Patents by Inventor Erik D. Klump

Erik D. Klump has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Air stable infrared photodetectors from solution-processed inorganic semiconductors
    Patent number: 9985153
    Abstract: A photodetector has a photoactive layer of semiconducting inorganic nanoparticles positioned between a hole transport electron blocking layer of a first metal oxide and an electron transport hole blocking layer of a second metal oxide. The nanoparticles are responsive to electromagnetic radiation in at least the infrared region of the spectrum. The first metal oxide can be NiO, and the second metal oxide can be ZnO or TiO2. The metal oxide layers render the photodetector stable in air, even in the absence of an encapsulating coating around the photodetector. The photodetector has a P-I-N structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Franky So, Jesse Robert Manders, Song Chen, Erik D. Klump, Tzhung-Han Lai, Sai-Wing Tsang