Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Hybrid radical energy storage devices, such as batteries or electrochemical devices, and methods of use and making are disclosed. Also described herein are electrodes and electrolytes useful in energy storage devices, for example, radical polymer cathode materials and electrolytes for use in organic radical batteries.

Abstract: Hybrid radical energy storage devices, such as batteries or electrochemical devices, and methods of use and making are disclosed. Also described herein are electrodes and electrolytes useful in energy storage devices, for example, radical polymer cathode materials and electrolytes for use in organic radical batteries.

Abstract: Hybrid radical energy storage devices, such as batteries or electrochemical devices, and methods of use and making are disclosed. Also described herein are electrodes and electrolytes useful in energy storage devices, for example, radical polymer cathode materials and electrolytes for use in organic radical batteries.

Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and has therebetween a light emitting layer containing a host material and an emitting dopant material wherein the host includes a monoanthracene compound bearing aromatic groups in the 2-, 9-, and 10-positions and being further substituted or not with electron donating groups sufficient so as to provide an anthracene derivative that exhibits a measured oxidation potential of less than 1.28 V.

Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and has therebetween a light emitting layer (LEL), at least one layer between the cathode and anode comprising a carbocyclic 2-aryl-9,10-biphenylanthracene compound containing a total of 8-12 aromatic rings, wherein the 6-substituent is hydrogen or an alkyl group and the 2-substituent is: (A) an unsubstituted phenyl group; (B) a phenyl group substituted with (a) a fluoro, a cyano, or an alkyl group or (b) a m- or p-phenyl group; or (C) a substituted or unsubstituted fused ring aromatic group.

Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode and a light-emitting layer therebetween, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a host containing an anthracene nucleus and a light-emitting material comprising a 1,3-butadiene nucleus, wherein the butadiene nucleus is substituted in the 1 and 4 positions with independently selected aromatic groups, and wherein at least one of said aromatic groups is further substituted with an amino group, and wherein said amino group is further substituted with two independently selected aryl or heteroaryl groups.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprises a cathode, an anode, and has therebetween a light-emitting layer comprising an emissive component represented by formula (I): wherein: Ar1, each Ar2, and Ar3 through Ar7 are independently selected aryl or heteroaryl groups, which may contain additional fused rings and provided that two aryl or heteroaryl rings may be joined; n is 1, 2 or 3.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device comprises a light-emitting layer containing a host and a light-emitting material wherein the light-emitting material comprises a boron complex containing boron complexed by two ring nitrogens of a deprotonated bis(aromatic)amine or bis(aromatic)methene ligand wherein the boron complex contains a tertiary amine substituent group. The invention provides a material for a light-emitting layer of an EL device that exhibits improved luminance efficiency.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device comprises a layer containing a naphthalene compound represented by Formula (1), wherein: each R1 and R2 represents an independently selected substituent provided that adjacent substituents may join to form a ring; p and w independently are 0-3; the amine nitrogens on the naphthalene nucleus are located on separate rings; m and n independently are 0, 1 or 2; each Arb represents an independently selected aromatic group; and each Ara represents an independently selected phenylene, biphenylene or naphthalene group; provided that at least one R1 or R2 substituent of the naphthalene compound represented by Formula (1) is a sterically bulky substituent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process of forming a bis(azinyl)amine-BF2 complex, where a boron atom is complexed by two ring nitrogens of a deprotonated bis(azinyl)amine compound, comprising the step of reacting BF3 with a protonated bis(azinyl) amine in the presence of a polar aprotic organic solvent that is not reactive with the BF3 under reaction conditions. Such process provides good yields, even when a bulky group is present on the bis(azinyl)amine compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electroluminescent device comprising a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent light emitting material that contains an organometallic complex comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of Ir, Rh, Os, Pt, and Pd and a pyrazole compound fused with at least one aromatic ring. The device provides useful light emissions.