New materials for solar cells

• Main Author: Tan, Kah Heng.
• Other Authors: Andrew Clive Grimsdale
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Organic/Polymer electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15382
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project report documents on the chemical synthesis and characterization of organic compounds to ascertain its use as electron donor materials in hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells. The chemical synthesis entails the Knoevenagel condensation reactions between the compounds; 3,6-diformyl-9-n-do...