Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kyushu University

Ryota Arai

Masato Tanaka

Tomoyuki Shimada

Chihaya Adachi

Nozomu Tamoto

Yuuji Tanaka

Tamotsu Horiuchi

Naomichi Kanei

Takuma Yasuda

Yoshiki Yanagawa

Tsuyoshi Matsuyama

Tokushige Kino

Yu Hidaka

Woong Shin

Seiichi Furukawa

Tomoya Hirano

Minoru Umeda

Shigeyo Suzuki

Kenji Komito

Takaya Ito

Hideaki Komiyama

Takahiro To

Narumi Sato

A photoelectric conversion element including a substrate, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed on or above the substrate, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes an organic material (A) represented by General Formula (1), an electron-donating material (B) having a repeating unit structure and having an energy level of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) being 5.0 eV or greater, and an electron-accepting material (C), wherein a mass ratio (A+B):C is from 1.0:1.0 through 3.0:1.0, where, in General Formula (1), Ris each independently an alkyl group having from 2 through 8 carbon atoms; n is each independently an integer of from 1 through 2; X1 and X2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; and A is represented by General Formula (2), General Formula (3), or General Formula (4) and Rto Rare each independently an alkyl group having from 8 through 22 carbon atoms.

Photoelectric conversion element, device, and power supply module

An organic material represented by General Formula (1): where, in General Formula (1), Ris an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; n is an integer of from 1 through 3; X1 to X4 are each a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; and Z is a compound represented by General Formula (2), (3), or (4) below: where, in General Formulae (2) to (4), R, R, and Rare each an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; and Y is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.

Organic material and photoelectric conversion element

A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series, first partition portion, and second partition portion. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion. A value of X/(Y&#x2212;X) is 0.3 or greater, where X denotes a length of the contact region and Y denotes a predetermined length in the coupling direction around the contact region.

Photoelectric conversion module, electronic device, and power supply module

Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode; a hole blocking layer; an electron transport layer; a hole transport layer; and a second electrode, wherein the hole blocking layer includes a metal oxide including a titanium atom and a niobium atom.

Photoelectric conversion element

Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode; a hole blocking layer; an electron transport layer; a hole transport layer; and a second electrode, wherein the hole transport layer contains a compound represented by general formula (1) below, where in the formula, Rrepresents a methoxy group or an ethoxy group, Rrepresents a hydrogen group or a methyl group, Rrepresents a hydrogen group, a methyl group, or a methoxy group, Rrepresents a methoxy group, and X represents &#x2014;CH&#x2014;, &#x2014;CHCH&#x2014;, &#x2014;O&#x2014;, or &#x2014;C(CH)&#x2014;.

A photoelectric conversion element is provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes a conductive film, an electron transport layer overlying the conductive film, a photoelectric conversion layer overlying the electron transport layer, a hole transport layer overlying the photoelectric conversion layer, and an electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material and a second material, each having specific chemical formulae.

A tertiary amine compound is provided. The tertiary amine compound is represented by the following general formula (1): where each of Arand Arindependently represents a benzene ring having an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, an unsubstituted benzene ring, a naphthalene ring having an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, or an unsubstituted naphthalene ring.

Tertiary amine compound, photoelectric conversion element, and solar cell

To provide an organic compound represented by the following general formula (1): where Ris a C2-C6 alkyl group or a hydrogen atom, Rand R, which may be identical or different, are each a C2-C12 alkyl group, and Rand R, which may be identical or different, are each a C6-C12 alkyl group that may be a branched chain or a straight chain.

Organic compound and photoelectric conversion element

To provide an organic material represented by General Formula (1) below: where, in General Formula (1), Rand Rare each independently an alkyl group having from 2 through 8 carbon atoms, Rand Rare each independently a straight-chain alkyl group having 1, 2, 4, 6, or 12 carbon atoms, or a hydrogen atom, and n is an integer of 1 or 2.

A substituent-eliminable diketopyrrolopyrrole derivative represented by the following formula (I) is provided. In the formula (I), R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; X represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4.

Substituent-eliminable diketopyrrolopyrrole derivative, organic semiconductor material precursor solution, organic semiconductor material, and organic semiconductor material film

A solution includes an organic solvent and a compound dissolved in the organic solvent, having the following formula (1): wherein Rrepresents an aromatic group which may have a substituent or an alkyl group which may have a substituent; Rand Rindependently represent an alkyl group which may have a substituent, an alkoxy group which may have a substituent, an alkylthio group which may have a substituent or a hydrogen atom, and may form a ring together; X represents an alkyl group having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent; and n represents 1, 2 or 3.

Solution, organic semiconductor material, organic semiconductor film, electronic device and electronic equipment

A photoelectric conversion element is provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is covered with an electron transport layer. The electron transport layer is covered with a material represented by the following formula (1): wherein R represents a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group, each of Xand Xindependently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, each of Yand Yindependently represents an acidic group or hydrogen atom but at least one of Yand Yrepresents an acidic group, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3. The second electrode is facing the electron transport layer.

A photoelectric conversion element is provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is covered with an electron transport layer. The electron transport layer is covered with a material represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of Rand Rindependently represents a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, each of Xand Xindependently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted saturated hydrocarbon group, n represents an integer of from 1 to 3, and Ar may share bond connectivity with Xor Xto form a ring. The second electrode is facing the electron transport layer.

A fullerene derivative having 60 or more carbon atoms, includes at least one specific structure.

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