Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric inventions 12/07

20070295382 - Solar super structure with cooling system: Supporting frame structure for installing plain solar cell module plates and incidental facilities on a house roof is provided. The supporting structure is in the shape of pluralities of slope structured solar cell plate mount accompanied by cleaning accesses mounted on a rectangular cube frame. Side view of the solar... Agent: Eugene Oak, Ph.d., J.d., M.div.

20070295381 - Solar cell module and photovoltaic power generator using this: A surface electrode (5) is installed on the light receiving surface of a solar cell element, the surface electrode (5) comprises three bus bar electrodes (5a) for extracting light-produced at the solar cell element to the outside and collecting finger electrodes (5b) connected to these bus bar electrodes (5a), and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070295384 - Light converging-type solar photovoltaic apparatus: The present invention provides a light converging-type solar photovoltaic apparatus having: a case having: a bottom member; a peripheral member; and an upper member so as to form a space in the case, the case inclining so as to face the upper member to the sun; a plurality of Fresnel... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070295383 - Wavelength-converting phosphors for enhancing the efficiency of a photovoltaic device: The present embodiments are directed to photovoltaic devices that convert sunlight into electrical energy. More specifically, the present embodiments include a phosphor-containing, wavelength-converting material for shifting higher energy light to a lower energy form, the latter being more suitable for the typical solar cell to convert to electricity. The absorption... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070295386 - Individually encapsulated solar cells and solar cell strings having a hybrid organic/inorganic protective layer: Methods and devices are provided for improved environmental protection for photovoltaic devices and assemblies. In one embodiment, the device comprises of an individually encapsulated solar cell, wherein the encapsulated solar cell includes at least one protective layer coupled to at least one surface of the solar cell. The protective layer... Agent: Nanosolar, Inc.

20070295389 - Individually encapsulated solar cells and solar cell strings having a hybrid organic/inorganic protective layer: Methods and devices are provided for improved environmental protection for photovoltaic devices and assemblies. In one embodiment, the device comprises of an individually encapsulated solar cell, wherein the encapsulated solar cell includes at least one protective layer coupled to at least one surface of the solar cell. The protective layer... Agent: Nanosolar, Inc.

20070295385 - Individually encapsulated solar cells and solar cell strings having a substantially inorganic protective layer: Methods and devices are provided for improved environmental protection for photovoltaic devices and assemblies. In one embodiment, the device comprises of an individually encapsulated solar cell, wherein the encapsulated solar cell includes at least one protective layer coupled to at least one surface of the solar cell and the protective... Agent: Nanosolar, Inc.

20070295390 - Individually encapsulated solar cells and solar cell strings having a substantially inorganic protective layer: Methods and devices are provided for improved environmental protection for photovoltaic devices and assemblies. In one embodiment, the device comprises of an individually encapsulated solar cell, wherein the encapsulated solar cell includes at least one protective layer coupled to at least one surface of the solar cell and the protective... Agent: Nanosolar, Inc.

20070295387 - Solar assembly with a multi-ply barrier layer and individually encapsulated solar cells or solar cell strings: Methods and devices are provided for improved environmental protection for photovoltaic devices and assemblies. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device module is provided comprising of a multi-ply module encapsulant, a bottom module layer, and a plurality of solar cells. The multi-ply module encapsulant includes one or more discrete layers comprising... Agent: Nanosolar, Inc.

20070295392 - Mounting system for a solar panel: An integrated module fame and racking system for a solar panel is disclosed. The solar panel comprises a plurality of solar modules and a plurality of splices for coupling the plurality of solar modules together. The plurality of splices provide a way to make the connected modules mechanically rigid both... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070295393 - Mounting system for a solar panel: An integrated module fame and racking system for a solar panel is disclosed. The solar panel comprises a plurality of solar modules and a plurality of splices for coupling the plurality of solar modules together. The plurality of splices provide a way to make the connected modules mechanically rigid both... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070295391 - Pv module mounting and support assembly and installation: In some examples a PV module mounting and support assembly includes a base mountable to the deck, a deck-penetrating fastener for securing the base to the deck, and PV module mounting hardware. The PV module mounting hardware is used to secure an edge of a PV module on a PV... Agent: Sunpower Corporation C/o Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070295388 - Solar assembly with a multi-ply barrier layer and individually encapsulated solar cells or solar cell strings: Methods and devices are provided for improved environmental protection for photovoltaic devices and assemblies. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device module is provided comprising of a multi-ply module encapsulant, a bottom module layer, and a plurality of solar cells. The multi-ply module encapsulant includes one or more discrete layers comprising... Agent: Nanosolar, Inc.

20070295394 - Method for building thin film flexible solar cells on bio-based plastic substrates: A process for building thin film flexible solar cells using a bio-based plastic substrate comprising the steps of; degasing the bio-based substrate at a temperature of 120 degrees Celsius, and forming a barrier layer of silicon oxide through the process of chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The silicon oxide layer seals... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070295395 - Photovoltaic device with trimetaspheres: An exemplary photovoltaic device for conversion of an incident wavelength of electromagnetic radiation to electricity has an absorber of incident wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, a trimetasphere in electron transferring contact with the absorber, an anode in electrical contact with the trimetasphere, and a cathode in electrical contact with the absorber.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070295396 - Solar cell and production thereof: A solar cell is configured to include: a substrate (21); a conductive film (22) formed on the substrate (21); a compound semiconductor layer (23) formed on the conductive film (22), including a p-type semiconductor crystal containing an element of Group Ib, an element of Group IIIb, and an element of... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070295397 - Solar cell with high-temperature front electrical contact: 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 front electrical contact has multiple layers including a titanium layer overlying and... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070295398 - Conducting polymers with porphyrin cross-linkers: The invention relates to a cross-linking monomer having the structure Q-(L)n-P-(L′)m;-Q′, where Q and Q′ are polymerisable units, L and L′ are linkers providing direct or indirect electronic communication between Q and P and between P and Q′, and P is an electrofunctional unit, and also to polymers prepared from... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070295399 - 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 comprising point contacts... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20070295400 - Roll to roll manufacturing of organic solar modules: The invention discloses for the first time how an organic component can be produced in a process designed entirely as a roll-to-roll process. The advantage of the continuous production method described here is, further, that the active regions of the active semiconductor layer are not exposed to unprotected solvents and/or... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070289621 - Illumination system: An illumination system includes an illumination unit and a thermoelectric conversion module. The illumination unit includes a light source, and a reflection plate capable of radiating heat from the light source to the outer circumference of the plate. The thermoelectric conversion module includes lower and upper substrates, lower and upper... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070289620 - Thermoelectric power supply: A thermoelectric power supply converts thermal energy into a high power output with voltages in the Volt-range for powering a microelectronic device and comprises an in-plane thermoelectric generator, a cross-plane thermoelectric generator, an initial energy management assembly, a voltage converter and a final energy management assembly. The in-plane thermoelectric generator... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070289622 - Integrated solar energy conversion system, method, and apparatus: A solar energy conversion package includes a photovoltaic (PV) cell, a thermionic or thermoelectric conversion unit and a thermal heating system. Solar radiation is concentrated by a lens or reflector and directed to the PV cell for electrical power conversion. A water circulation system maintains the PV cell at working... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070289623 - Plasmonic photovoltaics: A surface plasmon polariton photovoltaic absorber. A plasmonic photovoltaic device is provided that has a periodic subwavelength aperture array, for example a thin metal film coated with an array of semiconductor quantum dots. The plasmonic photovoltaic device generates an electrical potential when illuminated by electromagnetic radiation. In some embodiments, the... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070289624 - Cis compound semiconductor thin-film solar cell and method of forming light absorption layer of the solar cell: The invention relates to the light absorption layer of a CIS compound semiconductor thin-film solar cell and to a method of forming the layer. The light absorption layer comprises a compound represented by Cux(In1-yGay)(Se1-zSz)2 and having a chalcopyrite type structure, the proportions of the components satisfying 0.86≦x≦0.98, 0.05≦y≦0.25, 0≦z≦0.3, x=αT+β,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070289625 - -conjugated mono-, oligo-and polymeric compounds, and photovoltaic cells comprising them: in which: B and D, which are identical or different, each independently represent an aromatic carbon ring or an aromatic heterocycle which is optionally substituted. Use of the said compound in an optoelectronic device, such as a photovoltaic cell, a field-effect transistor or an electrochemical sensor. Photovoltaic cell comprising an... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070289626 - Photovoltaic cells: Photovoltaic cells containing electrically conductive particles in a electrode, as well as related components, systems, and methods, are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070289628 - Method for modifying surface of counter electrode and surface-modified counter electrode: Disclosed herein is a method for modifying the surface of a counter electrode. According to the method, the surface modification is achieved by treating the surface of a counter electrode with a polyethylene glycol derivative having a pendant group at one end. Also disclosed is a counter electrode whose surface... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070289627 - Nanoscale solar cell with vertical and lateral junctions: A nanoscale solar cell with vertical and lateral p-n junctions or Schottky barriers includes a light transparent or an opaque substrate with n- and p-type materials thereon. The size of the materials is tailored to optimize their bandgap energies. During use, photons impact the n and p type materials and... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070283994 - Novel solid state heat pump: In accordance with the invention, there are methods for transferring heat, for heating and cooling, and there is a solid state heat pump. The solid state heat pump can include a power supply that provides an electric field, a first metal layer, a dielectric layer disposed over the first metal... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070283996 - Photovoltaic module with insulating interconnect carrier: A photovoltaic module includes a first photovoltaic cell, a second photovoltaic cell, and an interconnect comprising an electrically insulating carrier and at least one electrical conductor which electrically connects the first photovoltaic cell to the second photovoltaic cell.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070283997 - Photovoltaic module with integrated current collection and interconnection: A photovoltaic module includes a first photovoltaic cell, a second photovoltaic cell, and a collector-connector which is configured to collect current from the first photovoltaic cell and to electrically connect the first photovoltaic cell with the second photovoltaic cell. The collector-connector may include an electrically insulating carrier and at least... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070283995 - Method of manufacturing solar battery: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a solar battery, in which residues such as a flux and organic matters remaining on cell surfaces are preferably removed and in which an energy conversion efficiency is largely enhanced, and the method comprises: a flux applying step of applying a... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070283998 - Precursor film and method of forming the same: A precursor film having a required gallium component proportion is formed easily at low cost. A precursor film for use in forming the light absorption layer of a CIS type thin-film solar cell, etc., or a method for forming the film are provided. A Cu—Ga layer having a high gallium... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070283999 - Solar cell geomembrane assembly: A solar cell geomembrane assembly including a solar cell integrated with a geomembrane, the geomembrane including a flexible floating cover material that floats partially submerged below a water surface.... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent Ltd.

20070277866 - Thermoelectric nanotube arrays: In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to thermoelectric devices comprising thermoelectric elements comprising nanotubes of thermoelectric material. The present invention is also directed to methods of making such thermoelectric elements and devices, particularly wherein the nanotubes are formed electrochemically in templates. The present invention is also directed to... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070277867 - Photovoltaic awning structures: A photovoltaic awning assembly includes a sheet of material carrying photovoltaic strips thereon. A rotatable roll receives the sheet of material and has a contoured drum at opposite ends thereof for deploying and retrieving the sheet of material through the use of a cable connected to a boom at an... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20070277868 - Apparatus able to track sunlight by three angles for photovoltaic power generation: Apparatus able to track sunlight by three angles for photovoltaic (PV) power generation includes: a solar cell module; a solar cell holder; an angle-adjustable platform; a driving motor; a holding pillar and a tracking sensor. The apparatus for PV power generation can generate electric power at three specific angles in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070277869 - Systems and methods for enhanced solar module conversion efficiency: The present inventions are solar cell assemblies comprising a combination of efficiency enhancing features, such as, a photovoltaic cell array including two or more members having different band gaps, dispersive optics capable of directing wavelengths of incoming light to the most efficient cells for those wavelengths, light concentrators to focus... Agent: Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C.

20070277870 - Solar hydrogen generation system: A solar hydrogen generation system is disclosed that efficiently utilizes photovoltaic cells, storage batteries, and electrolyzers to generate hydrogen from the sun by direct coupling of these components. The system mutually arranges the photovoltaic cells, batteries, and electrolyzers in series, and the series components in parallel. The arrangement allows the... Agent: Steven Vosen

20070277871 - Dye having dispersant function and solar cell comprising the same: Disclosed are a novel dye, having a dispersant functional group to simultaneously exhibit a dye function and a dispersant function, and a dye-sensitized solar cell including the same. According to this invention, the dye may simultaneously manifest a dye function for absorbing light, made possible by being adsorbed on the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070277872 - Titanium oxide with a rutile structure: The titanium oxide is characterized in that it has the crystallographic structure of rutile with an orthorhombic lattice and a Pnmm space group, it has a platelet morphology, the platelets being of rectangular shape with a length between 3 and 10 nm, a width between 3 and 10 nm and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070277873 - Metamorphic layers in multijunction solar cells: A method of forming a multijunction solar cell comprising an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell comprising providing first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on said substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over said... Agent: Casey Toohey Emcore Corporation

20070277874 - Thin film photovoltaic structure: Systems and methods of production of a photovoltaic device include creating on a donor semiconductor wafer an exfoliation layer and transferring the exfoliation layer to an insulator substrate. One or more finishing processes may be performed before and/or after transferring the exfoliation layer, such as to create a plurality of... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070277875 - Thin film photovoltaic structure: Photovoltaic devices include an insulator structure bonded to an exfoliation layer, preferably of a substantially single-crystal donor semiconductor wafer, and at least one photovoltaic device layer, such as a conductive layer. In a preferred embodiment, a device may include a conductive layer adjacent to the insulator substrate and integral to... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070277876 - Integrated solar cell and battery device including conductive electrical and thermal paths: The invention discloses differing embodiments of integrated solar cells and battery devices, in addition to disclosing methods of distributing energy. In one embodiment of the invention, an integrated solar cell and battery device may include a top layer, a middle layer, and a bottom layer. The top, middle, and bottom... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company