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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2003
Russell Gaudiana, Merrimack, NH (US);
Savvas E. Hadjikyriacou, Lowell, MA (US);
Jin-an He, Lowell, MA (US);
David Waller, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhengguo Zhu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Russell Gaudiana, Merrimack, NH (US);
Savvas E. Hadjikyriacou, Lowell, MA (US);
Jin-An He, Lowell, MA (US);
David Waller, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhengguo Zhu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Konarka Technologies, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
Co-sensitizers that co-adsorb with a sensitizing dye to the surface of an interconnected semiconductor oxide nanoparticle material increase the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by improving their charge transfer efficiency and reducing the back transfer of electrons from the interconnected semiconductor oxide nanoparticle material to the sensitizing dye.