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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0216 (2014.01); H01L 31/0236 (2006.01); H01L 31/04 (2014.01); H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 31/068 (2012.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02327 (2013.01); H01L 31/02168 (2013.01); H01L 31/068 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) structure for generating electrical power from light, the structure including an enhancing layer for increasing the absorption of the light into the structure, the enhancing layer including: a wrinkled graphene layer configured to trap the light in the PV structure; and aluminum nanoparticles configured to scatter the light into the PV structure.