Solar cell having fan structure and application system using the same

• US 9,276,403 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Jun, Dong Suk, You, In-Kyu, Kim, Je Ha
• Primary Examiner(s): Grant, Robert
• Application Number:
  US13/788,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20130342153A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• Field of Search: 320/101
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2257/504 Carbon dioxide
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/02 by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography solid sorbent compositions B01J20/00, preparation of inorganic compounds or elements C01
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/0407 Constructional details of adsorbing systems
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/62 Carbon oxides
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02C 20/40 of CO2
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Abstract

Disclosed are a solar cell having a fan structure that provides a more pleasant life, convenience, and stability by forming, in a fan structure, a flexible color solar cell applied with a carbon dioxide absorption material, and configuring the formed flexible color solar cell through convergence of information technology, and an electronic application apparatus using the same. The electronic application apparatus using a solar cell as a power source includes: an application device body portion including a both side supporter fixed to ground, a transmitter including an antenna capable of transmitting power and data, and a data screen to thereby provide a predetermined service; and the solar cell provided in an upper end of the application device body portion, to color using a predetermined wavelength of light, and to perform solar power generation using a remaining wavelength of light.

Claims

1. A solar cell, comprising:

at least two solar cell panels to colour using a predetermined wavelength of light, and to perform solar power generation using a remaining wavelength of light,

wherein the at least two solar cell panels are stacked together to form a layered structure, and include a first solar cell panel with a lower surface and an upper surface and a second solar cell panel stacked on the first solar cell, the second solar cell panel having a lower surface and an upper surface, and

wherein, when taken from a sectional view, the second solar cell panel is disposed on the first solar cell panel such that the lower surface of the second solar cell panel faces the upper surface of the first solar cell panel, and the first and second solar cell panels are spaced apart from each other with a gap space therebetween and thereby are disposed in a fan structure for a venturi effect; and

a first carbon dioxide absorption material applied on the upper surface of the first solar cell panel, and a second carbon dioxide absorption material applied on the lower surface of the second solar cell panel, the first and second dioxide absorption material facing each other with a gap therebetween,

wherein exterior air flows into the gap space of the fan structure, and carbon dioxide of the in-flown outside air is absorbed by the first and second carbon dioxide absorption materials.

2. The solar cell of claim 1, wherein the solar cell panel is any one of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), an organic photovoltaic cell (OPV), an amorphous silicon solar cell, and an inorganic substance of a solar cell.

9. The solar cell of claim 1, wherein the solar cell extends from a first end to a second end, and the second end is an unsupported free end.

3. An electronic application apparatus that uses a solar cell as a power source, the apparatus comprising:

an application device body portion including both side supporters fixed to ground, a transmitter including an antenna capable of transmitting power and data, and a data screen to thereby provide a predetermined service; and

the solar cell provided in an upper end of the application device body portion,

wherein the solar cell includes at least two solar cell panels to colour using a predetermined wavelength of light, and to perform solar power generation using a remaining wavelength of light,

wherein the at least two solar cell panels are stacked together to form a layered structure, and include a first solar cell panel with a lower surface and an upper surface and a second solar cell panel stacked on the first solar cell, the second solar cell panel having a lower surface and an upper surface,

wherein, when taken from a sectional view, the second solar cell panel is disposed on the first solar cell panel such that the lower surface of the second solar cell panel faces the upper surface of the first solar cell panel, and the first and second solar cell panels are spaced apart from each other with a gap space therebetween and thereby are disposed in a fan structure for a venturi effect,

wherein the solar cell further includes a first carbon dioxide absorption material applied on the upper surface of the first solar cell panel, and a second carbon dioxide absorption material applied on the lower surface of the second solar cell panel, the first and second dioxide absorption material facing each other with a gap therebetween, and

wherein exterior air flows into the gap space of the fan structure, and carbon dioxide of the in-flown outside air is absorbed by the first and second carbon dioxide absorption materials.

4. The apparatus of claim 3,

wherein an application device body portion is at least one of a camera, a data receiver, a touch pad, and a light emitting diode (LED) lighting.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:

a storage battery to charge predetermined voltage of power that is generated in the solar cell.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the solar cell is any one of a DSSC, an OPV, an amorphous silicon solar cell, and an inorganic substance of a solar cell.

7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein:

the antenna is configured as a pair of spirals, and

the pair of spirals includes a transmitting spiral to transmit power and data, and a receiving spiral to receive the data.

8. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the solar cell extends from a first end to a second end, the first end is supported by the both side supporters, and the second end is an unsupported free end.