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Photovoltaic structures, solar cell apparatuses and methods

US10304976B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY · AU

Inventors

Min Gu · Seoul, KR
Xi Chen · New York, US
Baohua Jia · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2014
Grant date	May 28, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/547
WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A photovoltaic (PV) structure for generating electrical power from light, the structure including an enhancing layer for increasing the absorption of the light into the structure, the enhancing layer including: a wrinkled graphene layer configured to trap the light in the PV structure; and aluminum nanoparticles configured to scatter the light into the PV structure.

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