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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Bill Beckenbaugh, New Castle, NH (US);
Russell Gaudiana, Merrimack, NH (US);
Kethinni G. Chittibabu, Westford, MA (US);
Bill Beckenbaugh, New Castle, NH (US);
Russell Gaudiana, Merrimack, NH (US);
Kethinni G. Chittibabu, Westford, MA (US);
Konarka Technologies, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention, in one aspect, provides a photovoltaic cell including a charge carrier material and a photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material including nanoparticles linked by a polymeric linking agent, both disposed between first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates. In one embodiment, the charge carrier material and the photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle material are disposed between a first and second flexible, significantly light-transmitting substrate that are themselves disposed between the first and second rigid, significantly light-transmitting substrates.