2D-Conjugated Benzodithiophene-Based Polymer Acceptor: Design, Synthesis, Nanomorphology, and Photovoltaic Performance

Macromolecules

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 7156-7163

  Ye, Long ^a   Jiao, Xuechen ^b   Zhang, Hao ^a   Li, Sunsun ^a   Yao, Huifeng ^a   Ade, Harald ^b   Hou, Jianhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; X RAY SCATTERING;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; ELECTRONIC TUNABILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NAPHTHALENE DIIMIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 84944145292     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01537     Document Type: Article

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