Increasing thiophene spacers between thieno[3,2-b]thiophene and benzothiadiazole units in backbone to enhance photovoltaic performance for their 2-D polymers

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-104

  Zhou, Pei ^a   Dang, Dongfeng ^a   Fan, Jiang ^a   Xiong, Wenjing ^a   Yang, Chuncheng ^a   Tan, Hua ^a   Wang, Yafei ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Zhu, Weiguo ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzothiadiazole; Conjugated spacers; Photovoltaic performance; Polymer solar cells; Thieno 3,2 b thiophene; Two dimensional polymers

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; CONJUGATED SPACERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84904213185     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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