X-shaped oligothiophenes as a new class of electron donors for bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 7702-7707

  Sun, Xiaobo ^a   Zhou, Yinhua ^b   Wu, Weicai ^b   Liu, Yunqi ^a   Tian, Wenjing ^b   Yu, Gui ^a   Qiu, Wenfeng ^a   Chen, Shiyan ^a   Zhu, Daoben ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BAND STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRON DONORS; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; RED SHIFT; THIOPHENE NUMBER;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 33646421646     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp060128o     Document Type: Article

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