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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120107554 | TCO Coating and Coated Substrate for High Temperature Applications A glass substrate is provided having a major surface on which there is a coating comprising a transparent conductive oxide film. The TCO film may comprise aluminum-doped zinc aluminum oxide (“AZO”) or tin-doped indium oxide (“ITO”). When the coated glass substra... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120067396 | Hydrophobic Solar Concentrator and Method of Using and Forming the Hydrophobic Solar Concentrator A solar concentrator is implemented with a plate structure that has a surface and one or more hydrophobic regions on the surface of the plate structure. The plate structure is transparent to visible light. A fluid is sprayed onto the surface of the plate structure where... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120048364 | FRONT SIDE SUBSTRATE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL, PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL AND USE OF A SUBSTRATE FOR A FRONT SIDE OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL A photovoltaic panel has an absorbent photovoltaic material, particularly based on cadmium, said panel including a front side substrate, particularly a transparent glass substrate with a transparent electrode coating, where the antireflection coating placed above the me... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048348 | SOLAR CELL PROTECTIVE SHEET AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BACKSHEET FOR SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE A solar cell protective sheet comprising a polymer substrate and a polymer layer, which satisfies at least one of the following conditions [1] and [2]: [1] the polymer substrate is a surface-treated polymer substrate, and the polymer layer ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045569 | COATING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MASS-PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBERS Provided is a coating apparatus that suppresses the phenomenon in which a semisolid film is retained on the upper-end edge portion of the coating bath even after the circulation of the coating liquid is resumed, resulting in the occurrence of coating defects, and a meth... | 02/23/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120027922 | TEMPORALLY VARIABLE DEPOSITION RATE OF CdTe IN APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS DEPOSITION Apparatus is generally provided for vapor deposition of a sublimated source material as a thin film on a photovoltaic module substrate. The apparatus includes a distribution plate disposed below the distribution manifold and at a defined distance above a horizontal conv... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027923 | SEAL FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE A seal can be included in a photovoltaic module to improve reliability and durability.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027921 | VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS DEPOSITION OF A THIN FILM LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE An apparatus and process for vapor deposition of a sublimated source material as a thin film on a photovoltaic module substrate are provided. The apparatus includes at least one receptacle disposed in a deposition head. Each receptacle is configured for receipt of a gra... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027924 | Nanodiamond Coatings for Solar Cells A nanodiamond coating for use on a solar cell, the coating including a nanodiamond material suspended in a liquid, wherein the nanodiamond material has a size range from about 1 nm to about 10 nm. Methods for improving the efficiency of a solar cell, inclu... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120012177 | HIGH EFFICIENT DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS USING TiO2-MULTIWALLED CARBON NANO TUBE (MWCNT) NANOCOMPOSITE The invention provides high efficient dye-sensitized solar cells using tio2-carbon nano tube (MWCNT) nanocomposite. More particularly, the invention provides TiO2-MWCNT nanocomposites prepared by hydrothermal route which result in higher efficiency... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110290316 | LIGHT SCATTERING INORGANIC SUBSTRATES BY SOOT DEPOSITION Light scattering inorganic substrates and articles comprising soot particles and methods for making light scattering inorganic substrates and articles comprising soot particles useful for, for example, photovoltaic cells. The method for making the substrates and article... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284389 | SELF CLEANING ALUMINUM ALLOY SUBSTRATES Self-cleaning aluminum alloy substrates and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a substrate is provided, the substrate including an aluminum alloy body, an anodic oxide zone having micropores within a surface of the aluminum alloy body, the anod... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110278510 | Tin-Doped Indium Oxide Thin Films And Method For Making Same The tin-doped indium oxide thin film in accordance with the present invention has a tin-doped indium oxide, yttrium ions and europium ions, wherein the yttrium ions are proportional to 0.1-10 mol % of the tin-doped indium oxide while the europium ions proportional to 0.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110272022 | ELECTRODE FOR A SOLAR CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SOLAR CELL There is provided an electrode for a solar cell, in which the electrode is printed using a polymer binder with a low Tg (hereinafter, referred to as a low Tg polymer binder) to improve a contact property between a substrate such as silicon wafer, or the like, and a cond... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110272007 | ELECTRODE FOR DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL USING THE ELECTRODE An electrode for a dye sensitized solar cell, the electrode including platinum having a controlled surface roughness and a specific surface area of platinum, a method of manufacturing the electrode, and a dye sensitized solar cell having excellent photoelectric conversi... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110256422 | MEROCYANINES FOR PRODUCING PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS FOR ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS AND ORGANIC PHOTODETECTORS The present invention relates to the use of mixtures which comprise, as components K1), one or more merocyanines selected from the group of the compounds of the general formulae I, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and IIIe, as defined in more detail in the description, ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110240115 | DOPED BUFFER LAYER A solar cell with a doped buffer layer includes silicon and tin.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110240108 | Method To Synthesize Colloidal Iron Pyrite (FeS2) Nanocrystals And Fabricate Iron Pyrite Thin Film Solar Cells Systems and methods are provided for the fabrication and manufacture of efficient, low-cost p-n heterojunction pyrite solar cells. The p-n heterojunction pyrite solar cells can include a pyrite thin cell component, a window layer component, and a top surface contact com... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110232737 | MULTILAYER SOLAR ELEMENT The invention relates to a multilayer solar element (S), which includes a first layer (1) of a photovoltaic thin-film laminate which is coated on its bottom side as a bonding layer to a base or to a support material over its full surface area with a self-adhesive... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110226738 | METHODS OF FORMING TRANSPARENT STRUCTURES AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES Transparent structures, electrochromic devices, and methods for making such structures/devices are provided. A transparent structure may include a transparent substrate having a plurality of micro- or nano-scale structures, at least one substance configured to block nea... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110209753 | LIGHT SCATTERING INORGANIC SUBSTRATES USING MONOLAYERS Light scattering inorganic substrates comprising monolayers and methods for making light scattering inorganic substrates comprising monolayers useful for, for example, photovoltaic cells are described herein. The method comprises providing an inorganic substrate compris... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110209752 | MICROSTRUCTURED GLASS SUBSTRATES Light scattering inorganic substrates comprising monolayers and methods for making light scattering inorganic substrates comprising monolayers useful for, for example, photovoltaic cells are described herein. One embodiment is a method for making a light scattering inor... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110203647 | Methods to Improve Efficiency of a Solar Cell Methods to convert heat into electricity using pyroelectricity piezoelectricity are disclosed. The pyroelectric material requires temporal temperature gradient Dt/dt to convert heat into electricity. The first disclosed method uses stack of materials with varying specif... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110197958 | AMORPHOUS TIN-CADMIUM OXIDE FILMS AND THE PRODUCTION THEREOF A tin-cadmium oxide film having an amorphous structure and a ratio of tin atoms to cadmium atoms of between 1:1 and 3:1. The tin-cadmium oxide film may have an optical band gap of between 2.7 eV and 3.35 eV. The film may also have a charge carrier concentration of betwe... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110189384 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS A thin-film solar cell manufacturing apparatus includes a film forming chamber that is evacuated to a reduced pressure and forms a film on a substrate using a CVD method; a loading-ejecting chamber that is connected to the film forming chamber via a first opening-closin... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110174369 | Efficiency in Antireflective Coating Layers for Solar Cells A method for fabricating a cell structure includes doping a substrate to form a N-region and a P-region, disposing a first anti-reflective layer on the substrate, disposing a metallic contact paste on the first anti-reflective layer, drying the metallic contact paste to... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110155223 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell which can obtain a high photoelectric conversion efficiency, which can be manufactured at a low cost, and which is superior in a design property, and a method of manufacturing the same. Dye supporting porous tit... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110155228 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND METHOD for FORMING THE SAME The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), comprising: a substrate having a first electrode formed thereon; a plurality of nanoparticles adsorbed with dye, overlying the first electrode; a solid electrolyte containing metal quantum dots completel... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110158853 | PIXEL-TYPE BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE, BIOSENSOR, AND FABRICATION PROCESSES THEREOF The disclosure relates to a pixel-type biological analysis device comprising a photosensitive layer, a capture mixture for the capture of targeted proteins, the capture mixture being placed on an external surface of the photosensitive layer and comprising a protein prob... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110139253 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND PRODUCING METHOD OF THE SAME Provided is an organic photoelectric conversion element containing: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises: a conductive ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110138811 | SOLAR RECEIVER AND SOLAR POWER SYSTEM HAVING COATED CONDUIT A solar receiver device includes a metal conduit and a glass container disposed around the metal conduit such that there is a space between the glass container and the conduit. A coating is disposed on the metal conduit and has a composition that includes at least one e... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110139218 | ENCAPSULANT MATERIAL FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES A photovoltaic module includes a solar cell layer having a front side for receiving light and an opposite back side, and an encapsulant layer on at least the front side of the solar cell layer. The encapsulant layer comprises a lithium ionomer for increasing the convers... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110132440 | FULLERENE-FUNCTIONALIZED PARTICLES, METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME AND THEIR USE IN BULK-HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES Core shell particles and bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices using the core shell particles are described. In particular, core shell particles having a core particle and a shell of a second material and bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices using... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110126897 | COMPOSITION FOR EXTRUDING FIBERS The present invention relates a composition which is useful in printing by extruding a metalized fiber on a substrate. Zinc oxide is incorporated in combination with glass frit into a composition to etch the substrate and a binder polymer is used to allow extrusion of n... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110129204 | COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING PHOTOCATALYST COATED WITH APATITE AND RADIANT HEATING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME A photocatalytic coating composition is provided. The composition comprises a hydroxyapatite-coated photocatalyst, a silica-based binder, an acrylic emulsion, a thickener and water. Further provided is a radiant heating system having the composition. The system has deod... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110100423 | Light Scattering and Transport for Photosensitive Devices Apparatus and methods are described for efficiently transporting and using incident radiation falling on photosensitive devices and structures supporting photosensitive devices. For example, an apparatus includes a low-absorption medium capable of passing and absorbing ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110104365 | Method for Sealing Edge Portion of Double-Layered Product and Apparatus for Sealing Edge Portion of Double-Layered Product An object of the present invention to make a measure against moisture entry into an edge portion of a double-layered product such as a photovoltaic cell panel or an electronic panel more reliable. A tip end of the coating agent discharge port is arranged to face a part ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110100460 | MANUFACTURE OF N-TYPE CHALCOGENIDE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USES IN PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES A layer of an n-type chalcogenide compositions provided on a substrate in the presence of an oxidizing gas in an amount sufficient to provide a resistivity to the layer that is less than the resistivity a layer deposited under identical conditions but in the substantial... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110088758 | GLASS PASTE COMPOSITION, ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE PREPARED USING SAME, METHOD OF PREPARING ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE, AND DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL INCLUDING ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE According to embodiments of the invention, a glass paste composition for a dye sensitized solar cell includes a glass frit, an organic binder, and an organic solvent.... | 04/21/2011 |
