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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110246 | Method for producing a thin-film solar cell by use of microcrystalline silicon and a layer sequence The invention relates to a method for production of a thin-layer solar cell with microcrystalline silicon and a layer sequence. According to the invention, a microcrystalline silicon layer is applied to the lower p- or n-layer in pin or nip thin-layer solar cells, b... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101231 | Processes for forming photovoltaic conductive features from multiple inks Photovoltaic conductive features and processes for forming photovoltaic conductive features are described. The process comprises (a) providing a substrate comprising a passivation layer disposed on a silicon layer; (b) depositing a surface modifying material onto at... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8057850 | Formation of copper-indium-selenide and/or copper-indium-gallium-selenide films from indium selenide and copper selenide precursors Liquid-based indium selenide and copper selenide precursors, including copper-organoselenides, particulate copper selenide suspensions, copper selenide ethylene diamine in liquid solvent, nanoparticulate indium selenide suspensions, and indium selenide ethylene diam... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053025 | Mixed-typed heterojunction thin-film solar cell structure and method for fabricating the same The present invention discloses a mixed-type heterojunction thin-film solar cell structure and a method for fabricating the same. Firstly, a conductive substrate and a template are provided, and the template has a substrate and an inorganic wire array formed on the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048477 | Chalcogenide solar cells A precursor material for forming a film of a group IB-IIIA-chalcogenide compound and a method of making this film are disclosed. The film contains group IB-chalcogenide nanoparticles and/or group IIIA-chalcogenide nanoparticles and/or nanoglobules and/or nanodroplet... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8034400 | Soft-lift off of organic nanofibers The invention relates to a method of releasing an ensemble of nanofibers from a dielectric substrate as well as to applications of the method. The organic nanofibers are grown on the substrate and can be released by first providing a polar liquid to a surface of the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8017175 | Manufacturing multilayer conjugate polymer optoelectronics device by using buffer layer A highly stable, multilayer organic molecular photoelectric element without interlayer miscibility phenomenon during manufacturing process, and a method for producing multilayer organic molecular photoelectric elements with simplified solution process are disclosed.... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017176 | Robust activation method for negative electron affinity photocathodes A method by which photocathodes(201), single crystal, amorphous, or otherwise ordered, can be surface modified to a robust state of lowered and in best cases negative, electron affinity has been discovered. Conventional methods employ the use of Cs(203... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012530 | Organic thin-film photoelectric conversion element and method of manufacturing the same The objectives of the present invention are to enable the manufacturing of an organic thin-film photoelectric conversion element under normal atmosphere, improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the element, and enhance its durability. A hole-blocking TiO2... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7993700 | Silicon nitride passivation for a solar cell A silicon nitride layer may be formed with a suitable refractive index, mass density, and hydrogen concentration so that the layer may serve as an ARC/passivation layer on a solar cell substrate. The silicon nitride layer may be formed on a solar cell substrate by a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7867551 | Processing method for group IBIIIAVIA semiconductor layer growth A method of forming a doped Group IBIIIAVIA absorber layer for solar cells by reacting a partially reacted precursor layer with a dopant structure. The precursor layer including Group IB, Group IIIA and Group VIA materials such as Cu, Ga, In and Se are deposited on ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7851012 | Paste for solar cell electrodes, method for the manufacture of solar cell electrodes, and the solar cell Disclosed is an electrically conducting paste comprising a silver powder, a glass frit, a resin binder and a sintering inhibitor. The paste is used in the manufacture of solar cell electrodes by applying the electrically conducting paste to a substrate and then firi... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7838062 | Array of small contacts for solar cell fabrication Fabrication of a solar cell using a printed contact mask. The contact mask may include dots formed by inkjet printing. The dots may be formed in openings between dielectric layers (e.g., polyimide). Intersections of overlapping dots may form gaps that define contact... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7811625 | Method for manufacturing electron-emitting device There is provided an electron-emitting device of a field emission type, with which the spot size of an electron beam is small, an electron emission area is large, highly efficient electron emission is possible with a low voltage, and the manufacturing process is eas... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7785657 | Nanostructured layers, method of making nanostructured layers, and application thereof A first population of semiconductor nanocrystals to create electron transport conduits, a second population so semiconductor nanocrystals to create hole transport conduits; and a third population of semiconductor nanocrystals to be used for either light absorption o... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7767253 | Method of making a photovoltaic device with antireflective coating A method of making an anti-reflection coating using a sol-gel process, for use in a photovoltaic device or the like. The method may include the following steps in certain example embodiments: forming a polymeric component of silica by mixing silane(s) with one or mo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7709051 | Method and apparatus for dyeing a layer of nanocrystalline material Method for dyeing a layer of a nanocrystalline material on a substrate using a liquid dye, comprising the successive steps of (i) providing said layer on a substrate, (ii) providing an apparatus for dyeing said layer, which apparatus comprises at least a supply cont... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7666466 | Elastomeric waterproofing and weatherproofing photovoltaic finishing method and system The present invention is for a system and method of creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof, electrically generating surface that can be applied over a great variety of structural components. The method comprises coating the selected surface with a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7597927 | Solar cells Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are disclosed. The devises are thin-film crystalline organic optoelectronic devices capable of generating a voltage when exposed to light, and prepared by a method including the steps of: depositing a first organic layer... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7517552 | Glass beads coating process A method of texturing a substrate or superstrate support material is provided, in which a thin textured film (32) is applied to the surface of the support material such as glass sheet (11). The dipping process is performed by loading a sheet (50... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7442404 | Electronic device, electron source and manufacturing method for electronic device To provide an antistatic film that requires low power consumption and provides satisfactory electric contact, as a measure for preventing an insulating substrate surface having an electronic device formed thereon from being charged. The electronic device includes: a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7365369 | Nitride semiconductor device A nitride semiconductor device used chiefly as an LD and an LED element. In order to improve the output and to decrease Vf, the device is given either a three-layer structure in which a nitride semiconductor layer doped with n-type impurities serving as an n-type co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7312097 | Method of fabricating an optical concentrator for a photovoltaic solar cell A method of fabricating a photovoltaic solar cell is provided. A plurality of generally spherical semiconductor elements are provided. Each of the semiconductor elements has a core and an outer surface surface forming a p-n junction. An anti-reflection coating is de... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303788 | Method for manufacturing solar cell module having a sealing resin layer formed on a metal oxide layer The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell module having photovoltaic elements in each of which a metal oxide layer made of a metal oxide forms an outermost surface part thereof at a light incident side, and a sealing resin layer formed o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291365 | Linear laser light beam for making OLEDS A method of transferring organic material from a donor element to a substrate includes providing a radiation source; and selecting the power of the radiation applied to the donor element by the radiation source to cause the transfer of organic material to the substr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7276724 | Series interconnected optoelectronic device module assembly Series interconnection of optoelectronic device modules is disclosed. Each device module includes an active layer disposed between a bottom electrode and a transparent conducting layer. An insulating layer is disposed between the bottom electrode of a first device m... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261986 | Photoconductive member for an electrophotographic machine and method of forming same A method for producing a substrate for a photoconductive member includes etching the substrate with a self-limiting acid that removes the metal oxides from but does not affect the surface roughness of the substrate inner and outer surface. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247346 | Combinatorial fabrication and high-throughput screening of optoelectronic devices Methods and apparatus for the rapid and parallel synthesis of optoelectronic cell devices and for the high-throughput screening of such devices for useful properties are disclosed. The methods comprise the parallel synthesis of arrays of optoelectronic devices fabri... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241436 | Methods to partially reduce certain metal oxides and oxygen reduced metal oxides Methods to at least partially reduce valve metal oxides are described wherein the process includes heat treating the valve metal oxide in the presence of a getter material, in an atmosphere which permits the transfer of oxygen atoms from the starting valve metal oxi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237319 | Method of manufacturing a plane coil First, a sheet member which is being unwound and conveyed from a winding body, and in which a conductive film is stuck on a support sheet, is stamped in such a shape that a coil portion, a frame portion defined around the coil portion, and a joining portion connecti... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239081 | Organic electroluminescent device An organic EL device that has good yields and high reliability as well as high current efficiency is provided by introducing the new concept to the conventional organic EL device structure. An EL device comprising a first electrode 101, a second electrode ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229843 | Device and method for monitoring process exhaust gas, semiconductor manufacturing device, and system and method for controlling semiconductor manufacturing device Process exhaust gas is sampled, and the components of the process exhaust gas are analyzed by a Fourier-transform infrared spectroscope (FT-IR) (26). The analysis result is compared with a reference analysis result obtained from an analysis of process exhaust... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220397 | Modified oxygen reduced valve metal oxides Pressed material such as anodes are described and formed from oxygen reduced oxide powders using additives, such as binders and/or lubricants. Methods to form the pressed material are also described, such as with the use of atomizing, spray drying, fluid bed process... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220482 | Aligned fine particles, method for producing the same and device using the same The present invention provides aligned fine particles that are aligned on a substrate. An organic coating film is bonded to surfaces of the fine particles is formed on the surfaces of the fine particles. An organic coating film bonded to a surface of the substrate i... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214872 | Photovoltaic element and photovoltaic device An ITO film as a transparent conductive film is formed on a semiconductor layer comprising an amorphous semiconductor or a microcrystalline semiconductor, a comb-like collecting electrode is formed on the ITO film, and a cover glass containing alkaline ions is place... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199521 | Electroluminescence device An organic EL element has excellent features as compared with other electroluminescent elements, but on the other hand, has a problem that the life of the element is not sufficiently long. In addition, since the organic EL element is expected to be applied to a mobi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7183000 | Method of providing a phosphorescent coating system through wet-on-wet application and a phosphorescent coating system thereof A phosphorescent coating system and a method of providing the coating system on a substrate are disclosed. The method includes applying a color-providing composition, such as a pigmented basecoat composition, and applying a clearcoat composition. After application a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176543 | Method of eliminating curl for devices on thin flexible substrates, and devices made thereby A thin film semiconductor device such as a photovoltaic device is fabricated on a lightweight substrate material which is affixed to a layer of material which is in turn supported by a carrier. Following the fabrication of the device, the carrier is removed such as ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169417 | Calcium fortification of bread dough Calcium additives useful for fortifying baked goods, such as bread products, with calcium are disclosed. The calcium additives are particularly useful for fortifying leavened baked goods with calcium. Methods for preparing the calcium additives and using the calcium... | 01/30/2007 |
