A chemical precursor for depositing Sb2S3 onto mesoporous TiO2 layers in nonaqueous media and its application to solar cells.

Deposition of nanocrystalline Sb(2)S(3) onto a mesoporous TiO(2) photoanode is an important process in the fabrication of Sb(2)S(3)-sensitized solar cells. In order to generate oxide-free nanosized Sb(2)S(3), a single-source precursor for the chemical bath deposition of Sb(2)S(3) in nonaqueous media, Sb(III)(thioacetamide)(2)Cl(3), was synthesized and used to produce high-quality Sb(2)S(3) for solar cells.

Urchinlike nanostructure of single-crystalline nanorods of Sb2S3 formed at mild reaction condition.

Urchinlike nanostructure of well-defined Sb(2)S(3) crystals of 3-4 μm in length and 30-150 nm in diameter oriented along [001] direction have been produced at a mild reaction temperature of 90 °C from SbCl(3) and S-methyl 3-phenyldithiocarbazate [C(6)H(5)NHNHC(S)SMe] in ethylene glycol medium. During the reaction, the amorphous Sb(2)S(3) spheres of 1.4 μm in diameter were formed at early reaction stage and then crystalline nanorods were continuously grown at the surface of Sb(2)S(3) spheres while transforming their morphology into urchinlike structure.

Toward interaction of sensitizer and functional moieties in hole-transporting materials for efficient semiconductor-sensitized solar cells.

Sb(2)S(3)-sensitized mesoporous-TiO(2) solar cells using several conjugated polymers as hole-transporting materials (HTMs) are fabricated. We found that the cell performance was strongly correlated with the chemical interaction at the interface of Sb(2)S(3) as sensitizer and the HTMs through the thiophene moieties, which led to a higher fill factor (FF), open-circuit voltage (V(oc)), and short-circuit current density (J(sc)). With the application of PCPDTBT (poly(2,6-(4,4-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b']dithiophene)-alt-4,7(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole)) as a HTM in a Sb(2)S(3)-sensitized solar cell, overall power conversion efficiencies of 6.

Synthetic, cyclic voltammetric, structural, EPR, and UV-Vis spectroscopic studies of thienyl-containing meso-A(2)B-cor(Cr(V)=O) systems: consideration of three interrelated molecular detection modalities.

We report eight new A(2)B-type (M(n+)) corrolate compounds (two structural studies) that include the oxo[5,15-bis(pentafluorophenyl)-10-R-corrolatochromium(V)] [R = 2-/3-thienyl (1a/2a), 3-thianaphthyl (3a)] species. The first examples of meso-A(2) (thienyl)- and Cr-A(2)B-corrole types are represented herein. Characterization includes cyclic voltammetry, electron paramagnetic resonance, 2D ((1)H and (13)C) NMR, and UV-vis spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis.

Reactions of 2-(arylazo) aniline with RhCl3: synthesis and structure of new cyclometalated complexes of Rh(III) and recognition of RhCl3 assisted azo (-N=N-) cleavage.

The reactions of 2-(arylazo) anilines, HL (1) [where HL is 2-(ArN=N)C6H4NH2; Ar is C6H5 (for HL1, 1a) and p-MeC6H4 (for HL2, 1b); H of HL represents the proton of Ar which gets dissociated upon orthometalation] with RhCl3 in methanol afforded new orthometalated complexes of composition (L)(HL)Rh(III)Cl2 (2) and (L)(ArNH2)Rh(III)Cl2 (3). The anionic L- binds the metal in tridentate (C, N, N) manner in both the complexes, while HL and ArNH2 bind the metal of 2 and 3 in monodentate fashion through the amino nitrogen. The ArNH2 of 3 was formed in situ due to cleavage of azo (-N=N-) function of monodentate HL of 2.