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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115095 | Protective layer for large-scale production of thin-film solar cells A solar cell includes a substrate, a protective layer located over a first surface of the substrate, a first electrode located over a second surface of the substrate, at least one p-type semiconductor absorber layer located over the first electrode, an n-type semico... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110738 | Protective layer for large-scale production of thin-film solar cells A solar cell includes a substrate, a protective layer located over a first surface of the substrate, a first electrode located over a second surface of the substrate, at least one p-type semiconductor absorber layer located over the first electrode, an n-type semico... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7910824 | Dye-sensitized solar cell using ion-bound oligomer complex and method of manufacturing the same A dye-sensitized solar cell using an ion-bound oligomer complex is provided. The dye-sensitized solar cell comprises an electrolyte, comprising a first oligomer having a C5-30 heteroaryl group containing a nitrogen heteroatom as a basic functional group a... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7888591 | Silicon-based photovoltaic cell and its red light conversion layer A silicon-based photovoltaic cell is disclosed having a red light conversion layer that absorbs ultraviolet rays, blue-purple or yellow-green light of the Sun's solar radiation and converts the absorption into a red, dark red and near infrared subband radiation. The... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7305839 | Thermal transfer device and system and method incorporating same A thermal transfer device having a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer and first and second electrodes disposed between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer. The thermal transfer device also includes a release layer disposed between t... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7260939 | Thermal transfer device and system and method incorporating same A method of manufacturing a thermal transfer device including providing first and second thermally conductive substrates that are substantially atomically flat, providing a patterned electrical barrier having a plurality of closed shapes on the first thermally condu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7196834 | Transparent flat body This invention relates to a transparent flat body including two transparent cover layers (1, 2) that confine between them an active layer (3) whose transparency varies in an electric field and disposed between two electrode layers (6, 7) optiona... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7166830 | Light detecting sensor A substrate 18, a cathode 20 and an anode 22 are stored in a space demarcated by a casing 10, and the space is evacuated. The cathode 20 and the anode 22 are provided on the same surface of a substrate 18 having elect... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7122735 | Quantum well energizing method and apparatus A method and apparatus that converts energy provided by a chemical reaction into energy for charging a quantum well device. The disclosed apparatus comprises a catalyst layer that catalyzes a chemical reaction and captures hot electrons and hot phonons generated by ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119272 | Gas specie electron-jump chemical energy converter An apparatus and method for extracting energy is provided. In one aspect the method includes using chemical reactions to generate vibrationally excited molecules, such as high-quantum-number-vibrationally-excited gas molecules in a region. The vibration energy in th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109409 | Magnetic field enhanced photovoltaic device A magnetic field enhanced photovoltaic device includes a photoelectric conversion layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a ferro-antiferromagnetic exchange coupling layer and an applied magnetic field. The first electrode and the second electrode are respecti... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7091547 | Semiconductor storage location A semiconductor memory cell, in particular, in a DRAM memory cell array, includes a selection transistor and a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor has a first and a second capacitor electrodes. The first capacitor electrode is connected to a read-out line via t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7071405 | Independent power bank system An independent power bank system and intended use therefor, comprising an electromagnetic field generator and a power bank comprising one or more light bulbs, the light bulbs being filled with a gas capable of being lighted when subjected to a generated electromagne... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7053576 | Energy conversion systems This invention relates to apparatus for the conversion of massfree energy into electrical or kinetic energy, which uses in its preferred form a transmitter and a receiver both incorporating Tesla coils, the distal ends of whose secondary windings are co-resonant and... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049803 | Solar modules with a transparent polyurethane front side and a process for producing same Solar modules in which the front side is composed of transparent polyurethane are made by RIM, injection molding and casting processes and combinations thereof. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045702 | Solar-paneled windmill A solar-paneled windmill is provided having aerodynamic fan blades provided with solar panels. The windmill produces electricity using wind energy and solar energy. In another embodiment, magnets are provided to the solar-paneled windmill fan blades to generate magn... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026275 | Method of reducing photoelectric device leakage current in conjugated polymer and conjugated polymer composition A method of reducing the photoelectric device leakage current caused by residual metal ions in conjugated polymer. A chelating agent is added to a conjugated polymer material, thereby the conductivity and mobility of metal ions under an electric field are reduced du... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6906449 | Hybrid thermionic energy converter and method The present invention embodies a solid state thermionic energy converter and is directed to a method and apparatus for conversion of thermal energy to electrical energy, and electrical energy to refrigeration. The present invention maintains a thermal separation bet... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6700056 | Pre-equilibrium chemical reaction energy converter The use of newly discovered chemical reaction products, created when reactants combine to form products on the surface of a catalyst, to generate electricity, beams of radiation or mechanical motion. The invention also provides methods to convert the prod... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6689950 | Paint solar cell and its fabrication A solar cell has an active structure including a paint voltage source having a first paint layer structure comprising p-type pigment particles dispersed in a first-layer binder, and a second paint layer structure comprising n-type pigment particles disper... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6649823 | Gas specie electron-jump chemical energy converter An apparatus and method for extracting energy is provided. In one aspect the method includes using chemical reactions to generate vibrationally excited molecules, such as high-quantum-number-vibrationally-excited gas molecules in a region. The vibration e... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6627099 | Electrolyte composition and electrochemical battery using the same An electrolyte composition which is excellent in durability and charge transport performance, and an electrochemical battery in which deterioration of the charge transport performance with time is minimized, the electrolyte composition including therein a... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6411007 | Chemical vapor deposition techniques and related methods for manufacturing microminiature thermionic converters Methods of manufacturing microminiature thermionic converters (MTCs) having high energy-conversion efficiencies and variable operating temperatures using MEMS manufacturing techniques including chemical vapor deposition. The MTCs made using the methods of... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6278055 | Stacked organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices with an electrically series configuration A stacked organic photosensitive optoelectronic device optimized to enhance desired characteristics such as external quantum efficiency and voltage is described. The photosensitive optoelectronic device has a plurality of photosensitive optoelectronic sub... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6268560 | Pre-equilibrium chemical reaction energy converter The use of newly discovered chemical reaction products, created when reactants combine to form products on the surface of a catalyst, to generate electricity, beams of radiation or mechanical motion. The invention also provides methods to convert the prod... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6222116 | Pre-equilibrium chemical reaction energy converter The use of newly discovered chemical reaction products, created when reactants combine to form products on the surface of a catalyst, to generate electricity, beams of radiation or mechanical motion. The invention also provides methods to convert the prod... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6218608 | Pre-equilibrium chemical reaction energy converter The use of newly discovered chemical reaction products, created when reactants combine to form products on the surface of a catalyst, to generate electricity, beams of radiation or mechanical motion. The invention also provides methods to convert the prod... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6114620 | Pre-equilibrium chemical reaction energy converter The use of newly discovered chemical reaction products, created when reactants combine to form products on the surface of a catalyst, to generate electricity, beams of radiation or mechanical motion. The invention also provides methods to convert the prod... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5973259 | Method and apparatus for photoelectric generation of electricity A close spaced planar vacuum diode is constructed with a photoemissive first electrode and a low work function second electrode. As a result of photon flux on said photoemissive first electrode, electrons are emitted into the vacuum space and travel to sa... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5882435 | Process for the metal coating of solar cells made of crystalline silicon Solar cells made of crystalline are metal coated. Combined front side and rear side metal coating based on a thick-film process is proposed, in which even very fine thick-film conductor track structures are sufficiently reinforced by photo-induced current... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5738732 | Solar cell and manufacturing method thereof A solar cell includes an n type diffusion layer formed on a first main surface side of a p- type monocrystalline Si substrate, and a p+ type semiconductor layer formed on a second main surface side of substrate and having an energy... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5364710 | Apparatus for converting light energy into electric energy and storing the same An apparatus for converting light energy into electric energy and storing the same, which comprises a photoelectric conversion unit having an element that generates an electromotive force by irradiation of light and a unit for storing electric energy gene... | 11/15/1994 |
| 4967112 | Electrical power cell energized by high frequency electromagnetic radiation A power cell for generating useful electrical power from high frequency electromagnetic radiation comprising a spiral-wound, multi-layer film forming a cylindrical body with a central opening for receiving the radiation source. The film has in succession ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4609772 | Photovoltaic products and processes A photovoltaic cell and the method of manufacturing the same. The cell includes a substrate of, e.g., of aluminum, having a layer of sulfur-stabilized cesium fluoride-like material with the outer surface thereof containing a P+ boron doped outer layer. A ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4447151 | Method and apparatus for fast laser pulse detection using gaseous plasmas The method and device of the instant invention is a detector of pulsed laser radiation which utilizes the electromotive force generated by the plasma formed when such radiation is focused onto a surface (1). Measurements are made with a 10.6 μm CO2 | 05/08/1984 |
| 4410758 | Photovoltaic products and processes A photovoltaic cell and the method of manufacturing the same. The cell includes a substrate of, e.g., aluminum, having a layer of cesium fluoride-like material with the outer surface thereof containing a p+ boron doped outer layer. A substantially transpa... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4365106 | Efficient method and apparatus for converting solar energy to electrical energy A very thin insulator having a dipole structure such as a dielectric material having ferroelectric, pyroelectric and or thermodielectric properties, is used as the insulator insulating an electrode of an electrode pair from a semiconductor body sandwiched... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4355195 | Electromagnetic solar cell A solar photocell comprising permanent magnets, polarization and frequency filters and especially prepared alloys increases the photocell current and thereby the efficiency of an electrical generating system containing the photocell and a rechargeable bat... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4264375 | Detector for high intensity laser radiation The reliability of a high intensity laser radiation surface ionization detector is increased by providing a target material for the high intensity laser radiation having a target material comprising a metal having a melting point below that of aluminum. T... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4251679 | Electromagnetic radiation transducer Electromagnetic radiation is converted to usable power in the form of electrical current by means of a plurality of transducing cavities having a wall structure that is inclined inwardly to receive impinging radiation and includes potential barrier strips... | 02/17/1981 |
