Polymeric photosensors

Two major applications have emerged between 1983 and 1993 the first is the use of tellurophene derivatives for the synthesis of electoconducting polymers, and the second is the thermolysis of organotellurium compounds for the production of thin films of cationic tellurides. Semiconductors derived from 3,4-disubstituted tellurophenes have been patented for photosensors <90JAP(K)0241317>. Electrochemical polymerization of benzo[c]tellurophene derivatives provides useful semiconductors <90JAP(K)02263823>, applicable among other uses, for solar cells <88eup273643>. 

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