Optoelectronic devices and methods of making the same

Palmstrom, Axel Finn; Leijtens, Tomas; Berry, Joseph Jonathan; Moore, David Todd

Title: Optoelectronic devices and methods of making the same

Patent · Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2022

OSTI ID:1986659

Palmstrom, Axel Finn; Leijtens, Tomas; Berry, Joseph Jonathan; Moore, David Todd

The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a first layer that includes at least one of a semiconducting material, a hole transport material (HTM), and/or an electron transport material (ETM), a second layer, and a third layer that includes a material that is at least one of transparent or conductive, where the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are in electrical contact with each other, and the third layer has a first thickness between greater than zero nm and about 100 nm. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the semiconducting material may include a perovskite.

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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)

Patent Number(s):: 11,462,688

Application Number:: 16/585,843

OSTI ID:: 1986659

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 09/27/2019

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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