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US 8,138,713 B2Granted
Electrical energy storage device for solar cell
AssigneesNational Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Apogee Power, Inc.
InventorsKeh-Chi Tsai, Steve James, Wen-Hua Lin
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Abstract
An electrical energy storage device for a solar cell includes at least one electrode substrate coated with a oxide or mixed oxides layer. When the electrical energy storage device is electrically connected with a receive unit of the solar unit in parallel, the electrical energy storage device can have the advantages of high electric energy density, enhancing the charging efficiency of the solar cell, and reducing the charging time of the solar cell.
Claims6
A solar cell comprising:
- a receive unit comprising a solar panel;
- an electrical energy storage device electrically connected in parallel with the receive unit;
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- a battery unit electrically connected in parallel with said electrical energy storage device;
- wherein the electrical storage device comprises a pair of electrode substrates (20) spacedly connected to each other by an insulated annular frame (30);
- a solid separator (40) disposed between the electrode substrates (20), preventing the electrode substrates (20) from touching one another;
- electrolyte (50) surrounding the separator (40) and contained between the electrode substrates (20);
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- oxide layers or mixed oxide layers (22) coated on the electrode substrates (20) in contact with the electrolyte (50), the oxide or mixed oxide layers (22) including at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, ruthenium, iridium, rhodium and mixtures thereof.
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