Dye-sensitized Solar Cells with New One-Dimensional Halide-Bridged Cu(I)-Ni(II) Heterometal Coordination Polymers Containing Hexamethylene Dithiocarbamate Ligand

作者：Okubo Takashi^*; Tanaka Naoya; Anma Haruho; Kim Kyung Ho; Maekawa Masahiko; Kuroda Sowa Takayoshi

来源：Polymers, 2012, 4(3): 1613-1626.

DOI：10.3390/polym4031613

• coordination polymer
• crystal structure
• electric-conductivity
• dye-sensitized solar cell

One-dimensional (1D) halide-bridged Cu(I)-Ni(II) heterometal coordination polymers containing a hexamethylene dithiocarbamate (Hm-dtc) ligand have been synthesized and crystallographically characterized. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) levels of the coordination polymers were estimated using UV-Vis-NIR and photoelectron spectroscopies, and it was revealed that these coordination polymers have appropriate HOMO levels for use as dye sensitizers. Direct-current electrical conductivity measurements and impedance measurements indicated that these 1D Cu(I)-Ni(II) heterometal coordination polymers were insulators (sigma(300K) < 10(-12) S cm(-1)). In addition, the coordination polymers were used as sensitizing materials in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). DSSCs with 1D Cu(I)-Ni(II) heterometal coordination polymers showed lower performances than those with 1D halide-bridged Cu(I)-Cu(II) mixed-valence coordination polymers.

• 出版日期2012-9