Effect of fluorine substitution on photovoltaic properties of benzothiadiazole-carbazole alternating copolymers

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 21148-21157

  Umeyama, Tomokazu ^a,b   Watanabe, Yusuke ^a   Douvogianni, Evgenia ^a   Imahori, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING COPOLYMER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); FLUORINATED POLYMERS; FLUORINE SUBSTITUTION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ATOMS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; FLUORINATION; FLUORINE; HALOGENATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLUBILITY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84885970645     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407707u     Document Type: Article

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