Patents by Inventor Nicolas Blouin
Nicolas Blouin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11903304Abstract: The invention relates to a photodiode, like an photovoltaic (OPV) cell or photodetector (OPD), comprising, between the photoactive layer and an electrode, a hole selective layer (HSL) for modifying the work function of the electrode and/or the photoactive layer, wherein the HSL comprises a fluoropolymer and optionally a conductive polymer, and to a composition comprising such a fluoropolymer and a conductive polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: RAYNERGY TEK INCORPORATIONInventors: Yi-Ming Chang, Chuang-Yi Liao, Wei-Long Li, Kuen-Wei Tsai, Huei Shuan Tan, Nicolas Blouin, Luca Lucera, Tim Poertner, Graham Morse, Priti Tiwana
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Publication number: 20230200202Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing an asymmetrically dihalogenated electron-deficient unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends 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 photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: RAYNERGY TEK INCORPORATIONInventors: Sebastian KOWALSKI, Nicolas BLOUIN, Agnieszka PRON, Michal KROMPIEC, Quentin HUALME
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Publication number: 20230159434Abstract: The present application relates to an amine compound, which is suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs). Furthermore, it relates to electronic devices comprising the compound, in particular OLEDs. Furthermore, it relates to a method for synthesizing the above-mentioned amine compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Elvira MONTENEGRO, Teresa MUJICA-FERNAUD, Rachel TUFFIN, Nicolas BLOUIN
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Patent number: 11603431Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds containing one or more units derived from 2,6-disubstituted-[1,5]naphthyridine or 1,6-disubstituted-1H-[1,5]naphthyridine-2-one, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these compounds, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: RAYNERGY TEK INCORPORATIONInventors: Lana Nanson, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Joseph Cameron, Peter Skabara
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Publication number: 20220199907Abstract: The invention relates to a photodiode, like an photovoltaic (OPV) cell or photodetector (OPD), comprising, between the photoactive layer and an electrode, a hole selective layer (HSL) for modifying the work function of the electrode and/or the photoactive layer, wherein the HSL comprises a fluoropolymer and optionally a conductive polymer, and to a composition comprising such a fluoropolymer and a conductive polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: YI-MING CHANG, CHUANG-YI LIAO, WEI-LONG LI, KUEN-WEI TSAI, HUEI SHUAN TAN, NICOLAS BLOUIN, LUCA LUCERA, TIM POERTNER, GRAHAM MORSE, PRITI TIWANA
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Patent number: 11196005Abstract: The invention relates to a blend containing an electron acceptor and an electron donor, the acceptor being an n-type semiconductor which is a small molecule that does not contain a fullerene moiety, the electron donor being a p-type semiconductor which is a conjugated polymer comprising donor and acceptor units in random sequence, to a formulation containing such a blend, to the use of the blend in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD and OLED devices comprising the blend.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: RAYNERGY TEK INCORPORATIONInventors: William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin
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Publication number: 20210280791Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: NICOLAS BLOUIN, ANGNIESZKA PRON, WILLIAM MITCHELL, JONATHAN SNOW, IGNASI BURGUES, QUENTIN HUAULME
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Patent number: 11005043Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting polymers, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions 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 photodetectors (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.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: RAYNERGY TEK INCORPORATIONInventors: Sebastian Kowalski, Nicolas Blouin, Agnieszka Pron, Michal Krompiec
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Publication number: 20200203614Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting polymers, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions 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 photodetectors (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.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Sebastian KOWALSKI, Nicolas BLOUIN, Agnieszka PRON, Michal KROMPIEC
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Patent number: 10388879Abstract: The invention relates to novel fullerene derivatives, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: Nano-C, Inc., Merk Patent GmbHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Stephane Berny, Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter
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Patent number: 10374162Abstract: The invention relates to fullerene derivatives of formula I, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of electronic devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to electronic devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Nano-C, Inc.Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, Stephane Berny, Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter
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Publication number: 20190237672Abstract: The invention relates to a blend containing an electron acceptor and an electron donor, the acceptor being an n-type semiconductor which is a small molecule that does not contain a fullerene moiety, the electron donor being a p-type semiconductor which is a conjugated polymer comprising donor and acceptor units in random sequence, to a formulation containing such a blend, to the use of the blend in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD and OLED devices comprising the blend.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William MITCHELL, Nicolas BLOUIN
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Patent number: 10367143Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds, which are small molecules or conjugated polymers, containing one or more isoindigo or thienoisoindigo based polycyclic units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), Perovskite based solar cells, organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Lana Nanson, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell
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Patent number: 10364317Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more units based on dithieno[3,2-c;2?,3?-e]azepine-4,6-dione that is fused to further aromatic rings, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Martin Heeney, Jessica Shaw
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Patent number: 10361371Abstract: The invention relates to improved fullerene derivatives, to methods for their synthesis and any educts or intermediates used in such methods, to compositions and formulations containing fullerene derivatives, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, compositions and formulations in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices like for example organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, compositions or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: Nano-C, Inc., Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter, Nicolas Blouin, Stéphane Berny
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Patent number: 10319914Abstract: The invention relates to novel mixtures of substituted fullerenes, to their use in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these fullerene mixtures.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Graham Morse, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Nicolas Blouin, Solene Bechu
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Publication number: 20190040188Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds containing one or more units derived from 2,6-disubstituted-[1,5]naphthyridine or 1,6-disubstituted-1H-[1,5]naphthyridine-2-one, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these compounds, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Lana NANSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, William MITCHELL, Joseph CAMERON, Peter SKABARA
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Patent number: 10164189Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polymer comprising a thiadiazol group, the production of such a polymer, its use in organic electronic devices as well as such organic electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Lana Nanson, Stephane Berny
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Patent number: 10155774Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzodithiophene or derivatives thereof, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin
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Patent number: 10158079Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer