Physicochemical study of discotic liquid crystal decacyclene derivative and utilization in polymer photovoltaic devices

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 157, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 290-296

  Hirota, Kouske ^a,b   Tajima, Keisuke ^a   Hashimoto, Kazuhito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MITSUI CHEMICALS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discotic liquid crystals; Electrochemical properties; Organic photovoltaic devices; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DERIVATIVES; OLEFINS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUENCHING;

DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 34249314693     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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