Patents Assigned to The University of Ferrara
  • Metal complex-based electron-transfer mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells
    Patent number: 7019138
    Abstract: This present invention provides a metal-ligand complex and methods for using and preparing the same. In particular, the metal-ligand complex of the present invention is of the formula: La-M-Xb where L, M, X, a, and b are those define herein. The metal-ligand complexes of the present invention are useful in a variety of applications including as electron-transfer mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells and related photoelectrochromic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignees: Colorado State University Research Foundation, The University of Ferrara
    Inventors: C. Michael Elliott, Shawn A. Sapp, Carlo Alberto Bignozzi, Cristiano Contado, Stefano Caramori