Invention Grant
- Patent Title: SolarTurf: solar energy harvesting artificial turf
- Patent Title (中): SolarTurf:太阳能收割人造草坪
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Application No.: US12745285Application Date: 2008-11-26
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Publication No.: US08648247B2Publication Date: 2014-02-11
- Inventor: Jiangeng Xue , Franky So , Kirk S. Schanze , John R. Reynolds
- Applicant: Jiangeng Xue , Franky So , Kirk S. Schanze , John R. Reynolds
- Applicant Address: US FL Gainesville
- Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Current Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Gainesville
- Agency: Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk
- International Application: PCT/US2008/084917 WO 20081126
- International Announcement: WO2009/070706 WO 20090604
- Main IPC: H01L31/045
- IPC: H01L31/045

Abstract:
A SolarTurf unit has a plurality of solar blades, each blade comprising a donor-acceptor conjugated polymer (DA-CP) disposed between and electrically contacting a working electrode and a counter electrode where at least one of electrodes is transparent and where the plurality of solar blades have like or different DA-CPs having like color or different colors, for example, green. The SolarTurf unit includes an interconnect strip having a first electrically conductive surface and a second electrically conductive surface separated by an insulator. The working electrodes are electrically connected to the first electrically conductive surface and the counter electrodes are electrically connected to the second electrically conductive surface. The SolarTurf units can be combined into a device for harvesting light energy to provide an electric output. The SolarTurf device can have the appearance of a lawn or other plant, fungi, rock, sand or animal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110023934A1 SOLARTURF: SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING ARTIFICIAL TURF Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
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