Broad absorbing low-bandgap polythiophene derivatives incorporating separate and content-tunable benzothiadiazole and carbazole moieties for polymer solar cells

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1770-1777

  Shi, Fan ^a   Fang, Gang ^b   Liang, Fushun ^a   Wang, Lifen ^a   Mu, Zhongcheng ^a   Zhang, Xintong ^a   Xie, Zhiyuan ^b   Su, Zhongmin ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Broad absorption; Content tunable random polymers; Polymer solar cells; Polythiophenes

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BROAD ABSORPTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE-CARRIER TRANSPORT; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INTERMOLECULAR PACKING; METHANOFULLERENES; METHYL ESTERS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES; POLYTHIOPHENES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RANDOM COPOLYMER; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; SINGLE POLYMERS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; VISIBLE REGION;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BLENDING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77955473206     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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