Solar cells incorporating light harvesting arrays

Lindsey, Jonathan S.; Meyer, Gerald J.

Solar cells incorporating light harvesting arrays

Patent · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:874523

Lindsey, Jonathan S.; Meyer, Gerald J.

A solar cell incorporates a light harvesting array that comprises: (a) a first substrate comprising a first electrode; and (b) a layer of light harvesting rods electrically coupled to the first electrode, each of the light harvesting rods comprising a polymer of Formula I: X.sup.1.paren open-st.X.sup.m+1).sub.m (I) wherein m is at least 1, and may be from two, three or four to 20 or more; X.sup.1 is a charge separation group (and preferably a porphyrinic macrocycle, which may be one ligand of a double-decker sandwich compound) having an excited-state of energy equal to or lower than that of X.sup.2 ; and X.sup.2 through X.sup.m+1 are chromophores (and again are preferably porphyrinic macrocycles).

Research Organization:: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States); Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-96ER14632

Assignee:: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC); Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Patent Number(s):: 6,407,330

Application Number:: 09/621,091

OSTI ID:: 874523

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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