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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
Richard R. Lunt, Iii, Williamston, MI (US);
Yimu Zhao, East Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 77/45 (2025.01); H02S 40/22 (2014.01); H10F 19/80 (2025.01); H10F 77/42 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 77/45 (2025.01); H02S 40/22 (2014.12); H10F 19/80 (2025.01); H10F 77/488 (2025.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy harvesting system is provided. The energy harvesting system includes a waveguide, a luminophore embedded in the waveguide, and a solar photovoltaic array or a solar photovoltaic cell coupled to the waveguide. The energy harvesting system is visibly transparent, having an average visible transmittance of greater than about 50% and a color rendering index of greater than about 80 at normal incidence to the waveguide.