Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
November 2013
Patent Number
8574685
Abstract
A thin film and a method of making a thin film. The thin film comprises a patterned substrate, a smooth film of electric field tuned quantum dots solution positioned on the patterned substrate, and a thin layer of metal positioned on the thin film. The method begins by drop-casting a quantum dots solution onto a patterned substrate to create a thin film. While the quantum dots solution is drying, a linearly increasing electric filed is applied. The thin film is then placed in a deposition chamber and a thin layer of metal is deposited onto the thin film. Also included are a method of measuring the photoinduced charge transfer (PCT) rate in a quantum dot nanocomposite film and methods of forming a Shottky barrier on a transparent ITO electrode of a quantum dot film.
Application Number
12/862,260
Recommended Citation
Lewis, Jason and Jiang, Xiaomei, "Electric field tuning of PbS quantum dots for high efficiency solar cell application" (2013). USF Patents. 256.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/256
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
08/24/2010
Primary/U.S. Class
427/472
