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Photochemical Solar Energy Conversion and Storage Using Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes

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The appealing photophysical properties of cyclometalated iridium complexes, such as their intense and highly efficient luminescence and long-lived excited states, render them highly desirable for the conversion and storage of solar energy. In this chapter, we describe general considerations in terms of pursuing these applications and track the successful use of cyclometalated iridium complexes as photosensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and light-driven hydrogen production, which have gained a large amount of attention in recent years. Particular emphasis is placed on the systematic elucidation of the correlation between the complex architectures, the corresponding photophysical behavior, and the aforementioned potential promising applications of cyclometalated iridium complexes, which are expected to contribute possible design implications to the development of superior light-harvesting components for efficiently driving photosynthesis.

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Yu, ZT. (2015). Photochemical Solar Energy Conversion and Storage Using Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes. In: Wong, WY. (eds) Organometallics and Related Molecules for Energy Conversion. Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46054-2_18

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