Integrated energy harvesting and storage device
AssigneeUniversity of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsJAYAN THOMAS, CHAO LI, CHAIT RENDUCHINTALA
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Abstract
An integrated energy harvesting and storage device (IEHSD) includes a solar cell (SC) including an active layer between an optically transparent top electrode and a bottom electrode, and an energy storage device (SD) secured below the solar cell including a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode. The bottom electrode and the first or second electrode are electrically common with one another and are within a distance of ≤300 μm from one another.
Claims20
An integrated energy harvesting and storage device (IEHSD), comprising:
- a solar cell (SC) including an active layer between an optically transparent top electrode and a bottom electrode, and
- an energy storage device (SD) secured below said SD including a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode,
- wherein said bottom electrode and said first or said second electrode are electrically common with one another and are within a distance of less than or equal to (≤) 300 μm from one another.
A woven integrated energy harvesting and storage device (IEHSD), comprising:
- a solar cell (SC) including a plurality of SC filaments each including an active layer between an optically transparent top electrode and a bottom electrode that are aligned with one another;
- an energy storage device (SD) comprising a plurality of SD filaments each including a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode secured below said SC filaments to provide a plurality of stacked SC/SD filaments, wherein said SD filaments and said SC filaments share an electrically common electrode, and
- a yarn material that comprises first vertical yarns oriented in a vertical direction and second horizontal yarns oriented in a horizontal direction, wherein said vertical yarns and horizontal yarns are interlaced together to provide a fabric, said fabric interlocking ones of said plurality of stacked SC/SD filaments together by crossing over and under adjacent ones of said plurality of stacked SC/SD filaments,
- wherein said bottom electrode and said first or said second electrode are electrically common with one another and are within a distance of less than or equal to (≤) 300 μm from one another.
A method of forming an integrated energy harvesting and storage device (IEHSD), comprising:
- providing a solar cell (SC) including an active layer between an optically transparent top electrode and a bottom electrode and an energy storage device (SD) including a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode,
- securing together said bottom electrode to said first electrode or to said second electrode so that they are electrically common with one another and are within a distance of less than or equal to (≤) 300 μm from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.