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683 results about "Photoactive layer" patented technology

A photoactive layer is used in solar cells for absorbing light. It can be found in all solar cells, but with different panels the photoactive layer is made of different materials. Inorganic layers are made from inorganic materials such as silicon. The film has a layer arrangement of electrodes and counter electrode with organic layers in between the two. The layer is found underneath the glass, adhesive, and reflection coating, but is the first required part of the cell.

Nanostructure and nanocomposite based compositions and photovoltaic devices

Nanocomposite photovoltaic devices are provided that generally include semiconductor nanocrystals as at least a portion of a photoactive layer. Photovoltaic devices and other layered devices that comprise core-shell nanostructures and / or two populations of nanostructures, where the nanostructures are not necessarily part of a nanocomposite, are also features of the invention. Varied architectures for such devices are also provided including flexible and rigid architectures, planar and non-planar architectures and the like, as are systems incorporating such devices, and methods and systems for fabricating such devices. Compositions comprising two populations of nanostructures of different materials are also a feature of the invention.
Owner:NANOSYS INC

Nanostructure and nanocomposite based compositions and photovoltaic devices

Nanocomposite photovoltaic devices are provided that generally include semiconductor nanocrystals as at least a portion of a photoactive layer. Photovoltaic devices and other layered devices that comprise core-shell nanostructures and / or two populations of nanostructures, where the nanostructures are not necessarily part of a nanocomposite, are also provided, as are devices including a recombination material and / or multiple electrodes. Varied architectures for such devices are also provided, including flexible and rigid architectures, planar and non-planar architectures, and the like, as are systems incorporating such devices, and methods and systems for fabricating such devices. Compositions comprising two populations of nanostructures of different materials or nanostructures and a small molecule are also described, as are doped polymer nanocomposites. Compositions useful for making nanocomposites are also described.
Owner:NANOSYS INC

Photoactive component with organic layers

The invention relates to a photoactive component, especially a solar cell, comprising organic layers and formed by at least one stacked pi, ni, and / or pin diode. The diodes are characterised in that they comprise at least one p-doped or n-doped transport layer having a larger optical band gap than that of the photoactive layer. The individual diodes are characterised by a high internal quantum yield, but can be optically thin (peak absorption <80%). A high external quantum yield is obtained by either enlarging the optical path of the incident light in the diodes using light traps, or by stacking a plurality of the diodes. The transition between two diodes being facilitated by transition layers for the purposes of improved recombination and generation. Both forms of embodiment have a number of specific advantages using the doped transport layers with a large band gap.
Owner:HELIATEK GMBH

Nanophotovoltaic Device with Improved Quantum Efficiency

Photovoltaic devices or solar cells are provided having one or more photoactive layers where at least one of the photoactive layers comprises a sublayer made of photoactive nanoparticles that differ in size, composition or both.
Owner:SOLEXANT

Structured pillar electrodes

An electrode comprising a plurality of structured pillars dispersed across a base contact and its method of manufacture are described. In one embodiment the structured pillars are columnar structures having a circular cross-section and are dispersed across the base surface as a uniformly spaced two-dimensional array. The height, diameter, and separation of the structured pillars are preferably on the nanometer scale and, hence, electrodes comprising the pillars are identified as nanostructured pillar electrodes. The nanostructured pillars may be formed, for example, by deposition into or etching through a surface template using standard lithography processes. Structured pillar electrodes offer a number of advantages when incorporated into optoelectronic devices such as photovoltaic cells. These include improved charge collection efficiency via a reduction in the carrier transport distance and an increase in electrode-photoactive layer interface surface area. These improvements contribute to an increase in the power conversion efficiency of photovoltaic devices.
Owner:BROOKHAVEN SCI ASSOCS

Modified silica particles, and photosensitive composition and photosensitive lithographic printing plate each containing the particles

An object of the present invention is to satisfactorily maintain adhesion between a photosensitive layer and a substrate after the exposure of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate.Modified silica particles, the surface of which is modified by an organic compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, at least one hydrophilic moiety and at least one silyloxy group, are incorporated into a photosensitive layer of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO

Process of forming a photoactive layer of a perovskite photoactive device

ActiveUS20170084399A1Improving cell 's sunlight to electrical energy conversion efficiencyImprove efficiencyLight-sensitive devicesSolid-state devicesNitrogenSolvent
A process of forming a thin film photoactive layer of a perovskite photoactive device comprising: applying at least one coating of a perovskite precursor solution and a polymer additive to a substrate, wherein the at least one perovskite precursor solution comprises at least one reaction constituent for forming at least one perovskite compound having the formula AMX3 dissolved in a coating solvent selected from at least one polar aprotic solvent, the polymer additive being soluble in said coating solvent, and in which A comprises an ammonium group or other nitrogen containing organic cation, M is selected from Pb, Sn, Ge, Ca, Sr, Cd, Cu, Ni, Mn, Co, Zn, Fe, Mg, Ba, Si, Ti, Bi, or In, and X is selected from at least one of F, Cl, Br or I.
Owner:COMMONWEALTH SCI & IND RES ORG

Organic solar cells and method of manufacturing the same

An organic solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same. This invention relates to a method of manufacturing an organic solar cell including forming nano patterns on a photoactive layer using a nanoimprinting process, and applying a cathode electrode material on the photoactive layer having the nano patterns so that the cathode electrode material infiltrates the nano patterns of the photoactive layer, thus increasing electron conductivity and efficiently forming a pathway for the transfer of electrons, and to an organic solar cell manufactured through the method. This method reduces loss of photocurrent occurring as a result of aggregation of an electron acceptor material and improves molecular orientation of an electron donor in the nanoimprinting process to thus increase cell efficiency. Thereby, the organic solar cell having high efficiency is manufactured at low cost through a simple manufacturing process. The method can be applied to the fabrication of organic solar cells which use an environmentally friendly and recyclable energy source.
Owner:KOREA ADVANCED INST OF SCI & TECH

Multilayer structures as stable hole-injecting electrodes for use in high efficiency organic electronic devices

Multilayer anode structures (104) for electronic devices (100) such as polymer light-emitting diodes are described. The multilayer anodes include a high conductivity organic layer (114) adjacent to the photoactive layer (102) and a low conductivity organic layer (112) between the high conductivity organic layer and the anode's electrical connection layer (110). This anode structure provides polymer light emitting diodes which exhibit high brightness, high efficiency and long operating lifetime. The multilayer anode structure of this invention provides sufficiently high resistivity to avoid cross-talk in passively addressed pixellated polymer emissive displays; the multilayer anode structure of this invention simultaneously provides long lifetime for pixellated polymer emissive displays.
Owner:PARKER IAN D +1

Photoelectric device and electronic apparatus including the same

ActiveUS20170084761A1Excellent photoelectric conversion characteristicCarrier (charge) transfer characteristicsSolid-state devicesNanoopticsNanostructureElectron
Provided are photoelectric devices and electronic apparatuses including the photoelectric devices. A photoelectric device may include a photoactive layer, the photoactive layer may include a nanostructure layer configured to generate a charge in response to light and a semiconductor layer adjacent to the nanostructure layer. The nanostructure layer may include one or more quantum dots. The semiconductor layer may include an oxide semiconductor. The photoelectric device may include a first electrode and a second electrode that contact different regions of the photoactive layer. A number of the photoelectric conversion elements may be arranged in a horizontal direction or may be stacked in a vertical direction. The photoelectric conversion elements may absorb and thereby detect light in different wavelength bands without the use of color filters.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Strong correlation electron system-based organic solar cell and preparation method thereof

The invention discloses a strong correlation electron system-based organic solar cell and a preparation method thereof. The organic solar energy cell comprises a positive pole, a hole buffer layer, a photoactive layer and a negative pole, and is characterized in that: the organic solar energy cell also comprises an electron buffer layer which is arranged between the photoactive layer and the negative pole and is made of a material which is strong correlation electron system compound; and by using the property that the strong correlation electron system compound performs insulating state to metal state conversion when injected with charges, the organic solar energy cell improves the electron transmission capacity at the position of the interface between an organic layer and an inorganic electrode, thereby improving the short circuit current Isc and power conversion efficiency PCE of a device, preventing the damages caused by a deposited metal cathode to the organic layer, reducing the drawbacks of the device, suppressing the degradation of the device; and compared with the common LiF electronic buffer layer, the electronic buffer layer of the invention has the advantages of simple and convenient manufacturing process, easy control and excellent device performance.
Owner:PEKING UNIV

Photoactive layer production process

The invention relates to processes for producing semi-transparent photoactive layers, and devices comprising the same. The invention provides a process for producing a semi-transparent photoactive layer comprising: a) disposing on a substrate a composition, which composition comprises a photoactive material or one or more precursors of a photoactive material, to form a resulting layer; and b) dewetting the resulting layer to form a dewet layer of the photoactive material, wherein the dewet layer of the photoactive material is semi-transparent. The invention also provides a semi-transparent photoactive layer comprising a substrate and, disposed on the substrate, a dewet layer of a photoactive material, wherein the dewet layer of a photoactive material comprises a plurality of absorbing regions which comprise the photoactive material and a plurality of transparent regions which do not substantially comprise the photoactive material. Devices and processes for producing devices comprising the semi-transparent layer are also disclosed, as are building components and automotive components comprising the semi-transparent layer.
Owner:OXFORD UNIV INNOVATION LTD

Superparamagnetic photocatalytic microparticles

InactiveUS20140131288A1Minimize magnetic aggregation of particleCheap fast simple magnetic recyclingWater/sewage treatment by irradiationWater treatment compoundsMedicineMicroparticle
This disclosure is directed at a microparticle for use in water treatment comprising a core layer; a shell layer, deposited on and encasing the core layer; and a photoactive layer surrounding the shell layer. The disclosure also provides a method for producing same.
Owner:GU FRANK +2

Polymer solar cell and method of manufacturing the same

Disclosed herein are a polymer solar cell, comprising a substrate, a first electrode, a hole injection layer, a photoactive layer, and a second electrode, characterized in that an electron-accepting layer is formed between the photoactive layer and the second electrode, and a method of manufacturing the polymer solar cell. The polymer solar cell comprises an electron-accepting layer between the photoactive layer and the second electrode, thereby assuring excellent power conversion efficiency. Furthermore, high power conversion efficiency can also be attained in a low-temperature thermal annealing process.
Owner:SEOUL NAT UNIV R&DB FOUND

Electronic devices having a charge transport layer that has defined triplet energy level

Electronic devices including a layer that contains a photoactive material, wherein an excited state of the photoactive material has an excitation energy Eex and wherein the photoactive material is either: (1) not a guest in a composition including a host, or (2) is a guest in a composition including a guest and a host, with the proviso that an electronic transport material is not included in the composition having the the guest and the host; and a charge transport layer located between the electrode and the photoactive layer, wherein the charge transport material has a triplet energy level that is higher than Eex. Alternatively, the layer includes a composition having the photoactive material as a guest, a host, and an electron charge transport material, and the device has two charge transport layers wherein both charge transport layers include a material having a triplet energy level that is higher than Eex.
Owner:EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO

Organic solar cell and method of fabricating the same

An organic solar cell includes; a cathode, an anode disposed substantially opposite the cathode, a photoactive layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the photoactive layer includes an electron donor, an electron acceptor, and a nanostructure, and wherein the nanostructure includes an electron conductive material selected from the group consisting of a semiconductor element, a semiconductor compound, a semiconductor carbon material, a metallic carbon material which is surface-treated with a hole blocking material, a metal which is surface-treated with a hole blocking material and a combination thereof.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Recyclable Organic Solar Cells On Substrates Comprising Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC)

Recyclable organic solar cells are disclosed herein. Systems and methods are further disclosed for producing, improving performance, and for recycling the solar cells. In certain example embodiments, the recyclable organic solar cells disclosed herein include: a first electrode; a second electrode; a photoactive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an interlayer comprising a Lewis basic oligomer or polymer disposed between the photoactive layer and at least a portion of the first electrode or the second electrode; and a substrate disposed adjacent to the first electrode or the second electrode. The interlayer reduces the work function associated with the first or second electrode. In certain example embodiments, the substrate comprises cellulose nanocrystals that can be recycled. In certain example embodiments, one or more of the first electrode, the photoactive layer, and the second electrode may be applied by a film transfer lamination method.
Owner:PURDUE RES FOUND INC +2

Organic solar battery and manufacturing method thereof

The invention discloses an organic solar battery and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic solar battery consists of a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoactive layer, an electronic transmission layer and a hole transport layer, wherein a convex or concave nanostructure is formed on the surface of the electronic transmission layer or that of the hole transport layer by soft-nano imprinting and forms a convex-concave complementary light trapping structure with the photoactive layer; and the convex-concave complementary light trapping structure can effectively increase the absorption to light within a wide spectrum range from ultraviolet light to infrared light, and thus the conversion efficiency of the organic solar battery is increased. The manufacturing method has the advantages of high fidelity, one-step forming property, low cost and the like as well as has favorable actual application value.
Owner:SUZHOU UNIV

Process of forming a photoactive layer of a perovskite photoactive device

A process of forming a photoactive layer of a planar perovskite photoactive device comprising: applying at least one layer of a first precursor solution to a substrate to form a first precursor coating on at least one surface of the substrate, the first precursor solution comprising MX.sub.2 and AX dissolved in a first coating solvent, wherein the molar ratio of MX.sub.2:AX=1:n with 0<n<1; and applying a second precursor solution to the first precursor coating to convert the first precursor coating to a perovskite layer AMX.sub.3, the second precursor solution comprising AX dissolved in a second coating solvent, the first precursor solution reacting with the second precursor solution to form a perovskite layer AMX.sub.3 on the substrate, wherein A comprises an ammonium group or other nitrogen containing organic cation, M is selected from Pb, Sn, Ge, Ca, Sr, Cd, Cu, Ni, Mn, Co, Zn, Fe, Mg, Ba, Si, Ti, Bi, or In, X is selected from at least one of F, Cl, Br or I.
Owner:COMMONWEALTH SCI & IND RES ORG

Organic optoelectronic devices with surface plasmon structures and methods of manufacture

An organic optoelectronic device is disclosed. The organic optoelectronic device includes a carrier substrate, an anode electrode layer disposed at least partially on the carrier substrate, an organic electronic active region including one or more organic layers and disposed at least partially on the anode electrode layer, and a cathode electrode layer disposed at least partially on the organic photoactive layer. The anode electrode layer has a periodic array of sub-wavelength nanostructures. Methods of manufacturing an organic optoelectronic device are also disclosed.
Owner:KAMINSKA BOZENA +2

Method and apparatus for printing a periodic pattern with a large depth of focus

A method for printing a desired pattern into a photosensitive layer that includes providing a mask bearing a pattern of linear features that are parallel to a first direction, arranging the layer parallel to and separated from said mask, generating substantially monochromatic light, and illuminating the mask pattern with said light over a range of angles of incidence in a plane parallel to said first direction, at substantially a single angle in an orthogonal plane of incidence and so that the light of each angle of incidence transmitted by the mask forms a light-field component at the layer whereby the integration of said components prints the desired pattern, wherein the range of angles is selected so that the integration of said components is substantially equivalent to an average of the range of transversal intensity distributions formed between Talbot image planes by light at one of the angles of incidence.
Owner:EULITHA

Photoelectrode using metal nitride as conductive substrate and preparation method thereof

The invention discloses a photoelectrode and a preparation method thereof. A metal nitride substrate serves as a current collection body and is tightly contacted with a photoactive layer which is a non-complete oxide semiconductor with or without the decoration of a promoter, so that the photoelectrochemical photoelectrode is formed. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: firstly, preparing the conductive metal nitride substrate, wherein the lowest sheet resistance of the conductive metal nitride substrate is 1.8 ohm per square, the electrical resistivity is 0.16 mohm per centimeter, the conductive metal nitride substrate is superior to commercial FTO and ITO; and secondarily, depositing or coating the semiconductor or a precursor containing a semiconductor metal constituent, performing high-temperature processing in an inert atmosphere or a hydride atmosphere of the semiconductor nonmetal constituent. The metal nitride substrate can keep conductivity after being subjected to high-temperature processing in the inert or hydride atmosphere (such as to 900 DEG C in ammonia gas), and is applicable for high-temperature preparation process of a non-all oxide semiconductor photoelectrode, and the whole photoelectrode preparation process is easy to industrialize. The photoelectrode can be used for application such as water decomposition, hydrogen preparation and carbon dioxide conversion by means of solar energy in photoelectrochemistry.
Owner:ZHANGJIAGANG IND TECH RES INST CO LTD DALIAN INST OF CHEM PHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCI +1
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