Chiral heterostructures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12289941-B2
Application number	US-202217653470-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2022
Priority date	Mar 20, 2021
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first layer having a first molecule that includes a metal and a halogen, a second layer that includes the first molecule, and a third layer that includes a chiral molecule, where the third layer is positioned between the first layer and the second layer, and the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer form a crystalline structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A composition comprising:
a first layer comprising a first molecule comprising a metal and a halogen;
a second layer comprising the first molecule;
a third layer comprising at least one of R-methylbenzylammonium or S-methylbenzylammonium; and
a layer comprising a carbon nanotube (CNT), wherein:
the third layer is positioned between the first layer and the second layer,
the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer form a crystalline structure,
the layer comprising a CNT is in contact with the first layer or the second layer,
the composition can detect circularly polarized light (CPL), and
the CPL has an average anisotropic factor of circular dichroism (g CD ) between 0.001 and 0.2 in a wavelength range between 200 nm and 470 nm.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the metal comprises copper.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the halogen comprises chloride.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the first molecule comprises CuCl 4 .

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the crystalline structure has a shape comprising a platelet.

6. The composition of claim 5 , wherein the platelet is substantially planar in shape.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the CNT comprises a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT).

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the SWCNT comprises a (6,5) semiconducting SWCNT.

9. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising an average anisotropic factor of photoresponsivity (g res ) between −0.194 and +0.25.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the layer comprising a CNT is capable of performing as a contact layer.

11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer have a combined thickness between 10 nm and 200 nm.

12. The composition of claim 11 , wherein the combined thickness is between 10 nm and 100 nm.

13. The composition of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first layer or the second layer is constructed of two or more layers.

14. The composition of claim 13 , wherein each of the two or more layers has a thickness between 1 nm and 2 nm.

15. A device comprising:
an absorber layer comprising:
a first layer comprising a first molecule comprising a metal and a halogen;
a second layer comprising the first molecule; and
a third layer comprising at least one of R-methylbenzylammonium or S-methylbenzylammonium, wherein:
the third layer is positioned between the first layer and the second layer, and
the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer form a crystalline structure; and

a transport layer comprising a carbon nanotube (CNT), wherein:
the transport layer comprising the CNT is in contact with the first layer or the second layer,
the device is capable of detecting circularly polarized light (CPL), and
the CPL has an average anisotropic factor of circular dichroism (g CD ) between 0.001 and 0.2 in a wavelength range between 200 nm and 470 nm.

16. The device of claim 15 , configured to operate as at least one of an optical device, an imaging device, a sensing device, a computing device, an information processing device, or a communication device.

Assignees

• Alliance Sustainable Energy

Inventors

• Beard Matthew Craig
• Blackburn Jeffrey Lee
• Hao Ji
• Lu Haipeng

Classifications

• H10K30/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] devices · CPC title

• H10K85/371

  Metal complexes comprising a group IB metal element, e.g. comprising copper, gold or silver · CPC title

• H10K85/221

  Carbon nanotubes · CPC title

• H10K85/111

  comprising aromatic, heteroaromatic, or aryl chains, e.g. polyaniline, polyphenylene or polyphenylene vinylene · CPC title

• G01J4/04

  Polarimeters using electric detection means (G01J4/02 takes precedence) · CPC title