“…An in-situ dye assembly 65 method on the TiO 2 surface was adopted to establish that such species can function as sensitisers. 12,13 35 4,4'-6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine (tmbpy), 36 4,4'-dicarboxy-6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'bipyridine (dmdcbpy), 9,37,38 1,3,7,9-tetramethyldipyrromethene (HL1.HCl), 39 and 1,13-diphenyl-6,8-diisoindolemethene (HL2), 40 were carried out according to literature procedures. 4,4'-(CO 2 Et)-80 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine (dmdecbpy) was synthesised by adapted literature procedures.…”