Molecular design toward highly efficient photovoltaic polymers based on two-dimensional conjugated benzodithiophene

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1595-1603

  Ye, Long ^a,b   Zhang, Shaoqing ^a   Huo, Lijun ^a   Zhang, Maojie ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84901270303     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar5000743     Document Type: Article

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