Photovoltaic device containing carbon nanotubes and at least one organic hole conductor

US8258500B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sony Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Duerr · Mannheim, DE
• Gabriele Nelles · Stuttgart, DE
• Akio Yasuda · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 2004
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2012
• Expiry date: May 14, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a photovoltaic device, uses of the photovoltaic device, combinations of this photovoltaic device with circuits and to a method of generating electricity from light using this photovoltaic device.