Patents Assigned to CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY
  • Copper Complex Dye Sensitized Solar Cell
    Publication number: 20110073172
    Abstract: A dye-sensitized semiconductor includes a semiconductor, and a copper(I) coordination compound comprising 2,9-dialkyl-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthrolinedisulfonate, on the semiconductor. The dye-sensitized semiconductor may be used as part of a photoanode in a solar cell, which also contains a counter-electrode, and a conductive medium containing a redox-active mediator, in contact with and separating the photoanode and the counter-electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY, AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Robert J. LeSuer, Kristy L. Mardis, Ali Manesh