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2011-08-09

2011-08-09

Michener, Jennifer K. (Department: 1728)

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Photoelectric

Cells

C136S261000, C438S063000, C977S773000, C977S778000, C977S813000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07994421

ABSTRACT:
A photovoltaic device has nanoparticles sandwiched between a conductive substrate and a charge selective transport layer. Each of the nanoparticles has a ligand shell attached to the nanoparticle core. A first type of ligand is electron rich and attached to one hemisphere of the nanoparticle core, while a second type of ligand is electron poor and attached to an opposite hemisphere of the core. Consequently, the ligand shell induces an electric field within the nanoparticle, enhancing the photovoltaic effect. The arrangement of ligands types on different sides of the nanoparticle is obtained by a process involving ligand substitution after adhering the nanoparticles to the conductive substrate.

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