Bandgap and molecular level control of the low-bandgap polymers based on 3,6-dithiophen-2-yl-2,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione toward highly efficient polymer solar cells

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6564-6571

  Huo, Lijun ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^b   Chen, Hsiang Yu ^a   Zhang, Shaoqing ^b   Jiang, Yang ^a   Chen, Teresa L ^a   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Solarmer Energy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BAND-GAP POLYMERS; BUILDING BLOCKES; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON-DONATING; ELECTRON-RICH; FILL FACTOR; MOLECULAR ENERGY LEVELS; MOLECULAR LEVEL CONTROL; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RESPONSE RANGE; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENTS; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CHROMOPHORES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY GAP; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 69549103024     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9012972     Document Type: Article

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