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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.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yeda Research & Development Co. Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429111 ; 204 86 ; 204 92 ; 204 / ; 204 96 ;
Abstract
Novel devices for the direct conversion of visible light to electricity, termed Photo Electrochemical Cell (PEC), said PEC comprising as one electrode a semiconductor of the n- or p- type of suitably wide bandgap for efficient utilization of solar energy in combination with an additional electrode and an electrolyte comprising a chalcogenide redox couple; according to a preferred embodiment, the additional electrode being a storage electrode adapted to supply converted energy as electricity when the photoelectrode is not illuminated.