Oligothiophene cruciform with a Germanium spiro center: A promising material for organic photovoltaics

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 4562-4567

  Wright, Iain A ^a   Kanibolotsky, Alexander L ^a,b   Cameron, Joseph ^a   Tuttle, Tell ^a   Skabara, Peter J ^a   Coles, Simon J ^c   Howells, Calvyn T ^d   Thomson, Stuart A J ^d   Gambino, Salvatore ^d   Samuel, Ifor D W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b L M LITVINENKO INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC AND COAL CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggregation; germanium; oligomerization; spiro compounds; stacking interactions

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONIC COHERENCE; INTERCHAIN INTERACTIONS; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PACKING MOTIFS; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; STACKING INTERACTION;

AGGLOMERATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERIZATION; OLIGOMERS;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84860724113     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201109074     Document Type: Article

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