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8465794 Glass compositions used in conductors for photovoltaic cells  
An objective of this present invention is to provide a conductive paste that could obtain good electrical property, for example series resistance in an electrode. An aspect of the present invention...
8440498 Thin-film devices formed from solid particles  
Methods and devices are provided for forming thin-films from solid group IIIA-based particles. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method is described comprising of providing a first...
8431183 Surface layer  
The present teachings provide a composition that includes a functionalized polyfluoropolyether and functionalized polybutadiene in a weight ratio of functionalized...
8426727 Organic photoactive device  
The invention relates to an organic photoactive device, especially an organic photovoltaic cell, with a contact and a countercontact as well as with an organic region that is electrically connected...
8420166 Method for preparing patterned metal oxide layer or patterned metal layer by using solution type precursor or sol-gel precursor  
Methods for preparing a patterned metal/metal oxide layer by using a solution type precursor or sol-gel precursor are provided and, especially, a method for preparing a patterned carrier transport...
8420182 Method of manufacturing polymer dispersed liquid crystal display device including dichroic dye  
Example embodiments relate to a method of manufacturing a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display device including dichroic dye. The method may include filling a mixture solution including...
8414961 Solution deposited transparent conductors  
Methods and devices are provided for improved photovoltaic devices. In one embodiment, a method is provided for forming a photovoltaic device. The method comprises processing a precursor layer in...
8410354 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...
8404302 Solution process for fabricating a textured transparent conductive oxide (TCO)  
A solution process is provided for forming a textured transparent conductive oxide (TCO) film. The process provides a substrate, and forms a first layer on the substrate of metal oxide...
8398896 Aluminum pastes and use thereof in the production of silicon solar cells  
Described are aluminum pastes comprising spherical-shaped and nodular-shaped particulate aluminum and an organic vehicle and their use in forming p-type aluminum back electrodes of silicon solar...
8377504 Method for producing electroconductive polymer electrode, and dye-sensitized solar cell equipped with the same  
A method for producing an electroconductive polymer electrode that is excellent in electroconductivity and catalyst capability, is easily patterned, is high in use efficiency of a coating solution,...
8372226 Elastomeric waterproofing and weatherproofing photovoltaic finishing method and system  
The present invention is for a system and method of creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof, electrically generating surface that can be applied over a great variety of structural...
8372734 High-throughput printing of semiconductor precursor layer from chalcogenide nanoflake particles  
Methods and devices are provided for transforming non-planar or planar precursor materials in an appropriate vehicle under the appropriate conditions to create dispersions of planar particles with...
8366974 Nanoscale lamellar photoconductor hybrids and methods of making same  
An article of manufacture and methods of making same. In one embodiment, the article of manufacture has a plurality of zinc oxide layers substantially in parallel, wherein each zinc oxide layer has...
8361831 Zinc oxide film forming method and apparatus  
In the zinc oxide film forming apparatus (1), the deposit containing zinc oxide is formed on the conductive layer of the resin substrate (9) by electrodeposition in the deposition part (2), and the...
8354584 Dye sensitized solar cell  
An object of the present invention is to provide an enlarged dye sensitized solar cell which has a short-circuit preventing structure while a distance between a transparent conductive oxide and a...
8349405 Liquid discharge method and liquid discharge device  
A liquid discharge method is a method for depositing liquid on a plurality of target discharge partitioned areas formed on a substrate as the liquid is selectively discharged from a plurality of...
8343267 Gallium formulated ink and methods of making and using same  
A gallium formulated ink is provided. Also provided are methods of preparing the gallium formulated ink and for using the gallium formulated ink to deposit a Group 1b/gallium/(optional...
8337942 Light induced plating of metals on silicon photovoltaic cells  
A method and composition for plating metal contacts on photovoltaic solar cells is described. The cell is immersed in an aqueous bath containing platable metal ions and a solubilizing agent for...
8334162 System and method for tracking and removing coating from an edge of a substrate  
A method for removing coating from a substrate may include: locating an edge of a substrate; directing a laser beam along a first path to a first position on a surface of the substrate proximate to...
8318240 Method and apparatus to remove a segment of a thin film solar cell structure for efficiency improvement  
The present inventions relate to methods and apparatus for detecting and mechanically removing defects and a surrounding portion of the photovoltaic layer and the substrate in a thin film solar...
8319095 Method of making an antireflective silica coating, resulting product, and photovoltaic device comprising same  
A low-index silica coating may be made by forming silica sol comprising a silane and/or a colloidal silica. The silica precursor may be deposited on a substrate (e.g., glass substrate) to form a...
8318237 Pixel observation system, drawing system, liquid material drawing method, color filter manufacturing method, and organic EL element manufacturing method  
A pixel observation system includes a memory unit, a coordinate generation unit, and an observation unit. The memory unit is configured to store at least nozzle information indicative of discharge...
8318239 Method and apparatus for detecting and passivating defects in thin film solar cells  
The embodiments of the present invention provide a defect detection process and apparatus to detect defects in solar cell structures. During the process, an input signal from a signal source is...
8309163 High-throughput printing of semiconductor precursor layer by use of chalcogen-containing vapor and inter-metallic material  
A high-throughput method of forming a semiconductor precursor layer by use of a chalcogen-containing vapor is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a precursor material...
8308993 Conductive inks  
A conductive ink substantially free of frit and photovoltaic cells having conductive gridlines formed from a conductive ink substantially free of glass frit are described. Conductive inks according...
8304013 Methods for depositing especially doped layers by means of OVPD or the like  
In a method for producing especially doped layers for electronic, luminescent or photovoltaic components, especially OLEDs, one or more liquid or solid starting materials are evaporated in a source...
8298434 Method of forming an electrode including an electrochemical catalyst layer  
A method of forming an electrode having an electrochemical catalyst layer is disclosed. The method includes etching a surface of a substrate, followed by immersing the substrate in a solution...
8294027 Efficiency in antireflective coating layers for solar cells  
A method for fabricating a cell structure includes doping a substrate to form a N-region and a P-region, disposing a first anti-reflective layer on the substrate, disposing a metallic contact paste...
8287948 Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same  
An image sensor includes a color filter, an over-coating layer formed on the color filter, and a medium layer formed on the over-coating layer, wherein the medium layer is configured with at least...
8287942 Method for manufacture of semiconductor bearing thin film material  
A method for forming a semiconductor bearing thin film material. The method includes providing a metal precursor and a chalcogene precursor. The method forms a mixture of material comprising the...
8277869 Heating for buffer layer deposition  
Improved methods and apparatus for forming thin film buffer layers of chalcogenide on a substrate web through the chemical combination of a metal and chalcogen in solution form. The web and/or the...
8262944 Glass compositions used in conductors for photovoltaic cells  
The invention relates to zinc-containing glass compositions useful in conductive pastes for silicon semiconductor devices and photovoltaic cells.
8263858 Solar cell electrode  
This invention relates to an electrode used in a solar cell that exhibits good conductivity at the N layer and P layer and to a conductive paste used for producing such an electrode.
8263176 Method for fabricating a photovoltaic element with stabilised efficiency  
A method for fabricating a photovoltaic element with stabilized efficiency is proposed. The method comprises the following steps: preparing a boron-doped, oxygen-containing silicon substrate;...
8252620 Process for impregnating photosensitizing dye onto conductive substrate of photoanode of a solar cell  
The present invention provides a process for preparing a photoanode of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) by pressure swing impregnation, which includes impregnating a metal oxide layer on a...
8252204 Glass compositions used in conductors for photovoltaic cells  
The invention relates to glass compositions useful in conductive pastes for silicon semiconductor devices and photovoltaic cells.
8247023 Method for making thermionic electron source  
A method for making a thermionic electron source includes the following steps: (a) supplying a substrate; (b) forming a first electrode and a second electrode thereon; and (c) spanning a carbon...
8247022 Silicon nitride passivation for a solar cell  
A silicon nitride layer may be formed with a suitable refractive index, mass density, and hydrogen concentration so that the layer may serve as an ARC/passivation layer on a solar cell substrate....
8237047 Method of making a photovoltaic device or front substrate for use in same with scratch-resistant coating and resulting product  
A method of making an anti-reflection coating using a sol-gel process, for use in a photovoltaic device or the like. The method may include the following steps in certain example embodiments:...
8231941 Procedure for preparing redox-active polymers on surfaces  
This invention provides novel methods for the formation of redox-active polymers attached to surfaces. In certain embodiments, the methods involve providing redox-active molecules bearing at least...
8197885 Methods for producing sodium/molybdenum power compacts  
A method for producing a metal article according to one embodiment may include: Providing a supply of a sodium/molybdenum composite metal powder; compacting the sodium/molybdenum composite metal...
8197912 Precision separation of PV thin film stacks  
A method for manufacturing thin film panels comprises providing a laser patterning system, depositing a base layer on a glass substrate, separating the base layer by scribing a plurality of...
8197884 Process for producing a sol-gel-based absorber coating for solar heating  
Process for producing a solar absorber coating, which comprises the steps: coating of a substrate with a titanium precursor solution to produce a titanium dioxide layer by the sol-gel technique and...
8193441 Photovoltaics with interferometric ribbon masks  
An interferometric mask covering a reflective conductive ribbon that electrically interconnects a plurality of photovoltaic cells is disclosed. Such an interferometric mask may reduce reflections...
8193442 Coated nanoparticles and quantum dots for solution-based fabrication of photovoltaic cells  
CIGS absorber layers fabricated using coated semiconducting nanoparticles and/or quantum dots are disclosed. Core nanoparticles and/or quantum dots containing one or more elements from group IB...
8187668 Material application method  
A stage on which a substrate having target discharge areas is placed moves relative to a discharge head unit. When at least one of a plurality of first discharge nozzles of the discharge head unit...
8178164 Method of forming organic molecular film structure and organic molecular film structure  
The present invention provides a method for forming an organic molecular film structure that can maintain desired functions characteristic to the organic material and that can be realized as a thin...
8168881 Monolithic photovoltaic module  
A photovoltaic module comprised of a plurality of series connected photovoltaic cells disposed upon a substrate is fabricated utilizing thin film device techniques. A body of photovoltaic stock...
8163330 Molten metal spraying for metallization application in solar cells  
The present invention provides a method of making back side contacts and back surface fields in photovoltaic devices such as silicon solar cells. According to one aspect, the process of the present...