Konarka Technologies, Inc.

Other

University of Massachusetts

Dow Corning Corporation

Merck Patent Gmbh

Dow Corning Asia Limited

Savvas E Hadjikyriacou

Toshio Suzuki

Rudolf Faust

David P Waller

Russell A Gaudiana

Zhengguo Zhu

Kethinni G Chittibabu

Aroop K Roy

Maneesh Bahadur

Jin-An He

Replacing liquid electrolytes with solid or quasi-solid electrolytes facilitates the production of photovoltaic cells using continuous manufacturing processes, such as roll-to-roll or web processes, thus creating inexpensive, lightweight photovoltaic cells using flexible plastic substrates.

Gel electrolytes for dye sensitized solar cells

The present invention relates to fullerene derivatives including a pendant group that may be reacted to prepare a composition including a plurality of covalently bound fullerenes. The pendant group may be a cyclic ether, such as an epoxide. The present invention also relates to compositions including reaction products of these fullerene derivatives and photovoltaic devices including such polymeric compositions.

Photoactive materials and related compounds, devices, and methods

Co-sensitizers that co-adsorb with a sensitizing dye to the surface of an interconnected semiconductor oxide nanoparticle material increase the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by improving their charge transfer efficiency and reducing the back transfer of electrons from the interconnected semiconductor oxide nanoparticle material to the sensitizing dye.

Co-sensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells

Zwitterionic compounds, photovoltaic cell charge carrier layers containing such compounds, photovoltaic cells including such charge carrier layers, and related methods are disclosed.

Zwitterionic compounds and photovoltaic cells containing same

Disclosed herein are radiation-curable polymers, a method of preparing radiation-curable polymers and compositions containing radiation-curable polymers. Radiation-curable polymers and compositions containing radiation-curable polymers are useful as coatings and adhesives.

Radiation-curable polymeric composition

Virtually telechelic silyl-functional polyisobutylene

Silyl-functional pseudo-telechelic polyisobutylene terpolymers

Living cationic polymers prepared from silyl-functional aromatic initiators

There is disclosed a method for preparing a silyl-functional living cationic polymer which can be subsequently coupled to form a moisture-curable telechelic system, said method comprising reacting, in the presence of a Lewis acid,

Silyl-functional living cationic polymers

A method for coupling a living cationic polymer is disclosed, said method comprising reacting the living cationic polymer with an organic compound having at least 2 furan rings in its molecule, said reaction taking place in the presence of a Lewis acid. Preferably, the living cationic polymer is first prepared by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from isobutylene, isoprene or a styrenic monomer using a specific initiator, this reaction also being carried out in the presence of a Lewis acid.

Method for coupling living cationic polymers

A novel initiator which may be used to prepare a silyl-functional living cationic polymer is disclosed, said initiator having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and aryl groups having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R' is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having at least 3 carbon atoms, X is halogen, Y is selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkoxy, acyloxy and hydroxyl groups and a is 1, 2 or 3.

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Lowell, MA, United States of America

Savvas E Hadjikyriacou