发明名称 |
Apparatus pertaining to solar cells having nanowire titanium oxide cores and graphene exteriors and the co-generation conversion of light into electricity using such solar cells |
摘要 |
An apparatus comprising a plurality of solar cells that each comprise a nanowire titanium oxide core having graphene disposed thereon. By one approach this plurality of solar cells can comprise, at least in part, a titanium foil having the plurality of solar cells disposed thereon wherein at least a majority of the solar cells are aligned substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the titanium foil. Such a plurality of solar cells can be disposed between a source of light and another modality of solar energy conversion such that both the solar cells and the another modality of solar energy conversion generate electricity using a same source of light. |
申请公布号 |
US9040395(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.05.26 |
申请号 |
US201313961304 |
申请日期 |
2013.08.07 |
申请人 |
Dimerond Technologies, LLC |
发明人 |
Gruen Dieter M. |
分类号 |
H01L21/20;H01L21/36;H01L31/0352;H01L31/18;B82Y10/00;B82Y40/00;H01L29/06;H01L29/16;H01L31/0312;H01L31/054;H01L31/028;H01G9/20 |
主分类号 |
H01L21/20 |
代理机构 |
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP |
代理人 |
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP |
主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of solar cells by, at least in part, providing a foil having the plurality of solar cells disposed thereon, wherein at least a majority of the solar cells are aligned substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the foil, wherein each of the solar cells comprises a nanowire core having graphene disposed thereon, wherein the core comprises at least one of zinc and titanium oxide; disposing the foil having the plurality of solar cells disposed thereon on a heat gathering surface comprising a fluid-carrying solar collector of a thermal-conversion electricity generation apparatus comprising at least one of a parabolic trough and a power-tower receiver to thereby form a co-generation apparatus to convert light into electricity. |
地址 |
Downers Grove IL US |