Methods for fabricating devices including photovoltaic devices

US9793479B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

• Karen K. Gleason · Cambridge, US
• Vladimir Bulovic · Lexington, US
• Miles C. Barr · Redwood City, US
• David C. Borrelli · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/549
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide methods for processing various polymer materials for use in devices, such as photovoltaic devices. In some cases, oxidative chemical vapor deposition (oCVD) may be used to process conjugated polymers, including relatively insoluble conjugated polymers. The methods described herein provide processing techniques that may be used to synthesize and/or process polymers, such as unsubstituted thiophene.