Inventors:
Chad Martin Amb - Midland MI, US
Franky So - Gainesville FL, US
John R. Reynolds - Dunwoody GA, US
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. - Gainesville FL
International Classification:
H01L 51/00
US Classification:
257 40, 549 3, 548404, 548103, 526240
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.