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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:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Applicants:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Russell R. Chianelli, El Paso, TX (US);
Karina Castillo, El Paso, TX (US);
Vipin Gupta, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Ali M. Qudah, El Paso, TX (US);
Brenda Torres, El Paso, TX (US);
Rajib E. Abujnah, El Paso, TX (US);
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0256 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Photovoltaic devices and methods of making the same are disclosed herein. The cell comprises: a first electrically conductive layer; at least one photoelectrochemical layer comprising metal-oxide particles, an electrolyte solution, an asphaltene dye, and a second electrically conductive layer.