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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2006
Erik C. Scher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mihai Buretea, San Francisco, CA (US);
Calvin Y. H. Chow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Stephen A. Empedocles, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andreas P. Meisel, San Francisco, CA (US);
J. Wallace Parce, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Erik C. Scher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mihai Buretea, San Francisco, CA (US);
Calvin Y. H. Chow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Stephen A. Empedocles, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andreas P. Meisel, San Francisco, CA (US);
J. Wallace Parce, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nanosys, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Nanocomposite photovoltaic devices are provided that generally include semiconductor nanocrystals as at least a portion of a photoactive layer. Photovoltaic devices and other layered devices that comprise core-shell nanostructures and/or two populations of nanostructures, where the nanostructures are not necessarily part of a nanocomposite, are also features of the invention. Varied architectures for such devices are also provided including flexible and rigid architectures, planar and non-planar architectures and the like, as are systems incorporating such devices, and methods and systems for fabricating such devices. Compositions comprising two populations of nanostructures of different materials are also a feature of the invention.