Conjugated polymer based on oligobenzo[c]thiophene with low-lying HOMO energy level as potential donor for bulk heterojunction solar cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-44

  Raj, Michael Ruby ^a   Anandan, Sambandam ^a   Solomon, Rajadurai Vijay ^b   Venuvanalingam, Ponnambalam ^b   Iyer, S Sundar Kumar ^c   Ashokkumar, Muthupandian ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Conjugated polymer; DFT calculations; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877824286     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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