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Color changing apparatuses with solar cells

  • US 10,361,328 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2015
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A color changing apparatus, comprising:

  • a color changing element, wherein the color changing element is a flexible photochromic band; and

    a solar cell assembly to absorb solar energy and provide thermal energy or electromagnetic radiation, the solar cell assembly comprising a plurality of flexible solar cells arranged into a plurality of recesses of the color changing element, wherein the color changing element contacts the solar cell assembly and displays different color features by absorbing the thermal energy or electromagnetic radiation provided by the solar cell assembly.

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