US Patent Issued to Southern University and A&M College on July 22 for "Nanotube film enhanced 3-D photoanode for dye-sensitive photovoltaic cell" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,007, issued on July 22, was assigned to Southern University and A&M College (Baton Ruge, La.).

"Nanotube film enhanced 3-D photoanode for dye-sensitive photovoltaic cell" was invented by Fareed Dawan (Baton Rouge, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention teaches increasing the efficiency of a dye-sensitive solar cell by increasing the surface area of the DSSC photoanode. A thin film titanium oxide is deposited in trapezoidal shaped wells etched in the DSSC substrate. The thin-film titanium oxide is anodized to produce titanium oxide nanotubes on the inner surface of the trapezoidal shaped wells to further increase the...