Dye-functionalized head-to-tail coupled oligo(3-hexylthiophenes) - Perylene-oligothiophene dyads for photovoltaic applications

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 985-995

  Cremer, Jens ^a   Mena Osteritz, Elena ^a   Pschierer, Neil G ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^b   Bäuerle, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATALYSIS; DYES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

DYAD MOLECULES; OLIGOTHIOPHENE DYADS; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS;

OLIGOMERS;

LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS;

EID: 16244420072     PISSN: 14770520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b414817g     Document Type: Article

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