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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Applicants:
M. Joseph Roberts, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Simin Feng, Waldorf, MD (US);
Zachary A. Sechrist, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Inventors:
M. Joseph Roberts, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Simin Feng, Waldorf, MD (US);
Zachary A. Sechrist, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 51/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/4213 (2013.01); H01L 51/422 (2013.01); H01L 51/4226 (2013.01); Y02E 10/542 (2013.01);
Abstract
Nanoplasmonic cavities for photovoltaic applications include at least one transparent conductive substrate. The nanoplasmonic cavities comprising a sandwich of layers incorporating a first plasmonic electrically conductive nanostructure layer, at least one photoabsorber layer and a at least one electron transfer layer and a second plasmonic electrically conductive nanostructure layer.