The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a capacitor, comprising the method steps: a) provision of a porous electrode body made of an electrode material, wherein a dielectric at least partially covers a surface of this electrode material; b) introduction of a liquid composition which comprises an electrically conductive polymer, at least one high-boiling solvent; c) filling at least a part of the pores of the porous electrode body obtained in process step b) with an impregnation solution comprising at least one impregnation solvent, wherein the at least one impregnation solvent comprises at least one hydroxy group and has a molecular weight in the range from 70 to 180 g/mol; d) encapsulation of the porous electrode body obtained in process step c). The invention also relates to capacitor manufactured with this method, the use of an electrolytic capacitor and electronic circuits.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a capacitor, comprising the method steps: a) provision of a porous electrode body made of an electrode material, wherein a dielectric at least partially covers a surface of this electrode material; b) introduction of a liquid composition which comprises an electrically conductive polymer, at least one high-boiling solvent; c) filling at least a part of the pores of the porous electrode body obtained in process step b) with an impregnation solution comprising at least one impregnation solvent, wherein the at least one impregnation solvent comprises at least one hydroxy group and has a molecular weight in the range from 70 to 180 g/mol; d) encapsulation of the porous electrode body obtained in process step c). The invention also relates to capacitor manufactured with this method, the use of an electrolytic capacitor and electronic circuits.

A terminal functional side chain-substituted diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based terpolymer and a preparation method and use thereof is described herein. The terpolymer has the following structural formula:

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where R.sub.1 is a terminal siloxy-substituted swallow-tailed chain with 22 to 52 carbon atoms in total, and t.sub.1 and t.sub.2 each are an integer of 1 to 18; R.sub.2 is a semifluoroalkyl-substituted swallow-tailed chain with 12 to 60 carbon atoms in total and 10 to 46 fluorine atoms in total, t.sub.3 and t.sub.4 each are an integer of 1 to 16, and t.sub.5 and t.sub.6 each are an integer of 1 to 10; and Ar is any one selected from the group consisting of aryl, heteroaryl, substituent-containing aryl, and substituent-containing heteroaryl, and m and n each are an integer of 5 to 100.

A terminal functional side chain-substituted diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based terpolymer and a preparation method and use thereof is described herein. The terpolymer has the following structural formula:

##STR00001##

where R.sub.1 is a terminal siloxy-substituted swallow-tailed chain with 22 to 52 carbon atoms in total, and t.sub.1 and t.sub.2 each are an integer of 1 to 18; R.sub.2 is a semifluoroalkyl-substituted swallow-tailed chain with 12 to 60 carbon atoms in total and 10 to 46 fluorine atoms in total, t.sub.3 and t.sub.4 each are an integer of 1 to 16, and t.sub.5 and t.sub.6 each are an integer of 1 to 10; and Ar is any one selected from the group consisting of aryl, heteroaryl, substituent-containing aryl, and substituent-containing heteroaryl, and m and n each are an integer of 5 to 100.

The present invention relates to organic copolymers and organic semiconducting compositions comprising these materials, including layers and devices comprising such organic semiconductor compositions. The invention is also concerned with methods of preparing such organic semiconductor compositions and layers and uses thereof. The invention has application in the field of printed electronics and is particularly useful as the semiconducting material for use in formulations for organic thin film-transistor (OFET) backplanes for displays, integrated circuits, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), photodetectors, organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, sensors, memory elements and logic circuits.

A method for preparing a conjugated polymer involves a DHAP polymerization of a 3,4-dioxythiophene, 3,4-dioxyfuran, or 3,4-dioxypyrrole and, optionally, at least one second conjugated monomer in the presence of a Pd or Ni comprising catalyst, an aprotic solvent, a carboxylic acid at a temperature in excess of 120° C. At least one of the monomers is substituted with hydrogen reactive functionalities and at least one of the monomers is substituted with a Cl, Br, and/or I. The polymerization can be carried out at temperature of 140° C. or more, and the DHAP polymerization can be carried out without a phosphine ligand or a phase transfer agent. The resulting polymer can display dispersity less than 2 and have a degree of polymerization in excess of 10.

A method for preparing a conjugated polymer involves a DHAP polymerization of a 3,4-dioxythiophene, 3,4-dioxyfuran, or 3,4-dioxypyrrole and, optionally, at least one second conjugated monomer in the presence of a Pd or Ni comprising catalyst, an aprotic solvent, a carboxylic acid at a temperature in excess of 120° C. At least one of the monomers is substituted with hydrogen reactive functionalities and at least one of the monomers is substituted with a Cl, Br, and/or I. The polymerization can be carried out at temperature of 140° C. or more, and the DHAP polymerization can be carried out without a phosphine ligand or a phase transfer agent. The resulting polymer can display dispersity less than 2 and have a degree of polymerization in excess of 10.

An improved process for preparing a conductive polymer dispersion is provided as is an improved method for making capacitors using the conductive polymer. The process includes providing a monomer solution and shearing the monomer solution with a rotor-stator mixing system comprising a perforated stator screen having perforations thereby forming droplets of said monomer. The droplets of monomer are then polymerized during shearing to form the conductive polymer dispersion.

The present invention relates to apparatuses and processes for manufacturing polymers of thiophene, benzothiophene, and their alkylated derivatives. A process for manufacturing polymers that includes isolating a sulfur-containing heterocyclic hydrocarbon from cracked naphtha and reacting the sulfur-containing heterocyclic hydrocarbon with a super acid to produce a polymer.

The present invention relates to apparatuses and processes for manufacturing polymers of thiophene, benzothiophene, and their alkylated derivatives. A process for manufacturing polymers that includes isolating a sulfur-containing heterocyclic hydrocarbon from cracked naphtha and reacting the sulfur-containing heterocyclic hydrocarbon with a super acid to produce a polymer.