Solution-processable thienoisoindigo-based molecular donors for organic solar cells with high open-circuit voltage

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-22

  Vybornyi, Oleh ^a   Jiang, Yue ^a,b   Baert, Franҫois ^a   Demeter, Dora ^a   Roncali, Jean ^a   Blanchard, Philippe ^a   Cabanetos, Clément ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylene bridge; Bulk heterojunction; Organic electronics; Organic photovoltaics; Small conjugated molecule; Thienoisoindigo

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BUTYRIC ACID; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHTING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIMING CIRCUITS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIENOISOINDIGO;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922380466     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: 18733743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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