Tuning of ruthenium complex properties using pyrrole- and pyrrolidine-containing polypyridine ligands

Inorg Chem. 2007 Mar 19;46(6):2272-7. doi: 10.1021/ic062042f. Epub 2007 Feb 17.

Abstract

The effect of pyrrole- and pyrrolidine-containing ligands (L) on the properties of heteroleptic [RuL2dcbpy]2+ complexes has been investigated. TiO2 electrodes modified with the new complexes exhibited extended absorption domains and high absorbances. Providing that a cobalt-based mediator was used for regeneration of the RuII state, good incident photon-to-current efficiency (near 80%) values were obtained in the pyrrole series.