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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
Applicant:
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24S 10/25 (2018.01); F24S 80/20 (2018.01); F24S 20/20 (2018.01); H01L 31/052 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H01L 31/04 (2014.01); F24S 80/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24S 10/25 (2018.05); F24S 20/20 (2018.05); F24S 80/20 (2018.05); H01L 31/04 (2013.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.12); H01L 31/0521 (2013.01); H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); F24S 2080/03 (2018.05); Y02E 10/40 (2013.01); Y02E 10/44 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01); Y02P 80/15 (2015.11);
Abstract
An apparatus () and method for the co-production of high temperature thermal energy and electrical energy from solar irradiance includes a photovoltaic cell () laminated to a metal extrusion device () and a transparent channel () in front of the photovoltaic cell (). The transparent channel () contains a heat transfer fluid that is seeded with metallic, semiconducting, and/or non-metallic nanoparticles and absorbs wavelengths of solar energy that are not utilized or underutilized by the photovoltaic cell ().