Polymer-nanoparticle Hybrid Systems for Photovoltaic, Battery and Other Applications
- Photovoltaics
- Photonics systems
- Battery systems - light weight energy storage
- Display systems
- Data storage systems
- Flexible electronics systems
- Resist system for device patterning
- Fuel cell systems
- Artificial membrane systems (separation media)
• The hybrid, functional materials provided by this invention have well-ordered structures and can be produced using a low cost, high volume approach. • Nanoparticle loadings can be used to tune the long-range structural order of the hybrid materials.
This invention provides polymer-nanoparticle hybrid materials with high structural order for photovoltaic, battery and other applications.
Dr. James Watkins is a Professor in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a prolific inventor. His research interests include macromolecular templates for functional device structures, materials synthesis and processing in supercritical fluids, phase behavior and transport in multi-component polymer systems, scalable fabrication of nanostructured materials.
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UMA 10-13
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U.S. Patent US 8,501,850 Issued
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