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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Norman Pellet, Morges, CH;
Fabrizio Giordano, Saint-Sulpice, CH;
Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Bussigny, CH;
Michael Grätzel, Saint-Sulpice, CH;
Assignee:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01); H01L 31/0687 (2012.01); H01L 31/028 (2006.01); H01L 31/032 (2006.01); H01G 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/67 (2013.01); H01G 9/2022 (2013.01); H01L 31/028 (2013.01); H01L 31/0322 (2013.01); H01L 31/0687 (2013.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.12); H02S 40/30 (2014.12);
Abstract
A photovoltaic system including a solar cell having a hysteretic behavior; and a power device configured to extract a maximum power from the solar cell by forcing power oscillations of the power output by the solar cell.