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Title: Conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1329299
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The present invention relates to certain polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The present compounds can provide improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The present compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes.

Research Organization:
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0001059
Assignee:
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,472,764
Application Number:
13/844,725
OSTI ID:
1329299
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Mar 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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