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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4565731 | Image-forming member for electrophotography An image-forming member for electro-photography has a photoconductive layer comprising a hydrogenated amorphous semiconductor composed of silicon and/or germanium as a matrix and at least one chemical modifier such as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen contained... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4559282 | Stable N-CuInSe2 /iodide-iodine photoelectrochemical cell In a photoelectrochemical solar cell, stable output and solar efficiency in excess of 10% are achieved with a photoanode of n-CuInSe2 electrode material and an iodine/iodide redox couple used in a liquid electrolyte. The photoanode is prepared ... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4557037 | Method of fabricating solar cells A solar cell fabrication procedure is described in which a hydrogen ion passivation step is used to form, inter alia, an altered silicon substrate surface layer to which immersion plated nickel will not readily adhere. The altered surface layer is formed ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4555464 | Amorphous silicon electrophotographic photosensitive materials An electrophotographic photosensitive material comprising a conductive support having thereon, in succession, a photoconductive layer composed of an amorphous material containing silicon atom and a barrier layer mainly composed of carbon and silicon, nitr... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4555462 | Printing member for electrostatic photocopying A printing member for electrostatic photocopying, comprises a substrate having a conductive surface and a photoelectric-sensitive, electrically chargeable layer deposited on the conductive surface of the substrate. The electrically chargeable layer has a ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4554203 | Method for manufacturing large surface silicon crystal bodies for solar cells, and bodies so produced An improved large surface, quasi-monocrystalline silicon crystal bodies of the type used in solar cells. The bodies are produced by reacting at least the surface of a carbon fiber fabric with molten silicon under conditions of temperature and viscosity su... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4547621 | Stable photovoltaic devices and method of producing same An improved photovoltaic device characterized by long term stability in its photoconversion ability. The device is adapted to absorb incident light throughout a substantial portion of the bulk of the photoactive region thereof in a substantially uniform m... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546009 | High-mobility amorphous silicon displaying non-dispersive transport properties The present invention teaches a combination of parameters for the glow discharge decomposition of silane deposition of an amorphous silicon semiconductor having non-dispersive high mobility transport of majority carriers through the semiconductor material... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4544423 | Amorphous silicon semiconductor and process for same A process for preparing an amorphous silicon semiconductor comprising steps of plasma decomposing silicon compounds and carrying out photolysis of the silicon compounds. According to the process, the growth rate of the semiconductor is greatly increased. ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4544797 | Method for preventing short-circuits or shunts in a large area thin film solar cell and cell obtained thereby A method to prevent short-circuits or shunts in a large area thin film solar cell comprises applying, to a substrate with a first conductive electrical contact, at least one first layer comprising a p-type or n-type conductive layer and a second layer com... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4544617 | Electrophotographic devices containing overcoated amorphous silicon compositions Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoresponsive device comprised of a supporting substrate, an amorphous silicon charge transport layer, a trapping layer comprised of doped amorphous silicon, and a top insulating overcoating layer.... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4544575 | Method of making glass panels with selective radiation-blocking effect A glass panel designed to block the transmission of selected radiation, especially heat rays, is produced by coating a face of a first glass pane with a layer of a material (e.g. metal) reflecting or absorbing the rays to be blocked, spacedly juxtaposing ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4543443 | Method for manufacturing finger electrode structures forming electric contacts at amorphous silicon solar cells A method for manufacturing finger type electrode structures which form electric contacts at solar cells consisting of amorphous silicon. The substrate is first coated with a chromium-nickel layer and then a substantially pure nickel layer. After immersion... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4542256 | Graded affinity photovoltaic cell An improved photovoltaic cell, and method for its manufacture, comprising front and back electrically conductive layers between which is sandwiched a primary light-absorbing layer of amorphous semiconducting material displaying low photogenerated carrier ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4540647 | Method for the manufacture of photoconductive insulating elements with a broad dynamic exposure range An improved method for the manufacture of a photoconductive insulating element comprising an electrically-conductive support, a barrier layer overlying the support, and a layer of doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon overlying the barrier layer, wherein t... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539283 | Amorphous silicon photoconductive member A photoconductive member, comprises a support for a photoconductive member and an amorphous layer which is constituted of silicon atoms as matrix containing at least one of hydrogen atom and halogen atom and exhibits photoconductivity, said amorphous laye... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4539431 | Pulse anneal method for solar cell A solar cell including a pulse annealed layer of crystalline, amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor material of one conductivity type and either a layer of opposite conductivity type or a liquid electrolyte forming a collector junction therewith. A m... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4537795 | Method for introducing sweep gases into a glow discharge deposition apparatus A method for introducing sweep gas through a baffle system adapted for use with glow discharge deposition apparatus in which successive amorphous semiconductor layers are deposited on a substrate. The deposition apparatus includes at least a pair of adjac... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4537845 | Multiconductive layer electrophotographic photosensitive device and method of manufacture thereof In an electrophotographic photosensitive device including a conductive layer, a selenium based photoconductive layer and a transparent insulating layer which are sequentially laminated, the conductive layer is formed by an aluminum substrate conductive la... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4537846 | Multiconductive layer electrophotographic photosensitive device and method of manufacture thereof In an electrophotographic photosensitive device including a conductive layer, a selenium based photoconductive layer and a transparent insulating layer which are sequentially laminated, the conductive layer is formed of an aluminum substrate conductive la... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4536461 | Laminated photosensitive material and process for production thereof Disclosed is a laminated photosensitive material for the electrophotography, which comprises an electroconductive substrate, a charge-generating layer composed of a vacuum deposition film of metal-free phthalocyanine formed on the substrate and a charge-t... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4536459 | Photoconductive member having multiple amorphous layers A photoconductive member, comprises a support for a photoconductive member, a first amorphous layer exhibiting photoconductivity comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms as a martix, said first amorphous layer having a first layer region ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4536460 | Photoconductive member A photoconductive member comprising a support and a silicon amorphous layer, and the silicon amorphous layer has a first layer region containing at least one of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon and a second layer region containing an element of Group III. The ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4534099 | Method of making multilayer photoelectrodes and photovoltaic cells A corrosion-resistant, multilayer photoelectrode for use in a photoelectrochemical cell and a process for producing said photoelectrode by preparing an effective layer of an insulator material on a base semiconductor and depositing a layer of conducting m... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4533428 | Method and device for asymmetrically coating a tape-shaped carrier body with silicon for further processing into solar cells A method for continuously manufacturing silicon tapes which are predominantly coated on one side of the carrier, for solar cells. In an exemplary embodiment, a carrier body consisting of a graphite network is conducted vertically upwards through a guide c... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4533564 | Method of manufacturing an electrophotographic photoreceptor A method of manufacturing an electrophotographic photoreceptor for use in a copying apparatus or a printer is disclosed. The method comprises steps of providing an electrically conductive substrate, providing a first layer provided on the substrate for pr... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4532199 | Method of forming amorphous silicon film A method of forming an amorphous silicon film includes the steps of bringing a gas which is pre-excited by electron cyclotron resonance generated by an alternating electric field and a magnetic field into contact with a raw material gas containing silicon... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4532196 | Amorphous silicon photoreceptor with nitrogen and boron A photoreceptor of electrophotography having, on a substrate, an amorphous silicon (a-Si) layer formed by relying on plasma CVD technique, wherein the a-Si layer is formed in the presence of silane, diborane and nitrogen, and possibly phosphine as require... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4532198 | Photoconductive member A photoconductive member is provided, which comprises a support for photoconductive member and a light receiving layer with a layer constitution, comprising a first layer region containing at least germanium atoms of which at least a portion is crystalliz... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4530739 | Method of fabricating an electroplated substrate An electroplated substrate, characterized by a substantially reduced number of surface defects, for the fabrication of thin film electronic devices. The substrate is prepared in an electroforming process by electroplating onto and removing a metallic laye... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4529619 | Ohmic contacts for hydrogenated amorphous silicon A method of forming an ohmic contact between an amorphous silicon hydride semiconductor and a substrate which includes coating a film of palladium on the substrate and overcoating the palladium with a thin film of amorphous silicon hydride forming a thin ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4529679 | Photoconductive member A photoconductive member comprises a substrate and a light receiving layer having photoconductive provided on said support, comprising silicon atoms as a matrix and at least halogen atoms as constituent atoms said light receiving layer having a depth prof... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4529832 | Lead-cadmium-sulphide solar cell A solar cell in which the essential feature is a thin film of lead-cadmium-sulphide alloy. This alloy is preferably formed by spray pyrolysis from a solution containing the necessary ingredients. The solar cell advantageously takes the form of a homojunct... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4528418 | Photoresponsive semiconductor device having a double layer anti-reflective coating Disclosed is an improved dual layer anti-reflective coating for use in a photoresponsive semiconductor device, and a device incorporating the coating. The coating has a uniformly low parasitic absorbance in the range of about 475 to 600 nanometers. The du... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4526809 | Process and apparatus for formation of photovoltaic compounds The invention relates to a process and apparatus for formation and deposition of thin films on a substrate, in a vacuum, by evaporation of the elements to form a Znx Cd1-x S compound having a preselected fixed ratio of cadmium to zin... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4527007 | Process for forming passivation film on photoelectric conversion device and the device produced thereby In a process for producing a photoelectric conversion device having a junction between hydrogenated amorphous silicon and an electrode made of ITO or the like, on the surface of which a passivation film made of silicon oxide is provided, the passivation f... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526849 | Multilayer electrophotographic amorphous silicon element for electrophotographic copying processes An amorphous silicon based photoconductive element for use in electrophotographic copying processes, which exhibits a suitably low dark discharge rate with other good photoelectric properties, is composed of an electrically conductive support having appli... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525442 | Photoconductive member containing an amorphous boron layer A photoconductive member comprises a photoconductive layer constituted of an amorphous material containing at least one of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms in a matrix of silicon atoms and an amorphous layer constituted of an amorphous material containing... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4525375 | Method of controllong the deposition of hydrogenated amorphous silicon and apparatus therefor An improved method and apparatus for the controlled deposition of a layer of hydrogenated amorphous silicon on a substrate. Means is provided for the illumination of the coated surface of the substrate and measurement of the resulting photovoltage at the ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524091 | Method of preparing TiO2 thick film photoanodes for photoelectrochemical cells Semiconductive photoanodes formed of titanium dioxide (TiO2) are known for use in photoelectrochemical cells. They have been made by various techniques, including chemical vapor deposition, thermal oxidation or anodic oxidation of thin titanium... | 06/18/1985 |
