WO2005101525A3 - Structures and apparatuses including photovoltaic cells - Google Patents

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WO2005101525A3
WO2005101525A3 PCT/US2005/013108 US2005013108W WO2005101525A3 WO 2005101525 A3 WO2005101525 A3 WO 2005101525A3 US 2005013108 W US2005013108 W US 2005013108W WO 2005101525 A3 WO2005101525 A3 WO 2005101525A3
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Isaac Berzin
Erik C Bue
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Greenfuel Technologies Corp
Isaac Berzin
Erik C Bue
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    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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Abstract

Certain aspects of the present invention involve combining one or more photovoltaic cells, or films or panels containing such cells, with apparatuses and structures designed to contain, shield, and/or enclose one or more photosynthetic organisms and/or with apparatuses or structures comprising a solar thermal energy collection device, such as a solar heat exchanger. In certain embodiments, the photovoltaic cells utilized in the context of the present invention are of a type that are at least partially transparent to light of least one wavelength capable of driving photosynthesis, such as at least one wavelength between about 400 nm and about 700 nm corresponding to one or more absorption bands for a selected photosynthetic organism, and/or are at least partially transparent to of least one wavelength of infrared radiation.
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