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| 8436242 | Photocharge separation using supramolecular complex of π-electron type extended viologen derivative and porphyrin Long-lived charge separation is attained with high efficiency by using a supramolecular complex utilizing pi-pi interaction. A supramolecular complex is formed by pi-pi interaction between extended viologen, the extended viologen having heteroaryls coupled together ... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8389852 | Electrode structure for use in electronic device and method of making same An electrode structure is provided for use in an electronic device. In certain example embodiments, an electrode structure includes a supporting glass substrate (e.g., soda-lime silica based float glass), a buffer layer (e.g., SixNy), and a con... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8344241 | Nanostructure and photovoltaic cell implementing same Nanostructures and photovoltaic structures are disclosed. A nanostructure according to one embodiment includes an array of nanocables extending from a substrate, the nanocables in the array being characterized as having a spacing and surface texture defined by inner... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8314326 | Method and structure for thin film photovoltaic materials using bulk semiconductor materials A photovoltaic device and related methods. The device has a structured material positioned between an electron collecting electrode and a hole collecting electrode. An electron transporting/hole blocking material is positioned between the electron collecting electro... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8237046 | Dye-sensitized solar cell module The present invention aims to improve the photoelectric current of a dye-sensitized solar cell module and produce a high power dye-sensitized solar cell. The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell module comprising at least two photoelectric conversi... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8227685 | Graphene sheet comprising an intercalation compound and process of preparing the same A graphene sheet including an intercalation compound and 2 to about 300 unit graphene layers, wherein each of the unit graphene layers includes a polycyclic aromatic molecule in which a plurality of carbon atoms in the polycyclic aromatic molecule are covalently bon... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8217258 | Alternating bias hot carrier solar cells Extremely high efficiency solar cells are described. Novel alternating bias schemes enhance the photovoltaic power extraction capability above the cell band-gap by enabling the extraction of hot carriers. In conventional solar cells, this alternating bias scheme has... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8212143 | Thin film solar cell and manufacturing method thereof A thin film solar cell including a substrate, a first conductive layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, a second conductive layer and a passivation layer is provided. The first conductive layer disposed on the substrate has a plurality of first openings, so as to ... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8207441 | Photovoltaic apparatus and method of manufacturing the same This photovoltaic apparatus comprises a second groove for electrically isolating first and second back electrodes from each other, a third groove formed on a region located between a first groove and the second groove to cut at least an intermediate layer from the u... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8188364 | Heterojunction photovoltaic cell with dual doping and method of manufacture The invention concerns a photovoltaic cell comprising a heterojunction between a crystalline semiconductor substrate (210) of first conductivity type and a first amorphous layer (220) in the same semiconductor material and of a second conductivity type... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8173894 | Electron-jump chemical energy converter A method and a device for converting energy uses chemical reactions in close proximity to or on a surface to convert a substantial fraction of the available chemical energy of the shorter lived energized products, such as vibrationally excited chemicals and hot elec... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8158879 | Electrochemical cell structure and method of fabrication An electrochemical cell and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The electrochemical cell comprising: a first conductive layer; a metal oxide layer formed on the first conductive layer, the metal oxide layer comprising a plurality of adjacent metal oxide... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8143512 | Junctions in substrate solar cells The present invention discloses thin film photovoltaic devices comprising Group II-VI semiconductor layers with a substrate configuration having an interface layer between the absorber layer and the window layer to create improved junctions. The present inven... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8129611 | Light-scattering film and optical device using the same A light scattering film having the structure which guides electrical signal to a desired position and scatters incident light and the surface of which is substantially flat, and a photoelectric device using the same. The light scattering film includes a medium made ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124869 | Dye-sensitized type solar cell The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell of high safety, of improved ionic conductivity, and, therefore, of excellent cell performance. The present invention is related to a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising an ionic substance having an a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8093490 | Method for forming thin film, substrate having transparent electroconductive film and photoelectric conversion device using the substrate The present invention provides a thin film-forming method by which, even when a thin film containing a crystalline metal oxide as the main component is formed over a wide area within a short time utilizing a thermal decomposition method, the thickness of the thin fi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8071872 | Thin film semi-conductor-on-glass solar cell devices The present invention relates to semiconductor devices suitable for electronic, optoelectronic and energy conversion applications. In a particular form, the present invention relates to the fabrication of a thin film solar cells and thin film transistors through the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8053664 | Transparent electrode having thermal stability, method of fabricating the same and dye-sensitized solar cell comprising the same A transparent electrode having thermal stability, composed of a transparent conductive material containing a pentavalent element, a method of fabricating the same, and a dye-sensitized solar cell including the electrode. The transparent electrode having thermal stab... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053665 | Truncated pyramid structures for see-through solar cells The present disclosure presents a partially-transparent (see-through) three-dimensional thin film solar cell (3-D TFSC) substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell structure has the shape of a truncated pyramid, and its parameters may... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8017860 | Method and structure for thin film photovoltaic materials using bulk semiconductor materials A photovoltaic device and related methods. The device has a structured material positioned between an electron collecting electrode and a hole collecting electrode. An electron transporting/hole blocking material is positioned between the electron collecting electro... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7989691 | Dye for dye-sensitized solar cell and dye-sensitized solar cell including the same A dye for a dye-sensitized solar cell according to embodiments of the present invention includes a compound having a silane group. The dye according to embodiments of the present invention may be used in a light absorption layer to improve photovoltaic efficiency an... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7943846 | Group IV nanoparticles in an oxide matrix and devices made therefrom Photoactive materials made from Group IV semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed in an inorganic oxide matrix and methods for making the photoactive materials are provided. In some instances, the nanoparticles are functionalized with organosilanes to provide nanoparti... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7928317 | Thin film solar cell Optimal structures for high efficiency thin film silicon solar energy conversion devices and systems are disclosed. Thin film silicon active layer photoelectron conversion structures using ion implantation are disclosed. Thin film semiconductor devices optimized for... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7919710 | Solar cell containing silicon and chalcopyrite semiconductor layers A solar cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a stacked semiconductor layer. The stacked semiconductor layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The stacked semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor layer, a s... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910823 | Solar cell and manufacturing method thereof A solar cell includes a photoelectric conversion substrate, a first electrode on one surface of the substrate, a second electrode on the other surface of the substrate, and a third electrode on the other surface of the substrate. The third electrode extracts electri... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7875794 | Semiconductor wafer processing to increase the usable planar surface area The invention provides a method for increasing the usable surface area of a semiconductor wafer having a substantially planar surface and a thickness dimension at right angles to said substantially planar surface, the method including the steps of selecting a strip ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872194 | Photovoltaic device The present invention provides a photovoltaic device having excellent environmental durability and good adhesion with a collector electrode made of metal paste. The photovoltaic device comprises an ITO film on a p-type amorphous silicon hydride film on a light incid... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7851696 | Solar cell The invention relates to a solar cell that comprises a planar semiconductor substrate with a front and a back; a multitude of holes that interconnect the front and the back; and current-collecting electrical contacts that are exclusively arranged on the back. The fr... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851695 | Stacked-type photoelectric conversion device The present invention makes it possible to provide a stacked-type thin-film photoelectric conversion device having high photostability, at a high yield rate and significantly reduced production costs. In a stacked-type photoelectric conversion device having an amorp... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847186 | Silicon based thin film solar cell According to the present invention, sufficient light trapping effect can be exhibited and series resistance can be kept small, by sequentially forming a silicon based low refractive index layer and a thin silicon based interface layer on a backside of a photoelectri... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7829784 | Solar battery and fabrication method thereof A fabrication method of a solar battery includes at least an aluminum electrode formation step of applying, drying and baking aluminum paste on at least a portion of the back side of a solar cell to form an aluminum electrode, and a cooling step of cooling the solar... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7786375 | Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells In one embodiment, harmful solar cell polarization is prevented or minimized by providing a conductive path that bleeds charge from a front side of a solar cell to the bulk of a wafer. The conductive path may include patterned holes in a dielectric passivation layer... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777127 | Flexible solar cell The present invention relates to a flexible solar cell (10). The flexible solar cell includes a Al—Mg alloy substrate (11) having a first surface (110) and an opposing second surface (111). A first electrode layer (12), a semicon... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772485 | Polymers with low band gaps and high charge mobility This disclosure relates to a polymer containing a first comonomer repeat unit and a second comonomer repeat unit different from the first comonomer repeat unit. The first comonomer repeat unit includes a cyclopentadithiophene moiety. The polymer can be used as a pho... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7750235 | Nanostructure and nanocomposite based compositions and photovoltaic devices Nanocomposite photovoltaic devices are provided that generally include semiconductor nanocrystals as at least a portion of a photoactive layer. Photovoltaic devices and other layered devices that comprise core-shell nanostructures and/or two populations of nanostruc... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7750234 | Integrated photoelectrochemical cell and system having a liquid electrolyte An integrated photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell generates hydrogen and oxygen from water while being illuminated with radiation. The PEC cell employs a liquid electrolyte, a multi-junction photovoltaic electrode, and a thin ion-exchange membrane. A PEC system and a me... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7678992 | Thin-film photoelectric converter A thin film photoelectric converter, especially an integrated thin film photoelectric converter having improved photoelectric conversion efficiency is provided by controlling an open-circuit voltage and a fill factor so as not be small in a thin film photoelectric c... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7659474 | Solar cell array with isotype-heterojunction diode A solar cell array has at least one solar cell including a photovoltaic structure having a sun-facing front face and a back face, and having an active region, and an isotype heterojunction diode connected in electrical parallel with the active region of the photovol... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7645933 | Carbon nanotube Schottky barrier photovoltaic cell Carbon nanotube Schottky barrier photovoltaic cells and methods and apparatus for making the cells are provided. The photovoltaic cells include at least one contact made from a first contact material, at least one contact made from a second contact material and a pl... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7645932 | Solar cell device having a charge pump A solar cell device includes a solar cell section configured to output a first voltage upon receiving light. A charge pump circuit includes a first charge pump. The first charge pump includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is configured t... | 01/12/2010 |
