Conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices

US8883958B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Raynergy Tek Incorporation · TW

Inventors

• Antonio Facchetti · Chicago, US
• Hakan Usta · Evanston, US
• Hualong Pan · Skokie, US
• Martin Drees · Glenview, US
• Mitchell Denti · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/549

Abstract

Disclosed are 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 disclosed 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 disclosed compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes.