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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Yemaya C. Bordain, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Manas Ranjan Gartia, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Gang Logan Liu, Urbana, IL (US);
Lisa Plucinski, Urbana, IL (US);
Luman Qu, Davis, CA (US);
Harry B. Radousky, Livermore, CA (US);
Brent Trenhaile, Champaign, IL (US);
Gergely T. Zimanyi, Davis, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A photovoltaic desalination system can comprise a solar cell, configured to receive solar radiation, including an n-doped semiconductor layer, a p-doped semiconductor layer, the two semiconductor layers forming a p-n junction, and an channel array, formed in the p-n junction; an input reservoir, coupled to the solar cell, the input reservoir configured to contain a salty fluid, and to release the salty fluid to the solar cell; an output fluid management system, coupled to the solar cell, the output fluid management system configured to receive an output fluid from the solar cell; wherein the channel array is configured to receive the salty fluid from the input reservoir, and to output the output fluid to the output fluid management system.