Synthesis and electrochemical and computational analysis of two new families of thiophene-carbonyl molecules

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6022-6032

  Zhou, Weidong ^a   Hernández Burgos, Kenneth ^a   Burkhardt, Stephen E ^a   Qian, Hualei ^a   Abruña, Héctor D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROSPECT; CARBONYL GROUPS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; REVERSIBLE REDUCTION; TYPICAL STRUCTURES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIOPHENE;

REDUCTION;

EID: 84875737021     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310555b     Document Type: Article

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