Asphaltene based photovoltaic devices

US8389853B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US
• Sandia Corporation · US

Inventors

• Russell R. Chianelli · Somerville, US
• Karina Castillo · Edinburg, US
• Vipin Gupta · Bengaluru, IN
• Ali M. Qudah · El Paso, US
• Brenda Torres · El Paso, US
• Rajab Emhemed Abujnah · El Paso, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Photovoltaic devices and methods of making the same, are disclosed herein. The cell comprises: a first electrically conductive layer; at least one photoelectrochemical layer comprising metal-oxide particles, an electrolyte solution, an asphaltene dye, and a second electrically conductive layer.