UV-Vis spectroscopy, electrochemical and DFT study of tris(β-diketonato)iron(III) complexes with application in DSSC: role of aromatic thienyl groups
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Date
2022
Authors
Conradie, Marrigje M.
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MDPI
Abstract
A series of tris(β-diketonato)iron(III) complexes, with the β-diketonato ligand bearing different substituent groups, have been synthesized and characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) and mass spectroscopic methods. The maximum band UV-Vis absorption wavelengths of the tris(β-diketonato)iron(III) complexes were in the range of 270–380 nm. The complexes have very good solubility in various solvents such as chloroform, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofurane, dimethylsulphoxide and dimethylformamide. After the syntheses and characterization processes, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of these tris(β-diketonato)iron(III) complexes were investigated. A density functional theory (DFT) study related to the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of the tris(β-diketonato)iron(III) complexes was used to investigate the possible application of these complexes as dye sensitizers or redox mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells.
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Iron(III), UV-Vis, Spectroelectrochemistry, Acetylacetone, Dye-sensitized solar cells
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Conrad, M.M. (2022). UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Electrochemical and DFT Study of Tris(β-diketonato)iron(III) Complexes with Application in DSSC: Role of Aromatic Thienyl Groups. Molecules, 27, 3743. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123743