A series of simple oligomer-like small molecules based on oligothiophenes for solution-processed solar cells with high efficiency

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3886-3893

  Kan, Bin ^a   Li, Miaomiao ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Liu, Feng ^b   Wan, Xiangjian ^a   Wang, Yunchuang ^a   Ni, Wang ^a   Long, Guankui ^a   Yang, Xuan ^a   Feng, Huanran ^a   Zuo, Yi ^a   Zhang, Mingtao ^a   Huang, Fei ^c   Cao, Yong ^c   Russell, Thomas P ^b   Chen, Yongsheng ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CENTROSYMMETRIC; FABRICATION PROCESS; FIBRILLAR NETWORKS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

SOLAR CELLS;

OLIGOMER; OLIGOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIPOLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; KNOEVENAGEL CONDENSATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SOLAR ENERGY; STILLE REACTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84925763784     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b00305     Document Type: Article

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