A display device provided with a polarising photovoltaic module includes (a) a plurality of polarisers; (b) a plurality of pixels which emit or transmit light referred to as image light; (c) a plurality of photovoltaic active zones and a plurality of openings, two adjacent photovoltaic active zones forming an opening and said photovoltaic active zones being arranged between the pixels and the polarisers; wherein said polarisers are semi-reflective and are made up of one or more surfaces selected among planar surfaces, which are concave or convex, and have parabolic, conical, pyramidal, tetrahedral, semi-cylindrical or cylindrical-parabolic shapes, said polarisers being arranged so as to concentrate, by reflection, a first linear polarised component of the ambient light onto said photovoltaic active zones, as well as to transmit, through the polarising photovoltaic module, a second linear polarised component of the ambient light or of the image light.

An optical assembly for an optical device. The optical assembly comprises a first substrate and a second substrate opposite the first substrate. A dimming structure is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A light shielding structure is disposed on a surface of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate. The light shielding structure is configured to absorb at least one of ultraviolet light, near-ultraviolet light, infrared light, or far-infrared light in the sunlight and output an electrical control signal, and the dimming structure is configured to adjust light transmittance in response to the electrical control signal.

The invention pertains to an optical device comprising at least one glass or polymer area, whereby an active matrix is located in contact with the at least one glass or polymer area, the optical device comprises a power supply system located between a first auxiliary plane and a second auxiliary-plane parallel to a glass or polymer area, and a distance L from a third auxiliary-plane or a fourth auxiliary-plane approximately perpendicular to the glass or polymer area. The invention pertains also to a power supply system for such an optical device.

Optically transmissive UV solar cells may be coupled to glass substrates, for example windows, in order to generate electricity while still providing suitable optical behavior for the window. The UV solar cells may be utilized to power electrochromic components coupled to the window to adjust or vary the transmissivity of the window. The UV solar cells may utilize a Schottky ZnO/ZnS heterojunction.

Assembly for the display of at least one piece of information for a portable object, this display assembly (1) including a first, at least partially transparent, display device (2) which is located on the side of an observer (4) and arranged to display at least a first piece of information, a second, at least partially transparent, display device (6) for displaying at least a second piece of information and a solar cell (10) being disposed in that order underneath the first display device (2), the first and second display devices (2, 6) being capable of switching between an active state in which they display information and a passive state in which they do not display information.

A display device includes a display screen including sub-pixel units, a storage battery unit, and a control chip. The sub-pixel units include gate lines and fingerprint signal lines intersecting with each other, transistors, solar battery modules each of which includes a first electrode, a light-sensing device for transferring light signals into electrical signals, and a second electrode overlapping sequentially, and light-emitting devices disposed at intervals from the solar battery modules. A gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a source electrode of each transistor connect to the gate line, the first electrode, and the control chip respectively. The storage battery unit connects to the first and second electrodes. When light from the light-emitting device is reflected off fingers and is back toward the light-sensing device, the transistor is turned on, the light-sensing device generates fingerprint signals, and the control chip stores and recognizes the fingerprint signals.

A photoelectric display unit including a bottom electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer and a top electrode layer is provided. The photoelectric conversion layer is disposed between the bottom electrode layer and the top electrode layer, and includes a first extrinsic semiconductor layer, an intrinsic semiconductor layer and a second extrinsic semiconductor layer. The intrinsic semiconductor layer is disposed between the first extrinsic semiconductor layer and the second extrinsic semiconductor layer. The intrinsic semiconductor layer includes a semiconductor material with a range of a band gap of 1.7 ev˜3.2 ev.

Electronic paper includes a display panel and a drive component. The display panel may include a plurality of pixels disposed in a display region and a photoelectric conversion transistor disposed in a non-display region. The drive component is electrically connected to the plurality of pixels, and is electrically connected to a current output terminal of the photoelectric conversion transistor.

Electrochromic window systems and components thereof are disclosed, more particularly systems where electrochromic devices are powered and/or controlled using photonic energy. In some instances, a laser is driven by a driver to deliver photonic power and/or control information into an optical fiber. The optical fiber carries the power and control information to a photovoltaic converter and a controller. The photovoltaic converter and controller may be included within an insulated glass unit (IGU). The photovoltaic converter converts the light energy into electrical energy used to power a transition in an optical state of an electrochromic layer or layers within the IGU. The controller may be used to control the power delivered to the electrochromic layer(s), such that a smooth transition occurs. In some embodiments, control information may be transmitted in an upstream manner to communicate information regarding, for example, the state of an electrochromic device.

Systems and methods for generating electrical current from at least one photovoltaic cell is described herein. The photovoltaic cell may be disposed over a display of an electronic device. The photovoltaic cell may comprise first and second conductive layers and a photovoltaic layer. The first conductive layer may be etched such that a width of the metal layer is less than a width of the photovoltaic layer providing visibility to the display disposed below. In some embodiments, a capacitive touch sensor is disposed between the metal layer and the absorber layer for providing interaction with a user.