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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a first layer having an active material and a stabilizing material, where the active material includes a semiconductor, the stabilizing material includes at least one of an oligomer, an elastomer, a polymer, and/or a resin, and the stabilizing material provides to the device an improved performance metric compared to a device constructed of the first layer but constructed of only the active material (i.e., in the absence of the stabilizing material).