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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Chad Martin Amb, Midland, MI (US);
Franky SO, Gainesville, FL (US);
John R. Reynolds, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Chad Martin Amb, Midland, MI (US);
Franky So, Gainesville, FL (US);
John R. Reynolds, Dunwoody, GA (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to Ge comprising heterocyclic compounds which can be used for the preparation of homopolymers and copolymers. The copolymers can be donor-acceptor (DA) alternating copolymers where the donor unit is a Ge comprising heterocyclic unit. The polymers can be used as materials in solar cells and other photovoltaic devices, transistors, diodes, light emitting devices (LEDs), conductors, supercapacitors, batteries, and electrochromic devices.