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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Bogdan Serban, Bucharest, RO;
Mihai N. Mihaila, Bucharest, RO;
Stefan Dan Costea, Bucharest, RO;
Viorel Georgel Dumitru, Prahova, RO;
Inventors:
Bogdan Serban, Bucharest, RO;
Mihai N. Mihaila, Bucharest, RO;
Stefan Dan Costea, Bucharest, RO;
Viorel Georgel Dumitru, Prahova, RO;
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 35/12 (2006.01); H01L 35/00 (2006.01); H01B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solar cell including a quantum dot and an electron conductor, and a bifunctional ligand disposed between the quantum dot and the electron conductor. The bifunctional ligand molecule may include an electron conductor anchor that bonds to the electron conductor and a first quantum dot anchor that bonds to the quantum dot. A hole conductor such as a conductive polymer may include a second quantum dot anchor.