Transparent conductive nano-composites

Geohegan, David Bruce; Ivanov, Ilia N; Puretzky, Alexander A; Jesse, Stephen; Hu, Bin; Garrett, Matthew; Zhao, Bin

Transparent conductive nano-composites

Patent · 12 April 2011

OSTI ID:1018217

Geohegan, David Bruce ^[1]; Ivanov, Ilia N ^[1]; Puretzky, Alexander A ^[1]; Jesse, Stephen ^[1]; Hu, Bin ^[1]; Garrett, Matthew ^[1]; Zhao, Bin ^[2]

Knoxville, TN
Easley, SC

The present invention, in one embodiment, provides a method of forming an organic electric device that includes providing a plurality of carbon nanostructures; and dispersing the plurality of carbon nanostructures in a polymeric matrix to provide a polymeric composite, wherein when the plurality of carbon nanostructures are present at a first concentration an interface of the plurality of carbon nanostructures and the polymeric matrix is characterized by charge transport when an external energy is applied, and when the plurality of carbon nanostructures are present at a second concentration the interface of the plurality of carbon nanostructures and the polymeric matrix are characterized by exciton dissociation when an external energy is applied, wherein the first concentration is less than the second concentration.

Research Organization:: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Assignee:: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Patent Number(s):: 7,923,922

Application Number:: 11/965,651

OSTI ID:: 1018217

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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