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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
Richard R. Lunt, III, Williamston, MI (US);
John Suddard-Bangsund, Monticello, MN (US);
Christopher Traverse, Haslett, MI (US);
Margaret Young, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/00 (2006.01); C09B 23/16 (2006.01); H01L 51/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/0064 (2013.01); C09B 23/166 (2013.01); H01L 51/002 (2013.01); H01L 51/006 (2013.01); H01L 51/4246 (2013.01); H01L 51/008 (2013.01); H01L 51/0046 (2013.01); H01L 51/424 (2013.01); H01L 2251/308 (2013.01); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11);
Abstract
Photo-active devices including a substrate, a first electrode, an active layer including an organic salt or salt mixture that selectively or predominantly harvests light from the near infrared or infrared regions of the solar spectrum, and a second electrode. The devices are either visibly transparent or visibly opaque and can be utilized in single- or multi-junction devices.