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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2023
Antora Energy, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Brendan M. Kayes, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Leah Y. Kuritzky, Berkeley, CA (US);
Emmett E. Perl, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tarun C. Narayan, Riverside, CA (US);
Justin A. Briggs, Woodside, CA (US);
Myles Aaron Steiner, Denver, CO (US);
Eric James Tervo, Lakewood, CO (US);
Madhan Kumar Arulanandam, Tempe, AZ (US);
Richard R. King, Tempe, AZ (US);
Antora Energy, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A layered window in thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices is disclosed herein. The device may include two or more front window layers, including an outer front window layer nearest the light source that is thin and highly doped and a lower doped inner front window layer nearest a TPV absorber layer. In some embodiments, there may be additional front window layers between the outer front window layer and the inner front window layer. In some embodiments, the TPV device also may include a front contact, a back contact, and other components.