Dalton Transactions

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Singh, Surya Prakash; Nagarjuna, P.

doi: 10.1039/c3dt53503gpmid: 24577264

Organometal halide perovskites offer dual potential properties as a light harvester and at the same time as a hole conductor in inorganic–organic hybrid heterojunction solar cells. The sequential deposition route provides a power conversion efficiency of 15% under standard AM1.5G test conditions. In this perspective, we will briefly summarize the development of perovskite-sensitized solar cells from their first report up to the present.

Kannan, Shanmugaperumal; Vats, Bal Govind; Pius, Illipparambil C.; Noronha, Donald M.; Dhami, Prem S.; Naik, Prashant W.; Kumar, Mukesh

doi: 10.1039/c3dt53529kpmid: 24509768

A monoamide, N,N′-dioctyl, α-hydroxy acetamide, shows unusual extraction properties towards trivalent lanthanide and actinide ions above 3 M HNO3. The extracted ions could be quantitatively back extracted using 0.5 M HNO3. This amide shows negligible extraction towards Sr(ii) and Ru(iii) ions, making it advantageous over other reported extractants. The structures of Sm(iii) and Eu(iii) nitrate compounds show that the metal ion is surrounded by three of the ligands, one nitrate and one water molecule. The ligand acts as a neutral bidentate ligand and bonds through the amido and hydroxyl oxygen atoms.

Patil, Supriya A.; Kalode, Pranav Y.; Mane, Rajaram S.; Shinde, Dipak V.; Doyoung, Ahn; Keumnam, Cho; Sung, M. M.; Ambade, Swapnil B.; Han, Sung-Hwan

doi: 10.1039/c3dt53356epmid: 24519398

A competitive power conversion efficiency of 7.01% is achieved for TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using a chemically stable and mechanically robust molybdenum di-sulfide (MoS2) counter electrode, synthesized using a simple, scalable and low-temperature wet-chemical process, owing to its good redox reaction stability.

Huang, Shu-yuan; Li, Jin-yuan; Li, Jian-qiang; Xu, Wen-yuan; Luo, Ming-biao; Zhu, Yan; Luo, Feng

doi: 10.1039/c3dt53123fpmid: 24519497

Herein, through altering the reaction temperature, the coordination mode of the acylamide ligand is well controlled with or without the oxygen coordination site. The resulting two new coordination polymers have the formulas Cd3(L)2(bdc)3·4(H2O) (1) and Cd(L)(bdc)·2(H2O) (2) (L = N1,N4-bis(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)terephthalamide, H2bdc = terephthalic acid).