Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric inventions 10/09

20090242011 - Installation of telecontrolled photovoltaic modules: The invention relates to an installation of photovoltaic modules including a “control command” device, a set of photovoltaic modules, intended to transform the solar energy into electric current, having power terminals, each photovoltaic module including a breaker commanding the passage of a current across the power terminals, control means designed... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090242010 - Method to form a photovoltaic cell comprising a thin lamina bonded to a discrete receiver element: A donor semiconductor wafer is processed to define a cleave plane, then affixed to a discrete receiver element, which may be glass, metal or a metal compound, plastic, or semiconductor. A semiconductor lamina is cleaved from the donor wafer at the cleave plane. A photovoltaic assembly is fabricated comprising the... Agent: The Mueller Law Office, P.C.

20090242012 - Method and system for converting light to electric power: A method and system for converting light to electric power including coupling in parallel at least two devices in a first plurality of devices suitable to convert light to electric power, coupling in parallel at least two devices in at least one additional plurality of devices suitable to convert light... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090242013 - Solar cell module: A solar cell and a sealing material provided on a light entering side of the solar cell are included. The solar cell includes a photoelectric conversion body and a fine line-shaped electrode formed on a light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion body so as to extend in one direction.... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090242015 - Photovoltaic roofing elements, laminates, systems and kits: The present invention relates generally to the photovoltaic generation of electrical energy. The present invention relates more particularly to photovoltaic systems and roofing products for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. One aspect of the invention is a photovoltaic roofing element including: a roofing substrate; one or more photovoltaic elements... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090242014 - Solar module integration system: Embodiments of the present inventions are directed to systems, devices for use with systems, and method of mounting and retaining solar panels. A solar module mounting system may include a ballast, a sole mechanically coupled to a bottom surface of the ballast, a link member embedded in the ballast, an... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090242017 - Dye-sensitized solar cell: A dye-sensitized solar cell is provided. The solar cell includes a first electrode substrate including a first tabular substrate which is transparent; a transparent conductive film; and an oxide semiconductor layer impregnated with a sensitizing dye; a second electrode substrate including a second tabular substrate; a conductive film; and a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090242016 - Nanowire and microwire fabrication technique and product: A method of fabricating nanowires or microwires employs a robust conductive surface whose edges define electrodes for promoting electrochemical deposition of nanowire material at those edges. Controlled deposition times and thin conductive layers allow extremely small diameter wires to be created and then removed without destruction of the pattern and... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090242019 - Method to create high efficiency, low cost polysilicon or microcrystalline solar cell on flexible substrates using multilayer high speed inkjet printing and, rapid annealing and light trapping: Embodiments of the present invention relate to fabricating low cost polysilicon solar cell on flexible substrates using inkjet printing. Particular embodiments form polycrystalline or microcrystalline silicon solar cells on substrates utilizing liquid silane, by employing inkjet printing or other low cost commercial printing techniques including but not limited to screen... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090242020 - Thin-film photovoltaic cell, thin-film photovoltaic module and method of manufacturing thin-film photovoltaic cell: A method of manufacturing a thin-film photovoltaic cell, comprises laminating a transparent electrode on a transparent substrate, laminating a photovoltaic layer on the transparent electrode, laminating a metal electrode layer on the photovoltaic layer and laminating a buffer layer on the metal electrode layer, the buffer layer being made of... Agent: The Belles Group, P.C.

20090242018 - Thin-film solar cell and fabrication method thereof: The present invention relates to a thin-film solar cell and a fabrication method thereof, the solar cell having a structure that a glass substrate, a transparent conductive oxide, a multi-junction solar cell layer and an electrode layer are stacked, wherein a first solar cell layer and a second solar cell... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090242024 - Photovoltaics with interferometric back side masks: An interferometric mask covers reflective conductors on the back side of a photovoltaic device. Such an interferometric mask may reduce reflections of incident light from the conductors. In various embodiments, the mask reduces reflections, so that a front and back electrode pattern appears black or similar in color to surrounding... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090242026 - Seal film for solar cell module and solar cell module utilizing the same: A seal film for solar cell module includes a resin film layer including a biaxially oriented film layer formed of a resin composition containing poly-p-phenylene sulfide as a major component; and a gas barrier layer formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal, a metal... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper LLP (us)

20090242022 - Solar cell: A flexible solar cell is achieved which has a high photoelectric conversion efficiency and no aged deterioration. A cell 10 (unit cell) is formed as a unit, comprising: a lower electrode layer 2 (Mo electrode layer) formed on a flexible mica sheet substrate 1 (substrate); a light absorber layer 3... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090242021 - Solar cell with colorization layer: Colorization of a solar cell is achieved by modifying a layer proximate an active layer of the solar cell. The color attribute may be obtained by selecting one or more narrow bands of wavelengths in the visible color spectrum to be reflected from the surface of the solar cell unit... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090242023 - System and method for producing a solar cell array: A method for soldering at least one substantially large terminal of a high power electrical component to a substantially large area contact surface includes depositing soldering material on the substantially large area contact surface according to a protruding pattern and placing the at least one substantially large terminal on the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090242025 - Thin film type solar cell, and method for manufacturing the same: A thin film type solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, wherein the thin film type solar cell comprises a substrate; a plurality of front electrodes formed on the substrate at fixed intervals by each first separating channel interposed in-between; a semiconductor layer formed on the... Agent: Royal W. Craig Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver

20090242027 - Dye-sensitized solar cell: Disclosed is a solar cell characterized by using in combination at least two or more different photoelectric converters for specific wavelength ranges, each of which photoelectric converters is obtained by loading a thin film of oxide semiconductor particles formed on a substrate with a dye having a maximum absorption wavelength... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20090242028 - Concentration photovoltaic module: It is described a concentration photovoltaic module, comprising a support structure, a linear mirror with parabolic profile mounted on the support structure, and a linear receiver device mounted on the support structure near to the focus of the linear mirror. The linear mirror comprises a pair of half-mirrors separated at... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090242030 - High performance anti-spall laminate article: Provided is a high performance anti-spall laminate article comprising a bi-layer polymeric composite. The bi-layer composite includes a polymeric sheet and a poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) film laminated to each other. The PET film has a tensile modulus of about 600,000 psi or higher in both the machine direction (MD) and... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

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20090242032 - Photoelectric conversion device and method for manufacturing the same: To provide a resource-saving photoelectric conversion device with excellent photoelectric conversion characteristics. Thin part of a single crystal semiconductor substrate, typically a single crystal silicon substrate, is detached to structure a photoelectric conversion device using a thin single crystal semiconductor layer, which is the detached thin part of the single... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090242031 - Photovoltaic assembly including a conductive layer between a semiconductor lamina and a receiver element: A semiconductor donor body is affixed to a receiver element, and a thin semiconductor lamina is cleaved from the donor body, remaining affixed to the receiver element. A photovoltaic assembly is fabricated which includes the lamina and the receiver element, wherein a photovoltaic cell comprises the lamina. The bond between... Agent: The Mueller Law Office, P.C.

20090242033 - Method for preparing cis compounds and thin layer, and solar cell having cis compound thin layer: A method for preparing a CIS (Cu—In—Se) compound includes (S1) producing a plurality of first composite particles having an indium selenide outer layer physically coupled to at least a part of a copper selenide seed particle surface or a plurality of second composite particles having a copper selenide outer layer... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP