Supramolecular engineering of oligothiophene nanorods without insulators: Hierarchical association of rosettes and photovoltaic properties

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 16128-16137

  Yagai, Shiki ^a,e   Suzuki, Mika ^a   Lin, Xu ^a   Gushiken, Marina ^a   Noguchi, Takuya ^a   Karatsu, Takashi ^a   Kitamura, Akihide ^a   Saeki, Akinori ^c   Seki, Shu ^c   Kikkawa, Yoshihiro ^d   Tani, Yuki ^b   Nakayama, Ken Ichi ^b,e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanostructures; Oligothiophene; Photovoltaics; Self assembly; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DERIVATIVES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE INTERFACES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TOLUENE;

HIERARCHICAL ASSOCIATION; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SUPRAMOLECULAR ENGINEERING;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

EID: 84915755710     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404428     Document Type: Article

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