Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of low band gap quarterthiophenes- alt-diketopyrrolopyrroles polymers having high hole mobility

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-192

  Son, Seon Kyoung ^a,b   Kim, Bong Soo ^a   Lee, Chun Young ^b   Lee, Joong Suk ^c   Cho, Jeong Ho ^d   Ko, Min Jae ^a   Lee, Doh Kwon ^a   Kim, Honggon ^a   Choi, Dong Hoon ^b   Kim, Kyungkon ^a,e  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Low band gap polymer; Organic solar cell; Polymer solar cell

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLES; DONOR UNITS; FILL FACTOR; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; LOW BAND GAP; LOW BAND-GAP COPOLYMERS; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; LUMO ENERGY LEVELS; ON/OFF RATIO; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUATERTHIOPHENE; STILLE CROSS-COUPLING; VINYL GROUP; VOLTAMMETRY MEASUREMENTS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HOLE MOBILITY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84862190161     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.043     Document Type: Article

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