Recent progress in organohalide lead perovskites for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.10.021

2017-11-11

Perovskite solar cells (PSC) based on organic–inorganic materials are considered to be the most promising photovoltaic technology because of their meteoritic progress in power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 3.8% to 22% to address the increasing energy deman...

Molecular catalysts of Co, Ni, Fe, and Mo for hydrogen generation in artificial photosynthetic systems

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.11.002

2017-11-10

Driven by population and quality of living increases, the global consumption of energy is expected to dramatically increase over the course of the century. To avoid meeting this demand with fossil fuels, new carbon neutral energy sources must be implemented w...

Weiss’ Reagents: A synthetically useful class of iodine(III) coordination compounds

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.10.018

2017-11-06

The growing use of pyridine stabilized polycationic I(III) regents ([PhI(Pyr)2]2+) as versatile oxidizing agents is reviewed. Currently the number of examples describing the use of these oxidants is modest, however those that do exist are spread across a dive...

Understanding the polychalcogenides as building blocks to solid state materials: Speciation of polychalcogenides in solutions

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.10.017

2017-11-06

Many chalcogenide compounds are formed from a diverse set of primary building blocks that include binary salts of alkali metal chalcogenides that are reacted with metals or metal salts in a variety of solutions and reaction conditions to form highly-diverse s...

Organelle-targeting metal complexes: From molecular design to bio-applications

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.10.022

2017-11-06

Cellular organelles, such the cytomembrane, lysosome, mitochondrion, Golgi apparatus, the endoplasmic reticulum, and nucleus, play important roles in the normal function of cells. Organelle-targeting bioimaging can aid our understanding of how organelles func...

Coordination chemistry of 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane (PTA) and derivatives. Part III. Variations on a theme: Novel architectures, materials and applications

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.09.024

2017-10-31

This review paper covers the recent (2010–2017) synthetic modifications of the water soluble cage-like aminophosphine ligand 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane (PTA) and their application in coordination chemistry, with a focus on applications in t...

Heterogeneous catalysts based on mesoporous metal–organic frameworks

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.10.014

2017-10-27

Mesoporous metal–organic frameworks (meso-MOFs) are emerging as promising functional materials for heterogeneous catalysis due to their high surface area, porosity, readily adjustable structures and tunable functionalities. Their properties and functions are ...

Epitaxial growth and applications of oriented metal–organic framework thin films

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.09.028

2017-10-26

Thin film materials have been used widely in semiconductor devices, including solar cells, transistors, light emitting diodes, light crystal displays, smart windows, chips as well as temperature and gas sensors. As multilayer materials with nanometers in thic...

Stimuli responsive phthalocyanine-based fluorescent probes and photosensitizers

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.10.006

2017-10-26

Being a versatile class of functional dyes, phthalocyanines exhibit a range of intriguing properties enabling them to find practical applications in various disciplines. In the field of biomedicine, they can serve as selective fluorescent probes for bioanalys...

Photosensitization and controlled photosensitization with BODIPY dyes

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.09.029

2017-10-26

Highly versatile BODIPY dyes proved themselves to be very useful as photosensitizers. These dyes can be derivatized to absorb essentially anywhere in the visible the near IR region of the spectrum. As a result of their diverse reactivity, singlet oxygen gener...