Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of formyl end-capped oligothiophenes

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2360-2369

  Jiang, Chuanyu ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Deng, Wenji ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flexible organic photovoltaic devices; Intermolecular hydrogen bonding; Oligothiophenes

Indexed keywords

3,4,9,10 PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE; 5,5'' BIFORMYL 2,2':5',2'' TERTHIOPHENE; 5,5'''' BIFORMYL 2,2':5',2'':5'',2''':5''',2'''' Q UINQUETHIOPHENE; ACID ANHYDRIDE; CARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; OLIGOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 67650324647     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802654849     Document Type: Article

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