Research Article
Change of Dye Bath for Sensitisation of Nanocrystalline Films: Enhances Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Scheme 1
Synthetic route for HRD2 and H102 sensitizers; (i) NaH-THF, reflux for 12 hours (yield-55%). (ii) Ru-p-cymene complex, 2,2โฒ-bipyridine-4,4โฒ-dicarboxylic acid, NH4NCS, DMF, reflux for 12 hours. (iii) Ba(OH)2ยท8H2O, Pd(PPh3)4, Dioxane: H2O, reflux for 24 hours.