Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric inventions 06/06

20060137732 - Microelectronic assembly including built-in thermoelectric cooler and method of fabricating same: A method for fabricating a microelectronic assembly including a built-in TEC, a microelectronic assembly including a built-in TEC, and a system including the microelectronic assembly. The method includes providing a microelectronic device, and fabricating the TEC directly onto the microelectronic device such that there is no mounting material between the...

20060137734 - 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 light energies within the photoreactive portion of the solar spectrum to predetermined energy levels...

20060137735 - Light-scattering film and optical device using the same: A light scattering film having the structure which guides electrical signal to a desired position and scatters incident light and the surface of which is substantially flat, and a photoelectric device using the same. The light scattering film includes a medium made of transparent conductive material and a light scatterer...

20060137733 - Photovoltaic module with adjustable heat sink and method of fabrication: The present invention provides a photovoltaic module (20) comprising a photovoltaic material and a heat sink in thermal communication with the photovoltaic material proximate a mounting surface of the heat sink. The heat sink comprises a plurality of fins (12) that are movable between a first position parallel to the...

20060137736 - Support system and program for installing photovoltaic power generator: A support system for installing a photovoltaic power generator with photovoltaic modules comprising: calculation means for calculating an installation area of the modules on the basis of geographic information....

20060137737 - Photoelectric conversion device: The present invention provide an all solid-state photoelectric conversion device which comprises a semiconductor, an electrically conductive substrate arranged on one surface of the semiconductor and forming an ohmic junction therewith, an electrically conductive film arranged on the other surface and forming a Schottky junction with the semiconductor, and a...

20060137738 - Transparent electrode having thermal stability, method of fabricating the same and dye-sensitized solar cell comprising the same: A transparent electrode having thermal stability, composed of a transparent conductive material containing a pentavalent element, a method of fabricating the same, and a dye-sensitized solar cell including the electrode. The transparent electrode having thermal stability does not substantially deteriorate even when it is exposed to high temperatures and its...

20060137739 - Dye sensitization photoelectric converter and process for producing the same: The dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion apparatus which has semiconductor layer (13) containing a photosensitizing dye (14) and is constituted such that a charge carrier generated by allowing light to incident in the photosensitizing dye (14) is drawn out through the semiconductor layer (13), in which the semiconductor layer (13) is constituted...

20060137741 - Photoanode using carbon nanotubes, method of manufacturing the photoanode, and photovoltaic solar cell including the photoanode: Provided are a photoanode including: a conductive substrate; carbon nanotubes and a semiconductor formed on the conductive substrate; and a photosensitizer formed on the carbon nanotubes and the semiconductor, and a solar cell including the photoanode. In the photoanode, the conductive carbon nanotubes can be directly formed on the conductive...

20060137740 - Photovoltaic cell and method of manufacturing the same: A photovoltaic cell having an improved semiconductor layer and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The photovoltaic cell includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite each other and spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other; and an oxide semiconductor layer interposed between the first...

20060130888 - Thermoelectric generator: A thermoelectric generator has a high temperature heat source part provided on a first passage through which a first fluid for cooling an engine flows, a low temperature heat source part provided on a second passage through which a second fluid having a temperature lower than that of the first...

20060130889 - Solar panel with optical films: A solar panel mounting arrangement, and electronic device, and a wireless device, includes a solar panel (204); and a wavelength selectively reflective optical film (202) being disposed in front of the solar panel for the optical film to substantially reflect a pre-selected band (304) of solar irradiation frequencies (302) in...

20060130890 - Heterojunction photovoltaic cell: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a solar photovoltaic device is disclosed. The semiconductor material of the solar photovoltaic device is a heterostructure of two different binary compounds of a pair of immiscible metals. The two different binary compounds have a conduction band edge offset of greater...

20060130891 - Back-contact photovoltaic cells: A photovoltaic cell comprising a wafer comprising a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, the wafer comprising a first light receiving surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first passivation layer positioned over the first surface of the wafer; a first electrical contact positioned over the...

20060130892 - Highly efficient photovoltaic converter for high luminous intensities manufactured using optoelectronic technology: Photovoltaic converters work under high intensity light and provide high efficiency. The converters generate photovoltaic electricity at low costs, which is useful for the photovoltaic industry. They can be used in thermophotovoltaic systems and remote supply systems via optical fiber. The converter is characterized by the following features: a) its...

20060130894 - Illumination devices and methods of making the same: An illumination device includes a photovoltaic element, wherein the photovoltaic element is configured to absorb photons of desired wavelengths and to convert the absorbed photon energy to electric energy and an electroluminescence element disposed adjacent to the photovoltaic element, wherein the electroluminescence element is configured to produce illumination at desired...

20060130893 - Organic photovoltaic cells with an electric field integrally-formed at the heterojunction interface: A bi-layer photovoltaic cell, and method (100) of making same, with an electric field applied at the p-n heterojunction interface. The cell includes a first semiconductor layer including a binder, nanocrystals of an n-type semiconductor, and spatially bound cations and a second semiconductor layer contacting the first semiconductor layer that...

20060130895 - Patterned photovoltaic cell: Patterned photovoltaic cells, as well as related components and methods, are disclosed....

20060124165 - Variable watt density thermoelectrics: A thermoelectric device is provided that includes a top plate with surface including a first and second portion. A first plurality of thermoelectric elements are coupled to the first portion, and a second plurality of thermoelectric elements are coupled to the second portion. A base plate is coupled to the...

20060124166 - Method and apparatus for achieving worldwide reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and deforestation: Method and apparatus enabling worldwide reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and/or deforestation, personal clean energy system providing for cooking and/or electricity needs, earning emission credits, monetizing values of tradable emission rights/credits accruing from emissions avoided by using the apparatus to pay for the cost of the apparatus and/or to provide...

20060124168 - Covering material for solar thermal power generating system and solar thermal power generating system formed by spreading the covering material: A covering material for solar thermal power generation system, characterized in that it is made of a film which has a tensile yield strength of at least 10 N/mm2 according to JIS K7127, a solar radiation transmittance of at least 85% according to JIS R3106, and a retention of at...

20060124167 - Thermal-efficient power converter enclosure for solar panels: A solar power system includes an enclosure (230) for a power converter (120) that can be mounted adjacent to the solar panel (110), wherein the enclosure (230) is configured to allow a substantial air space (240) between the solar panel (110) and the power converter (120). The surface (232) of...

20060112982 - Method of manufacturing thermoelectric transducer, thermoelectric transducer, and method for forming corrugated fin used for the same: A thermoelectric transducer includes a group of thermoelectric devices having a plurality of P-type thermoelectric devices and a plurality of N-type thermoelectric devices alternately arranged on a thermoelectric device substrate, electrode members for electrically connecting the adjacent P-type and N-type thermoelectric devices in series, and heat exchanging members including electrode...

20060112983 - Photoactive devices and components with enhanced efficiency: Devices, compositions and methods for producing photoactive devices, systems and compositions that have improved conversion efficiencies relative to previously described devices, systems and compositions. This improved efficiency is generally obtained by one or both of improving the efficiency of light absorption into the photoactive component, and improving the efficiency of...

20060112985 - Heterojunction photovoltaic cell: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a solar photovoltaic device is disclosed. The semiconductor material of the solar photovoltaic device is a heterostructure of two different binary compounds of the same metal. One or both of the two different binary compounds of the same metal are doped...

20060112984 - Multiband semiconductor compositions for photovoltaic devices: The highly mismatched alloy Zn1-yMnyOxTe1-x, 0≦y<1 and 0<x<1 and other Group II-IV-Oxygen implanted alloys have been synthesized using the combination of oxygen ion implantation and pulsed laser melting. Incorporation of small quantities of isovalent oxygen leads to the formation of a narrow, oxygen-derived band of extended states located within the...

20060112986 - Multi-junction solar cells and methods of making same using layer transfer and bonding techniques: A multi-junction solar cell includes an active silicon subcell, a first non-silicon subcell bonded to a first side of the active silicon subcell, and a second non-silicon subcell bonded to a second side of the active silicon subcell. This and other solar cells may be formed by bonding and layer...

20060112988 - Photoelectric conversion element: In a photoelectric transfer device having a semiconductor electrode composed of semiconductor nanoparticles and an electrolyte layer between a pair of transparent conductive substrates, a transparent conductive substrate at the light-receiving side is made by stacking a transparent substrate, conductive wiring layer and a metal oxide layer in order from...

20060112987 - Transparent thin-film solar cell module and its manufacturing method: A transparent thin-film solar-cell module having high output, high light transmittance, and excellent appearance, the module including a plurality of photoelectric conversion cells connected in series, the cells containing a first electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second electrode layer stacked in that order on a main surface of...