Organic semiconductor photovoltaic devices and compositions with acceptor-donor-acceptor type polymer electron donors are provided. In one embodiment, a composition of matter comprises a copolymer material having an acceptor-donor-acceptor moiety repeat unit.

A tertiary amine compound is provided. The tertiary amine compound is represented by the following general formula (1):

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where each of Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 independently represents a benzene ring having an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, an unsubstituted benzene ring, a naphthalene ring having an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, or an unsubstituted naphthalene ring.

An organic light-emitting display device having an integrated thin-film solar cell includes a substrate, a display disposed in a first area on the substrate to display images and including a first thin-film layer, and a thin-film solar cell disposed in a second area on the substrate to receive sunlight and generate electricity to drive the display and including a second thin-film layer, in which the first thin-film layer and the second thin-film layer include the same thin-film layer extending from the first area to the second area.

Disclosed are a device and a method for the design and fabrication of the device for enhancing the brightness of luminescent molecules, nanostructures, and thin films. The device includes a mirror, a dielectric medium or spacer, an absorptive layer, and a luminescent layer. The absorptive layer is a continuous thin film of a strongly absorbing organic or inorganic material. The luminescent layer may be a continuous luminescent thin film or an arrangement of isolated luminescent species, e.g., organic or metal-organic dye molecules, semiconductor quantum dots, or other semiconductor nanostructures, supported on top of the absorptive layer.

Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion element for converting light into electric energy, including a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one organic layer existing therebetween, the organic layer containing a compound represented by the general formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 are alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, alkoxy groups, or arylether groups, which may be respectively the same or different; R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are halogens, hydrogens, or alkyl groups, which may be respectively the same or different; R.sup.7 is an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, or an alkenyl group; M represents an m-valent metal and is at least one selected from boron, beryllium, magnesium, aluminum, chromium, iron, nickel, copper, zinc, and platinum; L is selected from halogen, hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, and a heteroaryl group; and m is in a range of 1 to 6 and, when m−1 is 2 or more, each L may be the same or different.

The present application relates to a composition for an encapsulant and an encapsulant formed using the same. The composition for an encapsulant according to one embodiment of the present application includes 1) a silicone resin; 2) one or more types of moisture absorbents; and 3) one or more types of photoinitiators.

The disclosure provides a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device, including providing a layered device structure, the layered device structure including a plurality of electrodes and an electronically active region, said providing of the layered device structure including steps of providing an organic semiconducting layer, applying a structuring layer to the organic semiconducting layer, the structuring layer having a first region and a second region, the first region being covered by a layer material, applying a contact improving layer to the structuring layer by depositing at least one of an organic dopant material and an organic dopant-matrix material at least in the first region, depositing a layer material on the contact improving layer at least in the first region, and removing the structuring layer at least in the second region. Furthermore, an organic electronic device is provided.

Composite materials comprising electrically conductive particles in a form-stable phase change materials (PCMs) are provided. Also provided as radiation sensors incorporating the composites and methods for detecting radiation using the composites. The PCMs comprise crosslinked polyether polyol that undergoes a reversible solid-solid phase change upon heating. Prior to the phase change, the crosslinked polyether polyol comprises microscopic crystalline domains. When the PCM is heated beyond its phase transition temperature these microscopic crystalline domains melt. However, the form-stable PCMs retain their solid form at the macroscopic level.

Provided are novel cross-linked polymers and their use in various materials, including packaging films and injection molded articles. These polymers, which comprise certain hydroxyl-containing crosslinking compounds, as well as optionally adjuvants, show improved creep resistance when compared to conventional ethylene acrylic or methacrylic acid copolymers and their ionomers.

A method of producing an organic optoelectronic component includes: forming a first electrode layer comprising a contact region, arranging an electrically conductive contact lug on the first electrode layer. A first section of the contact lug is secured in the contact region on the first electrode layer such that a second section projects beyond the contact region. The method further includes forming an organic functional layer structure laterally alongside the contact lug on the first electrode layer, forming a second electrode on the organic functional layer structure, forming an encapsulation layer such that it extends over the second electrode and over the first section, and severing the first electrode layer and the encapsulation layer in the region of the lug such that subsequently the first section is arranged between the contact region and the encapsulation layer and the second section projects between the encapsulation layer and the first electrode layer.