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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129614 | Single P-N junction tandem photovoltaic device A single P-N junction solar cell is provided having two depletion regions for charge separation while allowing the electrons and holes to recombine such that the voltages associated with both depletion regions of the solar cell will add together. The single p-n junc... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8106293 | Photovoltaic cell with buffer zone Systems and methods that provide a barrier for protection of active layers associated with a vertical multi junction (VMJ) photovoltaic cell. Buffer zone(s) in form of an inactive layer(s) arrangement safe guard the active layers against induced stress or strain res... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101856 | Quantum well GaP/Si tandem photovoltaic cells Two junction solar energy conversion devices, i.e. photovoltaic cells have a bottom silicon N+/P/P+ photovoltaic cell and an upper GaP N+/P/P+ photovoltaic cell containing quantum well layers which extend the wavelength range over which the GaP cell absorbs light. T... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8049104 | Intermetal stack for use in a photovoltaic cell A donor silicon wafer may be bonded to a substrate and a lamina cleaved from the donor wafer. A photovoltaic cell may be formed from the lamina bonded to the substrate. An intermetal stack is described that is optimized for use in such a cell. The intermetal stack m... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049103 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device is provided, which comprises a first electrode, crystalline semiconductor particles, a semiconductor layer, and a second electrode. The crystalline semiconductor particles of which adjacent particles are fusion-bonded, the crystalline semicond... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044296 | Photovoltaic device and method for manufacturing the same A photovoltaic device uses a single crystal or polycrystalline semiconductor layer which is separated from a single crystal or polycrystalline semiconductor substrate as a photoelectric conversion layer and has a SOI structure in which the semiconductor layer is bon... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039740 | Single P-N junction tandem photovoltaic device A single P-N junction solar cell is provided having two depletion regions for charge separation while allowing the electrons and holes to recombine such that the voltages associated with both depletion regions of the solar cell will add together. The single p-n junc... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8022292 | Photovoltaic device employing a resonator cavity A photovoltaic device utilizing a gain means and an amplification means to intake and convert incident light/photons to greater intensities of highly coherent and monochromatic photons whereby said photons are passed to a resonating means and absorption means, allow... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8017862 | Solar-cell single-crystal silicon substrate, solar cell element, and method for producing the same In growing a single-crystal silicon by the present invention in a Czochralski method, after a surface of a silicon melt is brought into contact with a seed crystal in a crucible, the silicon melt being added with germanium, the single-crystal silicon is pulled while... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7999178 | Solar cell and method of producing the same A solar cell comprises a substrate; an n-type barium silicide layer being arranged on the substrate and containing Ba atoms and Si atoms; an n+-type barium silicide layer being arranged on the n-type barium silicide layer and containing impurity atoms whi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7964789 | Germanium solar cell and method for the production thereof A method is disclosed for passivating and contacting a surface of a germanium substrate. A passivation layer of amorphous silicon material is formed on the germanium surface. A contact layer of metal is then formed on the passivation. The structure is heated so that... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960646 | Silicon-based thin-film photoelectric converter and method of manufacturing the same In order to improve photoelectric conversion properties of a silicon-based thin-film photoelectric converter to which a conductive SiOx layer is inserted to obtain an optical confinement effect, the silicon-based thin-film photoelectric converter accordin... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960645 | Germanium solar cell and method for the production thereof A method is disclosed for passivating and contacting a surface of a germanium substrate. A passivation layer of amorphous silicon material is formed on the germanium surface. A contact layer of metal is then formed on the passivation. The structure is heated so that... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7893351 | Photovoltaic device and manufacturing method thereof A photovoltaic device capable of improving an output characteristic is provided. The photovoltaic device includes an n-type single-crystal silicon substrate, a p-type amorphous silicon substrate, and a substantially intrinsic i-type amorphous silicon layer disposed ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7842881 | Solar cell structure with localized doping in cap layer A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate and a sequence of semiconductor layers disposed over the substrate. The sequence of semiconductor layers includes a semiconductor window layer. The solar cell also includes a semiconductor silicon-containing cap layer ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7737357 | Solar cell having doped semiconductor heterojunction contacts A silicon solar cell has doped amorphous silicon contacts formed on a tunnel silicon oxide layer on a surface of a silicon substrate. High temperature processing is unnecessary in fabricating the solar cell. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7732706 | Solar cell circuit and method for manufacturing solar cells The invention is a novel manufacturing method for making multi-junction solar cell circuits that addresses current problems associated with such circuits by allowing the formation of integral diodes in the cells and allows for a large number of circuits to readily b... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7705237 | Solar cell having silicon nano-particle emitter A silicon solar cell having a silicon substrate includes p-type and n-type emitters on a surface of the substrate, the emitters being doped nano-particles of silicon. To reduce high interface recombination at the substrate surface, the nano-particle emitters are pre... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7649141 | Emitter wrap-through back contact solar cells on thin silicon wafers A thin emitter wrap-through solar cell and method for making a thin emitter wrap-through solar cell. The cell preferably includes a silicon wafer substrate having a thickness of less than 280 microns. The p-type area on the back side of the cell is minimized, which ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7554031 | 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... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7442320 | Nanostructured materials and photovoltaic devices including nanostructured materials Nanostructured materials and photovoltaic devices including nanostructured materials are described. In one embodiment, a nanostructured material includes: (a) a first nano-network formed from a first set of nanoparticles; and (b) a second nano-network coupled to the... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7390689 | Systems and methods for light absorption and field emission using microstructured silicon Methods and systems for absorbing infrared light, and for emitting current are described. A sample, such as a sample containing mainly silicon, is microstructured by at least one laser pulse to produce cone-like structures on the exposed surface. Such microstructuri... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388147 | Metal contact structure for solar cell and method of manufacture In a solar cell having p doped regions and n doped regions alternately formed in a surface of a semiconductor wafer in offset levels through use of masking and etching techniques, metal contacts are made to the p regions and n regions by first forming a base layer c... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381887 | Solar cell and method and apparatus for manufacturing solar cell A thin solar cell is provided, a decreased amount of an Al paste used for the solar cell without occurrence of a problem of ball-up which is a defect in appearance. A method of manufacturing such a solar cell as well as a manufacturing apparatus used therefor are pr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367119 | Method for forming a reinforced tip for a probe storage device Systems and methods in accordance with the present invention can include a tip contactable with a media. In an embodiment, the tip comprises a substantially hollow structure formed of a metal. The tip can be formed by depositing a first metal layer over silicon ther... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361930 | Method for forming a multiple layer passivation film and a device incorporating the same A method of forming a multiple layer passivation film on a semiconductor device surface comprises placing a semiconductor device in a chemical vapor deposition reactor, introducing a nitrogen source into the reactor, introducing a carbon source into the reactor, dep... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352044 | Photoelectric transducer, photoelectric transducer apparatus, and iron silicide film A solar battery 10 comprises a metal electrode layer 12, a pin junction 100, and a transparent electrode layer 16 which are successively laminated on a substrate 11 such as a silicon substrate. The pin junction 100 comprises... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341923 | Substrate, manufacturing method therefor, and semiconductor device A step of forming the first substrate which has a separation layer and a Ge layer on the separation layer, and a step of forming a bonded substrate stack by bonding the first substrate to the second substrate through an insulating layer, and a step of dividing the b... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339110 | Solar cell and method of manufacture A solar cell that is readily manufactured using processing techniques which are less expensive than microelectronic circuit processing. In preferred embodiments, printing techniques are utilized in selectively forming masks for use in etching of silicon oxide and di... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336524 | Atomic probes and media for high density data storage A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention comprises a contact probe for high density data storage reading, writing, erasing, or rewriting. In one embodiment, the contact probe can include a silicon core having a conductive coating. Contact pro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326587 | Semiconductor memory device having capacitor and method of forming the same A semiconductor memory device having a capacitor is disclosed. The capacitor includes a bottom capacitor surface formed of a silicon-germanium crystalline layer or a dual layer in which a silicon-germanium crystalline layer covers a silicon crystalline layer. The bo... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309630 | Method for forming patterned media for a high density data storage device Systems in accordance with the present invention can include a tip contactable with a media, the media including a substrate and a plurality of cells disposed over the substrate, one or more of the cells being electrically isolated from the other of the cells by a m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309832 | Multi-junction solar cell device A multi-junction solar cell device (10) is provided. The multi-junction solar cell device (10) comprises either two or three active solar cells connected in series in a monolithic structure. The multi-junction device (10) comprises a bottom acti... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301887 | Methods for erasing bit cells in a high density data storage device Methods in accordance with the present invention can be applied, in an embodiment, to a media comprising a phase change material to alter a resolved portion of the phase change material to have a resistance different from a resistance of the bulk material. A tip hav... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285720 | Solar cell with high-temperature front electrical contact, and its fabrication A solar cell has an active semiconductor structure and a back electrical contact overlying and contacting an active semiconductor structure back side. A front electrical contact is applied overlying and contacting the active semiconductor structure front side. The f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282190 | Silicon layer production method and solar cell production method A solar cell is produced by dipping a multicrystalline silicon substrate 28 in a solution 24 containing silicon, growing a silicon layer on the substrate 28 while decreasing with time the temperature drop rate of the solution during the dipping ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279632 | Multi-element polycrystal for solar cells and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a multi-element polycrystal formed by cooling a melt containing multiple components while controlling a cooling rate. The multi-element polycrystal is a mixed crystal essentially formed of elements Si and Ge having different absorption wavelength ranges ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276658 | Manufacturing a solar cell foil connected in series via a temporary substrate The invention pertains to a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic foil provided with solar cells connected in series, which method comprises the following steps: a) providing a temporary substrate b) applying a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) c) applying a photo... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276312 | Light-detectable solid thin-film secondary battery To provide novel devices constituting light detection systems with a simple configuration, a low maintenance cost, a reduced size and weight, and high reliability by integrating light detection components and power supplies. A photosensitive solid-state thin-... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
