Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-Polystyrene for Photovoltaic Application

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 558-570

  Gu, Zhijie ^a   Tan, Ying ^a   Tsuchiya, Kousuke ^a   Shimomura, Takeshi ^a   Ogino, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Morphology; Photovoltaic cell; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPOSITE FILMS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOM-TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BLOCK CO POLYMERS; GRIGNARD METATHESIS POLYMERIZATIONS; METHYL ESTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SUZUKI-COUPLING REACTION; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; SYNTHESISED;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 79960476072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3010558     Document Type: Article

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