Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy harvesting system using a solar cell and thermoelectric device
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Application No.: US17558488Application Date: 2021-12-21
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Publication No.: US11699770B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Sang Sig Kim , Kyoung Ah Cho , Seung Gen Yang
- Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: KR 20210087125 2021.07.02
- Main IPC: H02S10/30
- IPC: H02S10/30 ; H02S40/44 ; H10N10/00 ; H01L31/0525 ; H02J50/00 ; H01L25/16 ; H10N10/855

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an energy harvesting technology for generating electrical energy by using a combination of a solar cell and a thermoelectric device. An energy harvesting system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a solar cell for generating electrical energy based on sunlight; a heat transfer layer formed on at least one edge portion of the upper surface of the solar cell on which sunlight is incident; and a thermoelectric device including a first electrode, a second electrode, a thermoelectric channel disposed between the first and second electrodes, having a horizontal structure in which the first electrode is disposed on the heat transfer layer to be arranged horizontally with respect to the solar cell, and configured to generate additional electrical energy based on the temperature difference between the first and second electrodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230006084A1 ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM USING A SOLAR CELL AND THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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