Wavelength conversion film having pressure sensitive adhesive layer to enhance solar harvesting efficiency

US9394479B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NITTO DENKO CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Hongxi Zhang · San Juan Capistrano, US
• Stanislaw Rachwal · Oceanside, US
• Jie Cai · Oceanside, US
• Yufen Hu · San Diego, US
• Michiharu Yamamoto · Tokai, JP
• Zongcheng Jiang · Oceanside, US
• Bogumila Rachwal · Oceanside, US
• Shuangxi Wang · El Monte, US
• Peng Wang · Shandong, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/2896
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Described herein are wavelength conversion films that are easy-to-apply to solar cells, solar panels, or photovoltaic devices using an adhesive layer. The wavelength conversion films include a wavelength conversion layer with a photostable chromophore and are useful for improving the solar harvesting efficiency of solar cells, solar panels, and photovoltaic devices.