Synthesis of thin films and materials utilizing a gaseous catalyst

US8568686B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Daniel E. Morse · Lompoc, US
• Birgit Schwenzer · Goleta, US
• John R. Gomm · Lompoc, US
• Kristian Roth · Bothell, US
• Brandon Heiken · Goleta, US
• Richard Brutchey · Lompoc, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/10
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for the fabrication of nanostructured semiconducting, photoconductive, photovoltaic, optoelectronic and electrical battery thin films and materials at low temperature, with no molecular template and no organic contaminants. High-quality metal oxide semiconductor, photovoltaic and optoelectronic materials can be fabricated with nanometer-scale dimensions and high dopant densities through the use of low-temperature biologically inspired synthesis routes, without the use of any biological or biochemical templates.