Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a photo device containing a layer of nanometer sized particles and a conducting polymer in solid sate, wherein the layer is made by mixing the nanometer sized particles in colloid with precursor polyparaphenylenevinylene or a derivative thereof and wherein the nanometer sized particle is selected from the group consisting of TiO2, ZnO, ZrO2 and SnO2 and the layer is heated to a temperature during a period of time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2003
Assignee:
Universiteit Van Utrecht
Inventors:
Joshua Samuel Salafsky, Rudolf Emanuel Isidore Schropp