Influence of alkyl substitution pattern in thiophene copolymers on composite fullerene solar cell performance

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7425-7428

  Thompson, Barry C ^c   Kim, Bumjoon J ^c   Kavulak, David F ^c   Sivula, Kevin ^c   Mauldin, Clayton ^c   Fréchet, Jean M J ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL SUBSTITUTION; DICHLOROBENZENE; DIDODECYLQUATERTHIOPHENE; PRIMARY STRUCTURE;

COPOLYMERS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

THIOPHENE;

EID: 35549002718     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma071649s     Document Type: Article

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