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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Chenyi Yi, Ecublens, CH;
Fabrizio Giordano, Lausanne, CH;
Shaik Mohammad Zakeeruddin, Bussigny-Lausanne, CH;
Michael Graetzel, St-Sulpice, CH;
Assignee:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 487/22 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01); C09B 47/00 (2006.01); C07F 3/06 (2006.01); H01G 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/0092 (2013.01); C07F 3/06 (2013.01); C09B 47/00 (2013.01); H01G 9/2031 (2013.01); H01G 9/2059 (2013.01); H01G 9/2018 (2013.01); Y02E 10/542 (2013.01); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) based on a porphyrin core and a π-conjugated linker or acceptor introduced between the porphyrin core and an anchoring group having a high absorption coefficient covering the whole UV-Visible and near-infrared spectral response, and their use as sensitizer or dye and an electrochemical or optoelectronic device including a compound of the invention.