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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Jin Ho Kang, Newport News, VA (US);
Chase Taylor, Lincoln, NE (US);
Cheol Park, Yorktown, VA (US);
Godfrey Sauti, Hampton, VA (US);
Luke Gibbons, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Iseley Marshall, Papillion, NE (US);
Sharon E. Lowther, Hampton, VA (US);
Peter T. Lillehei, Yorktown, VA (US);
Joycelyn S. Harrison, Hampton, VA (US);
Robert G. Bryant, Poquoson, VA (US);
The United State of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Some implementations provide a device (e.g., solar panel) that includes an active layer and a solar absorbance layer. The active layer includes a first N-type layer and a first P-type layer. The solar absorbance layer is coupled to a first surface of the active layer. The solar absorbance layer includes a polymer composite. In some implementations, the polymer composite includes one of at least metal salts and/or carbon nanotubes. In some implementations, the active layer is configured to provide the photovoltaic effect. In some implementations, the active layer further includes a second N-type layer and a second P-type layer. In some implementations, the active layer is configured to provide the thermoelectric effect. In some implementations, the device further includes a cooling layer coupled to a second surface of the active layer. In some implementations, the cooling layer includes one of at least zinc oxides, indium oxides, and/or carbon nanotubes.