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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2010
James C. Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sungsoo Yi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Danny E. Mars, Los Altos, CA (US);
James C. Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sungsoo Yi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Danny E. Mars, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sundiode Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Nanostructure array optoelectronic devices are disclosed. The optoelectronic device may have a top electrical contact that is physically and electrically connected to sidewalls of the array of nanostructures (e.g., nanocolumns). The top electrical contact may be located such that light can enter or leave the nanostructures without passing through the top electrical contact. Therefore, the top electrical contact can be opaque to light having wavelengths that are absorbed or generated by active regions in the nanostructures. The top electrical contact can be made from a material that is highly conductive, as no tradeoff needs to be made between optical transparency and electrical conductivity. The device could be a solar cell, LED, photo-detector, etc.