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Semiconducting polymers

US9287504B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 14, 2011
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2032

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 benzodifuran, benzodipyrrole or benzodithiophene, 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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