Blue-to-transmissive electrochromic switching of solution processable donor-acceptor polymers

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1406-1413

  Hellström, Stefan ^a   Henriksson, Patrik ^a   Kroon, Renee ^a   Wang, Ergang ^a   Andersson, Mats R ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Donor acceptor substructures; Electrochromic polymers; Electrochromism; Spectroelectrochemistry; Square wave voltammetry

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; ELECTROCHROMISM; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FILM PREPARATION; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; VOLTAMMETRY;

DONOR ACCEPTORS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR POLYMERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; ELECTROCHROMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHROMIC POLYMERS; ELECTROCHROMIC SWITCHING; SQUARE WAVE VOLTAMMETRY; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79957862516     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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