Theoretical investigation on the photophysical properties of low-band-gap copolymers for photovoltaic devices

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 978, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Azazi, A ^a   Mabrouk, A ^a   Alimi, K ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Benzothiadiazole; Charge transfer; DFT; Electronic structure; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555177276     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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