Organic photosensitive optoelectronic device having a phenanthroline exciton blocking layer

US7893352B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · US
• University of Southern California · US

Inventors

• Mark E. Thompson · Villa Park, US
• Jian Li · Tempe, US
• Stephen R. Forrest · Ann Arbor, US
• Barry Rand · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/549
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An organic photosensitive optoelectronic device, having an anode, a cathode, and an organic blocking layer between the anode and the cathode is described, wherein the blocking layer comprises a phenanthroline derivative, and at least partially blocks at least one of excitons, electrons, and holes.