Provided is a method for producing a π-conjugated polymer capable of suppressing an increase in dark current of an organic photoelectric conversion element even if the method includes a purification step including heating. A method for producing a π-conjugated polymer includes: step (I) of heating and dissolving a crude π-conjugated polymer in a solvent to obtain a polymer solution; and step (II) of precipitating a π-conjugated polymer from the polymer solution. In step (I), the content of peroxide in the solvent is 0.1% or less in terms of a relative area ratio measured by high-performance liquid chromatography, and the electron spin concentration of the π-conjugated polymer is 30×10.sup.16 Spin/g or less and/or 2.5 times or less the electron spin concentration of the crude π-conjugated polymer.

The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula IVa or IVb, or salts thereof, as intermediates in the manufacture of conducting redox polymers. L is a covalent linker moiety and R is a reversible redox group.

The disclosure further relates to conducting redox polymers produced from such compounds, as well as substrates coated with such conducting redox polymers, and organic batteries comprising such conducting redox polymers.

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A method of reacting bis(R.sub.1) 5,5′″-dibromo-3″,4′-difluoro-[2,2′:5′,2″:5″,2′″-quaterthiophene]-3,3′″-dicarboxylate and bis(R.sub.2) 5,5′″-dibromo-3″,4′-difluoro-[2,2′:5′,2″:5″,2′″-quaterthiophene]-3,3′″-dicarboxylate to form the polymer: ##STR00001## In this polymer R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are independently selected from the group consisting of: a halogen, a substituted alkyl, an unsubstituted alkyl, a substituted aryl, an unsubstituted aryl, a substituted heteroaryl and an unsubstituted heteroaryl.

A semiconductor mixed material comprises an electron donor, a first electron acceptor and a second electron acceptor. The first electron donor is a conjugated polymer. The energy gap of the first electron acceptor is less than 1.4 eV. At least one of the molecular stackability, π-π* stackability, and crystallinity of the second electron acceptor is smaller than the first electron acceptor. The electron donor system is configured to be a matrix to blend the first electron acceptor and the second electron acceptor. The present invention also provides an organic electronic device including the semiconductor mixed material.

A method of forming a polymer, the method begins by combining 4,7-bis(5-bromo-4-alkylthiophen-2-yl)-5-chloro-6-fluorobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole, [4-alkyl-5-[5-(trimethylstannyl)thiophen-2-yl]thiophen-2-yl]trimethylstannane, (3,3′-difluoro-[2,2′-bithiophene]-5,5′-diyl)bis(trimethylstannane), Pd.sub.2dba.sub.3 and P(o-tol).sub.3 to form the polymer: ##STR00001##
In this polymer R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a straight-chain or branched carbyl, silyl, or hydrocarbyl, a branched or cyclic alkyl with 1 to 30 atoms, a fused substituted aromatic ring, and a fused unsubstituted aromatic ring; and the ratio of x is between 0.6 to 0.8 and y is between 0.2 and 0.4.

Self-limiting electrospray compositions including a non-charge-dissipative component and/or a charge-dissipative component. Self-limiting electrospray composition including a plurality of charge-dissipative components and excluding a non-charge-dissipative component. Methods for forming layers of self-limiting thickness. Methods for determining a conductivity of a material. Methods for repairing a flaw in a layer on a surface of an object.

An electrically conductive material includes an anionic polymer having a polymer backbone that is bonded to a plurality of terminal catechol moieties and a plurality of terminal sulfonate moieties. It also includes a cationic polymer including poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene).

The present disclosure relates to functionally graded thermoelectric materials including an organic conducting polymer. In particular, the material includes a molecular dopant that can be spatially distributed in a controlled pattern within the material. Methods of making such materials and devices including such materials are also described herein.

Disclosed is a biosensor. The biosensor comprises: an electrode; and a polymer structure disposed on the electrode and formed of poly-5,2′:5′,2″-terthiophene-3-carboxylic acid (pTTCA), wherein an enzyme is present in a state of covalently binding with pTTCA inside the polymer structure.

The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting (OSC) polymers containing a polycyclic acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) type repeating unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers and compositions as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photo-detectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these polymers or compositions.