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Title: Organic electronic devices using phthalimide compounds

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OSTI ID:1176497

Organic electronic devices comprising a phthalimide compound. The phthalimide compounds disclosed herein are electron transporters with large HOMO-LUMO gaps, high triplet energies, large reduction potentials, and/or thermal and chemical stability. As such, these phthalimide compounds are suitable for use in any of various organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs and solar cells. In an OLED, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as a host in the emissive layer, as a hole blocking material, or as an electron transport material. In a solar cell, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as an exciton blocking material. Various examples of phthalimide compounds which may be suitable for use in the present invention are disclosed.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-03ER83813
Assignee:
University Of Southern California
Patent Number(s):
8,399,109
Application Number:
13/624,161
OSTI ID:
1176497
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Sep 21
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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