Charge transport, photovoltaic, and thermoelectric properties of poly(2,7-carbazole) and poly(indolo[3,2-b]carbazole) derivatives

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-462

  Wakim, Salem ^a,b   Aïch, Badrou Réda ^a   Tao, Ye ^b   Leclerc, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbazole; Indolocarbazole; Ladder oligomers and polymers; Organic solar cells; Organic transistors; Thermoelectric properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TRANSISTORS;

CARBAZOLE; CHARGE TRANSPORTING; CHEMICAL-; HOLE-TRANSPORTING PROPERTIES; INDOLOCARBAZOLE; LADDER OLIGOMERS AND POLYMERS; MICRO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC TRANSISTORS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC ELECTRONICS; PROMISING MATERIALS; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 49249106908     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583720802231726     Document Type: Article

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