Nano power cell and method of use

• US 9,040,809 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2012
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Solera Laboratories, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Solera Laboratories, Inc.
• Inventors: Kenany, Saad Al, Madou, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): PERT, EVAN T
• Application Number:
  US13/685,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20130081672A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• US Class Current: 136/250
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/2059 comprising an organic dye as the active light absorbing material, e.g. adsorbed on an electrode or dissolved in solution
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/22 Devices using combined reduction and oxidation, e.g. redox arrangement or solion
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/035218 the quantum structure being quantum dots
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/0384 including other non-monocrystalline materials, e.g. semiconductor particles embedded in an insulating material H01L31/0392 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/18 Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/1892 methods involving the use of temporary, removable substrates
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/542 Dye sensitized solar cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

A nano power cell and method of use are described wherein the nano power cell absorbs electromagnetic energy is nano particles in an optical fluid that flow in microchannels of the nano power cell.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing electromagnetic radiation sensitive particles, the method comprising:

embedding a plurality of particles into a barrier sheet;

etching the barrier sheet to expose a top portion and a bottom portion of each particle embedded in the barrier sheet, wherein the exposed top portions of the particles are separated from the exposed bottom portions by the barrier sheet;

attaching a metal material onto the exposed top portions; and

attaching a dye material to the exposed bottom portions to create electromagnetic sensitive particles.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising removing the barrier sheet once the metal material and dye material are attached to produce a plurality of electromagnetic sensitive particles.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein attached the metal material further comprising coating the exposed top portions.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein coating the exposed top portions further comprises depositing the metal material onto the exposed top portions.