Research Article

Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline ZnO Solar Cells Based on Ruthenium(II) Phendione Complexes

Table 2

Photocurrent performance data obtained with ruthenium photosensitizer with noncarboxylic acid anchoring group ligand [39].

Dye (V) (mA cm−2) (%)ff (%)Ref

(Ru(ttp-PO3H2)(dmbpy)(NCS))0.6534.7375.60.705TiO2[22]
Ru(bpy-(PO3H2)2)2NCN20.4905750.67TiO2[40]
(Ru(bpy)2(pySH)2)0.0190.0362.9ZnO[41]
(Ru(bpy)2(pyS-)2)0.03210.0455.6ZnO[41]
(Ru(bpy)2(phendione))PF634TiO2[23]
(Ru(bpy)2(phendioxime))PF627TiO2[23]
(Ru(bpy)2(NCS))0.361.20.50.34TiO2[42]
(Ru(dmbpy)2 (bpy-acac))PF60.4872.020.292TiO2[43]
(Ru(bpy)2(bpy-CH2COOLi))PF60.2450.8334 ± 5TiO2[24]
(Ru(phen)2(phendione)) 2+0.6223.42380.721.54ZnOOur work
(Ru(phen)bpy) (phendione))2+0.6193.3736.50.711.51ZnOOur work
(Ru(bpy)2(phendione))2+ 0.6183.33360.691.495ZnOOur work