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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Zhi Zheng, Shanghai, CN;
Wei Jun Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Yue Liu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Linan Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Yuan Zheng, Shanghai, CN;
Zhi Zheng, Shanghai, CN;
Wei Jun Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Yue Liu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Linan Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Yuan Zheng, Shanghai, CN;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A solar cell including a quantum dot, an electron conductor, and a rigid bridge molecule disposed between the quantum dot and the electron conductor. The rigid bridge molecule may include a first anchor group that bonds to the quantum dot and a second anchor group that bonds to the electron conductor. The solar cell may include a hole conductor that is configured to reduce the quantum dot once the quantum dot absorbs a photon and ejects an electron through the rigid bridge molecule and into the electron conductor.