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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125427 | SOLAR CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Provided are a solar cell a solar cell having high light absorbance and power conversion efficiency and a method for producing the solar cell. The solar cell includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a photoactive layer disposed on the first ele... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125412 | SOLAR CELL MODULE A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells, whereby in each solar cell a conductive adhesive film includes a first portion contacting a back electrode current collector and a second portion contacting a back electrode, and a length of the conductive adhesiv... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125429 | SEE-THROUGH TYPE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE INCLUDING 3-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND INSULATED GLASS UNIT INCLUDING THE SAME Disclosed is a see-through type photovoltaic module that includes: a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate; a first transparent electrode and a second electrode, all of which are placed between the first transparent substrate and the second transpa... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125781 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHESIS OF HYDROGEN FUEL The invention provides new methods and compositions for synthesizing hydrogen fuel using simple and inexpensive materials.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125411 | PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT FLEXIBLE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF The disclosure provides transparent and partially transparent flexible thin film solar cells. The aim is achieved in that flexible thin film solar cells are processed using a tool, such that the entire cell structure is pierced, the transparency is ensured by the openin... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125392 | TYPE-II HIGH BANDGAP TUNNEL JUNCTIONS OF InP LATTICE CONSTANT FOR MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS A type-II tunnel junction is disclosed that includes a p-doped AlGaInAs tunnel layer and a n-doped InP tunnel layer. Solar cells are further disclosed that incorporate the high bandgap type-II tunnel junction between photovoltaic subcells.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120103411 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE SUBSTRATE A photovoltaic module may include a back glass including a cobalt oxide or copper oxide.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103419 | GROUP-III NITRIDE SOLAR CELLS GROWN ON HIGH QUALITY GROUP-III NITRIDE CRYSTALS MOUNTED ON FOREIGN MATERIAL A group-III nitride solar cell is grown on a thin piece of a group-III nitride crystal that has been mounted on a carrier comprised of a foreign material. The thin piece is a thin layer with a thickness that ranges from approximately 5 microns to approximately 300 micro... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103402 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL POWER ARCHITECTURE An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing optical power to a semiconductor chip. An active semiconductor layer of the semiconductor chip is disposed toward a front side of the semiconductor chip. The active semiconductor layer comprises one or more in... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103417 | SOLAR CELL WITH GRADED BANDGAP A solar cell with graded bandgap is provided to increase the efficiencies of using the solar energy by a solar cell. The solar cell with graded bandgap above sequentially comprises a transparent conductive layer, a polysilicon layer, and conductive layer on a substrate.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080079 | SMALL GAUGE WIRE SOLAR CELL INTERCONNECT Disclosed are wire assemblies for solar cells. One wire assembly includes a first polymer film and a second polymer film overlaying the first polymer film. The second polymer film has a wire embedded in it such that a surface of the wire that is facing away from the fir... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080080 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF A WINDOW A window with variable transparency to light, the window includes at least two layers, the layers being arranged parallel to one another. Each layer includes a pattern of a plurality of alternating transparent and nontransparent areas. At least one of the layers is mova... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080082 | SOLAR CELL A solar cell includes a base layer; an emitter layer disposed on one side of the base layer; a first electrode in electrical communication with the base layer; and a second electrode in electrical communication with the emitter layer, wherein the base layer has a higher... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120067390 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM WATER Method and system for generating electrical energy from a volume of water.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067407 | DEPOSITION PROCESSES AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH POLYMERIC PRECURSORS Processes for making a solar cell by depositing various layers of components on a substrate and converting the components into a thin film photovoltaic absorber material. Processes of this disclosure can be used to control the stoichiometry of metal atoms in making a so... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067405 | Titania Crystal, Process for Producing the Same, Layered Titania Substrate, and Dye-sensitized Solar Cell An anatase-type titania crystal having a one-dimensional structure; a process for producing the crystal; and a dye-sensitized solar cell employing the titania crystal. The titania crystal is excellent in photocatalytic characteristics and photoelectric conversion charac... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067414 | CdZnO OR SnZnO BUFFER LAYER FOR SOLAR CELL A structure for use in a photovoltaic device is disclosed, the structure includes a substrate, a buffer material, a barrier material in contact with the substrate; and a transparent conductive oxide between the buffer material and the barrier material. The buffer materi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067392 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE CONTAINING AN N-TYPE DOPANT SOURCE Described herein is a method of using the buffer layer of a transparent conductive substrate as a dopant source for the n-type window layer of a photovoltaic device. The dopant source of the buffer layer distributes to the window layer of the photovoltaic device during ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067406 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A SOLAR CELL Methods of fabricating solar cells are described. A porous layer may be formed on a surface of a substrate, the porous layer including a plurality of particles and a plurality of voids. A solution may be dispensed into one or more regions of the porous layer to provide ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067425 | ALUMINUM BASE MATERIAL, METAL SUBSTRATE HAVING INSULATING LAYER EMPLOYING THE ALUMINUM BASE MATERIAL, SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, AND SOLAR BATTERY A metal substrate with an insulating layer, which is capable of being produced by a simple process, exhibits heat resistance during semiconductor processing, is superior in voltage resistance, and has small leakage current, and an Al base material that realizes the meta... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067337 | Rotatable Panels on an Exterior of a Structure that Directs Solar Energy within the Structure In one aspect of the present invention, a structure comprises a plurality of reflective panels secured to the structure. Each reflective panel has an axis of rotation. A processing element controls an orientation of each reflective panel about its axis of rotation to di... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067422 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE WITH A METAL SULFIDE OXIDE WINDOW LAYER Methods and devices are described for a photovoltaic device and substrate structure. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and a MS 1-xOx window layer formed over the substrate structure, wherein M is an element from the grou... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120048378 | ELECTRODEPOSITION OF THIN-FILM CELLS CONTAINING NON-TOXIC ELEMENTS A structure and method of making a thin-film solar cell. A thin-film solar cell includes a substrate, absorber layer and a buffer layer. The absorber layer is deposited by a single-step bulk electrochemical process, or a multi-layer electrochemical process. The buffer l... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048355 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODULE PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND SERIES CONNECTION METHOD THEREOF The invention provides a semiconductor device module package structure and a series connection method thereof. The semiconductor device module package structure includes a wafer having a plurality through holes. A doped layer covers a top surface of the first electrode,... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048379 | INTELLIGENT THIN FILM SOLAR CELL HAVING TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT INFRARED LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE CAPABILITY An intelligent thin film solar cell having temperature dependent infrared light transmittance capability, comprising: a transparent substrate, an upper electrode layer, a photovoltaic layer, a lower electrode layer, a temperature dependent optical layer, and an ultra-th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048336 | SOLAR CELL ELEMENT, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME It is aimed to provide a solar cell element and a solar cell module capable of reducing an output drop in a case where a crack occurs in the solar cell element. In order to achieve this object, the solar cell element includes a substrate body including a photoelectric c... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048356 | DOPING PASTE, SOLAR CELL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A doping paste includes an inorganic particle including a phosphorus-containing silicon compound and an organic vehicle, wherein a concentration of phosphorus at an interior portion of the inorganic particle is greater than a concentration of phosphorous at a surface of... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120042936 | SOLAR GENERATOR The invention relates to a solar generator having a supporting structure, particularly a bicycle trailer, on which at least one wheel (2) is attached, having a solar module (3) and at least one electrical module (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), characterized in ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042930 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MODULE A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising at least a catalyst layer; a porous insulating layer containing an electrolyte in the inside; a porous semiconductor layer adsorbing a sensitizing dye and containing an electrolyte in the inside; and a second conductive layer lamin... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042941 | Back-Side Contact Solar Cell A back-side contact solar cell has a semiconductor layer (1) having a semiconductor surface (15) and a semiconductor area (3) adjoining the semiconductor surface (15) in the semiconductor layer (1) An electrode (23) is electrica... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120037216 | CONDUCTIVE PASTE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SOLAR CELL INCLUDING AN ELECTRODE FORMED USING THE CONDUCTIVE PASTE A conductive paste including a conductive powder, a metallic glass, and an organic vehicle, wherein the metallic glass includes an alloy of at least two metals selected from a first metal having a low resistivity, a second metal which forms a solid solution with the con... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037203 | WIRING SHEET, SOLAR CELL WITH WIRING SHEET, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SOLAR CELL WITH WIRING SHEET There is provided a wiring sheet (10) provided with a wiring (16) on an insulating base material (11) for electrically connecting a plurality of back electrode type solar cells (20), the wiring sheet (10) having a plurality of cell mou... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037227 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL A method for manufacturing a solar cell (100) includes the steps of removing a resist film (50) and removing a part of an n-type amorphous semiconductor layer (12n).... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037229 | PHOTOVOLTAIC GLASS LAMINATED ARTICLES AND LAYERED ARTICLES Laminated articles and layered articles, for example, low alkali glass and/or low sodium laminated articles and layered articles useful for, for example, photovoltaic devices are described.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040145 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE COMPRISING A GRAPHENE SHEET PROVIDED WITH METAL PINS, STRUCTURE THUS OBTAINED AND USE THEREOF A structure, method of manufacturing a structure, and methods of using a structure including a graphene sheet is disclosed. According to one aspect, the grapheme sheet is provided, on one of the faces of the structure, with a plurality of metal pins. The metal pins bein... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120031478 | Heterojunction Solar Cell A solar cell including a base semiconductor layer having a first bandgap, an emitter semiconductor layer having a second bandgap and a depletion semiconductor layer positioned between the base semiconductor layer and the emitter semiconductor layer, the depletion semico... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031475 | SOLAR CELL BACK SHEET INCLUDING A FLUORINE-BASED COPOLYMER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME The present invention provides a solar cell back sheet, including: a substrate layer; and a resin layer including a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer having a crystallinity of 50% or less, and a method of manufacturing the same. The solar cell back sheet is a... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031462 | Collector grid, electrode structures and interrconnect structures for photovoltaic arrays and methods of manufacture The invention teaches novel structure and methods for producing electrical current collectors and electrical interconnection structure. Such articles find particular use in facile production of modular arrays of photovoltaic cells. The current collector and interconnect... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034707 | ATOMICALLY PRECISE NANORIBBONS AND RELATED METHODS Disclosed are atomically precise nanoribbons formed by gradient-driven catalytic etching of crystalline substrates to produce edges formed along specific crystallographic axes by thermally-activated particles. Also provided are related methods for fabrication of these n... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120024336 | CHARGE CONTROL OF SOLAR CELL PASSIVATION LAYERS The present invention relates to the charge control of the front and back passivation layers of a solar cell, which allows a common passivation material to be used on both the front and back surfaces of a solar cell. A solar cell according to one embodiment of the prese... | 02/02/2012 |
