US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on Aug. 25 for "Large area organic photovoltaics" (Michigan, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,027, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Large area organic photovoltaics" was invented by Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Nana Wang (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Jeramy Zimmerman (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are large area, multi-layer solar devices comprising a substrate, an active area comprising at least one donor material and at least one acceptor material deposited on a surface of the substrate, wherein the donor and acceptor materials are comprised of organic molecules, and wherein particulates are removed from the surface of the su...