Synthesis of π-conjugated copolymers composed of benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazole and thiophene units bearing various alkyl groups and their application to photovoltaic cells

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3543-3549

  Lee, Kwang Hoi ^a   Lee, Ho Jin ^b   Kuramoto, Kouji ^c   Tanaka, Yohei ^c   Morino, Kazuhide ^a   Sudo, Atsushi ^a   Okauchi, Tatsuo ^c   Tsuge, Akihiko ^c   Endo, Takeshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JSR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

conjugated polymers; copolymerization; functionalization of polymers; photovoltaic; solar cell; UV vis spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MAXIMA; ALKYL GROUPS; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; CONJUGATED COPOLYMERS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; ELECTRON-DONATING; FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLYMERS; OPTICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIDE-CHAINS; T-BUTYL GROUPS; TERTHIOPHENES; THIADIAZOLES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THIOPHENE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 79960191214     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.24790     Document Type: Article

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