Patents by Inventor N. S. Sariciftci

N. S. Sariciftci 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).

  • Conjugated polymer-acceptor heterojunctions; diodes, photodiodes, and photovoltaic cells
    Patent number: 5454880
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the fabrication of heterojunction diodes from semiconducting (conjugated) polymers and acceptors such as, for example, fullerenes, particularly Buckminsterfullerenes, C.sub.60, and more particularly to the use of such heterojunction structures as photodiodes and as photovoltaic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: N. S. Sariciftci, Alan J. Heeger
  • Conjugated polymer - acceptor heterojunctions; diodes, photodiodes, and photovoltaic cells
    Patent number: 5331183
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the fabrication of heterojunction diodes from semiconducting (conjugated) polymers and acceptors such as, for example, fullerenes, particularly Buckminsterfullerenes, C.sub.60, and more particularly to the use of such heterojunction structures as photodiodes and as photovoltaic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: N. S. Sariciftci, Alan J. Heeger