• 专利标题:   Preparing solar cell involves heating substrate deposited with nanoparticles, forming composite layer with graphene layer, cooling, disposing transparent substrate having quartz, glass and polymers such as polymethylmethacrylate, polystyrene, fabricating electrode, forming cathode and electrolyte.
  • 专利号:   US2023028787-A1, US11578403-B1
  • 发明人:   ELSAYED K A M, MAAROUF A A
  • 专利权人:   UNIV IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL
  • 国际专利分类:   B82Y030/00, C01B032/186, C23C016/01, C23C016/02, C23C016/26, C23C016/34, H01G009/20, H01L031/0224, B82Y040/00
  • 专利详细信息:   US2023028787-A1 26 Jan 2023 C23C-016/01 202316 English
  • 申请详细信息:   US2023028787-A1 US954383 28 Sep 2022
  • 优先权号:   US961326, US954383

▎ 摘  要

NOVELTY - Preparing solar cell having transparent electrode, involves: i) forming alcohol dispersion comprising nanoparticles; ii) spraying dispersion on substrate to deposit nanoparticles; iii) heating substrate and nanoparticles; iv) contacting gaseous mixture of methane and hydrogen, with nanoparticles and substrate, forming composite layer with graphene layer, nanoparticles are embedded in graphene layer and extend through the layer; v) cooling substrate and composite layer; vi) disposing transparent substrate comprising quartz, glass, polymethylmethacrylate, polydimethylsiloxane, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyacrylate, polymethacrylate, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethernitrile, polyethersulfone, polystyrene, polycarbonate, styrene acrylonitrile, styrene methyl methacrylate and/or methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene; vii) fabricating electrode; viii) applying electrolyte on composite layer; and ix) applying cathode on electrolyte. USE - Method is used for preparing solar cell having transparent electrode. ADVANTAGE - The prepared solar cell has high efficiency enabled by the high electron mobility in the composite layer. The presence of oxygen functional groups on surface of transparent substrate, enables the step of disposing/placing the transparent substrate on the composite layer, and hence prolongs the lifetime of the transparent electrode. DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Preparation of a solar cell having a transparent electrode(114), involves: i) forming an alcohol dispersion comprising nanoparticles; ii) spraying the dispersion on a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) substrate to deposit the nanoparticles on the surface of CVD substrate; iii) heating the CVD substrate and nanoparticles to 900°C or more, at sub-atmospheric pressure; iv) contacting a gaseous mixture comprising methane and hydrogen, with nanoparticles and CVD substrate, where hydrogen catalyzes reaction between methane and CVD substrate to deposit carbon atoms on the surface of CVD substrate, forming a composite layer with graphene layer, the nanoparticles are embedded in the graphene layer and extend through a thickness of the graphene layer; v) cooling the CVD substrate and the composite layer; vi) disposing a transparent substrate on the composite layer, where the transparent substrate comprises quartz, glass, polymethylmethacrylate, polydimethylsiloxane, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyacrylate, polymethacrylate, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethernitrile, polyethersulfone, polystyrene, polycarbonate, styrene acrylonitrile, styrene methyl methacrylate and/or methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene; vii) removing the CVD substrate with an etchant, for fabricating the transparent electrode, where nanoparticles are in direct contact with the transparent substrate and a gap is present between the graphene layer and the transparent substrate; viii) applying an electrolyte (206) on the composite layer of the transparent electrode; and ix) applying a cathode (204) on the electrolyte, to ionically and electrically connect the cathode to the transparent electrode. DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic view of solar cell. 114Transparent electrode 204Cathode 206Electrolyte 208Load 210Solar radiation