Dicyanovinylene-substituted selenophene-thiophene co-oligomers for small-molecule organic solar cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4435-4444

  Haid, Stefan ^a   Mishra, Amaresh ^a   Uhrich, Christian ^b   Pfeiffer, Martin ^b   Bäuerle, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HELIATEK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction solar cells; dicyanovinylene acceptor; oligothiophene; selenophene; structure property relationship

Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DICYANOVINYLENE; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; SELENOPHENE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OLIGOMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THIOPHENE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 80054730093     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm201392c     Document Type: Article

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