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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Ian D. Hosein, Minoa, NY (US);
Inventor:
Ian D. Hosein, Minoa, NY (US);
Assignee:
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0543 (2014.12); H01L 31/0481 (2013.01); H01L 31/186 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A metallo-dielectric waveguide array used as an encapsulation material for silicon solar cells. The array is produced through light-induced self-writing combined with in situ photochemical synthesis of silver nanoparticles. Each waveguide comprises a cylindrical core consisting of a high refractive index polymer and silver nanoparticles homogeneously dispersed in its medium, all of which are surrounded by a low refractive index common cladding. These waveguide array films are processed directly over a silicon solar cell.