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Title: Methods for producing thin film charge selective transport layers

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1415438

Methods for producing thin film charge selective transport layers are provided. In one embodiment, a method for forming a thin film charge selective transport layer comprises: providing a precursor solution comprising a metal containing reactive precursor material dissolved into a complexing solvent; depositing the precursor solution onto a surface of a substrate to form a film; and forming a charge selective transport layer on the substrate by annealing the film.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO); SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. (Columbia, MD)
Patent Number(s):
9,859,515
Application Number:
14/200,315
OSTI ID:
1415438
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Mar 07
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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