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Photoactive polymers

US8883954B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Paul Byrne · Lowell, US
Li Wen · Saint Paul, US
David P. Waller · Lexington, US
Taizoon Canteenwala · Taipei, TW
Patrick Foyle · Somerville, US
Edward A. Jackson · Franklin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 9, 2013
Grant date	Nov 11, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/549
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A photovoltaic cell is provided that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The photoactive layer includes a photoactive polymer containing a first monomer repeat unit, which contains a moiety of formula (1):in which A and R are defined in the specification.

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