Effect of the π-conjugation length on the properties and photovoltaic performance of A–π–D–π–A type oligothiophenes with a 4,8-bis(thienyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene core

Ni Yin, Lilei Wang, Yi Lin, Jinduo Yi, Lingpeng Yan, Junyan Dou, Hai-Bo Yang, Xin Zhao and Chang-Qi Ma
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1788–1797. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.12.169

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Supporting Information features experimental details about the synthesis of COOP-nHT-TBDT, the determination of molecular molar extinction coefficient of COOP-nHT-TBDT, the JV curves and EQE spectra of organic solar cells based on COOP-nHT-TBDT at different blend ratios, a JV comparison of devices based on 4:PC61BM and 4:PC71BM, UV–vis absorption spectra of COOP-nHT-TBDT:PC61BM blended films, as well as the NMR and MALDI–TOF MS spectra of COOP-nHT-TBDT.

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Effect of the π-conjugation length on the properties and photovoltaic performance of A–π–D–π–A type oligothiophenes with a 4,8-bis(thienyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene core
Ni Yin, Lilei Wang, Yi Lin, Jinduo Yi, Lingpeng Yan, Junyan Dou, Hai-Bo Yang, Xin Zhao and Chang-Qi Ma
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1788–1797. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.12.169

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Yin, N.; Wang, L.; Lin, Y.; Yi, J.; Yan, L.; Dou, J.; Yang, H.-B.; Zhao, X.; Ma, C.-Q. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1788–1797. doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.169

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