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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2007
Applicants:

Michael J. Pellin, Naperville, IL (US);

Jeffrey W. Elam, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Ulrich Welp, Lisle, IL (US);

Alex B. F. Martinson, Evanston, IL (US);

Joseph T. Hupp, Northfield, IL (US);

Inventors:

Michael J. Pellin, Naperville, IL (US);

Jeffrey W. Elam, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Ulrich Welp, Lisle, IL (US);

Alex B. F. Martinson, Evanston, IL (US);

Joseph T. Hupp, Northfield, IL (US);

Assignee:

UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A heterojunction photovoltaic cell. The cell includes a nanoporous substrate, a transparent conducting oxide disposed on the nanoporous substrate, a nanolaminate film deposited on the nanoporous substrate surface, a sensitizer dye disposed on a wide band gap semiconducting oxide and a redox shuttle positioned within the layer structure.


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