A Small Molecule Composed of Dithienopyran and Diketopyrrolopyrrole as Versatile Electron Donor Compatible with Both Fullerene and Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors for High Performance Organic Solar Cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 4865-4870

  Jung, Jae Woong ^a,c   Russell, Thomas P ^b   Jo, Won Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FULLERENES; HOLE MOBILITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULES; SOLAR CELLS;

CONJUGATED SMALL MOLECULES; DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84937053260     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01799     Document Type: Article

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