Synthesis, thermal and solar cell application of novel hyperbranched polyurethanes containing azomethine and aryl-ether connectivities

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 561-570

  Shanavas, A ^a   Vanjinathan, Mahalingam ^a   Nasar, A Sultan ^a   Amudha, S ^a   Suthanthiraraj, S Austin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

azomethine; blocked isocyanate; conductivity; hyperbranched polyurethane; sub Tg

Indexed keywords

AZOMETHINE; BLOCKED ISOCYANATES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HIGH YIELD; HYPERBRANCHED POLYURETHANE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INITIAL STAGES; MONOMER RATIO; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SUB-TG; VISIBLE LIGHT; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BENZENE; CARBOXYLATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHERS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYURETHANES; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SOLAR CELLS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84868220514     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: 13616412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008312445477     Document Type: Article

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