Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films

Alivisatos, A. Paul; Dittmer, Janke J.; Huynh, Wendy U.; Milliron, Delia

Title: Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films

Patent · Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1134339

Alivisatos, A. Paul; Dittmer, Janke J.; Huynh, Wendy U.; Milliron, Delia

The invention described herein provides for thin films and methods of making comprising inorganic semiconductor-nanocrystals dispersed in semiconducting-polymers in high loading amounts. The invention also describes photovoltaic devices incorporating the thin films.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 8,753,916

Application Number:: 11/056,430

OSTI ID:: 1134339

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2005 Feb 11

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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