Patents Assigned to BATTELLE-JAPAN CORPORATION
  • Organic-Inorganic Complexes Containing a Luminescent Rare earth-Metal Nanocluster and an Antenna Ligand, Luminescent Articles, and Methods of Making Luminescent Compositions
    Publication number: 20110232752
    Abstract: Luminescent compositions are described comprising lanthanide-containing nanoclusters comprising lanthanide atoms bonded to at least one semimetal or transition metal via an oxygen or sulfur atom. Novel compositions include an antenna ligand complexed with the nanoclusters. The rare earth-metal nanoclusters are in the size range of 1 to 100 nm. Articles, such as solar cells, are described in which the nanoclusters (with or without antenna ligands) are dispersed in a polymer matrix. Novel methods of making luminescent films are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, BATTELLE-JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mataki, Steven M. Risser, Vincent McGinniss, David W. Nippa, Paul Edwards Burrows, Asanga B. Padmaperuma, Sambhu N. Kundu