Photovoltaic device including semiconductor nanocrystals

US9224895B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

• Alexi C. Arango · Somerville, US
• Vladimir Bulovic · Lexington, US
• Vanessa Wood · Cambridge, US
• Moungi G. Bawendi · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/549

Abstract

A photovoltaic device includes a semiconductor nanocrystal and a charge transporting layer that includes an inorganic material. The charge transporting layer can be a hole or electron transporting layer. The inorganic material can be an inorganic semiconductor.