Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of organic small molecules containing triphenylamine and benzothiadiazole moieties with different terminal groups

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 464-470

  Wang, Changwei ^a   Cao, Zhencai ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a   Shen, Ping ^a   Liu, Xunshan ^a   Li, Haohao ^a   Shen, Tianpei ^a   Tan, Songting ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzothiadiazole; Bulk heterojunction solar cells; Power conversion efficiency; Synthesis; Terminal groups; Triphenylamine

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TERMINAL GROUPS; TRIPHENYL AMINES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84877065138     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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