Patent ID: 8648247
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A SolarTurf unit comprising: a plurality of solar blades and an interconnect strip, wherein each of said solar blades comprises a first portion and a second portion; wherein each first portion comprises a photoactive material that comprises at least one donor-acceptor conjugated polymer (DA-CP) with dioxythiophene donor repeating units disposed between and electrically contacting a working electrode and a counter electrode wherein at least one of said electrodes is transparent, wherein the photoactive material, the working electrode, and the counter electrode have the same cross-sectional shape in the first portion; and wherein each second portion comprises an extension of each of the working electrode and the counter electrode from the first portion in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the first portion and wherein the longitudinal axis of the first portion and second portion is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the interconnect strip; wherein the interconnect strip comprises a first electrically conductive surface and a second electrically conductive surface separated by an insulator wherein each working electrode is electrically and physically directly connected to said first electrically conductive surface and each counter electrode is electrically and physically directly connected to said second electrically conductive surface.