Synthesis, characterization, and photovoltaic properties of novel semiconducting polymers with thiophene-phenylene-thiophene (TPT) as coplanar units

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5519-5526

  Chan, Shu Hua ^a   Chen, Chih Ping ^a   Chao, Teng Chih ^a   Ting, Ching ^a   Lin, Chin Sheng ^a   Ko, Bao Tsan ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; OPTICAL DESIGN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENE;

BUTYRIC ACIDS; FIELD EFFECTS; METHYL ESTERS; OPTICAL-; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 50249186400     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma800494k     Document Type: Article

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