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Title: Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1013815

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.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Assignee:
The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
7,777,303
Application Number:
10/392,668
OSTI ID:
1013815
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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