Photovoltaic battery
AssigneeX Development LLC
InventorsWilliam Regan, Jason Rugolo
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Abstract
A photovoltaic power system includes a photofuel having a molecular structure to emit light, and a receptacle including the photofuel disposed within. One or more photovoltaic cells are positioned within the receptacle to receive light emitted from the photofuel, and a negative electrode is coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells. A positive electrode is coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells to produce an electrical potential between the negative electrode and the positive electrode when a photocurrent is generated by the one or more photovoltaic cells in response to the one or more photovoltaic cells receiving the light emitted from the photofuel.
Claims24
A photovoltaic power system, comprising:
- a photofuel having a molecular structure to emit light;
- a receptacle including the photofuel disposed within;
- one or more photovoltaic cells positioned within the receptacle to receive light emitted from the photofuel;
- a negative electrode coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells;
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- a positive electrode coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells to produce an electrical potential between the negative electrode and the positive electrode when a photocurrent is generated by the one or more photovoltaic cells in response to the one or more photovoltaic cells receiving the light emitted from the photofuel.
A method for generating power, comprising:
- emitting light from a photofuel disposed within a receptacle, wherein the receptacle is sealed;
- absorbing the light with one or more photovoltaic cells disposed within the receptacle;
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- generating a photocurrent with the one or more photovoltaic cells, in response to the one or more photovoltaic cells absorbing the light, wherein the photocurrent produces an electrical potential difference between a negative electrode coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells and a positive electrode coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.