Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of a low-band-gap polymer consisting of alternating thiophene and benzothiadiazole derivatives for bulk-heterojunction and dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1394-1402

  Shin, Won Suk ^a   Kim, Sung Chul ^a   Lee, Seung Joon ^a   Jeon, Han Su ^a   Kim, Mi Kyoung ^a   Naidu, B Vijaya Kumar ^a   Jin, Sung Ho ^a   Lee, Jin Kook ^a   Lee, Jae Wook ^b   Gal, Yeong Soon ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blends; Charge transport; Conducting polymers; Conjugated polymers; Electrochemistry; Fullerenes

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DYES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY GAP; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; THIOPHENE;

BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS; PROPYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 34247363113     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.21909     Document Type: Article

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