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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Merck Patent Gmbh, Darmstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Paul Byrne, Morristown, PA (US);
Li Wen, Woodbury, MN (US);
David P. Waller, Lexington, MA (US);
Taizoon Canteenwala, Lowell, MA (US);
Patrick Foyle, Somerville, MA (US);
Edward Jackson, Mansfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 65/38 (2006.01); H01L 51/42 (2006.01); C07F 7/08 (2006.01); C07D 495/04 (2006.01); C07D 513/04 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); C07D 417/14 (2006.01); C08G 61/12 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/0068 (2013.01); H01L 51/42 (2013.01); H01L 51/0053 (2013.01); C08G 2261/364 (2013.01); C08G 2261/1412 (2013.01); C07F 7/0816 (2013.01); C07D 495/04 (2013.01); H01L 51/0071 (2013.01); C07D 513/04 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); C07D 417/14 (2013.01); C08G 2261/91 (2013.01); H01L 51/0036 (2013.01); C08G 61/123 (2013.01); C08G 2261/414 (2013.01); H01L 51/4246 (2013.01); H01L 51/0094 (2013.01); H01L 51/0043 (2013.01); C08G 2261/124 (2013.01); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01); H01L 51/0047 (2013.01); H01L 51/4253 (2013.01); C08G 2261/3246 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic cell is provided that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The photoactive layer includes a photoactive polymer containing a first monomer repeat unit, which contains a moiety of formula (1): in which A and R are defined in the specification.