Facile access via green procedures to a material with the benzodifuran moiety for organic photovoltaics

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1043-1048

  Moussalem, Chady ^a   Segut, Olivier ^a   Gohier, Frédéric ^a   Allain, Magali ^a   Frère, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Azomethine; Benzodifuran; Green chemistry; Organic photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

AZOMETHINE; BENZODIFURAN; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84897979201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500042u     Document Type: Article

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