3,6-Dialkylthieno[3,2-b]thiophene moiety as a soluble and electron donating unit preserving the coplanarity of photovoltaic low band gap copolymers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1861-1868

  Biniek, Laure ^a,b   Chochos, Christos L ^a   Leclerc, Nicolas ^a   Boyron, Olivier ^c   Fall, Sadiara ^b   Lévèque, Patrick ^b   Heiser, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

3,6 dihexylthieno 3,2 b thiophene; bulk heterojunction; calculations; charge transport and conjugated polymers; conjugated polymers; density functional theory; low band gap copolymers; polymer solar cells; side chains

Indexed keywords

1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; 2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; ALKYL SIDE CHAINS; BITHIOPHENES; COPLANARITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON-DONATING; LOW BAND-GAP COPOLYMERS; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PLANARITY; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SIDE-CHAINS; STERIC HINDRANCES; THIOPHENE RING;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

THIOPHENE;

EID: 84859116652     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.25961     Document Type: Article

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