Patents Assigned to FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS E TECHNOLOGIA DA UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA
  • P-type oxide alloys based on copper oxides, tin oxides, tin—copper alloy oxides and metal alloy thereof, and nickel oxide, with embedded metals thereof, fabrication process and use thereof
    Patent number: 9196689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thin films comprising non-stoichiometric monoxides of: copper (OCu2)x with embedded cubic metal copper (Cucy) [(OCu2)x+(Cu1-2)y, wherein 0.05?x<1 and 0.01?y?0.9]; of tin (OSn)?x with embedded metal tin (Sn?x) [(OSn)z+(Sn1-2)w wherein 0.05?z<1 and 0.01?w?0.9]; Cucx—Sn?x alloys with embedded metal Sn and Cu [(O—Cu—Sn)a+(Cu?—Sn?)b with 0<?<2 and 0<?<2, wherein 0.05?a<1 and 0.01?b?0.9]; and of nickel (ONi)x with embedded Ni and Sn species [(O—Ni)a+(Ni?—Sn?)b with 0<?<2 and 0<?<2, wherein 0.05?a<1 and 0.01?b?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS E TECHNOLOGIA DA UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA, ELECTRONIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Elvira Maria Correia Fortunato, Rodrigo Ferrão De Paiva Martins, Ana Raquel Xarouco De Barros, Nuno Filipe De Oliveira Correia, Vitor Manuel Loureiro Figueiredo, Pedro Miguel Cândido Barquinha, Sang-Hee Ko Park, Chi-Sun Hwang