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AssigneeSol Voltaics AB
InventorsTommy Mikael Garting, Maria Huffman, Lars Göran Stefan Ulvenlund, Johan Eric Borgström, Umear Naseem
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A nanowire device and a method of making a nanowire device are provided. The device includes a plurality of nanowires functionalized with different functionalizing compounds. The method includes functionalizing the nanowires with a functionalizing compound, dispersing the nanowires in a polar or semi-polar solvent, aligning the nanowires on a substrate such that longitudinal axes of the nanowires are oriented about perpendicular to a major surface of the substrate, and fixing the nanowires to the substrate.
A method of making a nanowire device comprising a plurality of nanowires, the nanowires having a first portion and a second portion, the method comprising:
A method of functionalizing a nanowire having a semiconductor portion and a metal catalyst particle portion, the method comprising:
The method of 21, wherein the sacrificial layer comprises an oxide on the semiconductor portion of the nanowire.
A functionalized nanowire comprising:
A composition comprising:
A nanowire ink, comprising a plurality of dispersed, functionalized nanowires suspended in a solvent, wherein the functionalized nanowires become substantially uniaxially aligned when the solvent is provided on a surface.
A method of aligning a plurality of nanowires, comprising providing the plurality of nanowires on a surface of a liquid such that the plurality of the nanowires are dispersed and substantially uniaxially aligned substantially perpendicular to the surface of the liquid.
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