Patent ID: 7847364

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a flexible line extending along a length, the flexible line including: a first charge carrier-transporting body extending along at least a part of the length of the flexible line; a photosensitive body over the first charge carrier-transporting body and extending along at least a part of the length of the flexible line, the photosensitive body capable of near-infrared light-induced or visible light-induced generation of charge carrier pairs; and a second charge carrier-transporting body over the photosensitive body and extending along at least a part of the length of the flexible line, the second charge carrier-transporting body being at least semi-transparent to near-infrared light or visible light; and wherein the photosensitive body includes a conductive polymer having dispersed quantum dots or rods, the quantum dots or rods being photosensitive to visible or near-infrared light.