Rod-coil and all-conjugated block copolymers for photovoltaic applications

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 791-844

  Yassar, Abderrahim ^a   Miozzo, Luciano ^a,b   Gironda, Ramona ^a,b   Horowitz, Gilles ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Bulk heterojunction solar cell; Conjugated polymer; Organic photovoltaic; Organic solar cell; Rod coil copolymer

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CONJUGATED BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONTROLLED POLYMERIZATION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; ROD-COIL COPOLYMERS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYCONDENSATION; SOLAR CELLS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84875896190     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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