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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, Schenectady, NY (US);
Loucas Tsakalakos, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joleyn Balch, Schaghticoke, NY (US);
Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, Schenectady, NY (US);
Loucas Tsakalakos, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joleyn Balch, Schaghticoke, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A photovoltaic device that includes a substrate and a nanowall structure disposed on the substrate surface. The device also includes at least one layer conformally deposited over the nanowall structure. The conformal layer(s) is at least a portion of a photoactive junction. A method for making a photovoltaic device includes generating a nanowall structure on a substrate surface and conformally depositing at least one layer over the nanowall structure thereby forming at least one photoactive junction. A solar panel includes at least one photovoltaic device based on a nanowall structure. The solar panel isolates such devices from its surrounding atmospheric environment and permits the generation of electrical power. Optoelectronic device may also incorporate a photovoltaic device based on a nanowall structure.