Photoactive device

Ku, Peicheng; Dissanayake, Nanditha; Roberts, Brian

Title: Photoactive device

Abstract

A photoactive device that includes a photovoltaic device having electrodes and at least one photoactive layer between the electrodes. One or more other layers may be included between the electrodes. The device includes a substrate positioned below the photovoltaic device, and a nanostructure backreflective layer positioned below the substrate such that at least some of the incident light impinging on the photovoltaic device passes through the photovoltaic device and the substrate and is backscattered through the substrate to the photovoltaic device.

Inventors:: Ku, Peicheng; Dissanayake, Nanditha; Roberts, Brian

Issue Date:: 2019-10-01

Research Org.:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1576263

Patent Number(s):: 10431706

Application Number:: 14/176,097

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L51/447 - {Light trapping means}
H01L31/056 - the light-reflecting means being of the back surface reflector [BSR] type

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/52 - PV systems with concentrators
Y02E10/549 - organic PV cells

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02S - GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
H02S40/22 - Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L2251/308 - composed of indium oxides, e.g. ITO
H01L51/4253 - {comprising bulk hetero-junctions, e.g. interpenetrating networks}

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DOE Contract Number:: SC0000957

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Feb 09

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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  title        = {Photoactive device},

  author       = {Ku, Peicheng and Dissanayake, Nanditha and Roberts, Brian},

  abstractNote = {A photoactive device that includes a photovoltaic device having electrodes and at least one photoactive layer between the electrodes. One or more other layers may be included between the electrodes. The device includes a substrate positioned below the photovoltaic device, and a nanostructure backreflective layer positioned below the substrate such that at least some of the incident light impinging on the photovoltaic device passes through the photovoltaic device and the substrate and is backscattered through the substrate to the photovoltaic device.},

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  year         = {2019},

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Surface Plasmon Wavelength Converter
patent-application, May 2010

Ji, Jin
US Patent Document 12/621928; 20100126566
URL: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220100126566%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20100126566&RS=DN/20100126566

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