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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12239015 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2019

Energy sensitization of acceptors and donors in organic photovoltaics

Applicant:

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark E. Thompson, Anaheim, CA (US);

Cong Trinh, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Peter I. Djurovich, Long Beach, CA (US);

Sarah M. Conron, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Attorney:

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Kristin A Vajda

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/00 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); C09B 47/00 (2006.01); C09B 57/10 (2006.01); H01L 51/42 (2006.01); H10K 30/20 (2023.01); H10K 85/20 (2023.01); H10K 85/30 (2023.01); H10K 30/81 (2023.01); H10K 50/11 (2023.01); H10K 101/30 (2023.01); H10K 101/40 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 85/381 (2023.02); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); C09B 47/00 (2013.01); C09B 57/10 (2013.01); H10K 30/20 (2023.02); H10K 85/211 (2023.02); H10K 85/322 (2023.02); H10K 85/342 (2023.02); H10K 30/81 (2023.02); H10K 50/11 (2023.02); H10K 85/215 (2023.02); H10K 85/30 (2023.02); H10K 2101/30 (2023.02); H10K 2101/40 (2023.02); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices comprising acceptor and/or donor sensitizers to increase absorption and photoresponse of the photoactive layers of the devices. In particular, devices herein include at least one acceptor layer and at least one donor layer, wherein the acceptor layer may comprise a mixture of an acceptor material and at least one sensitizer, and the donor layer may comprise a mixture of a donor material and at least one sensitizer. Methods of fabricating the organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are also disclosed.

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