Oligothiophene dendron-decorated squaraine dyes: Synthesis, thin film formation, and performance in organic solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1204-1212

  Kylberg, William ^a   Zhang, Ying ^c   Aebersold, Arthur ^a   Castro, Fernando Araujo De ^b   Geiger, Thomas ^a   Heier, Jakob ^a   Kuster, Simon ^a,d   Ma, Chang Qi ^c,e   Bäuerle, Peter ^c   Nüesch, Frank ^a   Tisserant, Jean Nicolas ^a   Hany, Roland ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

Donor acceptor dye; Oligothiophene dendron; Organic photovoltaics; Squaraine dye

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DENDRIMERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

DENDRONS; DONOR ACCEPTORS; INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR SEMICONDUCTORS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SQUARAINE DYES; SUZUKI-MIYAURA COUPLING; VOLTAMMETRY MEASUREMENTS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84859929011     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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