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Ultrafast Doping in Polycrystalline Chalcogenides
Background Cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic technology is considered one of the most successful commercial thin film solar cell technologies, boasting a power conversion efficiency of approximately 23%. Despite this achievement, the current power conversion efficiency for CdTe modules is still far from the theoretical power conversion efficiency...
Published: 9/15/2025   |   Inventor(s): Feng Yan
Keywords(s): PS-Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, PS-Energy and Power, PS-Environmental, Solar cells, Solar Energy, Thin Films
Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Alternative Energy, Energy & Power, Environmental, Physical Science
All-Inorganic Perovskites/Chalcogenides Multijunction Solar Cells
Background All-inorganic perovskite solar cells (AI-PSCs) have emerged as a promising technology in the field of photovoltaics, offering significant advancements in efficiency and stability. Perovskite materials as solar energy absorbers are traditionally developed with hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. These types of hybrid materials demonstrate...
Published: 9/15/2025   |   Inventor(s): Feng Yan
Keywords(s): PS-Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, PS-Energy and Power, PS-Environmental, Solar cells, Solar Energy, Thin Films
Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Alternative Energy, Energy & Power, Environmental, Physical Science
Kinetic Model for Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of III-V Bismide Alloys
Background Bismuth-containing III-V semiconductor alloys have received considerable attention as materials for optoelectronic devices operating in the mid- and long-wave infrared spectrum. The infrared spectrum finds important applications in both commerce and government, including medical imaging and diagnostics, autonomous vehicle sensors, telecommunications,...
Published: 2/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Stephen Schaefer, Marko Milosavljevic, Rajeev Reddy Kosireddy, Shane Johnson
Keywords(s): Defense Applications, Electronics, Epitaxy, Infrared, Materials and Electronics, Modeling, Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Processing, Thin Films
Category(s): Physical Science, Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Materials & Processes
Hybrid Plasmonic Platform for Directing and Controlling Nanostructure Growth
Low-Heat, Bottom-Up Approach Can Produce Metal, Polymer or Bio-Molecule Structures for Catalysis, Biosensors, Electronic Devices and MoreThis surface plasmon mediated chemical solution deposition method uses surface plasmon resonance to deposit nanoparticles in the liquid phase at room temperature to direct and control nanostructure growth. Plasmonic...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Wei Wei, Jingjing Qiu
Keywords(s): Catalysts, nanoparticle synthesis, Plasmonic, Thin Films
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials
Stable, High Concentration Dispersions of Pristine Atomically Thin Metal Diboride Sheets in Organic Solvents and Aqueous Solutions
Metal diboride nanomaterials have recently garnered interest due to their promising applications. Theoretical treatments have predicted that these boron compounds could provide novel electronic properties and in some cases, electrical conductivity that exceeds that of carbon nanotubes. Additionally, these materials are likely to exhibit extreme temperature...
Published: 2/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Green, Ahmed Yousaf, Abhishek Debnath
Keywords(s): Bioactive coatings, Electrical Properties, Electronics, Flexible electronics, High Temperature Materials, Superconducting Materials, Superhydrophobic Coatings, Thin Films, Transparent Conductors
Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Physics, Physical Science, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical
Uses of Hyperthermal Atomic Beam for Low Temperature Diamond Growth
Use of Hyperthermal Atomic Beam for Low Temperature Diamond Growth Princeton Docket #14-2959 High quality diamond films, currently grown only at high substrate temperatures, are desirable for their mechanical hardness, thermal conduction, electrical resistivity, durability and optical transparency. A low temperature process to produce such high quality...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Samuel Cohen, Erik Gilson, Winston Chan
Keywords(s): aerospace, materials, small molecule, thin films
Category(s): Materials