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7615640 |
Organic dye, photoelectric conversion material, semiconductor electrode and photoelectric conversion device
Disclosed are an organic dye having a specific structure, a photoelectric conversion material containing the dye, a semiconductor electrode formed of a substrate having an electrically conductive...
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7592540 |
Polymer electrolyte and dye-sensitized solar cell comprising the polymer electrolyte
A polymer electrolyte composition for a dye-sensitized solar cell, a polymer electrolyte, a dye-sensitized solar cell employing the polymer electrolyte, and a method for preparing the same. The...
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7572974 |
Gel electrolytes for dye sensitized solar cells
Replacing liquid electrolytes with solid or quasi-solid electrolytes facilitates the production of photovoltaic cells using continuous manufacturing processes, such as roll-to-roll or web...
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7323635 |
Photovoltaic cell
A method of making a photovoltaic cell includes contacting a cross-linking agent with semiconductor particles, and incorporating the semiconductor particles into the photovoltaic cell.
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7262361 |
Semiconductor thin film electrodes made by using organic dyes as the photosensitizer and photoelectric conversion devices
A semiconductor film electrode using a specific organic dye sensitizer, a high efficiency dye-sensitized photovoltaic conversion element using the electrode, and a dye-sensitized...
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7196264 |
Dye sensitized solar cell and method for manufacturing dye sensitized solar cell
The present invention provides a dye sensitized solar cell comprising an n-type semiconductor electrode containing a dye, an opposed electrode, and a gel electrolyte arranged between the n-type...
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7195721 |
Quantum lilypads and amplifiers and methods of use
A nanocomposite having enhanced energy conversion between thermal, electron, phonons, and photons energy states. The composition comprises a synergistic blend of nanoscale powders wherein the...
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7145071 |
Dye sensitized solar cell having finger electrodes
A solar cell comprising at least one electrode having a plurality of fingers. Specifically, an electrode comprising a planar surface and a plurality of fingers extending therefrom is provided. A...
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7141735 |
Dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device
The present invention relates to an organic dye-sensitized semiconductor device and to a solar cell using it and, particularly, to a photoelectric conversion device using semiconductor fine...
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7132598 |
Hole transporting agents and photoelectric conversion device comprising the same
A photoelectric conversion device comprising a semiconductor and an organic electrically conducting agent, wherein the organic electrically conducting agent exhibits a melting temperature T m ...
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7115338 |
Battery and method for generating electricity
A positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte intervening between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are employed, and a molecule capable of being excited due to...
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7087831 |
Photoelectric conversion device and method of production thereof
A photoelectric conversion device comprising at least an electron acceptive charge transfer layer, an electron donative charge transfer layer, and a light absorption layer existing between the...
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7019209 |
Structured dye sensitized solar cell
A dye sensitized solar cell having a structured electrode. Specifically, a structured electrode is formed using a conductive material. The conductive material is hollowed to create a cavity...
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7019138 |
Metal complex-based electron-transfer mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells
This present invention provides a metal-ligand complex and methods for using and preparing the same. In particular, the metal-ligand complex of the present invention is of the formula:
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6924427 |
Wire interconnects for fabricating interconnected photovoltaic cells
The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to various aspects of the use of one or more wires in conjunction with an adhesive strip to serve as an electrically conductive connector between the...
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6916982 |
Synthesis of perylene-porphyrin building blocks and polymers thereof for the production of light-harvesting arrays
The present invention provides methods, compounds, and compositions for the synthesis of light harvesting arrays, such arrays comprising: (a) a first substrate comprising a first electrode; and (b)...
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6913735 |
Methane/methanol producing system
A methane or methanol producing system is proposed in which laser beams are generated in space by excitation of sunlight, transmitted onto land or sea without loss to obtain optical energy with...
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6911595 |
Charge transfer material, and photoelectric conversion device and photoelectric cell using same, and pyridine compound
A charge transfer material comprising a basic compound having negative charge and represented by the following general formula (I):
(A 1...
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6768047 |
Autonomous solid state lighting system
An autonomous solid state lighting system has a charge mode which collects energy and produces electric power with a solid state energy source, converts the voltage of the electric power using a...
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6756537 |
Dye-sensitized solar cells including polymer electrolyte gel containing poly(vinylidene fluoride)
A dye-sensitized solar cell including a polymer electrolyte gel having a poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) polymer is provided. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes a semiconductor electrode, an...
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6720202 |
Photovoltaic cells
Improved photovoltaic cells utilizing for a semiconductor layer, titanium dioxide powders, consisting of porous particles, ranging in size from 0.1 to 10 microns (10 −6 meters), and possess...
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6706963 |
Photovoltaic cell interconnection
In one aspect, the invention provides photovoltaic modules. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic module includes a plurality of photovoltaic cells, at least two of which include a photosensitized...
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6700058 |
Hole transporting agents and photoelectric conversion device comprising the same
A photoelectric conversion device comprising a semiconductor and an organic electrically conducting agent, wherein the organic electrically conducting agent exhibits a melting temperature T m ...
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6683244 |
Photoelectric conversion element
A solar cell including a first electrode, a second electrode arranged opposite to the first electrode, an electron transport layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, a...
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6664462 |
Metal complex having β-diketonate, process for production thereof, photoelectric conversion element, and photochemical cell
A metal complex having a β-diketonate represented by the following formula (1): wherein M represents a metal atom of the VIII group, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 represent a group or an atom selected...
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6657119 |
Electric connection of electrochemical and photoelectrochemical cells
An electrolytic cell assembly, e.g. for use in solar panels, is formed by placing coated metal wires ( 7,9 ) between the conducting layers ( 3,6 ) of two conducting glasses ( 1,4 ), respectively. A...
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6652904 |
Methods to manufacture single cell and multi-cell regenerative photoelectrochemical devices
The present invention relates to manufacturing of regenerative photovolatic photoelectrochemical (RPEC) devices. The invention describes a method for manufacturing RPEC devices in a production...
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6649824 |
Photoelectric conversion device and method of production thereof
A photoelectric conversion device comprising at least an electron acceptive charge transfer layer, an electron donative charge transfer layer, and a light absorption layer existing between the...
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6639073 |
Ruthenium complex useful as sensitizer, dye-sensitized oxide semiconductor electrode and solar cell using same
A ruthenium complex represented by the following formula: RuL 1 L 2 X wherein L 1 represents a 2,2′;6′,2″-terpyridine compound having at least one group selected from a carboxyl group, a...
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6603070 |
Convergent synthesis of multiporphyrin light-harvesting rods
The present invention provides a convergent method for the synthesis of light harvesting rods. The rods are oligomers of the formula A 1 (A b+1 ) b , wherein b is at least 1, A 1 through A b+1 ...
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6596935 |
Solar cells incorporating light harvesting arrays
A solar cell incorporates a light harvesting array that comprises: (a) a first substrate comprising a first electrode; and (b) a layer of light harvesting rods electrically coupled to the first...
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6586670 |
Photoelectric conversion device and method for producing same
A method for producing a photoelectric conversion device comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer containing a semiconductor fine particle on which a dye is adsorbed, wherein the...
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6559374 |
Trans beta substituted chlorins and methods of making and using the same
Trans beta substituted chlorins and methods of making the same are disclosed, along with polymers formed from or containing such trans beta substituted chlorins as one or more monomeric units...
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6555741 |
Methods to implement interconnects in multi-cell regenerative photovoltaic photoelectrochemical devices
The present invention relates to multi-cell regenerative photovoltaic photoelectrochemical (RPEC) devices. The invention describes the structure of a multi-cell RPEC device where conductive...
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6541697 |
Photovoltaically self-charging storage system
The present invention relates to a photovoltaically self-charging storage system having a layer structure in which a first material ( 1 ), which forms a first redox system, a second material ( 2 ),...
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6538194 |
Photoelectric cell and process for producing metal oxide semiconductor film for use in photoelectric cell
A photoelectric cell that includes a first insulating base, having on its surface a first electrode layer, which has on its surface a metal oxide semiconductor film, which includes anatase titanium...
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6512172 |
Polymer-nanocrystal photo device and method for making the same
Disclosed is a method of producing a photo device containing a layer of nanometer sized particles and a conducting polymer in solid sate, wherein the layer is made by mixing the nanometer sized...
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6479745 |
Dye-sensitized solar cell and method of manufacturing the same
A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a porous semiconductor layer in which a dye is adsorbed and an electrolyte which are sandwiched between a transparent conductive film formed on a surface of a...
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6469243 |
Dye-sensitizing solar cell, method for manufacturing dye-sensitizing solar cell and solar cell module
A dye-sensitizing solar cell comprising: a first substrate whose surface is at least conductive; a second substrate on which a conductive layer is formed, the second substrate being transparent,...
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6452092 |
Photovoltaic cell and solar cell utilizing the same
A photovoltaic cell comprises an electrode layer, a photovoltaic layer, a hole transport layer, a conductive layer and a counter electrode layer stacked in this order.
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6423896 |
Thermophotovoltaic insulation for a solid oxide fuel cell system
A fuel cell system is disclosed. The fuel cell system comprises a thermophotovoltaic insulation disposed around at least a portion of a fuel cell. Methods for operating the fuel cell system are...
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6420648 |
Light harvesting arrays
A light harvesting array useful for the manufacture of devices such as solar cells comprises: (a) a first substrate comprising a first electrode; and (b) a layer of light harvesting rods...
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6384321 |
Electrolyte composition, photosensitized solar cell using said electrolyte composition, and method of manufacturing photosensitized solar cell
The present invention provides an electrolyte composition, comprising an electrolyte containing at least one kind of an imidazolium salt selected from the group consisting of 1-methyl-3-propyl...
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6376765 |
Electrolyte composition, photoelectric conversion device and photo-electrochemical cell
An electrolyte composition comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R represents a substituent containing a —(CR 1 R 2 —CR 3 R 4 —O) n — bond (in...
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6359211 |
Spectral sensitization of nanocrystalline solar cells
This invention relates to dye sensitized polycrystalline photoelectrochemical solar cells for use in energy transduction from light to electricity. It concerns the utility of highly absorbing...
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6350946 |
Photoelectric conversion device and photoelectric cell
A photoelectric conversion device having a photosensitive layer comprising semiconductor particles is disclosed, in which the semiconductor particles are obtained from a metal hydroxide gel or a...
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6335480 |
Photovoltaic cell
A photovoltaic cell comprising an electrolyte which comprises a hole conductor compound as redox system.
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6313397 |
Solar battery cell
A solar battery cell having textures formed in a texture region on a light-receiving surface thereof, except for a site where a surface electrode is formed, wherein the textures formed in a...
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6310282 |
Photovoltaic conversion element and a dye-sensitizing photovoltaic cell
A photovoltaic conversion element comprising, a first transparent electrode, a transparent semiconductor layer disposed on the first transparent electrode, a sensitizing dye adsorption portion...
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6300559 |
Dye-sensitization-type photoelectric conversion element
A dye-sensitization-type photoelectric conversion element comprising a semiconductor and a dye adhering onto a surface of the semiconductor, which semiconductor is predominantly comprised of...
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