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WO2008118234A9 - A method or means to use or combine plasmonic, thermal, photovoltaic or optical engineering - Google Patents

A method or means to use or combine plasmonic, thermal, photovoltaic or optical engineering Download PDF

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WO2008118234A9
WO2008118234A9 PCT/US2007/087963 US2007087963W WO2008118234A9 WO 2008118234 A9 WO2008118234 A9 WO 2008118234A9 US 2007087963 W US2007087963 W US 2007087963W WO 2008118234 A9 WO2008118234 A9 WO 2008118234A9
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Mark Brongersma
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F10/00—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
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    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10K—ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
    • H10K30/00—Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation
    • H10K30/50—Photovoltaic [PV] devices
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
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    • Y02E10/549—Organic PV cells

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PCT/US2007/087963 2006-11-16 2007-12-18 A method or means to use or combine plasmonic, thermal, photovoltaic or optical engineering Ceased WO2008118234A2 (en)

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US86616906P 2006-11-16 2006-11-16
US60/866,169 2006-11-16
US86662706P 2006-11-21 2006-11-21
US60/866,627 2006-11-21
US87068606P 2006-12-19 2006-12-19
US60/870,686 2006-12-19

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US8507785B2 (en) 2007-11-06 2013-08-13 Pacific Integrated Energy, Inc. Photo induced enhanced field electron emission collector
US8969710B2 (en) 2007-11-06 2015-03-03 Pacific Integrated Energy, Inc. Photon induced enhanced field electron emission collector
US9348078B2 (en) 2010-06-08 2016-05-24 Pacific Integrated Energy, Inc. Optical antennas with enhanced fields and electron emission

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