Layered window in thermophotovoltaic devices

US12424965B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Antora Energy, Inc. · US
• Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC · US
• ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Brendan M. Kayes · Los Angeles, US
• Leah Y. Kuritzky · Berkeley, US
• Emmett E. Perl · Santa Clara, US
• Tarun Narayan · Riverside, US
• Justin A. Briggs · Woodside, US
• Myles Aaron Steiner · Denver, US
• Eric James Tervo · Lakewood, US
• Madhan Kumar Arulanandam · Tempe, US
• Richard R. King · Thousand Oaks, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2023
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/50
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A layered window in thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices is disclosed herein. The device may include two or more front window layers, including an outer front window layer nearest the light source that is thin and highly doped and a lower doped inner front window layer nearest a TPV absorber layer. In some embodiments, there may be additional front window layers between the outer front window layer and the inner front window layer. In some embodiments, the TPV device also may include a front contact, a back contact, and other components.