Electroactive materials
There is provided an electroactive material having Formula I wherein: Q is the same or different at each occurrence and can be O, S, Se, Te, NR, SO, SO 2 , or SiR 3 ; R is the same or different at each occurrence and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R 1 through R 8 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO 3 R 2 , —OPO 3 R 2 , or CN.
1. An organic electronic device comprising a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact and an electroactive layer therebetween, the electroactive layer comprising an electroactive material selected from the group consisting of the following Compounds 5, 7, 8, 11 and 13:
2. An organic electronic device comprising a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact and an electroactive layer therebetween, the electroactive layer comprising an electroactive polymer having at least one monomeric unit selected from the group consisting of Formula II, Formula III, and combinations thereof:
wherein:
Q is the same or different at each occurrence and is independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, SO, SO 2 , Se, Te, NR, BR, PR, PO, PO 2 , and SiR 2 ;
R is the same or different at each occurrence and is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, and alkynyl;
R 1 through R 8 are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO 3 R 2 , —OPO 3 R 2 , and CN; and
n is at least 5.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the polymer is a homopolymer.
4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the polymer is one having Formula IV or V:
wherein:
Ar is the same or different at each occurrence and is an aromatic unit;
Q is the same or different at each occurrence and is independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, SO, SO 2 , Se, Te, NR, BR, PR, PO, PO 2 , and SiR 2 ;
R is the same or different at each occurrence and is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, and alkynyl;
R 1 through R 8 are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO 3 R 2 , —OPO 3 R 2 , and CN; and
a and b represent mole fractions, such that a+b=1.
5. The device of claim 4 , wherein Ar is selected from the group consisting of phenylene, naphthylene, biphenylene, binaphthylene, anthracenylene, fluorenylene, diarylamine and combinations thereof.
6. An organic electronic device comprising a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact and an electroactive layer therebetween, the electroactive layer comprising an electroactive material selected from the group consisting of following photoactive polymer having the formula selected from the following Compound 14 through Compound 18 below: