Phenanthrene-functionalized 3,6-dithiophen-2-yl-2,5- dihydropyrrolo[3,4c] pyrrole-1,4-diones as donor molecules for solution-processed organic photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2516-2523

  Wu, Zhonglian ^a,b   Li, Aiyuan ^a   Fan, Benhu ^a   Xue, Feng ^a   Adachi, Chihaya ^c   Ouyang, Jianyong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,5 Dihydropyrrolo 3,4 c pyrrole 1,4 dione; Organic photovoltaic cells; Rigidity; Solution processing; Sonogashira coupling

Indexed keywords

2,5-DIHYDROPYRROLO[3,4-C]PYRROLE-1,4-DIONE; ACTIVE LAYER; BAND GAPS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DONOR MOLECULES; FUNCTIONALIZED; ORGANIC MOLECULES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SOLUTION PROCESSING; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SONOGASHIRA COUPLING; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TETRA-HYDROFURAN; TRIPLE BONDS;

ANTHRACENE; CHARACTERIZATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MOLECULES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RIGIDITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 79958118849     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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