Electroluminescence and photovoltaic properties of light-emitting devices and solar cells comprising 2-pyran-4-ylidene-malononitrile conjugated polymers

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-202

  Lee, Rong Ho ^a   Liu, Li Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymer; Electroluminescence; Hyper branched polymer; Photovoltaic property; Polymer light emitting display; Polymer solar cell

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHAIN-TYPE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; FLUORENES; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HYPER-BRANCHED POLYMER; INTERPENETRATING NETWORKS; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; MALONONITRILES; METHYL ESTERS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLYMER SOLAR CELL; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SUZUKI COUPLING REACTION;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIOPHENE;

POLYMERS;

CHEMICAL REACTION; COPOLYMER; DENSITY; LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 70349293586     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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