The present invention relates to novel compounds that are useful as ligands in organometallic dyes. More particularly, the invention relates to dyes comprising the compounds, said dyes being sensitizing dyes useful in solar cell technology. According to an embodiment, the present invention discloses new ruthenium dyes and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC). The referred ruthenium dyes with new structural features can be easily synthesized, show more than 85% light-to-electricity conversion efficiency and a higher than 9% cell efficiency.
本发明涉及作为有机
金属
染料中
配体有用的新化合物。更具体地,该发明涉及包含这些化合物的
染料,这些
染料是在太阳能电池技术中有用的感光
染料。根据一种实施例,本发明揭示了新的
钌染料及其在
染料敏化太阳能电池(
DSC)中的应用。这些具有新结构特征的
钌染料可以很容易地合成,显示出超过85%的光电转换效率和高于9%的电池效率。