}