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An integrated multi energy harvesting and energy storage system is provided. The system includes a number of energy harvesting units (202) fabricated on a substrate, and the energy harvesting unit extracts energy from a number of ambient energy sources; and at least one energy storage unit (204) fabricated on the substrate and the energy storage unit stores energy harvested by the energy harvesting units. The energy harvesting units and the energy storage unit are monolithically integrated by fabrication on the substrate platform. Most illustrative diagram: Figure 2
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THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO AN IMPROVED THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL AND A METHOD FOR FABRICATING A THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL HAVING NANOSTRUCTURES INCORPORATED ONTO AN ABSORBER LAYER AND A CONDUCTOR LAYER. ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES AN ABSORBER LAYER OF A THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL WITH NANOWIRES HAVING DIFFERENT LENGTH FOR COLLECTING THE SPLIT CHARGES FROM THE ENTIRE PORTION OF THE PHOTOACTIVE ABSORBER LAYER. THE ELECTRODE STRUCTURE ON THE TOP SURFACE OF A THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL COLLECTS AND REMOVES THE ELECTRONS FROM THE CELL WITHOUT BLOCKING THE INCIDENT OF LIGHTS. IN ADDITION, A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAYER PROVIDES AN ASSISTANCE TO FLOW OUT ELECTRONS FROM THE SOLAR CELL WITH A MINIMAL LOSS. THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING IS
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A PROCESS OF TREATING A SILICON SUBSTRATE SURFACE FOR OPTIMIZING SUNLIGHT CAPTURE IN THE FABRICATION OF SOLAR CELLS IS DISCLOSED. EACH OF THE TWO SIDES OF THE SILICON SUBSTRATE IS TEXTURED WITH A LASER SOURCE TO ROUGHEN ITS SURFACE BY FABRICATING NANOSCALE STRUCTURES THEREON. SURFACE TEXTURING MAY BE CONDUCTED ON BOTH SIDES OF A CRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFER BY FLIPPING OVER TO REPEAT OUR PROCESS ON THE OTHER SIDE SUCH THAT SUNLIGHT REFLECTIVITY IS MINIMIZED AND PHOTON TRAPPING IS MAXIMIZED. THE PROCESS MAY BE CONDUCTED IN ROOM TEMPERATURE AND VACUUM IN A DRY-ETCH PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT. THE SUBSTRATE MAY UNDERGO TRANSLATION IN THE X-Y AXES FOR CONTROL OF THE SUBSTRATE’S MOVEMENT TO ACHIEVE THE REQUISITE TEXTURING BY THE LASER BEAM OF A PULSE LASER OF ND-YAG SOURCE IN 533 NM AND 1024 NM WAVELENGTHS AT ≥ 75 JOULES/PULSE WITH TRANSLATION SPEED OF ≤ 0.5 MM/SECOND. OUR PROCESS IS SUITABLE FOR SOLAR CELLS THAT INCLUDES HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES, SPECIFICALLY, WITH INTRINSIC THIN LAYER (HIT) STRUCTURE AND PARTICULARLY ON CRYSTALLINE SILICON (C-SI) (P-TYPE) SUBSTRATE WHICH MAY INCLUDE EXPOSURE TO NANO-SECOND TO FEMTO-SECOND RANGE PULSED LASER ON DRY THIN FILM SOLAR CELL WAFER. MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING:
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AN ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE (100) COMPRISES A HOLLOW PRISMATIC BODY (I12) FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF FACES ARE COATED WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER THEREON, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED CANTILEVERS (14) ARE ARRANGED SPATIALLY FROM EACH OTHER AND INSERTED THROUGH THE FACES OF THE HOLLOW PRISMATIC BODY (12), THE ELONGATED CANTILEVERS (14) ARE COATED WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER THEREON, AND AT LEAST ONE INNER RESILIENT MEANS (16) OF A PARTICULAR STIFFNESS HAVING ONE END ATTACHED THE HOLLOW PRISMATIC BODY (12) AFTER DETERMINED THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY AND MASS OF THE HOLLOW PRISMATIC BODY (12) AND THE OTHER END ATTACHED TO A BASE (18) IN ORDER TO BE STABLE ON ITS AXIS, WHEREIN THE DEVICE (100) IS CAPABLE OF DETECTING SMALL AMOUNT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY AVAILABLE VIBRATION SOURCES AND PRODUCING HUGE VIBRATION TO THE HOLLOW PRISMATIC BODY (12) AND THE CANTILEVERS (14), THEREBY INDUCING THE DEVICE (100) TO GENERATE ELECTRICAL ENERGY. THE ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE (100) IS CAPABLE OF HARVESTING ENERGY FROM AMBIENT LOW SCALE VIBRATION. THEREFORE IT IS APPLICABLE TO ANY KIND OF ENERGY HARVESTING WHERE MECHANICAL FORCE IN NEED TO CONVERTED TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
Abstract:
An integrated multi energy harvesting and energy storage system is provided. The system includes a number of energy harvesting units (202) fabricated on a substrate, and the energy harvesting unit extracts energy from a number of ambient energy sources; and at least one energy storage unit (204) fabricated on the substrate and the energy storage unit stores energy harvested by the energy harvesting units. The energy harvesting units and the energy storage unit are monolithically integrated by fabrication on the substrate platform.
Abstract:
An energy harvesting device (100) comprises a hollow prismatic body (12) formed of a plurality of faces are coated with a piezoelectric layer thereon, a plurality of elongated cantilevers (14) are arranged spatially from each other and inserted through the faces of the hollow prismatic body (12), the elongated cantilevers (14) are coated with a piezoelectric layer thereon, and at least one inner resilient means (16) of a particular stiffness having one end attached the hollow prismatic body (12) after determined the centre of gravity and mass of the hollow prismatic body (12) and the other end attached to a base (18) in order to be stable on its axis, wherein the device (100) is capable of detecting small amount of environmentally available vibration sources and producing huge vibration to the hollow prismatic body (12) and the cantilevers (14), thereby inducing the device (100) to generate electrical energy. The energy harvesting device (100) is capable of harvesting energy from ambient low scale vibration. Therefore it is applicable to any kind of energy harvesting where mechanical force in need to converted to electrical energy.