Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 1997, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (2): 132-137.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.1997.02.132

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STERIC EFFECTS ON THE PROPERTIES OF SENSITIZER

HOU Yuanjun, ZHANG Baowen, CAO Yi, XIAO Xurui, YANG Rong   

  1. Institute of Photographic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
  • Received:1996-10-09 Revised:1997-01-14 Online:1997-05-20 Published:1997-05-20

Abstract: A new sensitizer named as cis-(NCS)2-bis(2,2′-bipyridy 1 3,3′-dicarboxylate) ruthenium(Ⅱ) has been prepared, spectroscopically characterized, and anchored to high surface area TiO2 nanocrystalline electrodes for measuring efficiency of energy conversion. In addition, cis-(NCS)2-bis(2,2′-bipyridy 1-4,4′-or 5,5′-dicarboxylate) ruthenium(Ⅱ) were prepared by literature methods, and their photophysical and photoelectrochemical properties were measured. From these data, steric effect on the properties of Ru polypyridyl complexes and energy conversion efficiencies has been investigated.

Key words: TiO2 nanocrystalline electrode, sensitizer, ruthenium polypyridyl