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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jifa Qi, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Xiangnan Dang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Angela M. Belcher, Lexington, MA (US);
Paula T. Hammond, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 9/00 (2006.01); H01G 9/20 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 9/2031 (2013.01); H01G 9/0029 (2013.01); H01G 9/209 (2013.01); H01G 9/2027 (2013.01); H01G 9/2036 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); Y02E 10/542 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11); Y10S 977/89 (2013.01); Y10S 977/948 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dye-sensitized solar cell can include a plurality of a plasmon-forming nanostructures. The plasmon-forming nanostructures can include an oxide core, an inner metallic shell on a surface of the oxide core, and an outer oxide shell on a surface of the inner metallic shell.