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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Inventors:
Lance M. Wheeler, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Asa W. Nichols, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Boris D. Chernomordik, Denver, CO (US);
Nicholas C. Anderson, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Matthew C. Beard, Arvada, CO (US);
Nathan R. Neale, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); C09D 5/24 (2006.01); C09D 5/32 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/028 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 5/24 (2013.01); C09D 5/32 (2013.01); H01L 31/028 (2013.01); H01L 31/035218 (2013.01); H01L 31/1808 (2013.01); H01L 31/1884 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are described that include reacting a starting nanocrystal that includes a starting nanocrystal core and a covalently bound surface species to create an ion-exchangeable (IE) nanocrystal that includes a surface charge and a first ion-exchangeable (IE) surface ligand ionically bound to the surface charge, where the starting nanocrystal core includes a group IV element.