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Tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate

97%

Synonym(s):

Ru(bpy)3(PF6)2, Ruthenium-tris(2,2′-bipyridyl) dihexafluorophosphate

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C30H24F12N6P2Ru
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
859.55
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

Assay

97%

form

solid

reaction suitability

core: ruthenium
reaction type: Photocatalysis
reagent type: catalyst

impurities

(Material is not fluorescence active.)

mp

>300 °C

photocatalyst activation

425 nm

absorption

13,400 at 456 nm
80,000 at 291 nm

SMILES string

[Ru++].F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.c1ccc(nc1)-c2ccccn2.c3ccc(nc3)-c4ccccn4.c5ccc(nc5)-c6ccccn6

InChI

1S/3C10H8N2.2F6P.Ru/c3*1-3-7-11-9(5-1)10-6-2-4-8-12-10;2*1-7(2,3,4,5)6;/h3*1-8H;;;/q;;;2*-1;+2

InChI key

KLDYQWXVZLHTKT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate (Ru(bpy)3(PF6)2) is a conducting polymer that is majorly used as an active layer in electrochemical devices. It facilitates the formation of highly efficient and low voltage devices. It shows an external quantum efficiency of 0.35 and 400 cd/m2 at 3V.

Application

Ru(bpy)3(PF6)2 may be used as a conjugating polymer in the development of light emitting electrochemical cell based devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs). It is also used as a high-efficiency triplet emitter for OLED/Sensor research.

Product can be used with our line of photoreactors: Including Penn PhD (Z744035) & SynLED 2.0 (Z744080)

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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