Esterification of indoline-based small-molecule donors for efficient co-evaporated organic Photovoltaics

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 14785-14794

  Wang, Zhongqiang ^b   Wang, Xiao Feng ^a   Yokoyama, Daisuke ^b   Sasabe, Hisahiro ^b   Kido, Junji ^b   Liu, Zhaoyang ^c   Tian, Wenjing ^c   Kitao, Osamu ^d   Ikeuchi, Toshitaka ^e   Sasaki, Shin Ichi ^e  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Jilin University   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e NAGAHAMA INSTITUTE OF BIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84904343899     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5030608     Document Type: Article

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