Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric inventions

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

20090255565 - Thin film solar cell string: Thin film PV cells and strings of such cells that may be electrically joined with conductive tabs or ribbons. A semi-flexible, electrically conductive adhesive is applied to join the tabs to the front and back of a cell, providing a conductive pathway between the tab and solar cell, with good... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090255569 - Method to improve pv aesthetics and efficiency: Various embodiments disclosed herein comprise a photovoltaic device of improved efficiency. The photovoltaic device comprises a photovoltaic material, a reflective conductor, a total-internal-reflection surface and a microstructure. The microstructure reflects light so that some of the reflected light is incident upon the total-internal-reflection surface at an angle greater than the... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090255567 - Multi-junction solar array: A photovoltaic device includes a plurality of photovoltaic cells disposed in an array in which each cell is adjacent to another cell. Each of the cells includes first and second photovoltaic modules. The first photovoltaic module of each cell is configured to convert a first part of light energy incident... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20090255566 - Solar cell modules: A solar cell module is provided, including a fixture with a solar cell wafer therein and a light-transmitting component formed in the fixture. The solar cell wafer comprises a semiconductor substrate with a plurality of photovoltaic elements formed thereon, wherein the photovoltaic elements are arranged in an array and a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090255568 - Solar panel window: A solar panel window for mounting to a building. The window has an interior pane and an exterior pane adjacent to each other. The exterior pane has a first ridged surface and the interior pane has a second ridged surface, which is complementary to the first ridged surface. The exterior... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090255570 - Glazing assemblies that incorporate photovoltaic elements and related methods of manufacture: A photovoltaic panel includes a substrate, a photovoltaic coating extending over, and being adhered to, a central region of a major surface of the substrate, and a flexible and electrically non-conductive film overlaying the photovoltaic coating, such that the photovoltaic coating is sandwiched between the film and the substrate. An... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20090255573 - Photovoltaic heat-weldable thermoplastic roofing membrane: Disclosed herein is the fusing of photovoltaic modules or cells to a heat-weldable thermoplastic roofing membrane, and related methods of manufacturing of the same. The resulting membrane may be used as the back sheet for sealing the back surface of photovoltaic cells/modules. In one embodiment, such a photovoltaic roofing structure... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090255572 - Sealed thin film photovoltaic modules: A sealed photovoltaic module comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, a seal between the first and second substrates positioned at or near the edges of the substrates and forming a sealed chamber defined by the first and second substrates and the seal, and at least one thin film photovoltaic... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20090255571 - Thermal conducting materials for solar panel components: This invention relates to solar panels with improved encapsulants and backsheets for greater power output and/or increased efficiency by using materials with higher thermal conductivity than conventional solar panels. According to certain embodiments the improved materials include fillers while maintaining sufficient dielectric properties. According to certain other embodiments, the invention... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20090255574 - Solar cell fabricated by silicon liquid-phase deposition: One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a substrate; a polycrystalline Si (poly-Si) thin-film layer which includes a p+ layer situated above the substrate, wherein the poly-Si thin-film layer is hydrogenated; a contact under-layer situated between the foreign substrate and the poly-Si thin-film... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090255577 - Conversion solar cell: A conversion solar cell structure responds to a greater portion of the solar spectrum. The solar-cell structure has a solar cell and a conversion material disposed over the solar cell.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090255575 - Lightweight solar cell: Lightweight solar cells include a multiple-bandgap material.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090255576 - Window solar cell: A substantially transparent solar cell is combined with an electrochromic film.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090255579 - Converter of electromagnetic radiation: The invention relates to converters of the energy of electromagnetic radiation to electrical energy and may be used in the production of solar photocells. The converter according to the invention contains at least one photosensitive layer that achieves the generation of a photocurrent through the absorption of electromagnetic radiation, as... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090255578 - Plasma-treated photovoltaic devices: A method of manufacturing a thin film photovoltaic device includes depositing a first compound semiconductor layer on a substrate and exposing the device to plasma, the plasma treating the layer.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090255580 - Quantum dot solar cell with quantum dot bandgap gradients: Efficient photovoltaic devices with quantum dots are provided. Quantum dots have numerous desirable properties that can be used in solar cells, including an easily selected bandgap and Fermi level. In particular, the size and composition of a quantum dot can determine its bandgap and Fermi level. By precise deposition of... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090255581 - Thin film silicon solar cell and manufacturing method thereof: A thin film silicon solar cell comprises a front transparent electrode, a p-type window layer, a buffer layer, an i-type absorber layer, an n-type layer and a metal rear electrode. The front transparent electrode is stacked on a transparent substrate. The p-type window layer is stacked on the front transparent... Agent: The Belles Group, P.C.

20090255582 - Methods of drying glass for photovoltaic applications: This invention relates generally to methods of dehydrating glass substrates for use in photovoltaic modules, suitably by reacting moisture on the glass with organosilicon compounds. The invention also relates to methods of preparing thin film photovoltaic modules, which include dehydration of the glass substrates used in the manufacture of the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090255583 - Aluminum pastes and use thereof in the production of silicon solar cells: Aluminum pastes comprising particulate aluminum, a tin-organic component and an organic vehicle and their use in forming p-type aluminum back electrodes of silicon solar cells.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090255584 - Conductive compositions and processes for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices: A thick film conductive composition comprising electrically conductive material, rhodium-containing additive, one or more glass frits, and an organic medium.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090255585 - Flexible photovoltaic device: An embodiment of a photovoltaic cell forms a barrier layer over a flexible substrate and forms a plurality of parallel lines of N-type semiconductor material directly on the barrier layer. A plurality of parallel lines of P-type semiconductor material are formed directly on the barrier layer and positioned with each... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090255586 - Organic solar cell and method of fabricating the same: An organic solar cell and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The organic solar cell includes a first electrode and a second electrode. An organic active layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic active layer includes an concave-convex pattern in a surface... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090250091 - Device and method for generating electrical power: A mobile device for generating electrical power may include a combustion chamber and a heat sink. A TEC module is in thermal communication with the combustion chamber and the heat sink to transfer thermal energy from the combustion chamber to the heat sink. A heat flux across the TEC module... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Boeing

20090250092 - Solar cell panel: A solar cell panel includes a light-pervious substrate, a photo-catalyst film, a light source and at least one solar cell. The substrate has a bottom surface and an opposite top surface. The photo-catalyst film is formed on the bottom surface. The light source is configured for emitting light having a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090250093 - Enhanced concentrator pv pannel: The invention teaches a family of flat concentrator PV panels wherein an array of enhanced light beam splitters coupling with a plurality of optical grooves efficiently collects light and transmits collected light substantially to the active surface(s) of an array of size-reduced PV cells with low aspect ratio.... Agent: Dahyee Law Group

20090250095 - Low-profile solar tracking module: An apparatus for distribution of light across a target area has at least one non-shadowing lens. The non-shadowing lens has a plurality of prisms wherein each prism provides an approximately uniform distribution of light across a defined area of the target area to reduce a shadowing effect. The apparatus may... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20090250094 - Method and system for light ray concentration: Systems and techniques for light ray concentration. In one aspect, a solar concentration assembly includes an array of light focusing elements and an array of photovoltaic devices positioned beneath the array of light focusing elements. The arrays of light focusing elements and photovoltaic devices are spaced from one another and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090250098 - Method for solar-to-electricity conversion: The invention addresses area utilization and capital efficiency of systems for converting solar energy into electricity. Methods of converting solar energy use photovoltaic cells which are arranged within a concentrated solar insolation flux path on different substrates/boards to collect different respective portions of the radiation spectrum.... Agent: J. Nicholas Gross, Attorney

20090250096 - Solar-to-electricity conversion sub-module: The invention addresses the area utilization and capital efficiency of systems for converting solar energy into electricity. A solid-state solar submodule includes photovoltaic and thermoelectric or thermionic cells. The submodule can be implemented in various configurations and by a solar insolation flux collection and concentration method to improve the area... Agent: J. Nicholas Gross, Attorney

20090250097 - Solar-to-electricity conversion system: The invention addresses area utilization and capital efficiency of systems for converting solar energy into electricity. A solid-state solar conversion system includes photovoltaic cells which are arranged within a concentrated solar insolation flux path on different substrates/boards to collect different respective portions of the radiation spectrum.... Agent: J. Nicholas Gross, Attorney

20090250099 - Solar-to-electricity conversion system using cascaded architecture of photovoltaic and thermoelectric devices: The invention addresses the area utilization and capital efficiency of systems for converting solar energy into electricity. A solid-state solar system includes photovoltaic and thermoelectric or thermionic cells. The system can be implemented in various configurations and by a solar insolation flux collection and concentration method to improve the area... Agent: J. Nicholas Gross, Attorney

20090250100 - Solar cell modules comprising high melt flow poly(vinyl butyral) encapsulants: A solar cell module comprising a solar cell layer comprised of one or a plurality of electrically interconnected solar cells and an encapsulant layer comprised or made of a poly(vinyl butyral) sheet having melt flow rate (MFR) of about 0.8 to about 2 g/10 min as determined according to ASTM... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090250102 - Photoelectric conversion device using semiconductor nanomaterials and method of manufacturing the same: A photoelectric conversion device using a semiconductor nanomaterial to which a rectifying action caused by a Schottky junction between semiconductor nanomaterials and metal is applied and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The photoelectric conversion device includes a substrate, an insulating layer formed on the substrate, a nanomaterial... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090250101 - Photovoltaic structure: A photovoltaic structure is provided with an added layer inserted between an emitter layer and a window layer. The added layer includes all elements which are same or different both in the emitter layer and the window layer. The addition of the added layer enhances converted current and voltage that... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090250109 - Acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition, double coated adhesive sheet, and photovoltaic device: An acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising (A) an acrylic polymer having a carboxyl group and (B) a tetrafunctional epoxy compound, without a substantial amount of a tackifying resin, wherein the acrylic polymer (A) has been prepared by copolymerizing (a) 50% to 80% by weight of butyl acrylate, (b) 5%... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090250103 - Aluminum paste composition and solar cell element using the same: Provided are an aluminum paste composition capable of inhibiting formation of blisters and globules of aluminum in a back surface electrode layer, which is caused at the time of firing, of reducing bow of a silicon semiconductor substrate even when a thinner silicon semiconductor substrate is used, and of attaining... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090250106 - Composition for manufacturing electrode of solar cell, method of manufacturing same electrode, and solar cell using electrode obtained by same method: A composition for manufacturing an electrode of a solar cell, comprising metal nanoparticles dispersed in a dispersive medium, wherein the metal nanoparticles contain silver nanoparticles of 75 weight % or more, the metal nanoparticles are chemically modified by a protective agent having a main chain of organic molecule comprising a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090250104 - Dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device and method for manufacturing same: Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion device comprising a first conductive support having a layer containing a semiconductor, a second conductive support arranged opposite to the first conductive support and having a counter electrode, and a charge transfer layer interposed between the first conductive support and the second conductive support at... Agent: Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC

20090250107 - Photovoltaic device: A photovoltaic device includes a substrate, a first electrode and a carbon nanotube structure. The substrate has a front surface and a rear surface. The carbon nanotube structure is disposed on the front surface of the substrate. The first electrode is disposed on the rear surface of the substrate.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090250108 - Silicon carbide for crystalline silicon solar cell surface passivation: Embodiments of the present invention generally provide methods for depositing a silicon carbide (SiC) passivation layer that may act as a high-quality passivation layer for solar cells. Embodiments of the invention also provide methods for depositing a silicon carbide/silicon oxide passivation layer that acts as a high-quality rear surface passivation... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20090250105 - Thin film metal oxide bearing semiconductor material for single junction solar cell devices: A structure for a single junction solar cell. The structure includes a substrate member having a surface region. The structure includes a first electrode structure overlying the surface region of the substrate member. A P absorber layer is formed overlying the first electrode structure. In a specific embodiment, the P... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090250110 - Forward scattering nanoparticle enhancement method and photo detector device: In devices of the invention, forward scattering nanoparticles are sized and arranged with respect to a photo conversion material to forward scatter radiation that would otherwise be reflected away from the photo conversion material. In preferred embodiment devices, a highest percentage of the nanoparticles are sized such that their predominant... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090250112 - Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same: Disclosed are a relatively high-efficiency solar cell and a method for fabricating the same using a micro-heater array. The solar cell may include first and second micro-heaters intersecting each other or being parallel to each other on a substrate, and a plurality of InxGa1-xN p-n junction layers formed using the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090250111 - Solar cell dissipation package: A dissipation package of a solar cell is provided. The package swiftly dissipates the heat generated by the solar cell and a circuit layer coordinated. It is done by binding a ceramic layer under the circuit layer to a dissipation unit with a buffer layer and a mount layer in... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090250114 - Photovoltaic device: A photovoltaic device includes a silicon substrate, a doped silicon layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The silicon substrate has a plurality of cavities defined therein. The doped silicon layer is formed in contact the silicon substrate. The first electrode including a plurality of carbon nanotube cables is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090250113 - Solar cell: A solar cell includes a back electrode, a single crystal silicon substrate, and a carbon nanotube structure. The single crystal silicon substrate includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The back electrode is located on and electrically connected to the lower surface of the single crystal silicon substrate. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090250115 - Photoelectric conversion element and solar cell: Provided are a newly developed dye-sensitizing type photoelectric conversion element employing a highly durable sensitizing dye, exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency, and a solar cell fitted with the photoelectric conversion element. Also disclosed is a photoelectric conversion element comprising a compound represented by Formula (1) between a pair of facing... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP