Polymer wrapped carbon nanotube near-infrared photovoltaic devices
US7982130B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 9, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/549
- WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A photovoltaic device includes a photoactive region disposed between and electrically connected to two electrodes where the photoactive region includes photoactive polymer-wrapped carbon nanotubes that create excitons upon absorption of light in the range of about 400 nm to 1400 nm.
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