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US 8,796,677 B2Granted
Photovoltaic device
AssigneeNUtech Ventures
InventorsJinsong Huang, Bin Yang, Yongbo Yuan
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a substrate; and a photoactive layer disposed on the substrate. The photoactive layer includes an electron acceptor material; an electron donor material; and a material having dipoles.
Claims28
An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a photoactive layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the photoactive layer comprises:
- an acceptor layer formed of an electron acceptor material;
- a donor layer formed of an electron donor material;
- and
- a dipole layer formed of a material having dipoles and disposed between the acceptor layer and the donor layer.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a photoactive layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the photoactive layer is a single layer that includes
- an electron acceptor material,
- an electron donor material, and
- a polarizable material.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an electrically conductive substrate;
- a photoactive layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the photoactive layer comprises:
- an acceptor layer formed of an electron acceptor material,
- a donor layer formed of an electron donor material, and
- a dipole layer formed of a material having dipoles and disposed between the acceptor layer and the donor layer;
- and
- an electrical contact disposed on the photoactive layer.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an electrically conductive substrate;
- a photoactive layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the photoactive layer is a single layer that includes
- an electron acceptor material,
- an electron donor material, and
- a material having dipoles;
- and
- an electrical contact disposed on the photoactive layer.
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A method comprising:
- forming a photoactive layer on an electrically conductive substrate, comprising:
- forming an acceptor layer including an electron acceptor material,
- forming a donor layer including an electron donor material, and
- forming a dipole layer including a material having dipoles between the acceptor layer and the donor layer;
- forming an electrical contact on the photoactive layer;
- and
- applying an electrical bias to the material having dipoles.
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A method comprising:
- forming a photoactive layer on an electrically conductive substrate, comprising forming a single layer that includes
- an electron acceptor material,
- an electron donor material, and
- a material having dipoles;
- forming an electrical contact on the photoactive layer;
- and
- applying an electrical bias to the material having dipoles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.