Synthesis and characterization of dithienothiophene/benzothiadiazole based low band gap donor-acceptor copolymers for bulk hetero junction photovoltaic cells

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 161, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1838-1844

  Patil, Abasaheb V ^a   Lee, Woo Hyung ^b   Kim, Kyuri ^a   Lee, Youn Sik ^a   Kang, In Nam ^b   Lee, Soo Hyoung ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conjugated copolymer; Donor acceptor; Low band gap; Photovoltaic solar cell

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONJUGATED COPOLYMERS; DITHIENOTHIOPHENE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR COPOLYMERS; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ENERGY BANDGAPS; LOW BAND GAP; LOW BAND-GAP COPOLYMERS; NIR REGIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVES; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENE;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 80052261359     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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