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Title: Reflective photovoltaics

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1425206

A photovoltaic module includes colorized reflective photovoltaic cells that act as pixels. The colorized reflective photovoltaic cells are arranged so that reflections from the photovoltaic cells or pixels visually combine into an image on the photovoltaic module. The colorized photovoltaic cell or pixel is composed of a set of 100 to 256 base color sub-pixel reflective segments or sub-pixels. The color of each pixel is determined by the combination of base color sub-pixels forming the pixel. As a result, each pixel can have a wide variety of colors using a set of base colors, which are created, from sub-pixel reflective segments having standard film thicknesses.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,911,871
Application Number:
14/747,196
OSTI ID:
1425206
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Jun 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Photovoltaic system patent May 2014
Interferometric Photovoltaic Cell patent-application March 2009
Optical Films for Directing Light Towards Active Areas of Displays patent-application December 2009
Colored Photovoltaic Modules and Methods of Construction patent-application October 2012
Customized Color Patterning of Photovoltaic Cells patent-application September 2014

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