US 12,089,426 B2
Photoactive compounds for vapor deposited organic photovoltaic devices
Austin Smith, Redwood City, CA (US); Matthew E. Sykes, Chicago, IL (US); Vineet Kumar, Fremont, CA (US); Douglas R. Robello, Webster, NY (US); John A. Love, Mountain View, CA (US); Ajara Safko, Redwood City, CA (US); Selvam Subramaniyam, High Point, NC (US); Richa Pandey, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Miles C. Barr, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Ubiquitous Energy, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Ubiquitous Energy, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,360.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,722, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/140,744, filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/141,387, filed on Jan. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/140,758, filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/141,390, filed on Jan. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,311, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0149298 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 30/20 (2023.01); C07D 495/04 (2006.01); C07D 495/10 (2006.01); C07D 495/14 (2006.01); C07D 495/20 (2006.01); C07D 495/22 (2006.01); C07F 7/08 (2006.01); H10K 71/16 (2023.01); H10K 85/40 (2023.01); H10K 85/60 (2023.01); H10K 30/82 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 30/20 (2023.02) [C07D 495/04 (2013.01); C07D 495/10 (2013.01); C07D 495/14 (2013.01); C07D 495/20 (2013.01); C07D 495/22 (2013.01); C07F 7/0816 (2013.01); H10K 71/16 (2023.02); H10K 85/40 (2023.02); H10K 85/626 (2023.02); H10K 85/655 (2023.02); H10K 85/656 (2023.02); H10K 85/657 (2023.02); H10K 85/6576 (2023.02); H10K 30/82 (2023.02); H10K 71/164 (2023.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photoactive compound having the formula:
A-D-A,
A-pi-D-A, or
A-pi-D-pi-A,
wherein A is an electron acceptor moiety, wherein pi is a π-bridging moiety, wherein D is an electron donor moiety comprising a central core and one or more planarity disrupting moieties, Z, wherein each Z is bonded to a quaternary carbon center, Q, of the central core to form one or more Q-Z-Z moieties,

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wherein the central core has a planar structure, wherein the one or more planarity disrupting moieties, Z, are conformationally locked in a configuration out of plane to the central core, and wherein at least one of the one or more Q-Z-Z moieties comprises

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wherein B comprises one or more of the following groups or a heterocyclic analog thereof:

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each of which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more methyl, ethyl or fluoro, or trifluoromethyl groups.