Asphaltene based photovoltaic devices

US8748740B2 · 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
• Rajib E. Abujnah · El Paso, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2033

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.