Patent ID: 9704653
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H01G,H01L,Y02E

Claim:
1. A photovoltaic cell for converting a light source into electricity at a reduced ohmic loss, the cell comprising: (a) a housing adapted to enclose the photovoltaic cell, said housing including an at least partially transparent cell wall, said cell wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface; (b) an electrolyte, disposed within said cell wall, said electrolyte containing an iodine based redox species; (c) an at least partially transparent conductive coating disposed on said interior surface of said cell wall, within the photovoltaic cell; (d) an anode disposed on said transparent conductive coating, said anode including: (e) a cathode disposed within an interior surface of said housing, said cathode disposed substantially opposite said anode, said cathode including: (f) a plurality of metal strips or wires, electrically associated with said anode and with said transparent conductive coating, each metal strip or wire of said plurality of metal strips or wires having sufficient thickness to form a protrusion protruding above a plane of said porous film by at least 50 micrometers wherein each of the plurality of metal strips or wires is coated with an electrically insulating layer, and wherein a surface of said catalytic component is in direct contact with a surface of said porous film of said anode.