Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of copolymers based on bithiophene and bithiazole

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2746-2754

  Zhang, Maojie ^a,b   Fan, Haijun ^a,b   Guo, Xia ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Wang, Shanshan ^a   Zhang, Zhi Guo ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Zhan, Xiaowei ^a   Li, Yongfang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

bithiazole; bithiophene; conjugated polymers; D A copolymers; polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CHAIN LENGTHS; BITHIAZOLE; BITHIOPHENE; BITHIOPHENES; D-A COPOLYMERS; DONOR UNITS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MAIN CHAINS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLY-THIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

CHAIN LENGTH; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 79955771769     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.24708     Document Type: Article

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