Patent ID: RE39967

Claim:
A photoelectric device , comprising: a substrate: a first electrode formed on said substrate; a second electrode spaced apart from and being in opposing relationship to the first electrode; and a photoactive channel layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode , said the photoactive channel layer including a hole carrying material with and semiconductor particulate material including nanoparticles having an average diameter therein, said hole carrying material having a thickness in the range of one to two times the average diameter of the nanoparticles; and , wherein an average distribution of the semiconductor nanoparticles within the photoactive channel layer is such that predominantly, only a single nanoparticle is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode along any straight- line path extending between oppositely - situated locations of the first and second electrodes a second electrode; said photoactive channel layer being interposed between said first and second electrodes .