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US 2019/0355854 A1Published application
Methods and systems to boost efficiency of solar cells
AssigneeNanoclear Technologies Inc.
InventorsHarold Frank GREER, Rehan Rashid KAPADIA, Ryan Morrow BRIGGS
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Abstract
The physical and chemical properties of surfaces can be controlled by bonding nanoparticles, microspheres, or nanotextures to the surface via inorganic precursors. Surfaces can acquire a variety of desirable properties such as antireflection, antifogging, antifrosting, UV blocking, and IR absorption, while maintaining transparency to visible light. Micro or nanomaterials can also be used as etching masks to texture a surface and control its physical and chemical properties via its micro or nanotexture.
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A structure comprising:
- a solar cell panel configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in a first wavelength range;
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- a top structure attached on a top surface of the solar cell panel, the top surface being oriented towards incident electromagnetic radiation, the top structure configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in a second wavelength range, the second wavelength range comprising shorter wavelengths than the first wavelength range.
A structure comprising:
- a solar cell panel configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in a first wavelength range, the solar cell panel having a top surface oriented towards incident electromagnetic radiation, and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface;
- a bottom structure attached to the bottom surface of the solar cell panel, the bottom structure configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in a second wavelength range, the second wavelength range comprising longer wavelength than the first wavelength range.
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