Strain and hückel aromaticity: Driving forces for a promising new generation of electron acceptors in organic electronics

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 532-536

  Brunetti, F G ^a   Gong, X ^a   Tong, M ^a   Heeger, A J ^a   Wudl, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimerization; Electron acceptors; Organic electronics; Polycycles; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITIES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DRIVING FORCES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; ENERGY LEVEL; HIGH SOLUBILITY; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLYCYCLES; SPECTRAL REGION; STRAIN RELIEF; THERMAL STABILITY;

DIMERIZATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OLIGOMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; STRAIN;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 74549160501     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200905117     Document Type: Article

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