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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US);
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, KS (US);
Abstract
An optoelectronic device comprises a nanocomposite comprising a carbon nanostructure having a surface and a biomolecule adsorbed on the surface and forming a heterojunction at the interface of the carbon nanostructure and the biomolecule, the carbon nanostructure and the biomolecule each characterized by respective conduction band edges and valence band edges. The device further comprises first and second electrodes in electrical communication with the nanocomposite. The conduction band edge offset, the valence band edge offset, or both, across the heterojunction is greater in energy than the binding energy of an exciton generated in the carbon nanostructure or the biomolecule upon the absorption of light such that the exciton dissociates at the heterojunction to an electron, which is injected into one of the carbon nanostructure and the biomolecule, and a hole, which is injected into the other of the carbon nanostructure and the biomolecule.
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