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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Timothy J. Hebrink, Scandia, MN (US);
Eric R. Jackson, Hastings, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Solar energy device () comprising at least one of a photovoltaic cell or a solar thermal collector () having an absorption bandwidth in the infrared wavelength region of the solar spectrum; a visible light-transmitting reflector (); and at least one of a graphic film or lighted display (). The graphic film or a lighted display present is visible through the visible light-transmitting reflector. The solar energy devices can be used, for example, as a sign (e.g., an advertising sign or a traffic sign), on the side and/or roof, as well as in a window, of a building.