Patent ID: 8759670
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B82Y,H01L,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A photovoltaic converter device comprising: a first material layer having a first material; and a plurality of particles, the plurality of particles dispersing among the first material, each of the plurality of particles including a second material and a third material, the second material being covered by the third material, wherein the first material has a band gap E a carrier generated at the second material is extracted to the first material through the third material by a tunneling effect, the second material is at least one material selected from the group consisting of c-Ge, a-Ge, PbS, PbSe, GaAs, ZnSe, β-GeSi the third material is at least one material selected from the group consisting of ITO, FTO, and ATO.