Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric inventions

20090277488 - Method and structure, using flexible membrane surfaces, for setting and/or maintaining a uniform micron/sub-micron gap separation between juxtaposed photosensitive and heat-supplying surfaces of photovoltaic chips and the like for the generation of electr: A near-field energy conversion structure and method of assembling the same, utilizing a sub-micrometer “near field” gap between juxtaposed photocell infrared radiation receiver and heat emitter surfaces, wherein compliant membrane structures, preferably fluid-filled, are interposed in the structure.... Agent: Rines & Rines

20090277489 - Thermoelectric device: A thermoelectric device is provided which comprises a plurality of elements of a thermoelectric material, which are preferably either all of n-type material or all p-type. In this preferred device, each element has a first end region for exposure to a first temperature, and a second end region for exposure... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090277490 - Thermoelectric module device with thin film elements and fabrication thereof: A thermoelectric module device with thin film elements is disclosed. A pillar structure with a hollow region is formed by stacking a plurality of thin-film type thermoelectric module elements, each including a plurality thin-film thermoelectric pairs arranged in a ring. An insulating and thermal conducting layer covers the inner sidewalls... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090277492 - Solar cell module: In a solar cell module, a plurality of solar cells are arranged between a front-surface protection member and a back-surface protection member, and electrodes of the plurality of solar cells is electrically connected to each other by a wring member. The solar cell module includes an adhesive layer including a... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090277491 - Solar cell, interconnector-equipped solar cell, solar cell string and solar cell module: A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface. On the first main surface, a bus bar electrode and a plurality of linear finger electrodes extending from the bus bar electrode are provided. The bus bar electrode includes a first connecting portion to be connected to an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090277495 - Concentrated pv solar power stack system: The concentrated PV solar power stack system includes a solar concentration assembly, HC sunlight transmission light pipe and a LEC stack assembly holding a plurality of light-to-electricity conversion (LEC) cells inside a compact weatherproofed housing enclosure. Each single LEC cell includes one LD panel having one light-emitting side and one... Agent: Mihai Talaba

20090277493 - Concentrator photovoltaic device, pv concentrator module formed therefrom and production process therefor: The invention relates to a photovoltaic device (20) for directly converting solar energy into electrical energy, comprising a solar cell (5) having a smaller surface area than a light entering surface (1) of the photovoltaic device (20), an optical unit (2) for concentrating the solar radiation (3) passing through to... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20090277497 - Panel-shaped semiconductor module: A solar battery module as a panel-shaped semiconductor module comprises multiple spherical or nearly spherical, granular electric power generation semiconductor elements arranged in multiple rows and columns, a conductive connection mechanism electrically connecting in parallel multiple semiconductor elements in each row and connecting in series multiple semiconductor elements in each... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090277498 - Photovoltaic generator with a spherical imaging lens for use with a paraboloidal solar reflector: The invention is a generator for photovoltaic conversion of concentrated sunlight into electricity. A generator according to the invention incorporates a plurality of photovoltaic cells and is intended for operation near the focus of a large paraboloidal reflector pointed at the sun. Within the generator, the entering concentrated light is... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090277494 - Solar concentrators: Light collectors for use in building-integrated solar concentrators comprise waveguiding components incorporating spaced-apart light collecting elements arranged to collect light from a plurality of lenses in a lens array and deliver light to solar cells for photovoltaic conversion, where several lenses are coupled to each individual solar cell. The light... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090277496 - Solar energy collection devices: Devices and methods for collecting solar energy using photovoltaic material are disclosed.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090277499 - Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same: A highly reliable 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 substrate 1 (substrate); an absorber layer 3 (CIGS absorber layer)... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090277503 - Solar cell with current blocking layer: A solar cell includes an active layer, a blocking layer and a contact layer. The blocking layer is disposed between a portion of the top surface of the active layer and the bottom surface of the contact layer. The blocking layer serves to reduce current flow between the contact layer... Agent: The Mueller Law Office, P.C.

20090277502 - Solar cell, solar cell module using the solar cell and method for manufacturing the solar cell module: In a solar cell, a body portion that includes at least one PN junction portion that is formed by laminating a P layer and an N layer in the front to back direction is formed. End faces of the PN junction portion form part of side faces of the body... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090277501 - Solar panel having improved light-trapping characteristics and method: A photovoltaic solar cell incorporates a light scattering material into a glass superstrate. In one embodiment, the material is in the form of a layer within the glass superstrate. In a second embodiment, the material is in the form of particles dispersed within the glass superstrate Located below the glass... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20090277500 - Transparent solar cell module: A transparent solar cell module including a transparent solar cell and an optical transparent substrate is provided. The optical transparent substrate includes an optical filter and a first transparent substrate. The transparent solar cell includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, a second electrode, and a second transparent substrate... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090277504 - Photoelectric conversion device and manufacturing method thereof: Higher conversion efficiency and productivity of photoelectric conversion devices. A semiconductor layer including a first and second crystal regions grown in the layer-deposition direction is provided between an impurity semiconductor layer containing an impurity element imparting one conductivity type and an impurity semiconductor layer containing an impurity element imparting a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090272416 - Increasing the seebeck coefficient of semiconductors by hpht sintering: A method for increasing the Seebeck coefficient of a semiconductor involves creating a reaction cell including a semiconductor in a pressure-transmitting medium, exposing the reaction cell to elevated pressure and elevated temperature for a time sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient of the semiconductor, and recovering the semiconductor with an... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090272417 - Process for producing peltier modules, and peltier module: The invention relates to a method for producing Peltier modules, each of which comprises several Peltier elements that are arranged between at least two substrates. The substrates are made of an electrically insulating material at least on the sides facing the Peltier elements while being provided with contact areas on... Agent: Hoffman Wasson & Gitler, P.c Crystal Center 2, Suite 522

20090272418 - Thermoelectric generator device: A thermoelectric generator includes an enclosure accommodating therein multiple segments of anode thermoelectric material and multiple segments of cathode thermoelectric material, both having low thermal conductivity. The anode thermoelectric material segments are respectively jointed to the corresponding ones of the cathode thermoelectric material segments to form a plurality of V-shaped... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090272420 - 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

20090272423 - Multi-junction type solar cell device: In a photoelectric conversion device, in a contact between a p-type semiconductor 3a and an electrode 2, an n-type semiconductor 6 of a conductivity type opposite to that of the p-type semiconductor is provided between the p-type semiconductor 3a and the electrode 2. The existence of the n-type semiconductor 6... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090272421 - Separating and assembling semiconductor strips: A method and an apparatus for separating elongated semiconductor strips from a wafer of semiconductor material are disclosed. Vacuum is applied to the face of each elongated semiconductor strip forming an edge of the wafer or being adjacent to the edge. The wafer and a source of the vacuum are... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20090272422 - Solar cell design and methods of manufacture: A solar cell has a first surface and the second surface areas. The first surface is a semi-cylindrical area or modified semi-cylindrical area. The first surface is a flattened area. Sunlight strikes the semi-cylindrical area of the solar cell surface with a maximum incident angle from sunrise to sunset. A... Agent: Delin Li

20090272419 - Solar cell module: A solar cell module with a simple configuration and high efficiency is provided. A solar cell module of the present invention is configured by electrically connecting a plurality of solar cell elements. Each of the plurality of solar cell elements includes a plurality of first connection parts representing wiring connection... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090272425 - Concentrating solar energy receiver: A concentrating solar receiver that maximizes the amount of solar energy available for conversion to electricity that utilizes a primary reflector, a secondary reflector and a fresnel lens to both reflect and refract solar rays to a thermal cycle engine receiver which converts solar energy to mechanical energy which is... Agent: Christina Ezell

20090272424 - Integrating sphere photovoltaic receiver (powersphere) for laser light to electric power conversion: A photovoltaic module for converting laser radiation from a laser emitting light at a wavelength to electrical power is provided. The module comprises: (a) a housing having a cavity of generally optimized closed shape inside the housing, the cavity having an internal surface area As and including an opening for... Agent: John P. De Luca

20090272426 - Solar concentrator: A radiation concentrator suitable for use in concentrating solar radiation for efficient and low cost solar photovoltaic use, especially for example in window-mounted devices, has a radiation-transmissive element for receiving incident radiation and includes a radiation-absorbing material for absorbing incident radiation and emitting emissive radiation, a radiation output for transmitting... Agent: Raymond L.owens Patent Legal Staff

20090272427 - Photovoltaic module and the use thereof: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic module, comprising at least two component cell groups (SCA) which are connected to each other and disposed on an electrically insulating basic body, which groups comprise respectively one solar cell which is applied on a thermally and electrically conductive carrier and a bypass... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090272428 - Insulating glass unit with integrated mini-junction device: An insulating glass unit (IGU) is provided that includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first and second substrates are spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other. The two substrates are hermetically sealed. A mini-junction device is positioned between the two substrates. The mini-junction device is at... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090272429 - Stacked-layered thin film solar cell and manufacturing method thereof: A stacked-layered thin film solar cell has a plurality of independent unit cells comprising a substrate, a first electrode layer, a first photoconductive layer, an interlayer, a second photoconductive layer, and a second electrode layer in a series stacked structure, wherein at least one first separation groove is formed within... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090272430 - Refractive index matching in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells: A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap; a middle second solar subcell adjacent to the first solar subcell and having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap and having a base layer and an adjacent emitter layer, wherein the... Agent: Emcore Corporation

20090272431 - Counter electrode for a photoelectric conversion element and photoelectric conversion element: A photoelectric conversion element including: (1) a window electrode having a transparent substrate and a semiconductor layer provided on a surface of the transparent substrate, a sensitizing dye being adsorbed on the semiconductor layer; (2) a counter electrode having a substrate and a conductive film, provided on a surface of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090272433 - Functional device and method for making the same: To provide a functional device suitable for dye-sensitized solar cells and the like and having a structure suited for thickness reduction, and a method for making the same with good productivity. A dye-sensitized photovoltaic device 10 is constituted by a transparent substrate 1 formed of glass or the like, a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090272432 - Solar cell: A solar cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a stacked semiconductor layer. The stacked semiconductor layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The stacked semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an intrinsic semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090272434 - Thin-film solar cell and method of fabricating thin-film solar cell: A thin-film solar cell (1) includes a transparent insulation substrate (2), a transparent electrode layer (3), a semiconductor photoelectric conversion layer (4) and a back electrode layer (5) sequentially formed on the transparent insulation substrate (2), and a separation trench (8) separating at least the back electrode layer (5). The... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090272435 - Compositionally-graded and structurally-graded photovoltaic devices and methods of fabricating such devices: A semiconductor structure is described, including a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor layer is both compositionally graded and structurally graded. Specifically, the semiconductor layer is compositionally graded through its thickness from substantially intrinsic at the interface with the substrate to substantially doped... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20090272436 - Non-glass photovoltaic module and methods for manufacture: A non-glass photovoltaic module including a non-glass cover layer, a photovoltaic layer, a back protection sheet layer, and a support layer, wherein the layers are adhesively bonded together to form a lamination.... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20090272437 - Transparent conductive materials including cadmium stannate: A photovoltaic cell can include a transparent conductive layer including cadmium stannate.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090272438 - Strain balanced multiple quantum well subcell in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cell: A method of manufacturing a solar cell by providing a first semiconductor substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first subcell on the substrate with a first semiconductor material with a first band gap and a first lattice constant; forming a second subcell with a second semiconductor... Agent: Emcore Corporation

20090266393 - Thermoelectric generator with concentration cell: A thermoelectric generator (1) includes a first electrode (5) in a first chamber (11), a second electrode (6) in a second chamber (14), a heating device (19) and an electrolyte cycle, which connects the first chamber (11) to the second chamber (14). The electrolyte cycle, the first chamber (11) and... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20090266394 - Electric generation system: To utilize solar energy without loosing the laminating function. For this purpose, there is provided an electric generation system for generating an electric power utilizing solar energy falling on a transparent plate 7 dividing a predetermined interior space 8 from an exterior space, characterized in that the transparent plate 7... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090266395 - Solar concentration and cooling devices, arrangements and methods: Arrangements may include a concentrator constructed and arranged to receive incident electromagnetic energy and to concentrate the incident electromagnetic energy to a greater intensity level; an electromagnetic receiving device comprising a first surface constructed and arranged to receive the concentrated electromagnetic energy, and a second surface opposite the first surface;... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090266400 - Apparatus and method for attaching solar panels to roof system surfaces: An apparatus and method for attaching photovoltaic solar panels to a roof system surface. Thin film flexible panels are attached using a hook and loop system in which either the hook or loop material is attached to the underside of panel, and the other of the hook and loop material... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090266399 - Metallic foil substrate and packaging technique for thin film solar cells and modules: Methods of forming thin film solar cells with a metallic substrate are described, as well as solar cells and solar cells strings. The front surface of the metallic substrate is polished to form a polished front surface so that the average roughness of the polished front surface is less than... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090266398 - Method and apparatus to form back contacts to flexible cigs solar cells: An apparatus for and a method of interconnecting at least two solar cells using contact areas which are formed on the conductive substrates of the solar cells is described. The contact areas are formed by a material removal process which removes high resistance surface layers of the conductive substrates at... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090266396 - Polycrystalline silicon substrate, method for producing same, polycrystalline silicon ingot, photoelectric converter and photoelectric conversion module: Disclosed is a polycrystalline silicon substrate having a region wherein concentrations of impurities contained therein satisfy the following relations: [Oi]≧2E17 [atoms/cm3] (under condition 1a and [C]≦1E17 [atoms/cm3] (Condition 2)) where [Oi] is the interstitial oxygen concentration determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and [C] is the total carbon concentration determined... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090266401 - Single-sided contact solar cell with plated- through holes and method for its production: In an embodiment of the present invention, a single-sided contact solar cell includes an absorber layer with plated-through holes; an emitter layer disposed on a first side of the absorber layer, the emitter layer including one or more semiconductor materials having different dopants; a field passivation layer disposed on a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090266397 - Solar battery charging system and optional solar hydrogen production system for vehicle propulsion: A product includes a vehicle battery, capable of being charged using solar energy, a plurality of photovoltaic cells, arranged in at least one of series or parallel, forming an array that produces a self-regulated voltage and current for charging the vehicle battery using solar energy, and an electrical connection linking... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090266402 - Solar cell module: A wiring member is arranged on protruding parts each formed so as to protrude toward a thin line-shaped electrode adjacent to one portion of the thin line-shaped electrode, and is connected to the thin line-shaped electrodes on the protruding parts. At this time, the longitudinal direction of the wiring member... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090266404 - Conversion of solar energy to electrical and/or heat energy: A parabolic primary mirror (10) has a concave specular surface (12) that is constructed and positioned to receive solar energy and focus it towards a focal point. A secondary mirror (14) having a convex specular surface (16) is constructed and positioned to receive focused solar energy from the primary mirror... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090266405 - Electric tile modules: The electrically connectable tile module includes a porous substrate having a top side, a bottom side, and at least two side edges. At least one connector is integrated into the porous substrate allowing adjoining electrically connectable tile modules to be electrically connected to the porous substrate. At least one electrical... Agent: Norman P. Soloway Hayes Soloway P.C.

20090266403 - Solder replacement by conductive tape material: A method of forming a solar device. The method includes providing one or more photovoltaic cells having a front surface region and a back surface region. The method includes providing a first conductor element having a first side operably coupled to a first region of the front surface region of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090266406 - Mounting for solar panels: A mounting for solar panels has fixings which enable it to be easily attached to other mountings for a solar array and can be made of recycled plastic by vacuum forming.... Agent: Barkume & Associates, P.C.

20090266409 - Conductive compositions and processes for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices: Embodiments of the invention relate to a silicon semiconductor device, and a conductive paste for use in the front side of a solar cell device.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090266408 - Solar cell device with movable reflection unit: An exemplary solar cell device includes a solar cell, a solar cell board, a reflection unit, an image acquiring unit, a signal processing and control unit and a drive unit. The solar cell is disposed on the solar cell board and has a receiving face. The reflection unit is opposite... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090266407 - Transparent glass pane provided with a surface structure: A method of manufacturing a transparent pane, in particular a glass pane, which includes on at least one of its main surfaces a surface structure including an assembly of specified individual motifs in relief, in particular pyramids, cones, or truncated cones, created by embossing or by rolling. A structure is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090266410 - Vacuum processing apparatus, vacuum processing method, electronic device, and electronic device manufacturing method: The present invention provides a vacuum processing apparatus including a process chamber configured to process a target object in a vacuum, a first load-lock chamber configured to store the target object in order to load the target object into the process chamber, a second load-lock chamber configured to store the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090266411 - Photovoltaic wire: A photovoltaic wire is presented where the active layers coat a metallic wire, preferably aluminum. The active layers are an array of doped silicon nanowires electrically attached to the metallic wire that extend from the surface of the wire into a layer of semiconducting polymer, preferably polyaniline. The surface of... Agent: Ted Sabety, C/o Sabety +associates, PLLC

20090266412 - Solar cell, prefabricated base part for a solar cell and method for manufacturing such a base part and a solar cell: The invention refers to a solar cell comprising a p-doped semiconductor layer and a n-doped semiconductor layer arranged on a substrate between a front electrode and a back electrode, the front electrode being arranged between the substrate and the semiconductor layers, and in that the front electrode is formed by... Agent: Walter A Hackler Patent Law Office

20090266417 - Dye sensitized solar cell: A photovoltaic device comprises an anode having a film of semi conductive particles deposited on a substrate, an electrolyte and a cathode. The anode comprises a single porous layer formed of a combination of two particle sizes of a metal oxide.... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20090266415 - Nanostructures and materials for photovoltaic devices: A photovoltaic device includes an encapsulation layer fabricated from an elastomeric material, such as for example a perfluoropolyether having favorable optical properties, gas permeable, scratch resistant, conformal liquid material. The encapsulation layer can also include a structured surface for manipulating and trapping light incident on the photovoltaic device.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090266413 - Photovoltaic cells with gratings for scattering light into light-absorption layers: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to photovoltaic cells that include a surface relief grating to couple out-of-plane light into the leaky slab modes of the photovoltaic cells. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photovoltaic cell comprises a bottom electrode, a light-absorption layer disposed on the bottom... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090266416 - Photovoltaic devices including self-assembling fullerene derivatives for improved efficiencies: Described herein are photovoltaic devices including self-assembling fullerene derivatives. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an active layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The active layer is configured to absorb incident light to produce... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090266414 - Process for producing semiconductor substrate, semiconductor substrate for solar application and etching solution: Provided are: a process for producing safely at low cost a semiconductor substrate excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency, and stable in an etching rate and a pyramid shape, which is capable of uniformly forming a fine uneven structure with desired size suitable for a solar cell on the surface thereof;... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090266418 - Photovoltaic devices based on nanostructured polymer films molded from porous template: The present invention includes a template, an optoelectronic device and methods for making the same. The optoelectronic device includes a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a first interdigitating, nano-structured charge-transfer molded material (e.g., a polymer) with a first electron affinity disposed on the first electrode;... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20090266419 - Ionic gel electrolyte, dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device and solar cell: Disclosed is a novel ionic liquid gel electrolyte having high photoelectric conversion efficiency. Also disclosed are a novel dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device using such an ionic liquid gel electrolyte, and a solar cell composed of such a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device. Specifically disclosed is an ionic liquid gel electrolyte obtained... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090260667 - Solar thermoelectric conversion: Systems and methods utilizing solar-electrical generators are discussed. Solar-electrical generators are disclosed having a radiation-capture structure and one or more thermoelectric converters. Heat produced in a capture structure via impingement of solar radiation can maintain a portion of a thermoelectric converter at a high temperature, while the use of a... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090260668 - System and method for efficient power utilization and extension of battery life: A circuit which extends the operational life of a main power source, said circuit comprising a pair of thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for converting thermal energy from a heat source into electrical energy; a pair of capacitors arranged in parallel, each coupled to one of the TEGs for storing the electrical... Agent: Carr & Associates

20090260669 - Metal-gate thermocouple: A metal gate thermocouple is provided. The thermocouple is configured to measure local temperatures of a device. The thermocouple is a passive device which senses temperature using the thermoelectric principle that when two dissimilar electrically conductive materials are joined, an electrical potential (voltage) is developed between the two materials. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090260670 - Precursor ink for producing ib-iiia-via semiconductors: Copper indium diselenide, copper indium gallium diselenide, and other IB-IIIA-VIA compounds are produced by the liquid deposition on a substrate of a precursor-containing ink, followed by heating to produce the desired material. The precursor containing ink is a mixture of three parts. The first part is plurality of particulates of... Agent: X. Charles Li

20090260673 - Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells: In one embodiment, harmful solar cell polarization is prevented or minimized by providing a conductive path that bleeds charge from a front side of a solar cell to the bulk of a wafer. The conductive path may include patterned holes in a dielectric passivation layer, a conductive anti-reflective coating, or... Agent: Okamoto & Benedicto LLP

20090260672 - Solar cell module: A first surface of a first section of a connection member includes a first conductive region, and a second surface of a second section of the connection member includes a second conductive region. The first conductive region is formed along an n-side electrode included in one solar cell, and is... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090260671 - Systems and methods of parallel interconnection of photovoltaic modules: A photovoltaic system includes a first submodule and a second submodule connected in parallel.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090260674 - Concentrated solar photovoltaic module with protective light shielding: A solar photovoltaic module including a base member supporting an array of photocells as well as corresponding concentrating lenses and light guides. At least one opaque light shield defines cutouts corresponding to the light guides. The at least one opaque light shield is positioned above the base member and operates... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20090260675 - Encapsulation of solar modules: A method for encapsulating interconnected solar cells including Group IBIIIAVIA absorbers and an apparatus according to the same, whereby a light receiving side encapsulant layer including thermoplastic polyurethane is used to cover the light receiving sides of the interconnected solar cells. The back sides of the interconnected solar cells are... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090260677 - Fluoropolymer coated films useful for photovoltaic modules: A fluoropolymer coated film comprising polymeric substrate film and fluoropolymer coating on the polymeric substrate film. The fluoropolymer coating comprises fluoropolymer selected from homopolymers and copolymers of vinyl fluoride and homopolymers and copolymers of vinylidene fluoride polymer blended with compatible adhesive polymer comprising functional groups selected from carboxylic acid, sulfonic... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090260676 - Solar panel junction box and components thereof: A solar panel junction box and components thereof including a plurality of generally L-shaped connecting elements, each comprising a conductive member with a flat section and a first angular section. The first angular section having a resilient cut-out connecting member forming an electrical contact and the flat section having one... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090260678 - Glass substrate bearing an electrode: The invention relates to a glass substrate bearing at least one electrode in the form of a thin layer. A barrier covering 2 for species migrating from the glass comprising at least one layer based on a mixed oxide of zinc and at least one other element containing at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090260679 - Photovoltaic device: A photovoltaic device includes a substrate, a doped layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The substrate has a plurality of cavities defined therein. The doped layer is in contact the substrate. The first electrode including a carbon nanotube composite material is adjacent to the substrate. The second electrode... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090260680 - Photovoltaic devices and associated methods: Materials, devices, and methods for enhancing performance of electronic devices such as solar cells, thermoelectric conversion devices and other electronic devices are provided. In one aspect, for example, an electronic device is provided. Such a device may include a charge carrier separation layer further including a layer of a P-type... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090260682 - Quantum dot solar cell: A solar cell is disclosed that includes an electron conductor layer and a quantum dot layer. The quantum dot layer may include a plurality of quantum dots. A bridge layer may be coupled to the electron conductor layer and to the quantum dot layer. The bridge layer may include an... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090260683 - Quantum dot solar cell: A solar cell including a quantum dot and an electron conductor, with a bifunctional ligand disposed between the quantum dot and the electron conductor. The bifunctional ligand molecule may include an electron conductor anchor that bonds to the electron conductor and a first quantum dot anchor that bonds to the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090260681 - Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a silicon solar cell capable of minimizing defects and recombination of electrons-holes by removing a damaged layer formed by a laser edge isolation process to isolate a silicon substrate... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090260685 - Solar cell and method of manufacturing the same: A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The solar cell includes a semiconductor unit, an electrode, and a passivation layer between the semiconductor unit and the electrode. The passivation layer includes a first layer containing silicon oxide (SiOx), a second layer containing silicon nitride (SiNx),... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090260684 - Solar cell, method of forming emitter layer of solar cell, and method of manufacturing solar cell: A method for forming emitter layer of a solar cell includes preparing a substrate including a first impurity of a first conductive type, diffusing a second impurity of a second conductive type opposite to the first conductive type in the substrate to form a first emitter portion of the emitter... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090260686 - Novel organic electroluminescent compounds and organic electroluminescent device using the same: m

20090260687 - Solar cell: Provided is a solar cell and a method of fabricating a solar cell. The solar cell may include a photoelectric conversion structure, a mirror structure configured to concentrate light on the photoelectric conversion structure, and a substrate configured to support the photoelectric conversion structure and the mirror structure.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090260688 - Photovoltaic device: A photovoltaic device includes a silicon substrate, an intrinsic layer, a carbon nanotube structure and a first electrode. The silicon substrate has a front surface and a rear surface. The intrinsic layer is disposed on the front surface of the silicon substrate. The carbon nanotube structure is disposed on the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090260689 - Solar cell lead wire, method of making the same, and solar cell: A solar cell lead wire includes a conducting material, and a molten solder plated layer formed on the conducting material. The conducting material includes a concave-convex conducting material that includes a concavity on top and under surfaces thereof, respectively, and a convexity on a side surface thereof, and that is... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC