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Title: Effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the properties and photovoltaic performance of n-type organic semiconductor acceptors

Abstract

The effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the physicochemical and photovoltaic properties of n-type organic semiconductor (n-OS) acceptors are investigated.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [5];  [5]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [4];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
  2. School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  3. Department of Physics, Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
  4. Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
  5. Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
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OSTI Identifier:
1463367
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Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry A Journal Volume: 6 Journal Issue: 33; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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Li, Xiaojun, Huang, He, Peng, Zhengxing, Sun, Chenkai, Yang, Dengchen, Zhou, Jiadong, Liebman-Pelaez, Alex, Zhu, Chenhui, Zhang, Zhi-Guo, Zhang, Zhanjun, Xie, Zengqi, Ade, Harald, and Li, Yongfang. Effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the properties and photovoltaic performance of n-type organic semiconductor acceptors. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C8TA05920A.
Li, Xiaojun, Huang, He, Peng, Zhengxing, Sun, Chenkai, Yang, Dengchen, Zhou, Jiadong, Liebman-Pelaez, Alex, Zhu, Chenhui, Zhang, Zhi-Guo, Zhang, Zhanjun, Xie, Zengqi, Ade, Harald, & Li, Yongfang. Effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the properties and photovoltaic performance of n-type organic semiconductor acceptors. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA05920A
Li, Xiaojun, Huang, He, Peng, Zhengxing, Sun, Chenkai, Yang, Dengchen, Zhou, Jiadong, Liebman-Pelaez, Alex, Zhu, Chenhui, Zhang, Zhi-Guo, Zhang, Zhanjun, Xie, Zengqi, Ade, Harald, and Li, Yongfang. Mon . "Effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the properties and photovoltaic performance of n-type organic semiconductor acceptors". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA05920A.
@article{osti_1463367,
title = {Effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the properties and photovoltaic performance of n-type organic semiconductor acceptors},
author = {Li, Xiaojun and Huang, He and Peng, Zhengxing and Sun, Chenkai and Yang, Dengchen and Zhou, Jiadong and Liebman-Pelaez, Alex and Zhu, Chenhui and Zhang, Zhi-Guo and Zhang, Zhanjun and Xie, Zengqi and Ade, Harald and Li, Yongfang},
abstractNote = {The effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the physicochemical and photovoltaic properties of n-type organic semiconductor (n-OS) acceptors are investigated.},
doi = {10.1039/C8TA05920A},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry A},
number = 33,
volume = 6,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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