US 11,961,927 B2
Cascade photocatalysis device
Adele Clare Tamboli, Golden, CO (US); Joel Wheeler Ager, III, Berkeley, CA (US); Emily Lowell Warren, Golden, CO (US); and Calton Junjing Kong, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US); and The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US); and The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/468,316.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,817, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0077336 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 31/043 (2014.01); C25B 1/55 (2021.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/0687 (2012.01); H01M 4/90 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 31/043 (2014.12) [C25B 1/55 (2021.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/0687 (2013.01); H01M 4/9041 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a photovoltaic device capable of generating current at a plurality of potentials;
a first catalyst in electronic communication with the photovoltaic device; and
a second catalyst in electronic communication with the photovoltaic device;
wherein the photovoltaic device comprises a photoelectrode and a transparent conductive encapsulant (TCE) layer which further comprises a polymer, a plurality of microspheres of the first catalyst and a plurality of microspheres of the second catalyst.