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Title: Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1134339
Patent Number(s):
8753916
Application Number:
11/056,430
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-76SF00098
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2005 Feb 11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Alivisatos, A. Paul, Dittmer, Janke J., Huynh, Wendy U., and Milliron, Delia. Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Alivisatos, A. Paul, Dittmer, Janke J., Huynh, Wendy U., & Milliron, Delia. Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films. United States.
Alivisatos, A. Paul, Dittmer, Janke J., Huynh, Wendy U., and Milliron, Delia. Tue . "Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1134339.
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