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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2016
3gsolar Photovoltaics Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Jonathan Goldstein, Jerusalem, IL;
3GSOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS LTD., Jerusalem, IL;
Abstract
A photovoltaic cell including: (a) a housing including an at least partially transparent cell wall having an interior surface; (b) an electrolyte, disposed within the cell wall, and containing an iodide based species; (c) a transparent electrically conductive coating disposed on the interior surface; (d) an anode disposed on the conductive coating, the anode including: (i) a porous film containing titania, the porous film adapted to make intimate contact with the iodide based species, and (ii) a dye, absorbed on a surface of the porous film, the dye and the porous film adapted to convert photons to electrons; (e) a cathode disposed on an interior surface of the housing, and disposed substantially opposite the anode; (f) electrically-conductive metallic wires, disposed at least partially within the cell, the wires electrically contacting the anode and the electrically conductive coating, and (g) a second electrically conductive coating including an inorganic binder and an inorganic electrically conductive filler, the second coating bridging between and electrically communicating between each of the wires and the transparent coating, the wires adapted to boost collection of a current generated by the cell.