Fine tuning of HOMO energy levels for low-band-gap photovoltaic copolymers containing cyclopentadithienopyrrole and bithiazole units

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 212, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1960-1970

  Patra, Dhalnjaya ^a   Sahu, Duryodhan ^b   Padhy, Harihara ^a   Kekuda, Dhanjay ^b   Chu, Chih Wei ^a,b   Wei, Kung Hwa ^a   Lin, Hong Cheu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bithiazoles; conjugated polymers; dithienopyrroles; low bandgaps; synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BAND GAPS; BITHIAZOLE; BITHIAZOLE DERIVATIVES; BITHIAZOLES; DITHIENOPYRROLES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; FINE TUNING; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; HOMO ENERGY LEVELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 80052593523     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: 15213935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201100164     Document Type: Article

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