Two-dimensional like conjugated copolymers for high efficiency bulk-heterojunction solar cell application: Band gap and energy level engineering

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-694

  Duan, Chunhui ^a   Wang, Chuandao ^b   Liu, Shengjian ^a   Huang, Fei ^a   Choy, C H Wallace ^b   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

band gaps; bulk heterojunction solar cells; conjugated polymers; two dimensional like polymers

Indexed keywords

2-THIOBARBITURIC ACID; ACCEPTOR GROUPS; BAND GAPS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONJUGATED COPOLYMERS; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING ABILITY; ENERGY LEVEL; FLUORENES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HOMO ENERGY LEVELS; LUMO ENERGY LEVELS; MAIN CHAINS; MALONONITRILES; METHYL ESTERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; TRIPHENYL AMINES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LIKE POLYMERS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ENERGY GAP; ESTERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 79954528231     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-011-4257-3     Document Type: Article

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