Silicon nanocrystal inks, films, and methods

Wheeler, Lance Michael; Kortshagen, Uwe Richard

Silicon nanocrystal inks, films, and methods

Patent · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1213437

Wheeler, Lance Michael; Kortshagen, Uwe Richard

Silicon nanocrystal inks and films, and methods of making and using silicon nanocrystal inks and films, are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments the nanocrystal inks and films include halide-terminated (e.g., chloride-terminated) and/or halide and hydrogen-terminated nanocrystals of silicon or alloys thereof. Silicon nanocrystal inks and films can be used, for example, to prepare semiconductor devices.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Assignee:: Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Patent Number(s):: 9,123,538

Application Number:: 13/870,554

OSTI ID:: 1213437

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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