Photovoltaic cell

US6335480B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Aventis Research & Technologies GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Udo Bach · Hilzingen, DE
• Michael Gratzel · Yverdon-les-Bains, CH
• Josef Salbeck · Kelkheim, DE
• Frank Weissörtel · Donau, DE
• Donald Lupo · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50

Abstract

A photovoltaic cell comprising an electrolyte which comprises a hole conductor compound as redox system.