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Photoelectric conversion element

US10991842B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2018
Grant dateApr 27, 2021
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To reduce a dark current. In a photoelectric conversion element (10) including an anode (12), a cathode (16), and an active layer (14) provided between the anode and the cathode, the active layer contains a p-type semiconductor material that is a polymer compound having a polystyrene-equivalent weight average molecular weight of 40,000 or more and 200,000 or less, and an n-type semiconductor material. On an image obtained by binarizing an image of the active layer observed by a transmission electron microscope, the junction length between a phase of the p-type semiconductor material and a phase of the n-type semiconductor material is 130 μm or more and less than 200 μm per square micrometer of the area of the binarized image.

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