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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Russell Gaudiana, Merrimack, NH (US);
Savvas Hadjikyriacou, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
David Waller, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhengguo Zhu, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Russell Gaudiana, Merrimack, NH (US);
Savvas Hadjikyriacou, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
David Waller, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhengguo Zhu, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Konarka Technologies, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
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.