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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2006
Russell Gaudiana, Merrimack, NH (US);
Richard Kingsborough, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Xiaobo Shi, Manchester, NH (US);
David Waller, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhengguo Zhu, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Russell Gaudiana, Merrimack, NH (US);
Richard Kingsborough, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Xiaobo Shi, Manchester, NH (US);
David Waller, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhengguo Zhu, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Konarka Technologies, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a polymer that includes a first comonomer repeat unit containing a benzothiadiazole moiety, a thiophene oxide moiety, a cyclopentadithiophene oxide moiety, a thiadiazoloquinoxaline moiety, a benzoisothiazole moiety, a benzothiazole moiety, a thienothiophene moiety, a thienothiophene oxide moiety, a dithienothiophene moiety, a dithienothiophene oxide moiety, or a tetrahydroisoindole moiety. The polymer can be used as a photoactive material in a photovoltaic cell. This disclosure also relates to such photovoltaic cells, as well as modules containing such photovoltaic cells.