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A New Dopant for Iron (II) Oxide-Based Solar Energy Conversion Devices: Enhanced Conductivity and Low Cost

Princeton Docket # 12-2823 Solar energy conversion devices include photovoltaics, photoelectrochemical cells and photocatalysts, which convert the energy of sunlight into electricity and produce fuels from carbon dioxide and water. Different materials for making the solar energy conversion devices exhibit different energy conversion efficiencies...
Published: 12/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Emily Carter, Maytal Toroker
Keywords(s): solar cell
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

A Method for Bidding Battery Storage Into Hour-Ahead Energy Markets

Bidding Battery Storage In to Hour-Ahead Energy Markets Princeton Docket # 14-3012 There is growing interest in the use of grid-level storage to smooth variations in supply that are likely to arise with increased use of wind and solar energy. Energy arbitrage, the process of buying, storing, and selling electricity to exploit variations in electricity...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Warren Powell, Daniel Jiang
Keywords(s): computers/software, energy, solar cell
Category(s): Computer Science and Information Technology

Stress-Based State of Health and Charge Measurement for Intercalation Batteries

Stress-Based State of Health and Charge Measurement for Intercalation BatteriesPrinceton Docket # 12-2792The determination of a battery’s state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) are important for the power management system that relies on batteries as a power source, e.g., mobile phones, laptops, electric vehicles, grid level storage,...
Published: 3/7/2024   |   Inventor(s): Craig Arnold, John Cannarella
Keywords(s): battery, computers/software, energy, medical device, solar cell
Category(s): Medical Devices/Diagnostics, Computer Science and Information Technology

A New Material for Solar Energy Conversion Devices

A New Material for Solar Energy Conversion Devices Princeton Docket # 13-2905-1 To reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of current solar energy conversion devices, researchers at Princeton University have developed a novel material with improved features. This novel material is fabricated by alloying nickel oxide (NiO) with lithium (Li) in a rocksalt...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Emily Carter, Nima Alidoust, Maytal Toroker
Keywords(s): green tech, Opto-Electronics/ELE ENG, solar cell
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Materials

Novel Alloying Elements for Ni Cermet Anodes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells-Improved Thermal Stability

Princeton Docket # 12-2824 With high electrical efficiency, long-term stability, fuel flexibility, low emissions, and relatively low cost, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) hold great potential for widescale deployment of fuel cell technology. The anodes of most solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are made of nickel/yttria-stabilized zirconia composites (Ni...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Emily Carter
Keywords(s): Opto-Electronics/ELE ENG, solar cell
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Inexpensive and Efficient Materials for Solar Energy Conversion Devices

Princeton Docket # 12-2790 Solar energy conversion devices include photovoltaics, photoelectrochemical cells and photocatalysts, which convert the energy of sunlight into electricity and/or produce fuels from carbon dioxide and water. Wide-scale implementation of these devices requires the development of less expensive materials with highly specific...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Emily Carter, Leah Isseroff
Keywords(s): green tech, Opto-Electronics/ELE ENG, solar cell
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Materials

Economical, Practical and High-Performance Photovoltaics by Incorporation of Wrinkles and Folds

Princeton Docket # 11-2701 Optical manipulation of light has become an increasingly popular strategy to enhance light harvesting efficiencies in opto-electronic devices. Despite recent advances in nano-scale patterning techniques that have enabled the creation of discrete metallic building blocks or continuous metallic films having nano-hole arrays,...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Jongbok Kim, Pilnam Kim, Howard Stone, Nicolas Pegard, Jason Fleischer
Keywords(s): Opto-Electronics/ELE ENG, solar cell
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Materials

Inexpensive, Efficient, and Robust Materials for Solar Energy Conversion Devices

Princeton Docket # 12-2782 Solar energy conversion devices include photovoltaics, photoelectrochemical cells and photocatalysts, which convert the energy of sunlight into electricity and/or produce fuels from carbon dioxide and water. Wide-scale implementation of these devices requires the development of less expensive materials with highly specific...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Emily Carter, Dalal Kanan
Keywords(s): green tech, solar cell
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Materials