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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7838063 | Process for preparation of absorption layer of solar cell Provided is a process for preparing an absorption layer of a solar cell composed of a 1B-3A-Se compound, comprising applying a metal selenide nanoparticle as a precursor material to a base material and subjecting the applied nanoparticle to thermal processing, where... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7306823 | Coated nanoparticles and quantum dots for solution-based fabrication of photovoltaic cells CIGS absorber layers fabricated using coated semiconducting nanoparticles and/or quantum dots are disclosed. Core nanoparticles and/or quantum dots containing one or more elements from group IB and/or IIIA and/or VIA may be coated with one or more layers containing ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7282717 | X-ray detector and X-ray examination apparatus using it An X-ray detector (5) comprises an X-ray-electric charge conversion film (21) for directly converting into charges an incident X-ray that has passed through a subject (2) and is received, and a charge information reading section (15) for ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7179678 | EBIC response enhancement in type III-VI semiconductor material on silicon A method of processing a type III–VI semiconductor material on a silicon substrate to improve minority carrier diffusion length and EBIC response is provided. The semiconductor material is heated to a temperature in the range of 300° C.–600° C. for a period in... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160963 | Toner fuser member with release layer formed from silsesquioxane-epoxy resin composition A toner fuser member contains a substrate on which is disposed a toner release surface layer formed from a composition that includes a silsesquioxane and a curable epoxy resin. On curing, the composition forms an interpenetrating polymer network of the silsesquioxan... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7122804 | X-ray imaging device A digital radiography imager having an x-ray converting layer with a first surface adjacent to an energy detection layer and a second surface on an opposite side to the energy detection layer, and the digital radiography imager configured such that x-rays traverse t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7074640 | Method of making barrier layers The present invention involves a low-temperature, photoresist-free method of fabricating a barrier layer on a flexible substrate. An embodiment involves the conversion of a precursor into a top-surface imaging layer during a direct patterning step. Preferred precurs... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067346 | Titanium carboxylate films for use in semiconductor processing The present invention involves the formation of titanium carbonate films that exhibit improved hydrolytic stability and photosensitivity. Such films can be used in semiconductor processing to deposit titanium and titanium oxide layers on a substrate and to form patt... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7026228 | Methods of fabricating devices and semiconductor layers comprising cadmium mercury telluride, mercury telluride, and cadmium telluride The invention relates to a method of depositing Hg1-xCdxTe onto a substrate, in a MOVPE technique, where 0≦x≦1; comprising the step of reacting together a volatile organotellurium compound, and one or both of (i) a volatile organocadmium co... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026258 | Method for making thin-film semiconductors based on I-III-VIcompounds, for photovoltaic applications The invention concerns a method for making thin-film CIGS which consists in: electrochemically depositing on a substrate a layer of stoichiometry close to CuInSe2; then rapidly annealing said layer from a light source with pulses of sufficient power to re... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022446 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a surface layer containing at least one of a charge-transporting material and conductive particles and a polymer obtained by polymerizing at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyhydroxymethylbisphe... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019304 | Solid-state radiation imager with back-side irradiation A solid-state imager with back-side irradiation. The present invention provides a solid-state imager that includes a substantially radiation transparent substrate adapted to receive incident radiation. The radiation travels through the substrate and a pixelated arra... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6969543 | Intermediate transfer blanket and method of producing the same A multi-layered image transfer blanket and a method of producing same, including a body portion and an image transfer portion, the image transfer portion having an image transfer surface and a back surface, comprising forming the image transfer portion on a carrier ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6635307 | Manufacturing method for thin-film solar cells A method for depositing a coating onto a solid substrate for the fabrication of a functional layer in a solar cell device wherein the functional layer is used as an anti-reflection layer, an active layer for photon absorption and charge generation, a buff... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6461701 | Flexible belts having embedded sensor fibers Flexible belts, and electrophotographic machines that use such flexible belts, that having embedded sensor fibers that run across the belt's width. Such sensor fibers enable sensors located along the side of the belt to sense belt position and/or motion.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6268014 | Method for forming solar cell materials from particulars Materials in bulk and film forms are prepared from fine particulate precursors such as single-phase, mixed-metal oxides; multi-phase, mixed-metal particles comprising a metal oxide; multinary metal particles; mixtures of such particles with other particle... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6258620 | Method of manufacturing CIGS photovoltaic devices A method of manufacturing copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CuInx Ga1-x Se2 or just CIGS) photovoltaic devices using elemental selenium and without requiring complex codeposition or requiring the use of toxic H2... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6207219 | Method for manufacturing thin-film solar cell A method for manufacturing a thin-film solar cell substrate of group IB, IIIB and VIB elements of the Periodic Table, by using an apparatus for depositing selenium (Se) on the thin-film solar cell substrate. The apparatus has a base with gas inlet and out... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6171643 | Method of producing multilayer plate for x-ray imaging A method for producing a multilayer plate for X-ray imaging is disclosed. As the first step in the method, there is provided a plate of a substrate. Then, there is deposited on this substrate a thin film of amorphous arsenic triselenide by thermal evapora... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6146489 | Method and apparatus for depositing scintillator material on radiation imager An apparatus to align the deposition of scintillator material on a radiation detector array includes a cover mask assembly configured to be positively positioned on a detector array and underlying pallet assembly to provide proper alignment of the mask wi... | 11/14/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6048442 | Method for producing thin-film solar cell and equipment for producing the same A thin-film light absorbing layer which is regulated so as to have any desired gallium concentration and which is capable of attaining a high open-circuit voltage is formed by a simple method at a temperature lower than the softening point of the soda-lim... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5994642 | Method for preparing CdTe film and solar cell using the same A method for forming a CdTe film of good quality by an improved close-spaced sublimation process is disclosed. This method comprises: a step of applying a paste which contains material for CdTe semiconductor on a supporting member, thereby to form a coati... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5935324 | Apparatus and method for forming I-III-VI2 thin-film layers An apparatus for forming I-III-VI2 thin-film layers has a reaction chamber made of a carbon material in which a precursor for forming a I-III-VI2 thin-film layer and a vapor source of an element of group VI of the periodic table are ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5910336 | Process for producing light-absorbing chalcopyrite film An improved process for producing a light-absorbing chalcopyrite film is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: applying at least one solution containing at least either of (a) an organic compound of a metal in Group 1B of the periodic table and (b) an ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5753299 | Method and apparatus for forming termination stripes A stripe terminator (18) includes a carrier plate (20) for carrying a matrix of chips (12), a carrier plate shuttle (22) for longitudinally transporting the carrier plate (20) along guide rails (24), a paste platen (26), a doctor blade for spreading a pas... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5730852 | Preparation of cuxinygazsen (X=0-2, Y=0-2, Z=0-2, N=0-3) precursor films by electrodeposition for fabricating high efficiency solar cells High quality thin films of copper-indium-gallium-diselenide useful in the production of solar cells are prepared by electrodepositing at least one of the constituent metals onto a glass/Mo substrate, followed by physical vapor deposition of copper and sel... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5731031 | Production of films and powders for semiconductor device applications A process for chemical bath deposition of selenide and sulfide salts as films and powders employable as precursors for the fabrication of solar cell devices. The films and powders include (1) Cux Sen, wherein x=1-2 and n=1-3; (2) Cu | 03/24/1998 |
| 5728231 | Precursor for semiconductor thin films and method for producing semiconductor thin films A precursor for manufacturing a semiconductor thin film in which an oxide thin film comprising at least one element as a dopant, selected from a group which consists of Groups IA, IIA, IIB, VA, and VB elements, and Groups IB and IIIA elements which are ma... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5674325 | Thin film photovoltaic device and process of manufacture Provided is a thin film photovoltaic device and a method of manufacturing the device. The thin film photovoltaic device comprises a film layer having particles which are smaller than about 30 microns in size held in an electrically insulating matrix mater... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674555 | Process for preparing group Ib-IIIa-VIa semiconducting films Methods are provided for the production of supported monophasic group I-III-VI semiconductor films. In the subject methods, a substrate is coated with group I and III elements and then contacted with a reactive group VI element containing atmosphere under... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5626688 | Solar cell with chalcopyrite absorber layer A substrate-independent manufacturing method for a solar cell with chalcopyrite absorber layer (4, 5) is proposed wherein a desired alkali content is obtained in the finished absorber layer by dosed addition of Na, K, or Li during the manufacturing proces... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5578503 | Rapid process for producing a chalcopyrite semiconductor on a substrate To produce a polycrystalline, single-phase compound semiconductor layer of the chalcopyrite type ABC2, it is proposed to deposit, on a substrate, a layer structure which comprises a plurality of layers and which contains the components in eleme... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5567469 | Process for producing chalcopyrite type compound thin film A chalcopyrite compound, for instance, CuInS2 or CuInSe2, is prepared by subjecting a thin film containing copper metal, indium metal, and an indium compound or a compound which contains both indium and copper, selected from the grou... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5541118 | Process for producing cadmium sulfide on a cadmium telluride surface A process for producing a layer of cadmium sulfide on a cadmium telluride surface to be employed in a photovoltaic device. The process comprises providing a cadmium telluride surface which is exposed to a hydrogen sulfide plasma at an exposure flow rate, ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5538903 | Method of manufacturing solar cell A method of manufacturing a solar cell, comprising the steps of forming a layer of n-type compound semiconductor, a layer of p-type compound semiconductor, and an electrode layer on a glass substrate, wherein at least one of said steps of forming a layer ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5536333 | Process for making photovoltaic devices and resultant product A process and apparatus (70) for making a large area photovoltaic device (22) that is capable of generating low cost electrical power. The apparatus (70) for performing the process includes an enclosure (126) providing a controlled environment in which an... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5523022 | Semiconductor compound Novel compound semiconductors are of the general formula, X5 YZ4, wherein X is a member selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag and mixtures thereof, Y is a member selected from the group consisting of Al Ga, Tl and mixtures the... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5489372 | Process for producing light absorption layer of solar cell A process for producing a light absorption layer of a solar cell is disclosed, in which prior to heat-treatment, at least two of the following steps are performed in combination: (1) electrodeposition of a copper layer including selenium particles, (2) el... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5470397 | Process for making photovoltaic devices and resultant product A process and apparatus (70) for making a large area photovoltaic device (22) that is capable of generating low cost electrical power. The apparatus (70) for performing the process includes an enclosure (126) providing a controlled environment in which an... | 11/28/1995 |
