Abstract: The present invention provides an article of manufacture formed from a substrate and a benzazoloporphyrazine bound to the substrate. The article may take a variety of different forms and may be for example an electrochromic display, a molecular capacitor, a battery, a solar cell, or a molecular memory device. Methods of making such articles, along with compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making such benzazoloporphyrazines, are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2011
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
North Carolina State University
Inventors:
W. Justin Youngblood, Jonathan S. Lindsey