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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11177766 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2016

Sunlight harvesting transparent windows

Applicant:

University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);

Inventors:

Jiangeng Xue, Gainesville, FL (US);

Wei David Wei, Gainesville, FL (US);

Assignee:

University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);

Attorney:

Thomas | Horstemeyer LLP

Primary Examiner:

Magali P Slawski

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/22 (2014.01); H02S 20/26 (2014.01); B32B 27/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 17/00 (2006.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 7/04 (2019.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/22 (2014.12); B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 7/04 (2013.01); B32B 17/00 (2013.01); B32B 27/06 (2013.01); B32B 27/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/20 (2013.01); B32B 27/308 (2013.01); B32B 27/365 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); H02S 20/26 (2014.12); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2250/40 (2013.01); B32B 2264/105 (2013.01); B32B 2307/304 (2013.01); B32B 2307/40 (2013.01); B32B 2307/4026 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/558 (2013.01); B32B 2307/706 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2457/12 (2013.01); Y02B 10/10 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photovoltaic system is formed as a window that is constructed of at least one polymer layer that is filled or decorated with metal nanoparticles and a window frame that includes one or more photovoltaic cells. The metal nanoparticles have a shape and size such that they display surface plasmon resonance frequencies in the near-infrared and/or the near-ultraviolet. The near-infrared and/or the near-ultraviolet radiations are scattered such that they are transmitted parallel to the face of the window to the photovoltaic cells, where an electrical current is generated.

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