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Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric January USPTO class patent listing 01/07

20070017565 - Liquid-metal cooled reactor equipped with alkali metal thermoelectric converter: In a liquid-metal cooled reactor equipped with a primary cooling system, a secondary cooling system and a steam turbine power generation system, or equipped with a primary cooling system and a steam power generation system, an alkali metal thermoelectric converter is disposed between the primary cooling system or the secondary... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070017566 - Flexible photovoltaic modules: Flexible photovoltaic modules, as well as related systems, methods, and components are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070017567 - Self-cleaning protective coatings for use with photovoltaic cells: Systems and materials to improve photovoltaic cell efficiency by implementing a self-cleaning function on photovoltaic cells and on albedo surfaces associated with photovoltaic cell assemblies are provided. Materials for protecting albedo surfaces that surround photovoltaic cell assemblies, thereby maximizing energy input into the photovoltaic cell assemblies, are provided. Materials for... Agent: Jones Day

20070017568 - Methods of transferring photovoltaic cells: Methods of preparing electrodes, as well as related components, systems, and methods, are disclosed.... Agent: Konarka Technologies, Inc. Attn: Tony Zhang

20070017569 - Metal complex compositions and use thereof in dye sensitized solar cells: The present invention provides in one aspect a composition having at least one metal complex, such that the metal complex comprises at least one metal atom, at least one first organic ligand comprising at least one triarylamine group, at least one second ligand comprising at least one acidic group, and... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070017570 - Rectangular conductor for solar battery, method for fabricating same and lead wire for solar battery: A rectangular conductor for a solar battery and a lead wire for a solar battery, in which warping or damaging of a silicon crystal wafer is hard to occur at the time of bonding a connection lead wire even when a silicon crystal wafer is configured to have a thin... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070017571 - Polymers with low band gaps and high charge mobility: Polymers with low band gaps and high charge mobility, as well as related systems, methods and components are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070012349 - Photovoltaic sensor facilities in a home environment: Photovoltaic cells, facilities, systems and methods, as well as related compositions, are disclosed. Embodiments involve providing a sensor in association with a photovoltaic facility to form a sensor-pv facility; and providing the sensor-pv facility in a kit adapted for purchase by a consumer to be deployed in a home environment.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070012350 - Prism member, backlight assembly provided with the same, and display device provided with the same: A prism member, a backlight assembly having the same, and a display device having the same, wherein the prism member includes a plate-type body portion having a thickness, and a plurality of unit light-concentrating portions formed on the body portion and arranged along a first direction and in a second... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070012353 - Electric energy generating modules with a two-dimensional profile and method of fabricating the same: An electric energy generating module is shaped to take on a desired two dimensional profile to match a non-flat surface or architectural element such as corrugated roofing. The module includes an electric energy generating film sealed between a top layer of encapsulant material and a bottom layer of encapsulant material.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070012351 - Fluoropolymer film having glass microspheres: The invention provides a film of fluoropolymer having glass microspheres dispersed in said fluoropolymer. The addition of glass microspheres to the fluoropolymer can overcome the behaviour of the fluoropolymer to stick to itself in a stack or when wound on itself in a roll. Hence an additional intermediate sheet or... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070012352 - Photovoltaic modules having improved back sheet: A photovoltaic module comprising a first superstrate, a back sheet, a photovoltaic cell or a plurality of photovoltaic cells, each photovoltaic cell encapsulated and positioned between the superstrate and the back sheet, where the back sheet comprises a polyester material.... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20070012355 - Nanostructured material comprising semiconductor nanocrystal complexes for use in solar cell and method of making a solar cell comprising nanostructured material: A solar cell includes a semiconductor base layer, a semiconductor nanocrystal complex over the semiconductor base layer, and a semiconductor emitter layer formed over the semiconductor nanocrystal complex. The semiconductor nanocrystal complex includes nanocrystal cores dispersed in an inorganic matrix material. A corresponding method is also disclosed.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070012354 - Photovoltaic cells based on nanoscale structures: Novel structures of photovoltaic cells (also treated as solar cells) are provided. The Cells are based on the nanometer-scaled wire, tubes, and/or rods, which are made of the electronics materials covering semiconductors, insulator or metallic in structure. These photovoltaic cells have large power generation capability per unit physical area over... Agent: Achyut K. Dutta Banpil Photonics, Inc.

20070012356 - Process for the production of thin layers, preferably for a photovoltaic cell: A process for the production of a thin layer, preferably for a photovoltaic cell, which cell has at least a first contact layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, or a combined p-type/n-type semiconductor layer, and a second contact layer, can include the steps of applying the layer... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070006911 - Thermoelectric element: A thermoelectric element formed of a sintered body of a semiconductor comprising at least two kinds of elements selected from the group consisting of Bi, Te, Se and Sb, and having a micro-Vickers' hardness of not smaller than 0.5 GPa. The thermoelectric element has a hardness of not smaller than... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070006912 - High-efficiency power factor improvement circuit: Provided is a high-efficiency power factor improvement circuit which is capable of simultaneously handling a rectification operation performed by rectifying bridge diodes and a power factor improvement operation and reducing switching loss using a snubber circuit when an input voltage is boosted to a predetermined level. The power factor improvement... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070006913 - Improved photovoltaic device and module: A thin-film photovoltaic device comprising a hard conductive transparent oxide front contact layer, and photovoltaic modules comprising such devices. The photovoltaic modules of this invention comprising hard conductive transparent front contact layers have excellent resistance to corrosion.... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20070006915 - Multi-crystalline silicon-germanium bulk crystal for use as a solar cell and method of making: A multi-crystalline silicon germanium bulk crystal with microscopic compositional distribution is adapted for use in solar cells to substantially increase conversion efficiency. By controlling the average Ge concentration between 0.1 and 8.0 mole percent, significant improvements are attained with respect to short circuit current density and conversion efficiency.... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070006914 - 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 first nano-network and formed from a second set of nanoparticles. At least one of... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070006916 - Solar-cell polycrystalline silicon and method for producing the same: In the conventional cast method, when an element causing large segregation is added to a polycrystalline silicon ingot, a concentration fluctuation becomes large depending on a region, and the yield of a portion having the target composition is low. On the contrary, the present invention enables to make the ingot... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070006917 - Dye-sensitized solar cell: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dye-sensitized solar cell, comprising: a first base member having a light-transmitting substrate, a light-transmitting conductive layer formed on a surface of the light-transmitting substrate and a semiconductor electrode formed on a surface of the light-transmitting conductive layer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC