Alternating copolymers of cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b′]dithiophene and thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione for high-performance polymer solar cells

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3331-3336

  Li, Zhao ^a   Tsang, Sai Wing ^a   Du, Xiaomei ^a   Scoles, Ludmila ^a   Robertson, Gilles ^a   Zhang, Yanguang ^a   Toll, Floyd ^a   Tao, Ye ^a   Lu, Jianping ^a   Ding, Jianfu ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction; conjugated polymers; photovoltaic devices; polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CHAIN; ALKYL SIDE CHAINS; ALTERNATING COPOLYMER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE; CHAIN PACKING; HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MAIN CHAINS; NARROW BAND GAP; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIDE CHAIN EFFECTS; SIDE-CHAINS;

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 80052409990     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201100708     Document Type: Article

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