A process for purifying semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (sc-SWCNTs) extracted with a conjugated polymer, the process comprising exchanging the conjugated polymer with an s-tetrazine based polymer in a processed sc-SWCNT dispersion that comprises the conjugated polymer associated with the sc-SWCNTs. The process can be used for production of thin film transistors. In addition, disclosed herein is use of an s-tetrazine based polymer for purification of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (sc-SWCNTs).

Various examples are provided for carbazole-based GUMBOS (group of uniform materials based on organic salts), and its application in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). In one example, a composition includes a solid phase carbazole-based GUMBOS (group of uniform materials based on organic salts) comprising a counterion such as, e.g., trifluoromethanesulfonate ([Otf]), bis-(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([NTf.sub.2]), bis-(pentafluoroethylsulfonyl)imide ([BETI]), tetrafluoroborate (BF4), hexafluorophosphate (PF6), and/or thiocyanate (SCN). The carbazole-based GUMBOS can include carbazoleimidazole-based GUMBOS or 3,6-diBDC carbazolium-based GUMBOS. In another example, a method includes preparing a biphasic solution; separating a layer of DCM from the biphasic solution after stirring; washing the DCM with water to remove byproducts; and evaporating the DCM to form a solid phase carbazoleimidazole-based GUMBOS. Preparing the biphasic solution can include carbazoleimidazolium iodide (CM) dissolved in dichloromethane (DCM) and a dissolved salt including a sodium salt or a lithium salt.

Highly phase-pure, two-dimensional, multilayered organic-inorganic hybrid, halide perovskites are provided. Also provided are optoelectronic devices that incorporate the halide perovskites as photoactive materials.

The present invention relates to metal complexes which are substituted by aromatic and icylic aliphatic substituents and are suitable for use as emitters in organic electroluminescent devices. The electronic devices of the invention, especially organic electroluminescent devices, are notable for advantages that are not accompanied by a deterioration in the further electronic properties. The invention provides a compound of the following formula (1):

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wherein B is a group of the following formula (2):

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The present teachings relate to various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system that can be readily transportable and assemblable and provide for maintaining a minimum inert gas volume and maximal access to various devices and apparatuses enclosed therein. Various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system of the present teachings can have a gas enclosure assembly constructed in a fashion that minimizes the internal volume of a gas enclosure assembly, and at the same time optimizes the working space to accommodate a variety of footprints of various OLED printing systems. Various embodiments of a gas enclosure assembly so constructed additionally provide ready access to the interior of a gas enclosure assembly from the exterior during processing and readily access to the interior for maintenance, while minimizing downtime.

Visibly transparent photovoltaic devices are disclosed, such as those are transparent to visible light but absorb near-infrared light and/or ultraviolet light. The photovoltaic devices make use of transparent electrodes and near-infrared or ultraviolet absorbing visibly transparent photoactive compounds, optical materials, and/or buffer materials.

To provide a novel light-emitting element or a highly reliable light-emitting element. To provide a light-emitting device, a display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each of which can be manufactured at a low cost. To provide a light-emitting element including an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer and an electron injection transport layer between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, and the amount of a halogen detected from a material forming the electron injection transport layer is less than or equal to 30 ppm.

A method of purifying an organic material using an ionic liquid according to the present invention includes a sublimation step (S510) of sublimating the organic material containing an impurity, a capturing step (S520) of bringing a sublimated gas of the organic material into contact with the flowing ionic liquid to capture the sublimated gas, and a recrystallization step (S530) of preferentially oversaturating the organic material, which is to be purified, of the sublimated gas, which is captured in the ionic liquid to be dissolved, to thus generate the recrystallized organic material. In the present invention, it is not necessary to perform a process of carrying the sublimated gas, which is generated during the sublimation step, to implement reverse sublimation. Accordingly, there is a merit in that the contamination of a purified sample by an inert carrier gas, which is used in a conventional sublimation purification method, is fundamentally avoided.

The present invention discloses an isodiketopyrrolopyrrole dye and use thereof. A series of pure organic dye based on isodiketopyrrolopyrrole are synthesized in the present invention, using 4,4-dihexyloxytriphenylamine as an electron donor, isodiketopyrrolopyrrole as a -bridge, and cyanoacetic acid as an electron acceptor and an anchoring group, and with a alkyl chain introduced on an isodiketopyrrolopyrrole group. The types of dyes have a relatively good light-harvesting performance as well as a relatively large steric hindrance, and they are not easy to gather while being absorbed on a semiconducting film. The pure organic dye with isodiketopyrrolopyrrole as an electronic -bridge, which is used in a dye-sensitized solar cell, has a good ability of inhibiting the recombination of electrons, and the dye-sensitized solar cells have a high photoelectric conversion efficiency.

A method of synthesizing a mixed-halide perovskite is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of mixing a first single-halide perovskite and a second single-halide perovskite to form a solid phase mixture and heating the solid phase mixture at a temperature below a first decomposition temperature of the first single-halide perovskite and below a second decomposition temperature of the second single-halide perovskite for a time sufficient to form the mixed-halide perovskite. During the mixing, the first and second single-halide perovskite are both in the solid phase. A mixed-halide perovskite made according to the method is also disclosed herein. The mixed-halide perovskite is free of amorphous and/or semicrystalline phases. The mixed-halide perovskite can be utilized in a photovoltaic cell in a solar panel.