METAL COMPLEX-BASED ELECTRON-TRANSFER MEDIATORS IN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

摘要

This present invention provides a metal-ligand complex and methods for using and preparing the same. In particular, the metal-ligand complex of the present invention is of the formula:La-M-Xb where L, M, X, a, and b are those define herein. The metal-ligand complexes of the present invention are useful in a variety of applications including as electron-transfer mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells and related photoelectrochromic devices.