Enhancing the thermal stability of polythiophene:fullerene solar cells by decreasing effective polymer regioregularity

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 43, 2006, Pages 13988-13989

  Sivula, Kevin ^a   Luscombe, Christine K ^a   Thompson, Barry C ^a   Fréchet, Jean M J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CHLOROBENZENE; FULLERENE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; NICKEL; POLYMER; POLYTHIOPHENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FILM; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MCCULLOUGH METHOD; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; TECHNIQUE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 33750467631     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja064434r     Document Type: Article

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