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US 2019/0245155 A1Published application
Methods, products, and systems relating to making, providing, and using nanocrystalline cellulose superlattice solar cells to produce electricity
OwnerStephan Heathinventor
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Abstract
Nanocrystalline superlattice solar cells including nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) that overcomes one or more of the problems existing in the art are provided including nanocrystalline superlattice solar cells that will add one or more layers to the nanocrystalline solar cell to produce electricity that can be used for solar energy devices, solar energy-storage systems, applications, products and services utilizing NCC in the construction of one or more of the nanocrystalline superlattice layers of the solar cell.
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A method for producing nanocrystalline solar energy devices to provide high efficiency solar energy comprising:
- (a) combining at least two nanocrystalline (NC) components with at least one substrate to provide an NCC substrate composition,
- wherein said NC component comprises at least one type of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC),
- wherein one or more of said NC components is provided in at least a partially dry form;
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- wherein said NCC substrate composition comprises:
- (i) an NCC core structure as a central component comprising at least one of said NC component and optionally at least a portion of said substrate;
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- (ii) at least one branched polymer comprising:
- (A) at least one first polymer chain extending from said NCC core and comprising at least one of said at least two NC components;
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- (B) at least one second polymer chain diverting away from the first polymer chain and comprising at least one of said at least two NC components;
- (b) processing the NCC substrate composition using at least one of vapor processing, solid state processing, liquid processing, spray pyrolysis, electrochemical deposition, gas phase deposition, and laser processing,
- to provide a processed NCC substrate composition;
- (c) combining the processed NCC substratecomposition with at least two nanoparticle-based materials to form an NCC substrate product that is configured to process visible and/or UV light wavelengths for generation of an electrical current when incorporated into one or more of said solar energy devices,
- wherein the at least two nanoparticle-based materials are selected from at least two of the following nanocrystalline based materials:
- metal, non-metal, plastic, polymer, multiscale structure, thin film, ceramic, coating, perovskite, photovoltaic, photothermal or photoelectrochemical solar material, solar crystal, metal hydride, amorphous metal, silicon, polycrystalline, copper indium diselenide, cadmium telluride, gallium arsenide, gallium phosphide, carbon solar cells, perovskite solar cells, copper alloy, cobalt alloy, silver alloy, aluminum, steel, kevlar, cast iron, tungsten, chromium, titanium, indium, gallium and nitrogen, or an alloy thereof;
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- wherein crystal structures of the components of the solar energy devices are selected from one or more layers to the nanocrystalline solar cell comprising of solid, liquid, and amorphous.
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A solar energy device comprising nanocrystalline (NC) solar cells, the solar energy device comprising an NC cellulose (NCC) substrate product configured to process visible and/or UV light wavelengths for generation of an electrical current when incorporated into one or more of said solar energy devices,
- the NCC substrate product comprising:
- (i) at least one processed NCC substrate composition combined with:
- (ii) at least two nanoparticle-based materials selected from at least two of the following nanocrystalline based materials metal, non-metal, plastic, polymer, multiscale structure, thin film, ceramic, coating, perovskite, photovoltaic, photothermal or photoelectrochemical solar material, solar crystal, metal hydride, amorphous metal, silicon, polycrystalline, copper indium diselenide, cadmium telluride, gallium arsenide, gallium phosphide, carbon solar cells, perovskite solar cells, copper alloy, cobalt alloy, silver alloy, aluminum, steel, kevlar, cast iron, tungsten, chromium, titanium, indium, gallium and nitrogen, or an alloy thereof:
- wherein the processed NCC substrate composition comprises:
- (i) at least two nanocrystalline (NC) components combined with at least one substrate, wherein said NC component comprises at least one type of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), wherein one or more of said NC components is in at least a partially dry form;
- (ii) an NCC core structure as a central component comprising at least one of said NC component and optionally at least a portion of said substrate;
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- (iii) at least one branched polymer comprising:
- (A) at least one first polymer chain extending from said NCC core and comprising at least one of said at least two NC components;
- and (B) at least one second polymer chain diverting away from the first polymer chain and comprising at least one of said at least two NC components;
- wherein the processed NCC substrate composition includes NCC substrate processed using at least one of vapor processing, solid state processing, liquid processing, spray pyrolysis, electrochemical deposition, gas phase deposition, and laser processing;
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- wherein crystal structures of the components of the solar energy devices are selected from one or more layers to the nanocrystalline solar cell comprising of solid, liquid, and amorphous.
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