• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.spc8
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• pp.3031-3038
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• 2011

Ion-coordinating ruthenium complexes [cis-Ru(dcbpy)(L)(NCS)$_2$, where dcbpy is 4,4'-dicarboxylic acid-2,2'-bipyridine and L is 1,4,7,10-tetraoxa-13-azacyclopentadecane, JK-121, or bis(2-(2-methoxy-ethoxy)ethyl) amine, JK-122] have been synthesized and characterized using $^1H$ NMR, Fourier transform IR, UV/vis spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. The effect of $Li^+$ in the electrolyte on the photovoltaic performance was investigated. With the stepwise addition of $Li^+$ to a liquid electrolyte, the device shows significant increase in the photo-current density, but a small decrease in the open circuit voltage. The solar cell with a hole conductor, the addition of $Li^+$ resulted in a 30% improvement in efficiency. The JK-121 sensitized cells in the liquid and solid-state electrolyte give power conversion efficiencies of 6.95% and 2.59%, respectively, under the simulated sunlight.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.45-51
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• 1978

The luminescence of N-methyllutidone is studied in ethanol matrix at $77^{\circ}C$K. No fluorescence is observed but a strong phosphorescence with the quantum yield of 0.1 and the lifetime of 0.2 sec is recorded. An unusually high triplet energy of 85.1 kcal/mole is determined for the compound from the O-O band of phosphorescence. The cis ${\leftrightarrow}$ trans photoisomerization of high triplet energy olefins such as 2-hexene and trans-1,4-dichlorobutene-2 is efficiently sensitized by N-methyllutidone substantiating the high triplet energy of the compound. The negative polarization of O-O band reveals the emitting triplet state to be $({\pi},{\pi}^*)^3$ state. Alkaline metal salts such as lithium chloride enhances the phosphorescence intensity through cation-N-methyllutidone coordination widening the gap between $({\pi},{\pi}^*)^3$and $(n,{\pi}^*)^3$ states.