Enhanced photovoltaic performance of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based polymers with extended π conjugation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9550-9557

  Zhang, Shaoqing ^a,b   Ye, Long ^b   Wang, Qi ^a,b   Li, Zhaojun ^a,b   Guo, Xia ^b   Huo, Lijun ^b   Fan, Huili ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASED CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLES; EXTENDED CONJUGATION; MOLECULAR OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; TWO-STEP OPTIMIZATIONS;

PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84878040754     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312450p     Document Type: Article

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