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7638708 Laminated solar concentrating photovoltaic device  
A solar concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) device in which concentrator elements (optics, PV cells and wiring) are laminated to form a composite, substantially planar structure. The concentrator...
7622667 Photovoltaic fibers  
Photovoltaic materials and methods of photovoltaic cell fabrication provide a photovoltaic cell in the form of a fiber. These fibers may be formed into a flexible fabric or textile.
7622666 Photovoltaic concentrator modules and systems having a heat dissipating element located within a volume in which light rays converge from an optical concentrating element towards a photovoltaic receiver  
The present invention relates to photovoltaic power systems, photovoltaic concentrator modules, and related methods.
7619159 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...
7592536 Solar cell structure with integrated discrete by-pass diode  
A solar cell structure has a solar cell unit structure including a heat sink, and a solar cell having a front side, a back side, and a solar-cell projected area coverage on the heat sink. The solar...
7589276 Photovoltaic fibers  
Photovoltaic materials and methods of photovoltaic cell fabrication provide a photovoltaic cell in the form of a fiber. These fibers may be formed into a flexible fabric or textile.
7579083 Bright white protective laminates  
Laminates of having a first outer layer of weatherable film, at least one mid layer, and a second outer layer containing an opacifying quantity of white pigment. The laminates are particularly...
7557291 Photovoltaic module for roofs  
A photovoltaic module generates electrical power when installed on a roof. The module is constructed as a laminated sandwich having a transparent protective upper layer adhered to a photovoltaic...
7554031 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...
7541537 Photovoltaic cell cover  
The present invention is a photovoltaic cell having improved conversion properties. The cell includes a cover for a photovoltaic device. In one embodiment, the cover includes a fluorescent material...
7537955 Low temperature nano particle preparation and deposition for phase-controlled compound film formation  
The present invention is directed to different methods used in the formation of an ink, as well as being directed to the formation of layers used in the fabrication of a solar cell, particularly...
7449629 Solar panel including a low moisture vapor transmission rate adhesive composition  
A solar panel including a photovoltaic material layer; a backing panel; and an adhesive layer disposed between and adhering together the photovoltaic material layer and the backing panel, in which...
7435898 Solar energy utilization unit and solar energy utilization system  
A solar energy utilization unit comprises a solar radiation concentrating optics and a solar radiation receiver including first and second receiver components. The first receiver component is...
7432438 Electrode for photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic cell and photovoltaic module  
An electrode for contacting an electrically conductive surface of a photovoltaic element includes an electrically insulating optically transparent film, an adhesive layer provided on a planar...
7387400 Light-emitting device with spherical photoelectric converting element  
A light-emitting device has spherical photo-electric converting elements that have a substantially spherical acceptance surface, respectively; a light emitting diode powered by the spherical...
7368656 Solar cell for a solar generator panel, a solar generator panel, and a space vehicle  
A solar cell for a solar generator panel ( 10, 10′ ). According to the invention, the cell is coupled to a reflector ( 70, 71, 700 ) in such a manner that together with the reflector the cell...
7339108 Solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft and a solar generator panel  
A device is disclosed for reducing the risk of primary and secondary electrostatic discharges occurring in particular in the solar generators of spacecraft. A solar energy concentrator device for...
7307210 Solar cell and method of producing the same  
In a solar cell, at least one of reinforcing material and buffering material is provided at least partially on at least one of a back surface, a front surface and a side surface of the solar cell....
7259322 Interconnects for solar cell devices  
A solar cell assembly comprising a plurality of elongated solar cells, each respective solar cell comprising (i) a core configured as a first electrode, (ii) a semiconductor junction...
7259323 Thin film solar cell thermal radiator  
A thin film solar cell thermal radiator configuration uses an embedded power bus to collect vertically migrating waste heat from electronic devices mounted on a thin film multilayer printed circuit...
7238879 Solar cell module  
Provided is a solar cell module having a reinforcing member integrally stacked by means of a covering material on a rear surface of a solar cell panel having a photovoltaic element that performs...
7238878 Photovoltaic module with light reflecting backskin  
A photovoltaic module comprises electrically interconnected and mutually spaced photovoltaic cells that are encapsulated by a light-transmitting encapsulant between a light-transparent front cover...
7235736 Monolithic integration of cylindrical solar cells  
A solar cell unit comprising a substrate and a plurality of photovoltaic cells is provided. The substrate has a first end and a second end. The plurality of photovoltaic cells, which are linearly...
7227077 Light element with a translucent surface  
A light element with a translucent surface includes an energy converter, wherein the translucent surface is so formed as to direct only that portion of the radiation onto the energy converter that...
RE39640 Conductive isostructural compounds  
A family of isostructural compounds have been prepared having the general formula A n Pb m Bi n O 2n+m . These compounds possess a NaCl lattice type structure as well as low thermal conductivity...
7208674 Solar cell having photovoltaic cells inclined at acute angle to each other  
A solar collector ( 100 ) is provided having increased efficiency and operating life, and reduced size and cost over conventional collectors. Generally, the collector ( 100 ) includes a...
7196834 Transparent flat body  
This invention relates to a transparent flat body including two transparent cover layers ( 1, 2 ) that confine between them an active layer ( 3 ) whose transparency varies in an electric field and...
7173179 Solar co-generator  
A solar co-generator for producing both heat energy and electricity is disclosed. A solar concentrator directs sunlight into a container lined with solar cells and filled with a thermal transfer...
7166797 Tandem filters using frequency selective surfaces for enhanced conversion efficiency in a thermophotovoltaic energy conversion system  
This invention relates to the field of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) direct energy conversion. In particular, TPV systems use filters to minimize parasitic absorption of below bandgap energy. This...
7081584 Solar based electrical energy generation with spectral cooling  
Method and system for converting solar energy into electrical energy utilizing serially coupled multijunction-type photovoltaic cells in conjunction with a form of spectral cooling. The latter...
7060891 Thermophotovoltaic generator apparatus  
A thermophotovoltaic generator apparatus has: a burner that is supplied with a fuel and an air, and burns the fuel; an emitter heated by combustion heat produced by the burner; a photoelectric...
7026542 Cover glass for a solar battery, a method for producing the cover glass and a solar battery module using the cover glass  
A transparent substrate for a cover for a solar battery and a method for producing the same are presented. Hemispherical concave portions are formed in a surface of light entering side of a cover...
6979771 Photovoltaic module, photovoltaic module array, photovoltaic system, and method of detecting failure of photovoltaic module  
The present invention provides a photovoltaic module comprising a photovoltaics and a signal generation means for generating a signal by application of a voltage, wherein the photovoltaics and the...
6967278 Solar cell module and roof equipped with power generating function using the same  
An object of the invention is to provide a solar cell module in which sufficient drainage and ventilation are ensured on the rear side, an output cable can be prevented from being caught during...
6963024 Solar cell module and its installing module  
A solar cell module 60 has a plurality of solar cells 14 having a plurality of parallel grooves 8 on the individual light-receiving surfaces thereof, each of the grooves having an electrode ...
6960717 Adjustable solar panel  
A nonrotating adjustable solar panel for optimizing cell charging of a portable message sign, comprising a movable frame, a message sign, a solar panel, a support post attached to the underside of...
6930237 Device for converting solar radiation into electric power  
A device for converting solar radiation into electric power, constituted by a substantially vertically elongated body from which multiple supporting arms for one or more modules constituted by...
6914182 Method of installing solar cell modules, and solar cell module  
Two types of solar cell modules having an equal output voltage and different sizes are used, and a plurality of solar cell modules of these two types are installed so that they are connected in...
6903261 Solar concentrator  
A solar concentrator module comprising a front lens on its front face, a receiver cell on its rear face and a reflector between the front lens and the receiver cell, said reflector having inclined...
6881893 Solar energy collection system  
Sunlight is localized at a solar cell by means of a lens in conjunction with a solar energy trap with very low losses. The lens is a standard magnifying lens which concentrates the sunlight to a...
6858462 Enhanced light absorption of solar cells and photodetectors by diffraction  
Enhanced light absorption of solar cells and photodetectors by diffraction is described. Triangular, rectangular, and blazed subwavelength periodic structures are shown to improve performance of...
6822157 Thin film solar battery module  
In a thin film solar battery module, a flat glass substrate with non-monocrystal silicon type thin film solar cells formed thereon, a space layer, and a chilled figured glass are sequentially...
6818818 Concentrating solar energy receiver  
There is disclosed herein a concentrating solar energy receiver comprising a primary parabolic reflector having a center and a high reflectivity surface on a concave side of the reflector and...
6812398 Separable solar energy storage device  
A separable solar energy storage device, comprising a solar energy reception device, a solar energy conversion circuit, an extension cord for connecting the solar energy reception device and the...
6806415 Method for controlling a solar power generation system having a cooling mechanism  
A solar power generation system having a solar cell provided therein and which is provided with a cooling mechanism, characterized in that the cooling mechanism has a cooling system for cooling the...
6803514 MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND MOUNTING METHOD OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC ELEMENT, MOUNTING SUBSTRATE FOR MOUNTING A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT THEREON AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT ON SAID MOUNTING SUBSTRATE  
A mounting structure for mounting a photovoltaic element onto a metal body, which outputs a power generated by the photovoltaic element to the outside surface, and a method for mounting the...
6800801 Photovoltaic power generating structure  
There is disclosed a photovoltaic power generating structure in which a solar cell module is arranged on a base member, wherein a closed space portion cut off from the air is provided between the...
6787692 Solar cell substrate, thin-film solar cell, and multi-junction thin-film solar cell  
A solar cell substrate has irregularities on a surface which is in contact with a photo-electric conversion layer, and light is incident on the side of the irregularities. The height of the...
6780665 Photovoltaic cells from silicon kerf  
The disclosure describes an economical and environmentally benign method to recover crystalline silicon metal kerf from wiresaw slurries and to shape and sinter said recovered crystalline silicon...
6762508 Semiconductor encapsulant resin having an additive with a gradient concentration  
Provided is an encapsulant resin for a semiconductor that effectively functions even with a relatively small amount of an additive. The encapsulant resin for a semiconductor is characterized in...