Patents Assigned to Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnolgia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Publication number: 20140008746
    Abstract: The invention illustrates an innovative way to fabricate low cost, efficient, rigid or flexible mesoscopic optoelectronic devices such as photovoltaic (PV) solar cells or photo sensors (b) comprising three-dimensional arrays of semi-conductive micro- or nano-pillars (3b) deposited from suspensions e.g. by inkjet printing. Said pillars additionally increase the surface area of the device composed of an interpenetrating network of semiconductor particles of mesoscopic (2-50 nm) size forming junctions. In the present invention the active surface area is significantly increased when compared to previous flat structures (a, 3a), being fabricated preferably by inkjet patterning. Additionally, the invention allows for production of much more functional devices when compared with conventional mesoscopic PV cells due to smaller structure density what makes the layer more resistive to mechanical failure when bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnolgia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
    Inventors: Rodrigo Ferrão De Paiva Martins, Elvira Maria Correia Fortunato, Pawel Jerzy Wojcik