Preparation and x-ray structure of 4-N,N'-bis(trimethylsilyl)- amino-3,5-diisopropylphenylselenium trichloride

Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) applies.The reaction of SeCU or SeCF with /V,/V’-bis(trimethylsilyl)-2,6-diisopropylaniline occurs not at the nitrogen atom but by electrophilic aromatic substitution at C-4 of the phenyl ring to give [(CH3)3Si]2NC6H2('Pr:)SeCl3, which crystallizes as the chloro-bridged dimer in the triclinic system, space group Pi, a - 10.2598(17), b = 13.665(3), c = 9.7838(10) A, a = 90.056(13), ß = 102.439(11), 7 = 70.922(14)°, V = 1262.3(4) A \Z = 1. The dimer contains an essentially planar CUSe^-Cl^SeCU unit, with trans apical (Me3SihNC6H2('Pr)2 groups, resulting in approximately square pyramidal geometry at Se. The bridging Se-Cl distances are unequal at 2.587(2) and 2.749(2) A.Ye

Anode ink formulation for a fully printed flexible fuel cell stack

In fuel cells the underlying reactions take place at the catalyst layers composed of materials favoring the desired electrochemical reactions. This paper introduces a formulation process for a catalyst inkjet ink used as an anode for a fully printed flexible fuel cell stack. The optimal ink formulation was 2.5 wt% of carbon–platinum–ruthenium mixture with 0.5% Nafion concentration in a diacetone alcohol solvent vehicle. The best jetting performance was achieved when 1 wt% binder was included in the ink formulation. Anodes with resistivity of approximately 0.1 Ω cm were inkjet printed, which is close to the commercial anode resistivity of 0.05 Ω cm. The anodes were used in fuel cell stacks that were prepared by utilizing only printing methods. The best five-cell-air-breathing stack showed an open circuit potential under H2/air conditions of 3.4 V. The peak power of this stack was 120 µW cm−2 at 1.75 V, with a resistance obtained from potentiostatic impedance analysis of 295 Ohm cm2. The printed electrodes showed a performance suitable for low-performance solutions, such as powering single-use sensors

High efficient plastic solar cells fabricated with a high-throughput gravure printing method

We report on polymer-based solar cells prepared by the high-throughput roll-to-roll gravure printing method. The engravings of the printing plate, along with process parameters like printing speed and ink properties, are studied to optimise the printability of the photoactive as well as the hole transport layer. For the hole transport layer, the focus is on testing different formulations to produce thorough wetting of the indium-tin-oxide (ITO) substrate. The challenge for the photoactive layer is to form a uniform layer with optimal nanomorphology in the poly-3-hexylthiophene (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blend. This results in a power conversion efficiency of 2.8% under simulated AM1.5G solar illumination for a solar cell device with gravure-printed hole transport and a photoactive layer. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved