ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,291, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).
"Sunlight harvesting transparent windows" was invented by Jiangeng Xue (Gainesville, Fla.) and Wei David Wei (Gainesville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic system is formed as a window that is constructed of at least one polymer layer that is filled or decorated with metal nanoparticles and a window frame that includes one or more photovoltaic cells. The metal nanoparticles have a shape and size such that they display surface plasmon resonance frequencies in the near-infrared and/or the near-ultraviolet. The n...