Role played by chain length and polarity of n-substitutents in electrochromic polymers from the tri-heterocyclic monomer pyrrole-thiophene- pyrrole

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-108

  Salamone, Matteo M ^a   Silvestri, Fabio ^b   Sassi, Mauro ^a   Mari, Claudio M ^a   Ruffo, Riccardo ^a   Beverina, Luca ^a   Pagani, Giorgio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charge trapping; Electrochromism; Electropolymerization; Side chains

Indexed keywords

ADHESION PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL NATURE; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHROMIC POLYMERS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; LATERAL CHAINS; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; NON-POLAR; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PROCESSABILITY; SIDE-CHAINS; SOLID-STATE MORPHOLOGY; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS;

ADHESION; CHARGE TRAPPING; ELECTROCHROMISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; THIOPHENE;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 84856539055     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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