Synthesis and characterization of dimethyl-benzimidazole based low bandgap copolymers for OPVs

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 162, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 988-994

  Song, Suhee ^a   Kim, Junkuk ^a   Shim, Joo Young ^a   Kim, Geunjin ^b   Lee, Byoung Hoon ^b   Jin, Youngeup ^c   Park, Sung Heum ^c   Kim, Il ^a   Lee, Kwanghee ^b   Suh, Hongsuk ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dimethyl 2H benzimidazole; Photovoltaic cells; Polymer

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BITHIOPHENES; COPLANARITY; DIMETHYL-2H-BENZIMIDAZOLE; LOW BAND-GAP COPOLYMERS; RANDOM COPOLYMER; RED-SHIFTED; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOLID FILMS; STILLE COUPLING REACTION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84860998201     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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