Conjugated polymers and their use as organic semiconductors

US8398895B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• David Sparrowe · Bournemouth, GB
• Niels Schulte · Kelkheim, DE
• Frank Meyer · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2013
• Expiry date: May 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to conjugated polymers that comprise phenanthrene and/or indenofluorene units and are free of amine-containing units, to methods of their preparation, to the use of the polymers in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising the polymers.