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Recent Developments of Ruthenium Complexes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Almost forty years ago, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) appeared as a promising route for harnessing the energy of the sun and for converting it into electricity. In the following years, a huge number of studies have been dedicated to increase the global photovoltaic efficiencies and stability of DSSCs. Thiocyanate ruthenium complexes bearing chelating nitrogen donor ligands turned out to be among the best performing photosensitizers. In the last 15 years, a lot of work has also been dedicated to the preparation of efficient thiocyanate-free Ru dyes. In this review, these two families of ruthenium(II) complexes are presented: (a) dyes presenting thiocyanate ligands and (b) thiocyanate-free dyes. The coverage, mainly from 2021, is not exhaustive, but exemplifies the most recent design approaches and photovoltaic properties of these two classes of Ru(II) photosensitizers.

Source: Electronics

DOI: 10.3390/electronics14081639

Authors: Alessia Colombo, Claudia Dragonetti, Francesco Fagnani, Dominique Roberto

Institutions: University of Milan, National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,896