DOPING CONJUGATED POLYMERS AND DEVICES
Compositions comprising at least one hole transport material, such as a conjugated polymer, and at least one dopant, providing improved thermal stability. Compositions can be applied to substrates and used in HIL and HTL layers and organic electronic devices such as light emitting devices such as OLEDs or OPVs. The conjugated polymer can be a polythiophene, including a 3,4-substituted polythiophene or a regioregular polythiophene. The dopant can be a silver salt such as silver tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate. Improved methods of making dopant are provided.
1 .- 20 . (canceled)
21 . A composition comprising: a reaction product of (i) at least one hole transport material, and (ii) at least one silver tetrakis(halogenatedaryl)borate dopant.
22 . A composition according to claim 21 , wherein the silver tetrakis(halogenatedaryl)borate dopant is silver tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate dopant.
23 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the hole transport material is a polymer.
24 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the hole transport material is a polymer, wherein the polymer is a conjugated polymer or an arylamine polymer, or wherein the polymer is a main chain or side chain hole transporting polymer.
25 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the hole transport material is a conjugated polymer.
26 . The composition of claim 21 , wherein the hole transport material is a polythiophene.
27 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the hole transport material is a regioregular polythiophene.
28 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the hole transport material is a conjugated polymer comprising at least one polythiophene comprising an alkoxy substituent at either the 3-position or the 4 position or both.
29 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the composition further comprises a matrix material.
30 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the composition further comprises at least one synthetic organic polymer as matrix material.
31 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the composition further comprises at least one synthetic organic polymer as matrix material, wherein the polymer is an insulating or semiconducting polymer.
32 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the reaction product is a product of between about 40% and 75% by weight hole transport material and between about 25% and 55% by weight dopant.
33 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the reaction product is a product of between about 50% and 65% by weight hole transport material and between about 35% and 50% by weight dopant.
34 . The composition according to claim 21 , wherein the composition is in the form of a solid powder or is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent ink carrier.
35 . The composition of claim 21 , wherein the composition is a solid powder.
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46 . A composition comprising at least one solid powder, wherein the solid powder comprises a reaction product of (i) at least one hole transport material, and (ii) at least one silver tetrakis (halogenatedaryl)borate dopant.
47 . The composition according to claim 46 , wherein the hole transport material is a conjugated polymer.
48 . The composition of claim 46 , wherein the hole transport material is a polythiophene.
49 . The composition according to claim 46 , wherein the silver tetrakis(halogenatedaryl)borate dopant is silver tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate.
50 . The composition according to claim 46 , wherein the composition is substantially free of zero valent metal.
51 .- 65 . (canceled)