Polythiophenoazomethines - Alternate photoactive materials for organic photovoltaics

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 2, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 15620-15626

  Bolduc, Andréanne ^a,c   Barik, Satyananda ^a,d   Lenze, Martin R ^b   Meerholz, Klaus ^b   Skene, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

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EID: 84907065594     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta03202k     Document Type: Article

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