• Pyridoquinolinedione as a New Building Block for Semiconducting Polymer Donors in Organic Solar Cells

  • Suha Lee, Seon Lee Kwak, Hea Jung Park* and Do-Hoon Hwang†

  • Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
    *Department of Biology and Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon 51140, Korea

  • 유기태양전지를 위한 새로운 빌딩블록인 Pyridoquinolinedione와 고분자 도너의 합성

  • 이수하 ·곽선이 · 박혜정* · 황도훈†

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(5): 556-563

    Published online Sep 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.5.556
  • Received on Jan 13, 2025
  • Revised on Apr 8, 2025
  • Accepted on Apr 9, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Do-Hoon Hwang

  • Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea

  • E-mail: dohoonhwang@pusan.ac.kr