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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7968792 | Quantum dot sensitized wide bandgap semiconductor photovoltaic devices & methods of fabricating same A quantum dot (QD) sensitized wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor heterojunction photovoltaic (PV) device comprises an electron conductive layer; an active photovoltaic (PV) layer adjacent the electron conductive layer; a hole conductive layer adjacent the active PV la... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7687709 | Photovoltaic device This invention is a layered thin film semiconductor device comprising a first transparent layer; a thin, second transparent layer having a conductivity less than the first transparent layer; an n-type layer; and a p-type layer comprising one or more IIB and VIA elem... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7294209 | Apparatus and method for depositing material onto a substrate using a roll-to-roll mask A battery-operated device provided on a thin-film battery and a method for making. Some embodiments provide a system that includes a vacuum chamber, a plurality of pairs of source and take-up reels within the vacuum chamber, including a first source reel that suppli... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7271333 | Apparatus and method of production of thin film photovoltaic modules The present invention relates to light-weight thin-film photovoltaic cells, methods for making cells, modules made from cells, and methods for making modules from cells. The invention teaches a manner in which individual cells may be bonded to one another, eliminati... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7211462 | Process for large-scale production of CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells A process for large-scale production of CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells, films of the cells being deposited, in sequence, on a transparent substrate, the sequence comprising the steps of: depositing a film of a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) on the substrate; dep... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194801 | Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte and associated method A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7161083 | High efficiency solar cells The present invention relates to improvements in solar cell and solar panel photovoltaic materials which cause the solar cells/panels to operate more efficiently. In particular, the present invention focuses primarily on matching or modifying particular incident lig... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148123 | Synthesis of layers, coatings or films using collection layer Systems and methods are described for synthesis of films, coatings or layers using templates. A method includes locating a template within at least one of a first precursor layer that is coupled to a first substrate and a second precursor layer that is coupled to a ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143528 | Dry converting process and apparatus A web converting process and apparatus employing a dry converting station and substrate-handling equipment for conveying the substrate through the dry converting station. The substrate is enveloped in the dry converting station by a close enclosure supplied with one... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141449 | Method of fabricating a compound semiconductor thin-layer solar cell A method of fabricating a thin-film compound solar cell having an n-type buffer layer formed therein for providing a heterojunction with a p-type compound semiconductor light absorbing layer formed on a back electrode by spreading a powder of a sulfur compound conta... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131189 | Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A system for making a thin-film device includes a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate having a major surface area. The substrate has a first layer on a first surface area of the substrate's major surface area. Also included is a device for depositing ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7087833 | 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... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7053294 | Thin-film solar cell fabricated on a flexible metallic substrate A thin-film solar cell (10) is provided. The thin-film solar cell (10) comprises a flexible metallic substrate (12) having a first surface and a second surface. A back metal contact layer (16) is deposited on the first surface of the flex... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022910 | Photovoltaic cells utilizing mesh electrodes In one aspect, the invention provides photovoltaic cells that utilize a mesh electrode on at least one exposure side of the photovoltaic cell. Preferably, the mesh electrode is a metallic mesh. In one embodiment, the invention provides dye-sensitized solar cells (DS... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6962613 | Low-temperature fabrication of thin-film energy-storage devices A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step, especially a cathode anneal of thin-film batteries. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6951770 | Method of manufacturing a photovoltaic foil The invention pertains to a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic foil comprising a TCO layer, a photovoltaic layer, and a back electrode, which method comprises the following steps: providing a conductive temporary substrate; applying a TCO layer on the temporary ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949400 | Ultrasonic slitting of photovoltaic cells and modules An ultrasonic slitting device cuts and seals the edges of photovoltaic cells and modules to encapsulate the photoactive components in an environment substantially impervious to the atmosphere. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6939604 | Doped semiconductor nanocrystals A particle, includes a semiconductor nanocrystal. The nanocrystal is doped. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927417 | Photoelectric conversion element and method of manufacturing the same In a back-surface electrode type photoelectric conversion element having electrodes and semiconductor layers for collecting carriers disposed only on a back surface side of a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor thin film that is larger in band gap than the semi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924164 | Method of continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A method of making a thin-film device including a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate. The substrate has a first layer on the substrate. Also described is a method and device for depositing a second layer onto the first layer, wherein energy supplied ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913943 | Photovoltaic device This invention is a layered thin film semiconductor device comprising a first transparent layer; a thin, second transparent layer having a conductivity less than the first transparent layer; an n-type layer; and a p-type layer comprising one or more IIB and VIA elem... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906436 | Solid state activity-activated battery device and method A system includes a thin-film battery and an activity-activated switch. The system is placed on a substrate with an adhesive backing. In some embodiments, the substrate is flexible. Also formed on the substrate is an electrical circuit that includes electronics. The... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6884478 | Semiconductor liquid crystal composition and methods for making the same Semiconductor liquid crystal compositions and methods for making such compositions are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a liquid crystal composition including a solvent and semiconductor particles in the solvent. The solvent and the semicond... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6878871 | 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... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6706959 | Photovoltaic apparatus and mass-producing apparatus for mass-producing spherical semiconductor particles A photoelectric conversion element is disposed in each of a plurality of recesses of a support. Light reflected by the inside surface of the recess shines on the photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element has an approximately spherical sh... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6548751 | Thin film flexible solar cell A thin-film flexible solar cell built on a plastic substrate comprises a cadmium telluride p-type layer and a cadmium sulfide n-type layer sputter deposited onto a plastic substrate at a temperature sufficiently low to avoid damaging or melting the plasti... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6537845 | Chemical surface deposition of ultra-thin semiconductors A chemical surface deposition process for forming an ultra-thin semiconducting film of Group IIB-VIA compounds onto a substrate. This process eliminates particulates formed by homogeneous reactions in bath, dramatically increases the utilization of Group ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6534704 | Solar cell A solar cell includes a first semiconductor layer that is p-type, and a second semiconductor layer that is n-type formed over the first semiconductor layer. The solar cell includes a layer A made of a semiconductor different from the first semiconductor l... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6423565 | Apparatus and processes for the massproduction of photovotaic modules An apparatus and processes for large scale inline manufacturing of CdTe photovoltaic modules in which all steps, including rapid substrate heating, deposition of CdS, deposition of CdTe, CdCl2 treatment, and ohmic contact formation, are perform... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6319747 | Process for producing a thin-film solar module and separating means for use in this process Process and separating means for the production of a thin film solar module (10) comprising a plurality of solar cells (11) arranged side-by-side on a common substrate (12), which are produced by employing a plurality of layer deposition steps and layer s... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6291762 | Dust-proof and weather resistant photovoltaic module and fabricating method thereof The present invention discloses a dust-proof and weather resistant photovoltaic module, including (a) a front substrate of light transmittable safety glass plate, wherein a photo-catalyst composition is applied to the safety glass plate; (b) a back substr... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6251701 | All-vapor processing of p-type tellurium-containing II-VI semiconductor and ohmic contacts thereof An all dry method for producing solar cells is provided comprising first heat-annealing a II-VI semiconductor; enhancing the conductivity and grain size of the annealed layer; modifying the surface and depositing a tellurium layer onto the enhanced layer;... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6137048 | Process for fabricating polycrystalline semiconductor thin-film solar cells, and cells produced thereby A novel, simplified method for fabricating a thin-film semiconductor heterojunction photovoltaic device includes initial steps of depositing a layer of cadmium stannate and a layer of zinc stannate on a transparent substrate, both by radio frequency sputt... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6107562 | Semiconductor thin film, method for manufacturing the same, and solar cell using the same A semiconductor thin film comprises an n-type compound semiconductor layer including at least one element from each of groups Ib, IIIb, VIb and II. A solar cell using this semiconductor thin film comprises a substrate and a rear electrode, a p-type compou... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6084176 | Photoelectric conversion device and solar cell A photoelectric conversion device has a layer of dye-sensitized nanoparticulate semiconductor and a hole transporting layer containing an organic hole transporting agent. The dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device is fully durable. A solar cell co... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6072116 | Thermophotovoltaic conversion using selective infrared line emitters and large band gap photovoltaic devices Efficient thermophotovoltaic conversion can be performed using photovoltaic devices with a band gap in the 0.75-1.4 electron volt range, and selective infrared emitters chosen from among the rare earth oxides which are thermally stimulated to emit infrare... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6028265 | Optical semiconductor electrode, photoelectric converting device, and photoelectric conversion method The photo-semiconducting electrode of the present invention comprises a semiconducting substrate, a chemically adsorbed film formed thereon composed of at least one compound selected from the compounds represented by the formulas: formulas (I) R1 | 02/22/2000 |
| 6025252 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same In order to easily and accurately manufacture a micromachine comprising a member which is made of a single-crystalline material and having a complicated structure, an uppermost layer (1104) of a single-crystalline Si substrate (1102) whose (100) plane is ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6023020 | Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same A solar cell utilizing a chalcopyrite semiconductor and reducing the density of defects on the junction interface of pn junctions is provided. This solar cell includes a substrate, a back electrode formed on the substrate, a p-type chalcopyrite semiconduc... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6015951 | Photoelectric transfer device This invention relates to a photoelectric transfer device which comprises a photoelectric transfer element, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer and an ultraviolet cut-off layer, said cholesteric liquid crystal layer being arranged between said photoelectri... | 01/18/2000 |
