Enhancing performance characteristics of organic semiconducting films by improved solution processing

Bazan, Guillermo C; Heeger, Alan J; Moses, Daniel; Peet, Jeffrey

Enhancing performance characteristics of organic semiconducting films by improved solution processing

Patent · 25 September 2013

OSTI ID:1067323

Bazan, Guillermo C ^[1]; Heeger, Alan J ^[1]; Moses, Daniel ^[1]; Peet, Jeffrey ^[2]

Santa Barbara, CA
Goleta, CA

Improved processing methods for enhanced properties of conjugated polymer films are disclosed, as well as the enhanced conjugated polymer films produced thereby. Addition of low molecular weight alkyl-containing molecules to solutions used to form conjugated polymer films leads to improved photoconductivity and improvements in other electronic properties. The enhanced conjugated polymer films can be used in a variety of electronic devices, such as solar cells and photodiodes.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-06ER46324

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 8,273,599

Application Number:: US Patent Application 11/949,713

OSTI ID:: 1067323

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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