Solution-processible perylene diimide based star-shaped small molecule acceptor: Synthesis and photovoltaic properties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9184, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Jiang, Bo ^a   Zhang, Shaoqing ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^a   Yao, Jiannian ^a   Zha, Chuanlang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIMERS; MOLECULES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BROAD ABSORPTIONS; ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBIT; PERYLENEDIIMIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SUZUKI COUPLING REACTION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84919656389     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2058421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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