Ester-functionalized poly(3-alkylthiophene) copolymers: Synthesis, physicochemical characterization and performance in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 523-534

  Campo, Bert J ^a   Bevk, David ^a   Kesters, Jurgen ^a   Gilot, Jan ^b   Bolink, Henk J ^c   Zhao, Jun ^d   Bolsée, Jean Christophe ^a   Oosterbaan, Wibren D ^a   Bertho, Sabine ^a   D'Haen, Jan ^a   Manca, Jean ^a   Lutsen, Laurence ^a   Van Assche, Guy ^d   Maes, Wouter ^a   Janssen, René A J ^b   Vanderzande, Dirk ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction organic solar cell; Ester functionalized side chain; Poly(3 alkylthiophene); Random copolymer; Regioregular

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; FUNCTIONALIZED; POLY(3-ALKYLTHIOPHENE); RANDOM COPOLYMER; REGIO-REGULAR;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84872109602     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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