Tuning the band gap of low-band-gap polyselenophenes and polythiophenes: The effect of the heteroatom

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 896-906

  Patra, Asit ^a   Wijsboom, Yair H ^a   Leitus, Gregory ^a   Bendikov, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITIES; BAND GAP CONTROL; BAND GAPS; DFT CALCULATION; HETEROATOMS; LOW BAND GAP; POLY-THIOPHENE; POLYTHIOPHENES; SELENOPHENE; SOLID STATE POLYMERIZATION; SULFUR ATOMS; THIOPHENE RING;

ATOMS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SELENIUM; SULFUR; THIOPHENE;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 79952161008     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm102395v     Document Type: Article

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