Tuning the organic solar cell performance of acceptor 2,6- dialkylaminonaphthalene diimides by varying a linker between the imide nitrogen and a thiophene group

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3433-3442

  Fernando, Roshan ^a   Mao, Zhenghao ^a   Muller, Evan ^a   Ruan, Fei ^a   Sauvé, Geneviève ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894527702     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411432a     Document Type: Article

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