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US 8,008,424 B2Granted
Photovoltaic cell with thiazole-containing polymer
AssigneeKonarka Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRussell Gaudiana, Richard Kingsborough, Xiaobo Shi, David Waller, Zhengguo Zhu
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Abstract
Photovoltaic cells with thiazole-containing polymers, as well as related components, systems, and methods, are disclosed.
Claims13
An article, comprising:
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode;
- and
- a photoactive material disposed between the first and second electrodes, the photoactive material comprising an electron donor material and an electron acceptor material, the electron donor material comprising a polymer including a first comonomer repeat unit and a second comonomer repeat unit different from the first comonomer repeat unit, and the electron acceptor material comprising a fullerene;
- wherein the first comonomer repeat unit comprises a thiazolothiazole moiety;
- the second comonomer repeat unit is not a phenyl moiety or a fluorene moiety;
- and the article is configured as a photovoltaic cell.
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A polymer, comprising:
- a first comonomer repeat unit comprising a thiazolothiazole moiety;
- a second comonomer repeat unit comprising a thiophene moiety;
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- a third comonomer repeat unit comprising a silacyclopentadithiophene moiety, a benzothiadiazole moiety, a thiadiazoloquinoxaline moiety, a cyclopentadithiophene moiety, a cyclopentadithiophene oxide moiety, a benzoisothiazole moiety, a benzothiazole moiety, a thiophene oxide moiety, a thienothiophene oxide moiety, a dithienothiophene moiety, a dithienothiophene oxide moiety, a tetrahydroisoindole moiety, a fluorenone moiety, a thiazole moiety, a selenophene moiety, a silole moiety, a thiazolothiazole moiety, a cyclopentadithiazole moiety, a naphthothiadiazole moiety, a thienopyrazine moiety, an oxazole moiety, an imidazole moiety, a pyrimidine moiety, a benzoxazole moiety, or a benzimidazole moiety.
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