Molecules and oligomers for endothermic singlet fission

Patent · Tue Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2021

OSTI ID:1823890

Korovina, Nadezhda; Johnson, Justin Carter; Chang, Christopher Henry

The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a repeat unit defined by where each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 includes at least one of a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, and/or a first hydrocarbon chain having between 1 and 20 carbon atoms, inclusively, where each of A1, A2, A3 and A4 are either a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, when A1 is a nitrogen atom, A2 is a carbon atom, when A2 is a nitrogen atom, A1 is a carbon atom, when A3 is a nitrogen atom, A4 is a carbon atom, when A4 is a nitrogen atom, A3 is a carbon atom, either A1 or A2 form a covalent bond, x, with a carbon atom, a, either A3 or A4 form a covalent bond, y, with a carbon atom, b, L is a linker group that includes an aromatic ring, and n is between 1 and 20, inclusively.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
• Patent Number(s): 10,988,570
• Application Number: 16/840,636
• OSTI ID: 1823890
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 04/06/2020
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English