Improved photovoltaic performance of a semicrystalline narrow bandgap copolymer based on 4 H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b ′]dithiophene donor and thiazolo[5,4-d ]thiazole acceptor units

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 587-593

  Van Mierloo, Sarah ^a   Hadipour, Afshin ^b   Spijkman, Mark Jan ^c,d   Van Den Brande, Niko ^e   Ruttens, Bart ^a   Kesters, Jurgen ^a   D'Haen, Jan ^a   Van Assche, Guy ^e   De Leeuw, Dago M ^c,d   Aernouts, Tom ^b   Manca, Jean ^a   Lutsen, Laurence ^a   Vanderzande, Dirk J ^a   Maes, Wouter ^a,f  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

4H cyclopenta 2,1 b:3,4 b' dithiophene; alkyl side chains; bulk heterojunction organic solar cells; preparative GPC; semicrystallinity; thiazolo 5,4 d thiazole

Indexed keywords

4H-CYCLOPENTA[2,1-B:3,4-B']DITHIOPHENE; ALKYL SIDE CHAINS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PREPARATIVE GPC; SEMICRYSTALLINITY; THIAZOLO[5,4-D]THIAZOLE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYCONDENSATION; PURIFICATION; SOLAR CELLS; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84856919421     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm203351t     Document Type: Article

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