Poly[(3-hexylthiophene)-block-(3-semifluoroalkylthiophene)] for polymer solar cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5027-5039

  Yamada, Ichiko ^a   Takagi, Koji ^a   Hayashi, Yasuhiko ^a   Soga, Tetsuo ^a   Shibata, Norio ^a   Toru, Takeshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugated block copolymer; Fluorine; PCBM; References; Semifluoroalkyl chain; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLY[(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE)BLOCK[3 (4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,7 NONAFLUOROHEPTYL)THIOPHENE]]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILM; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRIGNARD REACTION; ILLUMINATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY;

MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 78650968526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11125027     Document Type: Article

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