Polymeric blends and related optoelectronic devices
AssigneeRaynergy Tek Inc.
InventorsMartin Drees, Hualong Pan, Zhihua Chen, Shaofeng Lu, Antonio Facchetti
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Abstract
The present invention relates to all-polymer blends including an electron-acceptor polymer and an electron-donor polymer, capable of providing improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, when used in photovoltaic cells.
Claims13
An optoelectronic device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, the photoactive layer comprising a polymer-polymer blend semiconductor material, the polymer-polymer blend semiconductor material comprising an electron-donor polymer and an electron-acceptor polymer, wherein:
- the electron-acceptor polymer is represented by Formula 1 or 2:
- wherein:
- π−1 and π−1′ are identical or different and independently are selected from the group consisting of:
- R1 and R1′ are identical or different and independently are selected from the group consisting of a C1-30 alkyl group, a C2-30 alkenyl group, a C1-30 haloalkyl group, a C6-20 aryl group and a 5-14 membered heteroaryl group, wherein the C6-20 aryl group and the 5-14 membered heteroaryl group optionally are substituted with a C1-30 alkyl group, a C2-30 alkenyl group, or a C1-30 haloalkyl group;
- Ma and Ma′ are identical or different and independently are a repeat unit comprising one or more conjugated moieties that does not include a rylene diimide;
- p and q independently are a real number, wherein 0.1≦p≦0.9, 0.1≦q≦0.9, and the sum of p and q is about 1;
- and
- n is an integer in the range of 2 to 5,000;
- provided that at least one of the following is true:
- (a) π−1′ is different from π−1, (b) R1′ is different from R1, or (c) Ma′ is different from Ma;
- and
- the electron-donor polymer is an alternating copolymer selected from the group consisting of:
- wherein Rb, at each occurrence, is a linear or branched C3-40 alkyl group;
- Rc, at each occurrence, is H or a C6-20 alkyl group;
- and n is an integer in the range of 5 to 5,000.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.