Cyclopentadithiophene-based organic semiconductors: Effect of fluorinated substituents on electrochemical and charge transport properties

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 648-654

  Reddy, J Sreedhar ^a   Kale, Tejaswini ^a   Balaji, Ganapathy ^a   Chandrasekaran, A ^a   Thayumanavan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; ELECTRON WITHDRAWING GROUP; ENERGY LEVEL; FRONTIER ORBITAL ENERGIES; FUNCTIONALIZED; HOLE CONDUCTOR; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LUMO ENERGY LEVELS; N-TYPE MATERIALS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; P-TYPE; SMALL MOLECULES; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; TERMINAL POSITION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRON AFFINITY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; THIOPHENE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MATERIALS;

EID: 79952782380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200126s     Document Type: Article

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