Copper Coordination Complexes for Energy-Relevant Applications

Iacopo Benesperi, Reena Singh and Marina Freitag
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Iacopo Benesperi: Department of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 523, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
Reena Singh: Department of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 523, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
Marina Freitag: Department of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 523, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-19

Abstract: Copper coordination complexes have emerged as a group of transition metal complexes that play important roles in solar energy conversion, utilization and storage, and have the potential to replace the quintessential commonly used transition metals, like Co, Pt, Ir and Ru as light sensitizers, redox mediators, electron donors and catalytic centers. The applications of copper coordination compounds in chemistry and energy related technologies are many and demonstrate their rightful place as sustainable, low toxicity and Earth-abundant alternative materials. In this perspective we show the most recent impact made by copper coordination complexes in dye-sensitized solar cells and other energy relevant applications.

Keywords: copper coordination complexes; dye-sensitized solar cells; organic light-emitting diodes; lithium ion batteries; redox flow batteries; solar fuels; water oxidation catalysts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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