Low band gap dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]silole-containing polymers, synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic application
- 18 August 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 37,p. 5570-5572
Abstract
A series of low band gap silole-containing polymers were synthesized with different alkyl side chains and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.43% was obtained.Keywords
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