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Conjugated polymers

US9153784B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

William Mitchell · Chandler's Ford, GB
Steven Tierney · Southampton, GB
Nicolas Blouin · Darmstadt, DE
Frank Meyer · Mannheim, DE
Miguel Carrasco-Orozco · Winchester, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 2011
Grant date	Oct 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/549
WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid bis-ester, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.

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