Inorganics, Volume 6, Issue 2

The authors would like to add Stefan Beschnitt, who performed SIMS line scans, to the authors’ list in 5th position of their paper published in Inorganics[...]

Nanostructured dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are promising photovoltaic devices because of their low cost and transparency. Ruthenium polypyridine complexes have long been considered as lead sensitizers for DSSCs, allowing them to reach up to 11...

The illumination direction and temperature can greatly affect the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) when practical non-volatile solvents are used with bulky one-electron redox mediators such as cobalt tris(bipyridine). For higher perf...

We report the synthesis, structural and magnetic characterization of five mononuclear Dy^III ion complexes using triphenylphosphine oxide as a monodentate ligand. They have formulae [Dy^III(OPPh₃)₃(NO₃)₃] (1), [Dy^III(OPPh₃)₄(NO₃)₂](NO₃) (2), [Dy^III(OPP...

Nickel nitrate diammine, Ni(NH₃)₂(NO₃)₂, can be synthesised from the thermal decomposition of nickel nitrate hexammine, Ni[(NH₃)₆](NO₃)₂. The hexammine decomposes in two distinct major stages; the first releases 4 equivalents of ammonia while the sec...

Molecular engineering of high energy barrier U_eff in single-molecule magnets (SMMs) of general composition Mo^III_kV^II_m based on orbitally-degenerate pentagonal-bipyramidal [Mo_III(CN)₇]⁴⁻ complexes with unquenched orbital momentum and high-spin V...

This paper reports the synthesis of Fe-titanate nanotubes by means of the conventional ion-exchange method with iron nitrate solutions. As the iron-rich nanotubes were found to contain the catalyst precursor intrinsically dispersed in their structure...

Herein, we describe the preparation, characterization and photophysical properties of neutral lanthanide complexes containing a redox-active ligand 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-phenanthrol (papl). The complexes likely share similar structural features and bear...

Surface-bound heteroleptic copper(I) dyes [Cu(L_anchor)(L_ancillary)]⁺ are assembled using the “surfaces-as-ligands, surfaces as complexes” (SALSAC) approach by three different procedures. The anchoring and ancillary ligands chosen are ((6,...

Reactivity studies of silyliumylidenes remain scarce with only a handful of publications to date. Herein we report the activation of S–H bonds in hydrogen sulfide by mTer-silyliumylidene ion A (mTer = 2,6-Mes₂-C₆H₃, Mes = 2,4,6-Me₃-C₆H₂) to yie...

We report the synthesis of a gallium complex incorporating redox-active pyridyl nitroxide ligands. The (pyNO⁻)₂GaCl complex was prepared in 85% yield via a salt metathesis route and was characterized by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopies, X-ray diff...

Tetranuclear complexes [M₄(L^R)₄] with M = Ni(II) or Zn(II), with a [2 × 2] grid-type structure, were assembled in good yields and purity from the easily accessible but unprecedented pyrazine-bridged bis(thiosemicarbazone) protoligands (ligand p...

In this review, we discuss the main directions in which ruthenium complexes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were developed. We critically discuss the implemented design principles. This review might be helpful at this moment when a breakthrough...

In dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), the redox mediator is responsible for the regeneration of the oxidized dye and for the hole transport towards the cathode. Here, we introduce new copper complexes with tetradentate 6,6′-bis(4-(S)-isopropyl-2-oxaz...

Ferromagnetic cluster spin wave theory (FCSWT) provides an exact and concise description of the low-energy excitations from the ferromagnetic ground state in finite magnetic systems, such as bounded magnetic molecules. In particular, this theory is a...

o-Quinones are both well-studied and promising redox-active chelating ligands. There are plenty of interesting effects to be found on o-quinone-derived metallocomplexes, such as photo-thermo mechanical effect in solid phase and in solution, luminesce...

Treatment of N,N′-diisopropylcarbodiimide with sodium cyclopentadienide (NaCp) in a molar ratio of 1:1 in THF solution resulted in formation of the unexpected dinuclear sodium half-sandwich complex [NaC₅H₃{C(NHⁱPr)(=NⁱPr)}₂-1,2]₂ (1) as colorle...

Lithium fluoride is an important material for ultraviolet optical systems, possessing among the largest optical bandgaps of dielectric materials. We report on the development of an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process for lithium fluoride that is ca...

A redox-active M₂L₂ metalla-macrocycle is depicted, of which construction has been achieved through coordination driven self-assembly from an electron-rich 9-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)fluorene bis-pyridyl ligand and a cis-blocked square planar palladium...

The reaction between the 2,2′-benzene-1,4-diylbis(6-hydroxy-4,7-di-tert-butyl-1,3-benzodithiol-2-ylium-5-olate biradical triad (L) and the metallo-precursor [Dy(hfac)₃]·2H₂O leads to the formation of a one-dimensional coordination polymer with the fo...

A series of metal (Hg, Pt, Ru) bis(alkynyl-tetrathiafulvalene) complexes have been investigated to study the electronic interplay between the metal and the tetrathiafulvalene (TTF), as well as between the two peripheral TTF electrophores along the or...

In this review we cover some aspects of metal–salophen and metal–salen complex chemistry related to their supramolecular attitude. We examined under the lens of the non-covalent interactions their potential to behave as building blocks fo...

Sillén–Aurivillius perovskite Bi₄NbO₈X (X = Cl, Br) is a promising photocatalyst for water splitting under visible light, as well as a potential ferroelectric material. In this work, we investigate the crystal growth conditions by mainly varying soak...

A systematic investigation of four heteroleptic bis(diimine) copper(I) dyes in n-type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) is presented. The dyes are assembled using a stepwise, on-surface assembly. The dyes contain a phosphonic acid-functionalized 2,2...

The development of a sustainable economy based on the use of renewable resources and the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions is an important mandate in modern societies to minimize the global warming. The CO₂-reforming of methane through a conver...

The preparation of NaLnF₄ complexes, LnF₃ (Ln = La, Ce, Y) rare earth binary fluorides, CaF₂ and SrF₂ alkali earth fluorides, as well as mixtures of these compounds from their nitrates dissolved in molten NaNO₃ has been studied in order to select the...

Molecular orientation of dyes must be one of the important factors for designing dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). As model systems, we have prepared new hybrid materials composed of azobenzene (AZ) and chiral Schiff base Cu(II) complexes (pn(S)Cu a...

Three isostructural cyano-bridged 3d–4f linear heterotrinuclear compounds, (H_2.5O)₄{Ln[TM(CN)₅(CNH_0.5)]₂(HMPA)₄} (Ln = Y^III, TM = [Fe^III]_LS (1); Ln = Dy^III, TM = [Fe^III]_LS (2); Ln = Dy^III, TM = Co^III (3)), have been synthesized and characterized by s...