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7633006 Back side contact solar cell with doped polysilicon regions  
In one embodiment, a back side contact solar cell includes a tunnel oxide layer formed on a back side of a substrate. A polysilicon layer is formed on the tunnel oxide layer, and dopant sources are...
7629257 Combined etching and doping substances  
The invention concerns etching and doping substances free of hydrochloric/fluoride acid used for etching inorganic layers as well as for doping subjacent layers. The invention also concerns a...
7629236 Method for passivating crystal silicon surfaces  
In a method of making a c-Si-based cell or a μc-Si-based cell, the improvement of increasing the minority charge carrier's lifetime, comprising: a) placing a c-Si or polysilicon wafer into CVD...
7595543 Semiconductor processing method for increasing usable surface area of a semiconductor wafer  
The invention provides a method for increasing the usable surface area of a semiconductor wafer having a substantially planar surface and a thickness dimension at right angles to said substantially...
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...
7550665 Stacked photoelectric converter  
In a stacked-layer type photoelectric conversion device, a plurality of photoelectric conversion units are stacked on a substrate, each of which includes a one conductivity-type layer, a...
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...
7517465 Ultra lightweight photovoltaic device and method for its manufacture  
An ultra lightweight semiconductor device such as a photovoltaic device is fabricated on a non-etchable barrier layer which is disposed upon an etchable substrate. The device is contacted with an...
7495167 Silicon solar cell and production method thereof  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a silicon solar cell with n + pp + BSF structure using solar grade silicon substrate, having a life time close to the initial level of the...
7442320 Nanostructured materials and photovoltaic devices including nanostructured materials  
Nanostructured materials and photovoltaic devices including nanostructured materials are described. In one embodiment, a nanostructured material includes: (a) a first nano-network formed from a...
7390689 Systems and methods for light absorption and field emission using microstructured silicon  
Methods and systems for absorbing infrared light, and for emitting current are described. A sample, such as a sample containing mainly silicon, is microstructured by at least one laser pulse to...
7388147 Metal contact structure for solar cell and method of manufacture  
In a solar cell having p doped regions and n doped regions alternately formed in a surface of a semiconductor wafer in offset levels through use of masking and etching techniques, metal contacts...
7381887 Solar cell and method and apparatus for manufacturing solar cell  
A thin solar cell is provided, a decreased amount of an Al paste used for the solar cell without occurrence of a problem of ball-up which is a defect in appearance. A method of manufacturing such a...
7352044 Photoelectric transducer, photoelectric transducer apparatus, and iron silicide film  
A solar battery 10 comprises a metal electrode layer 12 , a pin junction 100 , and a transparent electrode layer 16 which are successively laminated on a substrate 11 such as a silicon...
7339110 Solar cell and method of manufacture  
A solar cell that is readily manufactured using processing techniques which are less expensive than microelectronic circuit processing. In preferred embodiments, printing techniques are utilized in...
7326587 Semiconductor memory device having capacitor and method of forming the same  
A semiconductor memory device having a capacitor is disclosed. The capacitor includes a bottom capacitor surface formed of a silicon-germanium crystalline layer or a dual layer in which a...
7309832 Multi-junction solar cell device  
A multi-junction solar cell device ( 10 ) is provided. The multi-junction solar cell device ( 10 ) comprises either two or three active solar cells connected in series in a monolithic structure....
7285720 Solar cell with high-temperature front electrical contact, and its fabrication  
A solar cell has an active semiconductor structure and a back electrical contact overlying and contacting an active semiconductor structure back side. A front electrical contact is applied...
7279632 Multi-element polycrystal for solar cells and method of manufacturing the same  
Provided is a multi-element polycrystal formed by cooling a melt containing multiple components while controlling a cooling rate. The multi-element polycrystal is a mixed crystal essentially formed...
7276658 Manufacturing a solar cell foil connected in series via a temporary substrate  
The invention pertains to a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic foil provided with solar cells connected in series, which method comprises the following steps: a) providing a temporary substrate...
7276312 Light-detectable solid thin-film secondary battery  
To provide novel devices constituting light detection systems with a simple configuration, a low maintenance cost, a reduced size and weight, and high reliability by integrating light detection...
7271333 Apparatus and method of production of thin film photovoltaic modules  
The present invention relates to light-weight thin-film photovoltaic cells, methods for making cells, modules made from cells, and methods for making modules from cells. The invention teaches a...
7253355 Method for constructing a layer structure on a substrate  
The invention relates to a method for constructing a layer structure on an especially fragile flat substrate. In order for thin, fragile flat substrates to be able to be subjected to refinement or...
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...
7217883 Manufacturing a solar cell with backside contacts  
A solar cell involving a silicon wafer having a basic doping, a light-receiving front side and a backside, which is provided with an interdigital semiconductor pattern, which interdigital...
7199303 Optical energy conversion apparatus  
An optical energy conversion apparatus 10 includes a first impurity doped semiconductor layer 5 , formed on a substrate, and which is of a semiconductor material admixed with a first impurity,...
7189917 Stacked photovoltaic device  
To provide a stacked photovoltaic device including: at least one pair of a first photovoltaic device and a second photovoltaic device stacked in order from a light incident side; and a selective...
7179987 Solar cell and method for making  
A method for making a solar cell from crystalline silicon, and a solar cell made from crystalline silicon produced according to the method. Neighboring p x n x junctions are electrically insulated...
7148417 GaP/silicon tandem solar cell with extended temperature range  
A two-junction solar cell has a bottom solar cell junction of crystalline silicon, and a top solar cell junction of gallium phosphide. A three (or more) junction solar cell has bottom solar cell...
7122736 Method and apparatus for fabricating a thin-film solar cell utilizing a hot wire chemical vapor deposition technique  
A thin-film solar cell is provided. The thin-film solar cell comprises an a-SiGe:H (1.6 eV) n-i-p solar cell having a deposition rate of at least ten (10) Å/second for the a-SiGe:H intrinsic...
7119271 Wide-bandgap, lattice-mismatched window layer for a solar conversion device  
A photovoltaic cell or other optoelectronic device having a wide-bandgap semiconductor used in the window layer. This wider bandgap is achieved by using a semiconductor composition that is not...
7115811 Semiconductor body forming a solar cell with a bypass diode  
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction...
7091411 Multicrystalline laser-crystallized silicon thin layer solar cell deposited on a glass substrate and method of producing  
The invention relates to a multicrystalline laser-crystallized silicon thin layer solar cell deposited on a glass substrate (a), which is configured for illuminating from the substrate side, and to...
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...
7075002 Thin-film photoelectric conversion device and a method of manufacturing the same  
A method of manufacturing a thin-film solar cell, comprising the steps of: forming an amorphous silicon film on a substrate; placing a metal element that accelerates the crystallization of silicon...
7067069 Silane composition, silicon film forming method and solar cell production method  
A silane composition for preparing a semiconductor thin films of a solar cell is disclosed. The silane composition contains a polysilane compound represented by the formula Si n R m (n is an...
7064263 Stacked photovoltaic device  
A stacked photovoltaic device comprises at least three p-i-n junction constituent devices superposed in layers, each having a p-type layer, an i-type layer and an n-type layer which are formed of...
7030313 Thin film solar cell and method of manufacturing the same  
A thin film solar cell comprises a p-layer, an i-layer and an n-layer formed in this order as a pin junction on a substrate in which the p-layer and the i-layer are thin silicon films each...
7026662 Semiconductor device having a photon absorption layer to prevent plasma damage  
A MOSFET device structure and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a photon absorption layer is formed over a gate structure and a substrate in order to avoid plasma induced damage to the...
7026275 Method of reducing photoelectric device leakage current in conjugated polymer and conjugated polymer composition  
A method of reducing the photoelectric device leakage current caused by residual metal ions in conjugated polymer. A chelating agent is added to a conjugated polymer material, thereby the...
7026543 Photovoltaically active materials and cells containing them  
In a photovoltaic cell having a photovoltaically active semiconductor material constituted by a plurality of metals or metal oxides, the photovoltaically active material is selected from a ...
6960718 Method for manufacturing a photovoltaic element  
In a photovoltaic element according to the present invention, a first transparent conductive film, a second transparent conductive film, a p-type semiconductor film, an intrinsic semiconductor...
6946029 Sheet manufacturing method, sheet, sheet manufacturing apparatus, and solar cell  
An inexpensive sheet with excellent evenness and a desired uniform thickness can be obtained by cooling a base having protrusions, dipping the surfaces of the protrusions of the cooled base into a...
6940009 Solar cell  
Improved solar cell composed of an upper layer or mesh of a conductive nature, a lower layer or mesh also of a conductive nature, and a series of intermediate semiconductor layers composed of a...
6870088 Solar battery cell and manufacturing method thereof  
A solar battery cell of a serial stacked structure, increasing scattering of light, exhibiting good power-generating efficiency per unit area, and ensuring high reliability and a large yield in the...
6864414 Apparatus and method for integral bypass diode in solar cells  
A solar cell having a multijunction solar cell structure with a bypass diode is disclosed. The bypass diode provides a reverse bias protection for the multijunction solar cell structure. In one...
6858308 Semiconductor element, and method of forming silicon-based film  
The invention provides a semiconductor element having a semiconductor junction composed of silicon-based films, at least one of the silicon-based films containing a microcrystal. The microcrystal...
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...
6821875 Low area metal contacts for photovoltaic devices  
In a method for forming a contact on semiconductor surface, a crystalline silicon surface is first oxidized, following which an aluminium layer is deposited onto the oxide layer. A layer 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...
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