Ruthenizer 520-DN Oxide Semiconductor Sensitizer
Ruthenizer 520-DN is a hydrophobic dye sensitizing very efficiently wide band-gap oxide semiconductors, like titanium dioxide, up to a wavelength of 750 nm.
Ruthenizer 520-DN is also known as Z907 in the literature, and has a proved enhanced stability in Dye Solar Cells.
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| Chemical Structure of Ruthenizer 520-DN |
- Specifications
- Specifications
- Specifications
| Product designation: | Ruthenizer 520-DN (also known as "Z907") |
| Chemical Name: | cis-disothiocyanato-(2,2’-bipyridyl-4,4’-dicarboxylic acid)- (2,2’-bipyridyl-4,4’-dinonyl) ruthenium(II) |
| Short Formula: | RuLL’(NCS)2 . 2 H2O (L = 2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid ; L’ = 4,4’-dinonyl-2,2'-bipyridine) |
| Molecular Formula: | C42H54O6N6S2Ru |
| Formula Weight: | 903 g/mol (incl. 2 crist. water molecules) |
| Aspect: | Dark purple powder |
| Caution: | Substance not fully tested |



