NOVELTY - The system has multiple solar parabolic reflectors controlled by a solar tracker, and a tower type sandwich structured solar panel i.e. gallium arsenide panel, for receiving reflected light of the parabolic reflectors and controlled by the solar tracker to rotate. A power output terminal of the solar panel is electrically connected with a charge terminal of a rechargeable battery pack and a power input terminal of a networked inverter. A power output terminal of the inverter is electrically connected with an alternating current (AC) grid through a distribution board networked controller.    USE - Solar photovoltaic multiplied power generation system.    ADVANTAGE - The system improves photoelectric conversion rate of the solar panel at the same area and reduces the number of solar panels, so that the capital cost of the system is lower than cost of a solar photovoltaic power generation unit, thus reducing the manufacturing cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a solar photovoltaic multiplied power generation system.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a frame (10) connected with a supporting frame part (20) and provided with an upper frame part (11) and a subframe part (12), and multiple supporting frames provided in the supporting frame part. A solar cell module is connected with a controller (40) that is connected with a fluid delivery part (30) for controlling the fluid delivery part according to analyzed data. The solar cell module is installed at the upper frame part, and the supporting frames are connected with the upper frame part and the subframe part and formed with hollow parts.    USE - Solar energy generating apparatus for a solar ray power plant.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus enables the position of the frame to be changed according to the altitude of the sun to allow the solar cell module in the upper frame part to generate the solar energy, thus reducing manufacturing cost and installation cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a solar energy generating apparatus.    Frame (10)    Upper frame (11)    Subframe (12)    Supporting frame part (20)    Fluid delivery part (30)    Controller (40)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a warm keeping panel inserted and fixed in receiving parts of heat-insulating panels. A heating wire is inserted inside a heat pipe, and a protective cover (60) is installed at an outer circumference of the heat-insulating panels. A power supply unit is connected to a solar panel (51) that converts sunlight into power. A storage battery stores electricity produced by a solar electric generator, and a controller is electrically connected to the storage battery and the heat pipe.    USE - Apparatus for heating an outer wall of a building.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus heats exterior wall of the building by using solar energy, thus preventing transmission of temperature inside the building to outside, and reducing energy consumption required for heating. The apparatus forms suitable environment for the people to live inside the building.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a building outer wall heating apparatus.    Building (2)    Exterior wall (2')    Solar panel (51)    Protective cover (60)
NOVELTY - A polymer film substrate (61) obtained by coating a flexible film with a film containing metal or inorganic substance before formation of a thin film on the surface of the polymer film substrate is heat-processed at 100 degrees C to decomposition temperature of flexible film for time (log e) of 10 times or more with respect to time constant of gas emission rate which reduces exponentially with time, and degasified in vacuum.    USE - Degassing of polymer film substrate used as electrically insulating film substrate for thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables degassing of polymer film substrate efficiently, by preventing deterioration of film characteristics.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for degassing processing apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the perspective view of the thin film solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (61)    Photoelectric transducer (62)    Connection electrode layer (63)    Lower electrode layer (64)    Transparent electrode layer (66)
NOVELTY - The screen has an LED module fixed on an LED box body, where the LED module is provided with multiple LED units. One of the LED units is provided with colorful LEDs that are made of black silicon resin. Multiple mounting empty positions are arranged on a lateral face of the box body, where the empty positions are utilized to mount the LED units. A solar panel is fixed on another lateral face of the box body. The solar panel is electrically connected with a storage battery in the box body, where the solar panel provides voltage to the LED module.    USE - Solar energy LED display screen.    ADVANTAGE - The screen provides uniform display, and has better display effect. The screen can obtain power by utilizing solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar energy LED display screen.
NOVELTY - The screen has an LED module fixed to a box body and provided with multiple LED units. The LED units are provided with different color LEDs, and multiple mounting vacant sites are fixed on a lateral face of the box body. A solar panel is mounted on another lateral face of the box body, and is connected with a storage battery in the box body for providing voltage to the LED module. A rolling device is fixed on a side of the box body, and a black waterproof layer is coated on the lateral faces of the box body.    USE - Solar energy LED display screen.    ADVANTAGE - The screen has uniform displaying function and better display effect. The storage battery conveniently provides power to the screen.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar energy LED display screen.
NOVELTY - The device has a signal receiver (1) for receiving signal transmitted from an external part to input to an organic dynamic LED (3). A tourist scenery spot road sign upright post (10) supports weight of an upright tourist scenery spot road sign (11). A direction mark (9) of the tourist scenery spot road sign indicates a visitor to visit new tourist attraction displaying a dynamic introduction picture on the LED. A thin file solar cell (2) generates current that is input to a lithium ion battery (7) for storing through a Schottky rectifier diode (4) and a micro controller (5).    USE - Scenery spot advertising device for a tourist road sign.    ADVANTAGE - The device has quick response, low power consumption and wide vision angle. The device can realize the soft display, and is inexpensive. The device can attract the visitors.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side perspective view of a scenery spot advertising device.    Signal receiver (1)    Thin file solar cell (2)    Organic dynamic LED (3)    Schottky rectifier diode (4)    Micro controller (5)    Lithium ion battery (7)    Direction mark (9)    Tourist scenery spot road sign upright post (10)    Upright tourist scenery spot road sign (11)
NOVELTY - The substrate has a silicon substrate provided with an upper surface, and a surface passivation layer formed on the upper surface of the substrate through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, a plasma-enhanced ALD or plasma-assisted ALD process, or combination of the ALD processes. The surface passivation layer is made from aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, hafnium oxide, hafnium nitride, silicon dioxide, tantalum pentoxide, titanium dioxide, titanium nitride, zinc oxide, zirconium oxide or zirconium nitride.    USE - Semiconductor substrate for a solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate of a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a semiconductor substrate.
NOVELTY - The subassembly has a semiconductor substrate including a surface that includes a concave structure and/or a convex structure, and multiple micro-structures positioned on the surface. The micro-structures are formed by forming multiple semiconductor nanometer particles on the surface of the semiconductor substrate for shielding and dry etching and/or wet etching the surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor nanometer particle is made of one or combination of silicon carbide, silicon nitride and noncrystalline silicon.    USE - Photoelectric conversion subassembly for a solar cell (claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion subassembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a photoelectric conversion subassembly.
NOVELTY - A hydrogenated block copolymer is obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer which is obtained by reacting a living polymer (1) with a coupling agent.    USE - Hydrogenated block copolymer is used for thermoplastic-elastomer composition for forming molded product (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to shoes, jacket, helmet, baby stroller, telephone, digital camera, personal computer, household appliances, robot, motor vehicle, aircraft, solar cell, optical fiber cable, shock absorbing material, sealing material, adhesive material, heat-radiation material, light guide material, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The thermoplastic-elastomer composition containing hydrogenated block copolymer has excellent fluidity. The composition is free from a substance that causes environmental pollution. The molded product of elastomer composition has excellent compression-set property, weather resistance and flexibility.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A hydrogenated block copolymer is obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer which is obtained by reacting a living polymer of formula: B1-A-B2-X, with a coupling agent.    B1,B2=polymer block essentially containing structural unit derived from conjugated diene compound;    A=polymer block essentially containing structural unit derived from vinyl aromatic compound;and    X=active end of living anionic polymer.    The mass of polymer block (B1) before hydrogenation reaction with respect to the total mass of the polymer blocks (B1, B2) is 0.10-0.45. The content of structural unit derived from the vinyl aromatic compound with respect to the mass of the hydrogenated block copolymer is 25-50 mass%. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for thermoplastic-elastomer composition containing hydrogenated block copolymer and softener for non-aromatic type rubbers. The softener is present in an amount of 170-2000 parts mass with respect to 100 parts mass of hydrogenated block copolymer.
NOVELTY - Organic photoelectric material comprises asymmetric pyrimidine compound.    USE - Organic photoelectric material used for organic photoelectric device (i.e. organic light emitting diode, organic solar cell, organic transistor, organic photo-conductor drum, or organic memory device) for display device; and electron transport layer (ETL) or EIL, or emission layer as a phosphorescent or fluorescent host or as fluorescent blue dopant (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The material can act as hole injection, hole transport, light emitting, or electron injection and/or transport material, and also as light emitting host along with dopant, and provides improved life-span, efficiency, driving voltage, electrochemical stability, and thermal stability, and an organic photoelectric device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Organic photoelectric material comprises asymmetric pyrimidine compound of formula (I).    Ar1=H or optionally substituted aryl;    Ar2, Ar3=optionally substituted carbazolyl, 2-30C heteroaryl, 2-30C arylamine or 2-30C heteroarylamine, with substituent of 1-30C alkyl, 1-10C heteroalkyl, 3-30C cycloalkyl, 6-30C aryl, 2-30C alkoxy, fluoro or cyano.;    L1, L2=optionally substituted phenylene, naphthylene or anthracene;and    m, n=1-4.    Provided that when Ar1 is substituted aryl, the substituent Ar1 is not the same as Ar2. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an organic photoelectric device comprising anode, cathode, and organic thin layer interposed between the anode and cathode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the organic light emitting diode.    Organic photoelectric device (100)    Organic thin layer (105)    Cathode (110)    Anode (120)    Emission layer (130)
NOVELTY - The cell has two solar cell sub-modules, where each solar cell sub-module is connected with a rotation control device for controlling the rotation of the solar cell sub-module. The rotation control device comprises two rotation control sub-modules, where each rotation control sub-module is connected with one of the solar cell sub-modules. A track control device is connected with each rotation control sub-module to generate rotation angle information of each rotation control sub-module. The rotation control device is connected with a battery module.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The size of the solar cell sub-modules is small, so that the power needed for controlling the rotation of the solar cell sub-modules is small, thus reducing the space needed for the rotation of the cell, reducing the power needed for the control of the cell, improving the efficiency of the cell and reducing the cost of the cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - An ion conductor (10) contains 2 or more types of electrolytes (11,13) having different compatibility with respect to water. Portion(s) of electrolyte forming surface of ion conductor is electrolyte other than electrolyte having highest compatibility with respect to water.    USE - Ion conductor for electrochemical cell and fuel cell (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electrical double layer capacitor, lithium ion battery, dye-sensitized solar cell, oxygen enricher, brine electrolysis, water electrolysis, hydrohalic acid electrolysis, humidity sensor and gas sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The ion conductor has excellent ion conductivity and durability.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the top view and sectional view of ion conductor.    Ion conductor (10)    Electrolytes (11,13)
NOVELTY - A container has siliceous outer layer and siliceous inner layer which is formed by baking silica raw material powder having maximum particle size of 100 mu m or less. The siliceous inner layer has thickness of 1-2 mm. The siliceous inner layer has silica purity of more than 99.5% which is more than the silica purity of the outer layer.    USE - Container used for polycrystalline-silicon production vessel (claimed) for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The container has excellent release property, durability, crack-proof property, peelability and impurity contamination-prevention property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for polycrystalline-silicon production vessel, which has release layer containing sintered compact of silicon-nitride powder formed on surface of the inner layer.
NOVELTY - The transducer has a substrates (1,5) formed of silicone web or foil, having front side provided with a surface pattern of raised and depressed surface portions. A photoelectric active layer (3) constituted by photoelectric active coating made of silicon compound, amorphous or crystalline silicon is deposited on the surface portions. The front side electrode and rear side electrode are constituted by electric conductive layers formed of zinc oxide or metallic compound. A protecting layer (10) formed of polymer elastomer web or foil is coated on the substrates.    USE - Photoelectric transducer e.g. solar cell. Uses include but are not limited to solar cell in car, clothing, sports equipment, facades of buildings etc.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell of flexible and elastic structure can be attached to various surfaces and varies over time due to changes in moisture level, vibrations, shocks etc. Since the compliant properties of solar cell allow changes in shape of surface attached with solar cell, the damage to the solar cell due to cracks, fractures, is prevented while increasing lifetime of solar cell and reducing manufacturing costs. The efficiency and tensile strength of transducer are increased significantly during use condition.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of producing photoelectric transducer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of different layers of solar cell.    Substrates (1,5)    Photoelectric active layer (3)    Protecting layer (10)    Top electrode (C)
NOVELTY - Mixed particles of particle containing silica or silicon oxide, and particle containing carbon are supplied to center portion of combustion flame nozzle (2) capable of forming oxygen-burning flame (4), and silica or silicon oxide is reduced to obtain silicon (6).    USE - Manufacture of silicon used as raw material for manufacturing semiconductor and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Silicon is economically, efficiently and continuously manufactured with high purity and productivity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the longitudinal cross-sectional view of manufacturing apparatus of silicon.    Furnace (1)    Combustion flame nozzle (2)    Raw material supply port (3)    Oxygen-burning flame (4)    Silicon discharge port (5)    Silicon (6)
NOVELTY - Purification of silicon involves supplying metallic silicon particles (1) with purity of greater than or equal to 95 mass% to a combustion flame nozzle center (2) part which forms an oxygen-burning flame (4).    USE - Purification of silicon for semiconductor materials and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - Inexpensively purifies silicon.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the purifier for silicon.    Metallic silicon particles (1)    Combustion flame nozzle (2)    Raw material supply port (3)    Oxygen-burning flame (4)    Purified silicon discharge port (5)
NOVELTY - A silicon containing impurity is heat-melted, a gas containing nitrogen for impurity purification is blown to the silicon melt solution of molten state, and the impurity in silicon is reduced, to manufacture highly-purified silicon.    USE - Manufacture of highly-purified silicon (claimed) used as raw material for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The highly-purified silicon is manufactured economically using a simple apparatus and without evolving waste material in large amount.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for apparatus for manufacturing highly-purified silicon, which comprises a heat resistant container accommodating silicon containing impurity and solid containing additive, a heater for melting silicon and additive, a blow-in unit for blowing gas containing nitrogen, and a separation unit for isolating silicon and additive.
NOVELTY - A silver paste is heat-hardened type silver paste containing silver powder, epoxy resin and its hardening agent, solvent and oleic acid. The hardening agent of epoxy resin is phenol novolak compound. The content of oleic acid is 0.05-0.5 weight% with respect to silver powder.    USE - Silver paste is used for manufacture of electrode of capacitor, resistor, and solar cell, and for wiring of film antenna.    ADVANTAGE - The silver paste has excellent soldering property and screen printing property.
NOVELTY - A semiconductor surface is washed by ion irradiation by low frequency plasma processing using nitrogen gas and an inert gas. A silicon nitride film is formed by low frequency plasma processing on the surface of the semiconductor, and anti-reflective film of silicon nitride film is formed at the semiconductor surface of solar cell.    USE - Formation of anti-reflective film of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The anti-reflective film is efficiently formed, and regrowth of natural oxide films removed at washing process is suppressed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for anti-reflective film forming apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flowchart explaining manufacture of solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - Films other than silicon monocrystal formed at surface of a silicon monocrystal wafer used as off-specification are removed. The circumference of wafer from which film is removed is cut in rectangular shape with respect to main surface, and a rectangular silicon single crystal substrate is produced. The resulting substrate is cut to size equivalent to substrate for solar cell, and obtained silicon single crystal substrates are cut in parallel with respect to main surface. Thus, silicon single crystal substrate is manufactured.    USE - Manufacture of silicon single crystal substrate for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The silicon single crystal substrate having high reuse efficiency is manufactured.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flowchart explaining manufacture of silicon single crystal substrate. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - A light-scattering film has aluminum alloy film formed on a substrate. The aluminum alloy film contains germanium (0.1-1 atomic%) and remainder are aluminum and unavoidable impurity, and has diffuse reflection factor of 40% or more.    USE - Light-scattering film used for reflection layer and back surface electrode of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The light-scattering film has high diffuse reflection factor which forms uniform corrugated shape with thin film thickness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of light-scattering film.
NOVELTY - The solar cell (100) has grooves (107-1-107-6) that are formed on the rear surface (103) of substrate (101), and between diffusion regions (101-11-101-14,101-21-101-23) such that diffusion regions are separated by grooves. The depth of the groove formed on the rear surface of substrate is greater than depth of diffusion regions. A borosilicate glass layers are formed on the rear surface of diffusion region included with dopant such as boron.    USE - Interdigitated back contact solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Number of processing steps involved in the fabrication of solar cell can be reduced so that solar cell can be manufactured at reduced cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for fabricating interdigitated back contact solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the interdigitated back contact solar cell.    Interdigitated back contact solar cell (100)    Substrate (101)    Diffusion regions (101-11-101-14,101-21-101-23)    Rear surface of substrate (103)    Grooves (107-1-107-6)
NOVELTY - The process involves irradiating laser beam onto surface (25) of silicon (Si) wafer in a processing chamber so as to melt the surface to a desired depth in the presence of dopant atoms, for diffusing portion of dopant atoms into melting surface to form a film (15). Gaseous medium including one inert gas is introduced into the processing chamber simultaneously with the surface irradiation, for controlling the formation of silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer at the wafer atop surface (45).    USE - Process for fabricating semiconductor junction in Si wafer for manufacturing solar cell or photovoltaic (PV) cell or film.    ADVANTAGE - Provides minimum of reflection from the surface due to total internal reflection in the dopant film, and the excess hydrogen is diffused into the material during the deposition of layer having compound of silicon and nitrogen thus satisfying dangling bonds, and improving the carrier lifetime and improving cell efficiency, for achieving high throughput in manufacture of solar cells each having a shallow uniform junction depth.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for apparatus for fabricating semiconductor junction in Si wafer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the scanning arrangement configured to provide total internal reflection of incident beam within the film.    Film (15)    Wafer surface (25)    Reflector (35)    Wafer atop surface (45)
NOVELTY - The membrane comprises a polymer film including a first block copolymer and nanopores, where the polymer film is configured to restrict the flow of hydrated methanol molecules and to allow the flow of hydronium ions through it. The nanopores have a regular repeating pattern, a periodicity of 1-20 pores/100 nm2, and a size of 0.5-5 nm. The methanol fuel is an aqueous solution containing methanol with a concentration of greater than 5 mol/l.    USE - The membrane is useful in a direct methanol fuel cell, which is useful in portable compact electronic equipments such as cell phones, personal digital assistances, notebook computers and camcorders.    ADVANTAGE - The membrane does not allow the methanol to crossover its surface thus increasing the fuel utilization efficiency and the potential of the cathode.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a direct methanol fuel cell; and    (2) a method for generating electrical power in a fuel cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a cross-section of single cell of a fuel cell having a nanoporous block copolymer membrane.    Nanoporous block copolymer membrane (1)    Anode (2)    Cathode (3)    Anode diffusion layer (4)    Cathode diffusion layer. (5)
NOVELTY - The nanostructure comprises a conducting substrate, an array of tin doped indium oxide nanowires extending from the substrate, semiconductor nanolayers disposed radially around the nanowires and having a thickness of 5-50 nm, and a layer of ruthenium complex dye disposed radially around the semiconductor nanolayers and comprising metal complexes or organic dyes. The nanowires and the conducting substrate comprise a transparent conducting oxide. The substrate comprises a metal or a metal oxide. The distance between adjacent nanowires is 5-200 nm. The nanowires have an aspect ratio of 1.    USE - The nanostructure is useful in a device such as photovoltaic device, a solar cell, or a photoelectrochemical device comprising photoelectrode (all claimed), and in electronics, optical and optoelectronic devices including sensors, transistors, detectors, and light emitting diodes, where the nanostructure is nanorods, nanowires and nanofibres, and the solar cell is dye-sensitizing solar cell device.    ADVANTAGE - The nanostructure has improved electrical and optical properties, and reduces the grain boundaries between nanocrystals thus enhancing the efficiency of light energy conversion.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a schematic view of a nanostructure.
NOVELTY - A conducting oxide substrate is loaded into a reactor in the presence of reaction mixture of non-polar solvent(s), semiconductor metal oxide precursor source(s) and strong acid(s), and heated the reactor to obtain a nanowire array of semiconducting oxide on the substrate. The semiconducting oxide is titanium dioxide, tungsten trioxide, cupric oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, vanadium pentoxide, nickel oxide, niobium pentoxide and/or tantalum oxide.    USE - Manufacture of semiconductor oxide nanowire array used for dye-sensitized solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method provides semiconductor oxide nanowire array having high surface area.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of rutile titanium dioxide nanowire array on a conducting oxide substrate;    (2) manufacture of coated titanium dioxide nanowire array;    (3) dye-sensitized solar cell; and    (4) manufacture of liquid-junction dye-sensitized solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of nanowire dye-sensitized solar cell.
NOVELTY - The system (100) has fuel cell (101) for receiving pressurized gas including oxygen and hydrocarbon material such as alcohol, petrol or bio-mass and oxidizing hydrocarbon with pressurized gas. The fuel cell outputs heated fluidal material as a bi-product of power generation. A thermo photovoltaic cell (120) is connected with fuel cell through conduit (105), for receiving heated fluidal material from fuel cell and transferring heat from fluidal material. The conduit is made of carbon steel.    USE - Power generating system.    ADVANTAGE - The power generation efficiency can be improved. The discharge of green house gas can be reduced. The reliability and operability of system can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of improving power generation efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of power generating system.    Power generating system (100)    Fuel cell (101)    Conduit (105)    Thermo photovoltaic cell (120)    By-pass conduit (140)
NOVELTY - The device has an ultra-light, thin and soft copper indium gallium selenide film solar battery (1) assembled on a head ornament (5). The solar battery is connected to a schottky rectifier diode (2), a microcontroller (3), a photosensitive induction automatic control switch (4), a lithium-ion battery (8) and an LED (7). Current is inputted to the lithium-ion battery through a metal conductive wire (6), the rectifier diode and the microcontroller through the metal conductive wire. The switch is connected to a circuit outputting the current from the lithium-ion battery and the microcontroller.    USE - Light emitting device for a head ornament.    ADVANTAGE - The current drives the LED assembled on the head ornament to emit red, blue, green, yellow and white bright light, so that the multi-colored bright point at the head of the user shines.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a light emitting device for head ornament.    Copper indium gallium selenide film solar battery (1)    Schottky rectifier diode (2)    Microcontroller (3)    Photosensitive induction automatic control switch (4)    Head ornament (5)    Metal conductive wire (6)    LED (7)    Lithium-ion battery (8)
NOVELTY - A benzimidazole-based copolymer (1) is new.    USE - Novel benzimidazole-based copolymer is used for organic macromolecular solar cell, organic thin-film transistor and organic electroluminescent element.    ADVANTAGE - The benzimidazole-based copolymer provides excellent light-absorbing properties, electrical conductivity, photovoltaic power and light-emission characteristics to device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A benzimidazole-based copolymer of formula (1): -(D'-A)n-, is new.    D'=electron donor;    A=benzimidazole-based derivative;and    n=10-150.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a solar cell epitaxial wafer on one face of a germanium mono-crystalline wafer functioning as a substrate through metal organic chemical deposition. A protective layer e.g. semiconductor material layer, is formed on another face of the germanium substrate before forming the epitaxial wafer, where thickness of the protective layer is 0.01-20 microns. The protective layer is made of gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium arsenic, indium gallium arsenic, indium gallium phosphor, aluminum gallium indium phosphor or indium phosphor group III-V semiconductor materials.    USE - Method for preparing an efficient solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method is simple and stable to implement. The method enables preparing the solar cell with stable performance and high efficiency.
NOVELTY - The tube (10) has an external wall (12), and a separation wall (14) limiting an interior space (18) of the tube. The separation wall limits another interior space (20) of the tube together with the external wall. The separation wall is water permeable and/or water vapor permeable. The separation wall comprises bars (17) extending to the interior spaces of the tube. The separation wall comprises partial ring segments (16). The external wall and the separation wall have circular cross section. The separation wall is made of polyphenylsulfone. The external wall is made of plastic.    USE - Tube for use as a humidifier and an intercooler in a fuel cell system (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The separation wall is water permeable and/or water vapor permeable, thus enabling the tube to function as a humidifier and an intercooler, such that need for usage of separate humidifier and intercooler in a fuel cell system is avoided, and hence reducing size of the fuel cell system.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a tube.    Tube (10)    External wall (12)    Separation wall (14)    Partial ring segments (16)    Bars (17)    Interior spaces (18, 20)
NOVELTY - The apparatus (300A) has a vision system (340) for detecting an actual position of a solar cell substrate (110) e.g. wafer, and communicating information regarding the position to a system controller (301). The controller determines an offset of the position with respect to an expected position of the substrate and adjusts either a robot (330) to correct for the offset. An automation system (381) transports the substrate having a patterned dielectric layer from a laser scanner to a deposition chamber (360) e.g. evaporation chamber, that deposits a conducting layer over the dielectric layer.    USE - Apparatus for removing material of a dielectric layer deposited on a solar cell substrate using laser during fabrication of photovoltaic solar cell that is utilized for converting sunlight directly into electrical power. Uses include but are not limited to a silicon oxide layer, a silicon dioxide layer, a silicon nitride layer, a silicon oxynitride layer, a silicon carbide layer and a silicon oxycarbide layer.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus precisely removes portions of the material of the dielectric layer deposited on the solar cell substrate in a desired pattern via a laser without damaging the underlying substrate, and improves substrate throughput during the fabrication of solar cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a laser material removal method    (2) a method for processing a substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic plan view of a material removing apparatus for performing a process sequence.    Solar cell substrate (110)    Material removing apparatus (300A)    System controller (301)    Robot (330)    Vision system (340)    Deposition chamber (360)    Automation system (381)
NOVELTY - Producing dispersible nano graphene platelet (NGP) material comprises; preparing a pristine NGP material from a graphitic material; and subjecting the pristine NGP material to an oxidation treatment to obtain the dispersible NGP material, where the NGP material has an oxygen content not greater than 25 wt.%.    USE - The process is useful to produce nano graphene platelets (claimed) e.g. graphene paper, film and nanocomposite structures, which are useful in: transparent electrodes for solar cells or flat panel displays; additives for battery and supercapacitor electrodes; and conductive nano-composite for electromagnetic wave interference shielding and static charge dissipation.    ADVANTAGE - The process provides: soluble and dispersible nano graphene platelets (NGPs) that are highly conducting without going through a chemical reduction procedure; NGPs as thin films; readily or easily functionalized NGPs; NGPs with no or little impurity; and separate control over dispersibility and conductivity. The process is simple and convenient.
NOVELTY - The semiconductor substrate has a sapphire board (11) that is provided with a crystal growing surface (12b) whose orientation differs from a substrate main surface (12a). Several V-shaped grooves (14) are formed on the crystal growing surface of the sapphire board, whose depth is set to be in the range of 0.75-100 micrometers. A gallium nitride (GaN) layer (15) is formed on the substrate main surface of the sapphire board using crystal growing surface of the sapphire board as layer formation starting point.    USE - Semiconductor substrate for semiconductor light emitting element such as LED and semiconductor laser, used in electronic device (both claimed) such as LCD display. Can also be used in transistor and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Gallium nitride layer can be formed effectively on substrate main surface of sapphire board using crystal growing surface of the sapphire board as layer formation starting point. Hence, gallium nitride layer with few defects can be obtained efficiently and piezo polarization of the electronic device can be reduced by providing gallium nitride layer. Power consumption of the electronic device can be reduced and luminous efficiency of the electronic device can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of semiconductor substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the semiconductor substrate.    Sapphire board (11)    Substrate main surface (12a)    Crystal growing surface (12b)    Grooves (14)    Gallium nitride layer (15)
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive film (14) is obtained by forming a fine particle layer (14a) by wet coating method, and baking binder dispersion liquid impregnated on the coating film by wet coating method to form binder layer (14b), or by baking coating film formed by applying composition for transparent conductive film on base material (11). The fine particle layer is formed using electroconductive fine particles dispersion liquid. The composition for transparent conductive film contains electroconductive fine particles and binder.    USE - Transparent conductive film for multi-junction type solar cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The transparent conductive film having favorable light transmittance, electroconductivity and low refractive index is manufactured economically. The fine particle layer and binder layer have excellent adhesiveness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A transparent conductive film is obtained by forming a fine particle layer by wet coating method, and baking binder dispersion liquid impregnated on the coating film by wet coating method to form binder layer, or by baking coating film formed by applying composition for transparent conductive film on base material. The fine particle layer is formed using electroconductive fine particles dispersion liquid. The composition for transparent conductive film contains electroconductive fine particles and binder. The base material has electroconductive film with thickness of 5-200 nm and containing 5-95 mass% of electroconductive component. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for composition for forming transparent conductive film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of multi-junction type solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Multi-junction type solar cell (10)    Base material (11)    Transparent conductive film (14)    Fine particle layer (14a)    Binder layer (14b)
NOVELTY - The element array (10) has a sapphire substrate (11) comprising several indentations (14) formed on a main surface. A mask pattern (13P) formed on top of the main surface of substrate, comprises several apertures directly on top of each indentation. The fine columnar crystals (20) of wurtzite structure, are made of group III nitride semiconductor material, and projected from the indentations towards the upward direction of the mask pattern. An active layer (21) is formed on top of each fine columnar crystal, and is covered by a semiconductor coating layer (22).    USE - Semiconductor optical element array for semiconductor light-emitting device e.g. LED and laser diode, photoelectric transducer e.g. solar cell, and fluorescent substance.    ADVANTAGE - The position and shape of the fine columnar crystal formed on the substrate, are controlled with sufficient precision, and the light emission wavelength or optical absorption wavelength of the fine columnar crystal is controlled. A high quality semiconductor optical element array is manufactured effectively, and the luminous efficiency of the semiconductor light-emitting device is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of semiconductor optical element array.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional views illustrating the manufacturing process of semiconductor optical element array.    Semiconductor optical element array (10)    Sapphire substrate (11)    Mask pattern (13P)    Indentation (14)    Fine columnar crystal (20)    Active layer (21)    Semiconductor coating layer (22)
NOVELTY - A heat conductive pressure-sensitive-adhesive composition (E) comprises polymer (S) chosen from rubber, elastomer and/or resin, carbon black (B) having dibutyl phthalate (DBP) oil absorption amount of 300 cm3/100 g or more or Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of 500 m2/g or more, and expanded graphite powder (C).    USE - Pressure-sensitive-adhesive composition is used for forming adhesive sheet used in electronic component e.g. electroluminescence element, mobile telephone, apparatus having light emitting diode as light source, power device of motor vehicle, fuel cell, solar cell, battery, portable information terminal, personal digital assistant, notebook personal computer, liquid crystal device, surface-conduction electron-emitter display, plasma display panel, integrated circuit (all claimed), television receiver, mobile telephone and game machine.    ADVANTAGE - The pressure-sensitive-adhesive sheet formed using adhesive composition has high strength and excellent thermal conductivity and electroconductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for heat conductive pressure-sensitive-adhesive sheet (F), which is formed by heating the heat conductive pressure-sensitive-adhesive composition (E) to form into a sheet-form.
NOVELTY - A weather-resistant article has a polymer layer containing an optical stabilizer provided on a base material, and an ultraviolet ray reflection layer provided on polymer layer. The reflection layer contains materials having different refractive indices.    USE - Weather-resistant article is used for weather-resistant film and optical component (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electronic paper, signboard, motor vehicle components, rail vehicle components, automatic vending machine components, liquid crystal display, solar cell back sheet, electromagnetic wave shielding film of plasma display, and agricultural film.    ADVANTAGE - The article has excellent weather resistance even when affected by light, heat and moisture, and efficiently blocks ultraviolet light.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of structure of weather-resistant article. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Samples (AA-GG)
NOVELTY - A polymer sheet (1) has a polymer layer (3) containing polymer including repeating unit (I) provided on a support (2). The polymer layer is formed by drying after applying a coating solution comprising aqueous dispersion of polymer.    USE - Polymer sheet is used for photovoltaic cell sealing sheet for solar cell module (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The polymer sheet having favorable weather resistance and water vapor barrier property is provided by a simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A polymer sheet (1) has a polymer layer (3) containing polymer including repeating unit of formula: -(CFX1-CX2X3)- (I) provided on a support (2). The polymer layer is formed by drying after applying a coating solution comprising aqueous dispersion of polymer.    X1-X3=H, fluoro, chloro or 1-3C perfluoro alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of polymer sheet, which involves preparing coating liquid by dispersing polymer including repeating unit (I) into aqueous medium, applying the coating liquid to support and drying.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of polymer sheet.    Polymer sheet (1)    Support (2)    Polymer layer (3)
NOVELTY - Bismuth-copper oxide compounds (I) as semiconductors are new.    USE - (I) is useful as a light absorption layer in a solar cell and as a thermoelectric conversion material in a thermoelectric conversion element (claimed). (I) is useful in infrared radiation (IR) window or IR sensor.    ADVANTAGE - (I) has excellent thermoelectric conversion performance. The band gap of (I) can be easily controlled by changing components of the compound.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Bismuth-copper oxide compounds of formula (Bi1-xMxCuwOa-yQ1yTeb-zQ2z) (I) as semiconductors are new.    M = Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, Cs, K, Na, Cd, Hg, Sn, Pb, Eu, Sm, Mn, Ga, In, Tl, As and/or Sb;    Q1, Q2 = S, Se, As and/or Sb;    x = greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1;    w = greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1;    a, b = greater than 0.2 and less than 4; and    y, z = greater than or equal to 0 and less than 4.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the preparations of (I).
NOVELTY - The solar cell has jagged portions that are non-uniformly positioned on a surface of wafer (140). The jagged portions are positioned such that inclined at an angle of 54.76-90 degrees . An electrode is positioned to contact N-type semiconductor and other electrode is positioned to contact P-type semiconductor.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The defect on the surface of substrate is reduced by forming texturing process of the surface of the substrate. The conversion efficiency of the solar cell is increased.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of manufacturing solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the method of manufacturing solar cell.    Wafer (140)    Anti-reflective layer (160,170)    Reflective layer (180)    Electrode pastes (190,200)
NOVELTY - Texturing chemistry is provided in texturing region (19) of wafer (10) by wetting one of two sides of texturing region, and a two-sided sheet wafer is transported through the texturing region. Textured sheet wafer is obtained.    USE - Method for texturing sheet wafer e.g. silicon sheet wafer (claimed) used in solar module industry.    ADVANTAGE - The texturing of wafer is economically enabled, and energy conversion efficiency of solar cell module formed using wafer is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) silicon sheet wafer; and    (2) apparatus (16A) for texturing wafer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of texturing apparatus.    Wafer (10)    Texturing apparatus (16A)    Texturing bath (18)    Texturing region (19)    Transport mechanism (24)
NOVELTY - A nitride crystal with removable surface layer comprises a high quality nitride base crystal containing nitrogen species, a release layer and a high quality epitaxial layer comprising nitrogen.    USE - Nitride crystal is used as substrate for light emitting diode, transistor, photodetector, solar cell, photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation, and laser diode. Can also be used for optoelectronic device, laser and integrated circuit.    ADVANTAGE - The nitride crystal is manufactured economically.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) formation of nitride crystal; and    (2) method of processing nitride crystal.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of method of manufacturing gallium nitride substrate.
NOVELTY - The method involves etching silicon substrate to form porous silicon layer adjacent to the surface of the substrate using electrolyte including hydrofluoric acid, deionized water and ethanol. The silicon nitride layers are bonded together to form a set of bonded substrates. The set of bonded substrates are separated along interface within indium phosphide substrate to form a composite substrate. An indium phosphide layer of the composite substrate adjacent to the silicon nitride layer is separated from the remainder of indium phosphide substrate.    USE - Fabrication method of semiconductor device e.g. semiconductor solar cell, indium phosphide-based device and other group III-V-based device using composite substrate (claimed) such as transfer-enhanced semiconductor substrate, used for flexible electronic application and complex three-dimensional device architecture.    ADVANTAGE - The device layers are readily transferred to the device substrate, without the need for subjecting to excessive chemical or mechanical processing which is detrimental to resulting semiconductor device. The composite substrate can be formed efficiently with high degree of crystalline quality for epitaxial growth of thin-film device layers. The overall cost for semiconductor device fabrication can be reduced, since epitaxial template substrate and handle substrate such as wafer can be reused for subsequent device layer formation and transfer operations.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view explaining the fabrication method of semiconductor device.    Anodization stage of silicon handle wafer (100)    Silicon nitride deposition stages (102,104)    Hydrogen ion implantation stage (106)    Wafer bonding stage (108)    Stage for transfer of indium phosphide layer to silicon handle wafer (110)
NOVELTY - Passivation layer production involves coating silicon with a solution containing polysilazane. Subsequently, solvent is removed by evaporation, where polysilazane layers of 50-500 nm thickness remain on silicon wafer. The polysilazane layer is heated at 200-1000 degrees C in presence of air or nitrogen, where the ceramic layers release hydrogen for bulk passivation of the silicon.    USE - Method for producing passivation layer on crystalline silicon for manufacturing solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The passivation layer production method enables to produce the passivation layer in a simple and cost-effective manner without using expensive vacuum techniques.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Passivation layer production involves coating silicon with a solution containing a polysilazane of general formula (I). Subsequently, solvent is removed by evaporation, where polysilazane layers of 50-500 nm thickness remain on silicon wafer. The polysilazane layer is heated at 200-1000 degrees C in presence of air or nitrogen, where the ceramic layers release hydrogen for bulk passivation of the silicon. -(SiR'R''-NR''')-n (I)    R',R'',R'''=same or different, independent hydrogen or a possibly substituted alkyl, aryl, vinyl or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl group; and    n=an integer.
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion material contains benzothiazole-containing compound (1).    USE - Photoelectric conversion material is used for semiconductor electrode for photoelectric transducer (both claimed) e.g. solar cell and photosensor.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion material containing benzothiazole-containing compound has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A photoelectric conversion material contains benzothiazole-containing compound of formula (1).    R1-R3=aliphatic group, aromatic group or heterocyclic group;    R2+R3=ring;    L1,L2=conjugated methine group;    L3=alkylene group;    R4=electron-donating group having negative Hammett substituent-constant value;    R5=acidic group having pKa of less than 6;and    X-=counter anion.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) semiconductor electrode, which comprises a substrate whose surface has electroconductivity, a semiconductor layer covered on the electroconductive surface, and benzothiazole-containing compound (1) as a dye adsorbed to the surface of semiconductor layer; and    (2) photoelectric transducer, which has counter electrode, semiconductor electrode and charge transferring layer provided between the electrodes.
NOVELTY - Selenium, and copper or element (M) chosen from aluminum, indium and gallium are provided in a container, and the container is sealed at a vacuum degree of 10-2 Pa or less or sealed after filling argon, nitrogen or helium gas lower than the atmospheric pressure. The sealed container is then placed in a furnace and temperature is raised at a rate of 10-20 degrees C/minute. The reaction material is cooled, and the prepared block is ground and sifted, to obtain powdery product. The prepared powder is pressed at 500-900 degrees C and processed, to obtain selenide material (1) or (2).    USE - Preparation of selenide material for absorbing layer of thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The selenide material having high quality is economically prepared.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Selenium, and copper or element (M) chosen from aluminum, indium and gallium are provided in a container, and the container is sealed at a vacuum degree of 10-2 Pa or less or sealed after filling argon, nitrogen or helium gas lower than the atmospheric pressure. The sealed container is then placed in a furnace and temperature is raised at a rate of 10-20 degrees C/minute. The finally adjusted temperature which is more than the melting point of the raw material is sectioned into 4-5 sections, where temperature of each temperature section is the sum of (-30)-30 degrees C, and the temperature is maintained for 0.1-10 hours. The reaction material is cooled, and the prepared block is ground and sifted, to obtain powdery product. The prepared powder is pressed at 500-900 degrees C under pressure of 30-300 MPa in hot-press furnace mold and processed, to obtain selenide material of formula: Cu2Sex (1) or M2Sey (2), where M is element chosen from aluminum, indium or gallium, x is 0.95-1.05, and y is 2.8-3.2.
NOVELTY - A photosensitive adhesive composition comprises a metal powder comprising aluminum powder and/or aluminum alloy powder, an alkali-soluble resin, polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, photo-initiator, a solvent, and an azo compound.    USE - Photosensitive adhesive composition for forming a pattern (claimed) of member that is utilized for high degree mounting material, solar cell material of a flat panel display, and an electronic component.    ADVANTAGE - The photosensitive adhesive composition can form inexpensive, high-definition and low resistance pattern.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A photosensitive adhesive composition comprises a metal powder comprising aluminum powder and/or aluminum alloy powder, an alkali-soluble resin, polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, photo-initiator, a solvent, and an azo compound of formulae (I) and (R6-N=N-R7) (II)..    R1-R7=H, halo or organic group    . An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a pattern formation method comprising forming a photosensitive resin layer consisting of the photosensitive adhesive composition, on a substrate, exposing the obtained resin layer, forming the latent image of a pattern, and then developing the resin layer.
NOVELTY - A phthalocyanine precursor (1a and 1b) is new.    USE - Novel phthalocyanine precursor is used for manufacturing phthalocyanine and phthalocyanine membrane for electronic device e.g. field effect transistor and solar cell (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electronic device such as electrophotographic photoreceptor, organic transistor, color filter and organic electroluminescent electronic device, coating material e.g. pigment and ink, optical recording and light therapy.    ADVANTAGE - The phthalocyanine precursor is hard to thermally decompose, has improved solubility with respect to solvent, film-forming property and coating property, and easily and economically provides phthalocyanine membrane.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A phthalocyanine precursor of formulae (1a and 1b) is new.    M=bivalent atomic group containing bivalent metal or metal;    R11-R44=H or monovalent substituent;    Q1-Q4=group of formula (2);    Por=porphyrin ring (1b or 1b);    continuous line, dotted line=single bond or double bond which carried out ( pi )-conjugation;and    Rm1-Rm4,Rma,Rmb=R11.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of phthalocyanine precursor (1a and 1d);    (2) manufacture of phthalocyanine, which involves inducing phthalocyanine from phthalocyanine precursor; and    (3) manufacture of phthalocyanine membrane, which involves coating the phthalocyanine precursor on a substrate.
NOVELTY - A metal oxide structure has rod-shaped crystal provides on substrate through seed crystal. The seed crystal contains metal oxide (I) and rod-shaped crystal contains metal oxide (II). The rod-shaped crystal has average breadth of 50 nm or less.    USE - Metal oxide structure is used for sensor (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to insulator, conductor, ceramic capacitor, actuator, laser oscillation element, thermistor, varistor, optical switch, solar cell and optical absorption filter.    ADVANTAGE - The metal oxide structure is manufactured economically and efficiently and provides sensor having high sensitivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) sensor has metal oxide structure, and rod-shaped crystal portion is sensing portion; and    (2) manufacture of metal oxide structure, which involves coating seed crystal dispersion liquid containing microparticles including metal oxide (I) on substrate, to form seed crystal, immersing reaction solution containing metal ion (II), ammonium ion, metal oxide (II) on substrate, growing crystal, to form rod-shaped crystal.
NOVELTY - The patch has a thin magnetic sheet (2) arranged on a back surface of a flexible power generation panel (1).    USE - Flexible patch for solar power generation in an automobile and a travel tent.    ADVANTAGE - The power generation device is fixed to the ceiling of the power generation carrier such as automobile. A block of iron sheet is placed in the tent. The patch is convenient to install and ideal in effect.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a flexible patch.    Flexible power generation panel (1)    Thin magnetic sheet (2)
NOVELTY - Forming an electrode (125) on a substrate (110) involves applying a solution comprising metal ions (111) and metal nanomaterials (113) to a surface of a substrate; and exposing a selected portion of the solution to light having a wavelength capable of inducing reduction of the metal ions, where the selected portion corresponds to at least a portion of the electrode. The solution comprises a metal salt dissolved in an aqueous solution, and a reducing agent.    USE - For forming an electrode on a substrate (claimed) useful for solar cell and display devices such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and plasma display panels (PDPs).    ADVANTAGE - The electrodes patterned using the method improve the power-generation characteristics of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following    (1) device comprising a substrate; and a patterned electrode formed over the substrate, the patterned electrode comprising metal nanomaterials dispersed over the substrate; and metal particles aggregated in proximity to the metal nanomaterials, the metal particles having been reduced from metal ions by ultraviolet (UV) exposure;    (2) electrode comprising metal nanomaterials and aggregated metal particles formed in the vicinity of the metal nanomaterials.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a photolithography (PL) setup used for fabricating a patterned electrode.    Substrate (110)    Metal ions (111)    Metal nanomaterials (113)    Ionic solution layer (120)    Patterned electrode (125)
NOVELTY - A hydrophilic composition contains hydrophilic polymer (I) having hydrocarbon-containing repeating unit (a) or hydrophilic polymer (II) having hydrocarbon-containing repeating unit (b), and has pH of 7 or less.    USE - Hydrophilic composition is used for hydrophilic component of heat exchanger used for air-conditioner (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to mirror for vehicles and wash rooms, optical lens, copier, rail vehicle, aircraft, cover glass of measurement apparatus, display device, solar cell cover, reflecting plate, and sound insulating wall for roads.    ADVANTAGE - The hydrophilic composition has excellent aging stability, and is preserved for long period of time without generation of cloudiness or gelatinization. The film formed using hydrophilic composition has excellent hydrophilicity and adhesiveness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A hydrophilic composition contains hydrophilic polymer (I) having hydrocarbon-containing repeating unit of formula: X-A-(HC(-R1)-C(-R2)(-L1-Y'))- (a) or hydrophilic polymer (II) having hydrocarbon-containing repeating unit of formula: -(HC(-R3)-C(-R4)(-L2-Y'))- -(HC(-R5)-C(-R6)(-L3-Y'))- (b), and has pH of 7 or less.    R1-R6=H or hydrocarbyl;    X=reactive group (1.2 mass% or more with respect to total solid content);    A,L1-L3=single bond or coupling group;    Y'=-NHCOR, -NHCO2R, -NHCONR2, -CONH2, -NR2, -CONR2, -OCONR2, -COR, -OH, -OR, -OM, -CO2M, -CO2R, -SO3M, -OSO3M, -SO2R, -NHSO2R, -SO2NR2, -PO3M, -OPO3M, -(CH2CH2O)nH, -(CH2CH2O)nCH3 or -NR3Z1;    R=H, alkyl, aryl or aralkyl;    M=H, alkyl, alkali metal, alkaline-earth metal or onium;    n=integer;and    Z1=halo.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) hydrophilic component, which contains film formed using hydrophilic composition, on surface of base material; and    (2) heat exchanger, which contains fin formed using hydrophilic component.
NOVELTY - The cell (100) has a concavo-convex shaped pattern formed in a lower surface of a mold (150). Active layers (130, 140) are provided between a bottom electrode layer (120) and a top electrode layer and laminated on top of a substrate (110) e.g. polyimide substrate. The active layers comprise an active region laminated on surface of the top electrode layer, where the surface is made of conductive polymer. The bottom electrode layer is made of indium-tin-oxide and fluorine-tin-oxide.    USE - Organic solar cell for use in a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The cell increases the contact area between the top electrode layer and the active layers so that the electric current density of the cell is increased. The efficiency of the battery can be raised.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a method for manufacturing an organic solar cell    (2) an organic solar cell molding apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an organic solar cell.    Organic solar cell (100)    Substrate (110)    Bottom electrode layer (120)    Active layers (130, 140)    Mold (150)
NOVELTY - The apparatus (10) has a heating unit for controlling a temperature of a fused material and equipped with an upper mold (300) that is provided with multiple cavities. A low die (400) is provided with a top gate (210). A bottom core (410) is installed corresponding to an upper core (310) in the upper mold. A reverse angle of an outlet of a runner (100) widens toward an end tip. A removable thickness deviation control block (500) is installed outside the upper mold. Gap is formed in between the upper and bottom cores.    USE - Molding apparatus for a fuel cell separating board of a fuel cell stack (all claimed) in an environment-friendly power plant.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus improves better flowing effect of the material, reduces thickness deviation of the fuel cell separating board, and has better working performance and productivity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a fuel cell separating board molding apparatus.    Fuel cell separating board molding apparatus (10)    Runner (100)    Top gate (210)    Upper mold (300)    Upper core (310)    Low die (400)    Bottom core (410)    Removable thickness deviation control block (500)
NOVELTY - The electrode has a pattern of 100-350 nm thickness, where the electrode is made of indium tin oxide, fluorine doped tin oxide, indium-doped zinc oxide, aluminum doped zinc oxide and tin dioxide/argon.    USE - Transparent electrode for use in a high efficient solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery reduces the scattering of the light by molding the pattern, and increases the surface area and the volume of electrolyte. The light absorption layer is evaporated within the electrode, and can efficiently use the light. The surface area and optical absorption rate of the electrode are increased with formation of the pattern. The electrode can use oil energy and pure solar energy.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a transparent electrode manufacturing method    (2) a method for fabricating a high efficient solar cell    (3) a high efficient solar cell comprising a transparent electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graphical representation illustrating measurement of conversion efficiency.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The module has several thin film solar cells (120) arranged on a front substrate (100). A rear substrate (140) is arranged on the thin film solar cell. Several inter-connection (150) terminals are electrically connected to the thin film solar cells respectively and are arranged on the rear substrate. The interconnection terminals are electrically connected in series or parallel by a connector (160).    USE - Thin film solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The module with a small size is produced which can be easily repaired. The number of cables required is reduced to improve the efficiency of the module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing thin film solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the thin film solar cell module.    Front substrate (100)    Thin film solar cell (120)    Rear substrate (140)    Inter-connection (150)    Connector (160)
NOVELTY - The solar panel (70) has a pair of conductor with different polarity that is arranged on a transparent superstrate (72) for contacting with a solar panel of specific polarity. A device layer is arranged between the conductors for converting sunlight to electricity. A protective layer (86) is cured on the solar panel below a reflector.    USE - Solar panel e.g. thin-film photovoltaic solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - The solar panel is inexpensive and requires less labor to assemble the complete structure. The assembly process can be automated as a continuous process which reduces the cost and improves the quality. The vibration in the solar panel can be reduced during heavy wind or rain. Since the panel has a flat front surface, the accumulation of water and dirt at the edges are avoided.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of solar panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a contoured edge of a glass superstrate portion of the thin-film solar panel.    Solar panel (70)    Transparent superstrate (72)    Transparent conductive oxide (82)    Back reflector layer (84)    Protective layer (86)
NOVELTY - A solar cell (100) comprises organic materials including donor material(s) (102) and acceptor material(s) (104), and inorganic materials (114a-b, 116a-b). The organic and inorganic materials collectively form hybrid heterojunction structures each comprising greater than or equal to 2 of organic materials and inorganic material(s).    USE - A solar cell for a circuit system (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The inorganic materials help to dissociate excitons into holes and electrons; help to transport electrons to electrode (112); and further act as light absorbers, thus helping to improve solar spectrum coverage of solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a system comprising a solar cell and circuitry configured to receive power from the solar cell; and    (2) a method for forming a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell having a hybrid heterojunction structure.    Solar cell (100)    Donor material (102)    Acceptor material (104)    Electrodes (110, 112)    Inorganic materials (114a-b, 116a-b)
NOVELTY - A cap layer is etched into a front surface (118) of a semiconductor structure for depositing an anti-reflective coating. A front electrical contact (114) and a back metal contact (102) are formed on front surface and back surface (110). A PECVD process is utilized to apply a dielectric layer (106) to the back metal contact. The PECVD is performed at a temperature of 400 degrees C for 10-15 min that allows for annealing of metal associated with the electrical contact and back metal contact. A secondary electrical contact is attached to the dielectric layer.    USE - Method for fabricating solar cell (claimed) for space and terrestrial application.    ADVANTAGE - The quality of the dielectric film is increased to improve the production yield.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Back metal contact (102)    Dielectric layer (106)    Back surface (110)    Front electrical contact (114)    Front surface (118)
NOVELTY - A silicon solar cell comprises an antireflective coating comprising amorphous silicon carbonitride, where amount of carbon in silicon carbonitride is 5-25 (preferably 14-18) atomic%.    USE - A silicon solar cell for converting solar energy into electricity by photovoltaic effect.    ADVANTAGE - For high throughput configurations, units of heating chamber may be integrated. Each heating chamber in multi-unit configuration may be of a relatively small scale in size, so that the mechanical construction is simple and reliable. All heating chambers may supply common gas delivery, exhaust and control systems so that cost is similar to a larger conventional reactor with the same throughput. The process may utilize regular tubing without the need of special heating the tubing as is the case in many liquid source chemical vapor deposition processes in which heating the tubing lines is essential to eliminate source vapor condensation, or earlier decomposition of the source.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a process for forming a silicon solar cell comprising depositing, on silicon p-n junction, a gaseous mixture comprising gaseous mono-silicon organosilane(s) and nitrogen-containing gas.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graph which displays a chemical composition (oxygen, carbon, silicon and nitrogen) of silicon nitride (SiNx) and silicon carbonitride (SiCxNy) films as a function of ammonia flow rate.
NOVELTY - Manufacture of flexible dye-sensitized solar cell comprises forming a separation layer on a carrier, forming a dye-absorption layer (30) on separation layer, forming a carbon-nanotube layer (40) on dye-absorption layer, forming a flexible cathode polymer layer (50) on carbon-nanotube layer, and separating the carrier by removing separation layer.    USE - Manufacture of flexible dye-sensitized solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The nano-crystal oxide is a substance that can adhere photosensitive dye to its surface, thus providing a superior solar cell electrode because it provides an enough surface to which the dye can be adhered. The dye-absorption layer can be formed before forming a carbon-nanotube layer and cathode polymer layer, thus preventing the problem of heat required during annealing process. The carrier can be easily removed without physically or chemically harming the electrode. The dye-sensitized solar cell is excellent in solar conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an electrode of flexible dye-sensitized solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view illustrating a flexible dye-sensitized solar cell.    Dye-absorption layer (30)    Carbon-nanotube layer (40)    Cathode polymer layer (50)    Electrolyte layer (60)    Conductive substance layer (70)
NOVELTY - Manufacture of solar cell comprises forming holes on one surface of a substrate, forming a metal layer (20) on inner wall of hole and on one surface of substrate, coating p-type semiconductor (30) on metal layer, forming n-type semiconductor (40) inside the hole and on one surface of substrate, forming transparent conductive oxide (50) on n-type semiconductor, and forming electrode terminal (60) on p-type semiconductor and on transparent conductive oxide. Forming the hole comprises an anodizing process performed in hydrofluoric acid solution.    USE - Manufacture of solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The silicon thin-film solar cell is capable of widening a surface area for collecting light and preventing a diffuse reflection of light. Since as many electrons as possible are excited, it is possible to manufacture more efficient solar cell. The solar cell is able to increase the light absorption rate by using a micro sized transparent conductive oxide having a sphere shape.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a conceptual diagram illustrating a principle of how a solar cell is operated.    Metal layer (20)    P-type semiconductor (30)    N-type semiconductor (40)    Transparent conductive oxide (50)    Electrode terminal (60)
NOVELTY - Fabricating thickness of silicon ingot material (200) having surface region involves introducing high energy particles (605) of /-1 to 5 MeV energy through surface region to define cleave region (601) and thickness of detachable material; processing silicon ingot material to free thickness of detachable material; forming free-standing thickness of material of carrier lifetime of /~10 microseconds, first thickness 20-150 microns with total thickness variation of /~5%; treating material by etching; and performing thermal/passivation process to recover carrier lifetime to /-200 microseconds.    USE - For fabricating silicon wafer having free-standing thickness of silicon material e.g. single crystal silicon, polycrystalline silicon or metallurgical silicon (claimed), for forming solar cell structure, and in wider range of applications such as for three-dimensional packaging of integrated semiconductor devices, photonic devices, piezoelectronic devices, flat panel displays, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), nano-technology structures, sensors, actuators, integrated circuits, biological and/or biomedical devices.    ADVANTAGE - The free-standing thickness of silicon materials provides base material for making high efficiency solar cell. The free-standing thickness of silicon material has carrier lifetime /~200 microseconds and mechanical strength and fracture stress of 1 GPa or greater. The process achieves excellent conversion efficiency with economic impact and providing high material quality.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows method of forming free-standing thickness of silicon material.    Silicon material (200)    Cleave region (601)    High energy particle (605)
NOVELTY - A back sheet has a substrate (3) and a fluorine-based film (2). A fluoro-siloxane film (1) or a silicon-titanium compound film is provided between the substrate and the fluorine-based film, and is provided on an outer surface of the fluorine-based film.    USE - Back sheet for use in a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The back sheet has high adhesion property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a back sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a back sheet.    Fluoro-siloxane film (1)    Fluorine-based film (2)    Substrate (3)
NOVELTY - The solar absorber (1) has a solar cell layer system (3) applied to a solar thermal absorber (2) and including a layer (11) that is in direct contact with another layer (10). The former layer is directly or indirectly applied to the solar thermal absorber, in a planar manner. The system is permeable for a part e.g. red and/or infrared part, of solar light spectrum. The system has thickness of 500 nanometers, and the latter layer has recesses (15) i.e. trenches, that uncover preset areas of the former layer.    USE - Solar absorber for a solar thermal collector (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar absorber has high overall efficiency and can be manufactured in a cost-effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a solar thermal collector comprising a supply unit for supplying an electrolyte solution    (2) a method for manufacturing a solar absorber.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top perspective view of a solar absorber including a solar thermal absorber together with a solar cell layer system.    Solar absorber (1)    Solar thermal absorber (2)    Solar cell layer system (3)    Layers (10-13)    Recesses (15)
NOVELTY - The dye-sensitized solar cell (10) has a porous semiconductor layer (14) formed between the substrate (12) and conductive substrate (18). A conductive metal layer (16) is formed on the upper surface of porous semiconductor layer, having a covered section covered with the conductive metal section. A gradient composition structure is provided in the covered section so that thermal expansion coefficient reduces toward porous semiconductor layer from conductive metal section.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the thermal expansion coefficient reduces toward porous semiconductor layer from conductive metal section, the power extraction efficiency of the solar cell can be improved significantly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of dye-sensitized solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the dye-sensitized solar cell.    Dye-sensitized solar cell (10)    Substrate (12)    Porous semiconductor layer (14)    Conductive metal layer (16)    Conductive substrate (18)
NOVELTY - An isolated endohedral fullerene (1) contains single or several metal atoms or an atomic group containing 60 or 70 metal atoms.    USE - Isolated endohedral fullerene is used as cation for salt (claimed). Can also be used as high-temperature superconductive material for organic thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The isolated endohedral fullerene has excellent solubility with respect to solvent. The fullerene derivative is synthesized by simple process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An isolated endohedral fullerene contains single or several metal atoms or an atomic group containing 60 or 70 metal atoms, and is of formula: M.C2n (1).    M=single or several metal atoms or atomic group containing metal atoms;and    2n=60 or 70.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for salt using isolated endohedral fullerene (1) as a cation, where the valence of cation is monovalent, bivalent or more.
NOVELTY - A sintered compact contains indium-zinc containing compound having hexagonal crystal layer, and indium-lanthanum containing compound. The atomic ratio of indium with respect to total content of indium and zinc is more than 0.2 and less than 0.97. The atomic ratio of zinc with respect to total content of indium and zinc is more than 0.03 and less than 0.8.    USE - Sintered compact is used for sputtering target for oxide semiconductor thin film for thin film transistor (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display element, thin film electroluminescent display device, electrophoresis display device, drive circuit element and transparent conductive film for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The oxide semiconductor thin film formed using sputtering target has high semiconducting property, and low carrier density.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A sintered compact contains indium-zinc containing compound (In2O3(ZnO)m) having hexagonal crystal layer, and indium-lanthanum containing compound (InLnO3), where m is 2-20, Ln is trivalent lanthanoids excluding praseodymium and promethium. The atomic ratio of indium with respect to total content of indium and zinc is more than 0.2 and less than 0.97. The atomic ratio of zinc with respect to total content of indium and zinc is more than 0.03 and less than 0.8. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) oxide semiconductor thin film; and    (2) thin film transistor.
NOVELTY - An organic photoelectric transducer consists of an active layer provided between an anode formed on a substrate by coating method and a cathode. The anode contains polyaniline and/or its derivative.    USE - Organic photoelectric transducer e.g. organic solar cell and photosensor.    ADVANTAGE - The Organic photoelectric transducer exhibits high photoelectric conversion efficiency, and is easily manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of organic photoelectric transducer.
NOVELTY - An ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition comprises ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a crosslinking agent and trimellitic acid ester. The content of trimellitic acid ester is 0.01-3 mass parts with respect to 100 mass parts of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.    USE - Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition is used for forming film used as sealing film for solar cell and intermediate film of laminated glass (all claimed). Can also be used as adhesive film for optical filter, and laminated glass used for window glass of vehicle and building, showcase window and side glass of motor vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition has excellent film-forming property and provides film having excellent adhesion, smoothness and uniform thickness. Since the composition contains trimellitate, sticking of the composition to apparatus is prevented without reducing the adhesiveness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer film which involves melt-kneading the composition and molding to a film form;    (2) solar cell in which electricity generating element is blocked by interposing a sealing film between surface-side transparent protection component and back surface side protection component by cross-link integration; and    (3) laminated glass which has ethylene-vinyl acetate intermediate film clamped between transparent substrates of two sheets by cross-link integration.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the process explaining manufacture of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer film by calendar molding. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Kneaded material (10)    Kneading machine (11)    Conveyor (12,14)    Cooling roll (17)    Winder (18)
NOVELTY - Silicon (10) containing impurity is melted with plasma flame (20) in a pressure reduction atmosphere. An oxidizing gas is sprayed on molten silicon, and impurity is removed. Thus, silicon is purified.    USE - Purification of silicon used for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Silicon is efficiently and economically purified.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of plasma apparatus.    Chamber (1)    Cathode (2)    Crucible (3)    Nozzles (4,5)    Silicon (10)    Plasma flame (20)
NOVELTY - A particle formed from a dispersion, and having a metal disposed on it, comprises a silicon compound.    USE - In preservatives, deodorants, wound dressings, dentifrices, filters, solar cells, and cosmetic and coating applications, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis reactions.    ADVANTAGE - The particle is easy to handle, can be formed economically and efficiently, and improves physical and chemical characteristics of the products.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A particle formed from dispersion, and having a metal disposed on it, comprises a silicon compound of formula (R-Si-H) (I).    R=organic or inorganic moiety.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) forming particle involving forming a dispersion comprising particle having metal disposed on it and compound (I), and disposing the metal on the particle; and    (2) a dispersion comprising dispersed particle containing compound (I) and metal disposed on the dispersed particle.
NOVELTY - Fluorine-bridged associate comprising an oligomer or polymer containing fluorine residue which are bound to the oligomer or polymer base scaffold; up to three types of functions with different functional units in base scaffold, where the group comprises hole transport- and/or hole injection unit, electron transport and/or electron injection unit and emitter unit; and up to one or three types of functions with different compound with a fluorine residue, which comprises hole transport- and/or hole injection unit, electron transport and/or electron injection unit and emitter unit, is claimed.    USE - The fluorine-bridged associate is useful in formulation and optoelectronic device, which is organic or polymer light-emitting diode, an organic solar cell, an organic field-effect transistor, an organic thin film transistor, an organic circuit element, an organic field-quench element, an organic optical amplifier, an organic photoreceptor, an organic photodiode or an organic laser diode (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The fluorine-bridged associate provides optoelectronic device with high durability and efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a formulation containing the fluorine-bridged associate or its precursor together with one or more solvents; and    (2) an optoelectronic device comprising a cathode, an anode and a layer containing the fluorine-bridged associate.
NOVELTY - The heating device (1) has an electrical additional heating body (12) that has an independent regulating device (13) for process controlled adherence of the process temperature over the entire process, where the regulating device is assigned a temperature measuring probe facing a component stack for recording a process temperature. The component stack is arranged in or on the electrical additional heating body.    USE - Heating device for a press (Claimed) for lamination of components of component stacks connected with each other, particularly solar cell modules or composite glass panes.    ADVANTAGE - The heating device has an electrical additional heating body that has an independent regulating device for process controlled adherence of the process temperature over the entire process, and hence ensures increasing the manufacturing quality of the heating device, as well as ensures reducing the manufacturing cost by reducing the processing time of the press.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a press with two heating devices.    Heating device (1)    Press (2)    Thermal fluid heaters (4,4')    Electrical additional heating bodies (12,12')    Regulating devices (13,13')
NOVELTY - A heat-resistant composite film has at least 5 layers of laminate formed by laminating biaxially-oriented polyester film on both surfaces of heat-resistant insulating paper through adhesive layer. The outer most layer of the composite film is biaxially oriented polyester film. The heat-resistant composite film has temperature coefficient of expansion of -5 ppm/ degrees C to 15 ppm/ degrees C or less at 100-180 degrees C, and thermal contraction rate of -0.2% to 0.2% at 200 degrees Cx 10 minutes, along both longitudinal direction and width directional of the film.    USE - Heat-resistant composite film used for substrate film for flexible electronic device e.g. organic electroluminescent display device, electronic paper and solar cell (claimed). Can also be used as photographic film, packaging film, film for electronic components, electric insulation film, protective film, film for metal lamination and glass display.    ADVANTAGE - The heat-resistant composite film has excellent dimensional stability and surface flatness, and reduced thermal contraction rate and temperature coefficient of expansion at high temperature.
NOVELTY - A (meth)acrylic-ester type polymer is mixed with aluminum silicate and hydrotalcite as adsorption agent and acetate ester as a solvent. The resulting mixture is subjected to high temperature adsorption treatment at 150 degrees C or more, to obtain (meth)acrylic-ester type polymer. The usage amount of aluminum silicate with respect to 100 parts weight of the polymer is 0.05-0.5 weight parts.    USE - Manufacture of (meth)acrylic-ester type polymer for curable composition used as adhesive agent for tapes, sheets, labels, foils and tiles, sealing agent for sizing boards, multi-layer glasses, vehicles and solar cell back surface, composition for coating materials, and for forming molded product. Uses include but are not limited to gaskets, diaphragm valves, turnable sheets, sound insulation materials, sliding materials, mortar hoses, mortar strainers, marine hoses, oil-gauge packings and air hoses.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently suppresses acidification of polymer and hydrolysis of solvent and economically provides (meth)acrylic-ester type polymer having improved durability. The curable composition formed using the (meth)acrylic-ester type polymer has excellent adhesiveness and provides molded product having excellent weather resistance.
NOVELTY - The processing apparatus has a control unit that controls the operation of conveying unit (151) that performs or stops the conveyance of the substrate (S) by predetermined position in the cooling chamber (15). Several cooling fans (155a,155b) are installed such that the fans are opposed to the center portion of the substrate conveyed or stopped by predetermined position in the cooling chamber.    USE - Processing apparatus for use in film-forming apparatus (claimed) used in manufacturing of semiconductor device, solar cell, flat panel display, etc.    ADVANTAGE - Generation of crack on the substrate can be reliably prevented by processing apparatus of simpler structure, by cooling the substrate using cooling fans that are installed such that fans are opposed to center portion of substrate conveyed or stopped by predetermined position in the cooling chamber, while improving cooling efficiency of substrate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for film-forming apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the side view and top view of the processing apparatus of film-forming apparatus.    Cooling chamber (15)    Conveying unit (151)    Cooling fans (155a,155b)    Ventilation surface (156)    Substrate (S)
NOVELTY - The switch apparatus (100) has amorphous silicon type visible light absorption solar cell (1) to receive light of visible region and generate electric power of predetermined amount. A gallium arsenide type infrared light absorption solar cell (2) does not generate electric power higher than predetermined amount even when light of wavelength range beyond visible region is received. A switch (3) having relays (4,5) connected with respective solar cells, is set to conduct with supply of electric power from cell (1) even when power is not supplied from cell (2).    USE - Switch apparatus with solar cells, for reducing standby power of electrical appliance such as ventilator fan, hand dryer and other household appliances.    ADVANTAGE - The switch of switch apparatus conducts with supply of electric power from visible light absorption solar cell even when maximum amount of power is not supplied from infrared light absorption cell, conduction of switch can be enabled using minimum electric power without the need for manual switching control while performing appropriate standby power reduction of the electrical appliances.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a structural view of the switch apparatus.    Visible light absorption solar cell (1)    Infrared light absorption solar cell (2)    Switch (3)    Relays (4,5)    Switch apparatus (100)    Electricity supply line (L)
NOVELTY - An electrode composition contains electrode active material, electroconductive material and binder like methacrylate, dibasic acid or acrylonitrile.    USE - Electrode composition is used for electrode for lithium ion capacitor (both claimed) used as back up power supply of memory of personal computer and portable terminal, load leveling power supplies of electric vehicle and hybrid vehicle, and solar electric power generation energy storage system used together with solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The lithium ion capacitor manufactured using the electrode composition has excellent durability, high electrode intensity and high energy density.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of electrode for lithium ion capacitor.
NOVELTY - The method involves illuminating an area (130) having a minimum size in the photovoltaic element (100). One photoinduced electrical value is measured by contacting two electrodes of the illuminated photovoltaic element at one specific measurement position within the illumination area on a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer. The position of the defect of the element is determined based on the measured photoinduced electrical value and specific measurement position.    USE - Method for localizing defect causing leakage current in photovoltaic element e.g. roll-to-roll thin film solar cell (claimed) e.g. copper indium sulfide on copper-tape (CISCuT) solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The leakage current produced by the localized shunt is reduced, thus the power loss in the element is reduced. The production cost is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for system for localizing defect causing leakage current in photovoltaic element.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the system for localizing defect causing leakage current in photovoltaic element.    Photovoltaic element (100)    Area (130)    Detection unit (150)    Contact (230)    Tip (250)
NOVELTY - Fabrication of nanowires comprises forming nanowires in first portion of a fluidic channel (10), first portion having nanoscale holes in surface of the first portion; and providing nanowires to second portion of the fluidic channel, second portion having a structure corresponding to at least one roughness.    USE - Method of fabricating nanowires for solar cells, textiles, and biosensors.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an apparatus for fabricating nanowires.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the apparatus for fabricating the nanowire bundle.    Fluidic channel (10)    Fabrication apparatus (100)    Fluid input control unit (110)    Channel unit (120)    Light source (130)    Fluid supply unit (200)
NOVELTY - A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate (100) including a silicon wafer (110), an oxide layer (A) (120) and a silicon layer (130), is provided and a polysilicon pattern is disposed on the SOI substrate. An oxide layer (B) is then disposed, and a portion of the oxide layer (B) is removed to form a sidewall structure adjacent to the polysilicon pattern. The polysilicon pattern is removed and transferred on the oxide sidewall pattern of the sidewall structure to the silicon layer of the SOI substrate to form a nanostructure.    USE - Method for fabrication of nanostructure e.g. nanowire used in light emitting/receiving devices and composite materials. Can also be used in solar cells, textiles and biosensor.    ADVANTAGE - The fabricated nanostructure provides textiles having excellent resistant properties.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate including a silicon wafer, an oxide layer (A) and a silicon layer, is provided and a polysilicon pattern is disposed on the SOI substrate. An oxide layer (B) is then disposed on the SOI substrate and the polysilicon pattern. A portion of the oxide layer (B) is removed to form a sidewall structure adjacent to the polysilicon pattern. The polysilicon pattern is removed and transferred on the oxide sidewall pattern of the sidewall structure to the silicon layer of the SOI substrate to form a nanostructure. A portion of the oxide layer (A) is removed in order to release the nanostructure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side cross-sectional view of the silicon-on-insulator substrate.    Silicon-on-insulator substrate (100)    Silicon wafer (110)    Oxide layer (120)    Silicon layer (130)
NOVELTY - The module has a solar cell equipped with two electrodes, a P-type semiconductor and an N-type semiconductor, and a radiating part i.e. radiating and temperature averaging plate, equipped below the solar cell and provided with locking parts e.g. buckles, that are buckled with each other. A nano coating layer is provided on the radiating part. A shell below the radiating part holds the radiating part and the solar cell.    USE - Extensible solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of an extensible solar cell module.
NOVELTY - The module has a pressing frame through-hole and a battery sheet (2) formed at a middle part of a battery sheet pressing frame (3). Front and back sides of the battery sheet are respectively provided with an anode conductive strip (7) and a cathode conductive strip (4) as positive and cathode electrodes. A by-pass diode (6) is mounted on the battery sheet pressing frame. An anode of the by-pass diode is electrically connected with the negative conductive strip. A cathode of the by-pass diode is electrically connected with the positive conductive strip.    USE - Light concentrating solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The module is simple in structure, easy to manufacture and inexpensive. The module guarantees high efficiency and long service life requirement of the battery sheet. The surface temperature of the battery sheet can be reduced by 10 degrees centigrade.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a light concentrating solar cell module.    Battery sheet (2)    Battery sheet pressing frame (3)    Cathode conductive strip (4)    By-pass diode (6)    Anode conductive strip (7)
NOVELTY - The solar cell module has a light reflection structure (12) formed on a light reception layer of an n-type semiconductor substrate (11), and has a light reflection surface (12A) opposite to a protection structure of the light reception surface side. The light reflection structure is positioned at a side opposite to a connection electrode (14n), such that the n-type semiconductor substrate is sandwiched between the connection electrode and the light reflection structure.    USE - Solar cell module used as electric power sources in houses and various buildings.    ADVANTAGE - Effective usage of the incident light is enabled in the solar cell as the light reflection structure is formed on n-type semiconductor substrate opposite to connection electrode side, thus enabling efficient photovoltaic power generation by the solar cell module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) solar cell; and    (2) solar cell module manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an enlarged cross-sectional view of the solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    N-type semiconductor substrate (11)    Light reflection structure (12)    Light reflection surface (12A)    Corrugated structure (12B)    Connection electrode (14n)
NOVELTY - The solar cell module (1) has a back surface electrode that is arranged at back surface of cell board that is arranged in surface of wiring board (200). The sealing material (400) sealing several photovoltaic cells (100) mounted on front surface of wiring board, is arranged on surface of wiring board. The translucent surface-protection material (500) covering photovoltaic cells, is sealed with sealing material. The filler (300) is arranged at gap between photovoltaic cells.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic cells can be aligned and fixed to wiring board with sufficient precision such that high efficient and quality solar cell module can be manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of solar cell module.    Solar cell module (1)    Photovoltaic cells (100)    Wiring board (200)    Filler (300)    Sealing material (400)    Translucent surface-protection material (500)
NOVELTY - The sputtering method involves fixing target base at 50 millimeters. The substrate is set to 280 to 350 degrees centigrade, the working pressure is set to 0.25 to 0.5 pascal, the sputtering power is set to 100 watts, and the thickness of substrate is set to 1 micron. The annealing operation is performed for 3 hours at temperature of 200 degrees centigrade. The molecular ratio of gallium to arsenic is 0.995 to 1.05, the optical band gap is 1.26 to 1.4 electron volts, and the photosensitivity is 3.    USE - Sputtering method for preparing stoichiometric amorphous gallium-arsenic film material used in short-wave infrared detector, solar battery and other amorphous optoelectronic devices.    ADVANTAGE - Prevents constituent segregation while ensuring complete disordered structure of amorphous gallium-arsenic film, thus enhancing photoelectric properties and surface appearance of amorphous gallium-arsenic film to lay the foundation for manufacturing short-wave infrared detector, solar battery and other amorphous optoelectronic devices. Performs simple and cheap magnetron sputtering method to prepare stoichiometric amorphous gallium-arsenic film material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the microscopic view of sputtering method for preparing stoichiometric amorphous gallium-arsenic film material.
NOVELTY - Chloroplatinic acid slurry comprises 5.84-21.5 g of chloroplatinic acid, 4.15-13.51 g of ethyl cellulose and 38.34-61.55 g of one or more compounds, which are selected from terpineol, kerosene, high boiling point paraffin oil or ethylcyclohexane acetic ester. The chloroplatinic acid slurry further comprises inevitable impurities.    USE - Chloroplatinic acid slurry for manufacturing counter electrode of dye-sensitized solar cell by screen-painting method (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The chloroplatinic acid slurry has higher viscosity coefficient.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for preparing chloroplatinic acid slurry.
NOVELTY - A high molecular compound having metal-containing repeating unit (I) is new.    USE - High molecular compound is used for photoelectric transducer for image sensor (both claimed) and organic thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The high molecular compound provides photoelectric transducer having high photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A high molecular compound having metal-containing repeating unit of formula (I) is new.    R1-R6=H or substituent, where R1-R6 optionally bonded to form cyclic structure;    X1-X3=sulfur, oxygen, selenium, and -N(R7)- or -CR8=CR9;    R7-R9=H or substituent;and    n,m=0-5.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for photoelectric transducer, which comprises pair of electrode, at least one of which is transparent or semi-transparent, and a photoactive layer provided between electrodes. The photoactive layer comprises electron donating compound and electron-accepting compound. The electron donating compound or electron-accepting compound has metal-containing repeating unit of formula (I).
NOVELTY - An electrolyte comprises amide compound containing alkoxy alkyl group and eutectic mixture of ionizable lithium salt, and carbonate type compound (1 or 2).    USE - Electrolyte for electrochemical device such as pouch type lithium secondary battery (claimed). Can also be used for condensers, electrical double layer capacitors, electrochromic display devices and dye-sensitized solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The electrolyte has excellent thermal stability, chemical stability, low viscosity, high ionic conductivity and low value of lower limit of electrochemical window, and provides batteries with excellent high temperature stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An electrolyte comprises amide compound containing alkoxy alkyl group and eutectic mixture of ionizable lithium salt, and carbonate type compound of formula: (R)m-X-C(=O)-N(R1)(R2) (1) or of formula (2).    R, R1, R2 = 1-20C alkyl, H, halo, alkylamine, alkenyl or aryl group;    at least one of R1 and R2 = alkoxy of formula CH3-(CH2)p-O(CH2)2-;    p = 0-8;    q = 1-8;    X =silicon, O, phosphorus, sulfur, nitrogen or H; and    n = 1-10;    R11 = alkoxy of formula CH3-(CH2)p-O(CH2)2-.    When m is 0, X is H, when m is 1, X is O or S, when m is 2, X is N or P and when m is 3, X is Si.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for electrochemical device, which consists of the electrolyte, anode and cathode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of the secondary battery.
NOVELTY - A conductive metal-oxide thin-film with high haze is prepared as follows: (a) overlaying the metal-oxide thin-layer onto a glass by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), forming a transparent conductive oxide (TCO)-coated glass; (b) immersing the TCO-coated glass in a solution containing a compound acid formula for 10-300 seconds, washing the TCO-coated glass with deionized water or ethanol to remove residue acid from the surface thereof and then drying the TCO-coated glass (80 DEG C, 30 min) to form a TCO-coated glass with high haze for use in solar cells.
NOVELTY - The apparatus (10) has an inert gas supply unit (30), and a process chamber (14) including inert gas and comprising a load lock configuration for periodical charging of feedstock materials, where the inert gas is argon, helium, or nitrogen. A reservoir (16) is in fluid communication with the process chamber, and a motive force device (18) is in fluid communication with the process chamber and the reservoir. The motive force device is arranged with a vacuum pump (24) or a regenerative blower. An oxygen scavenger (26) is arranged in a return line between the reservoir and the process chamber.    USE - Apparatus for supplying inert gas to a high purity silicon melting device for a solar cell and a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus maintains low impurity levels in the cast silicon to recycle or reuse the inert gas to reduce operating expenses of the casting process. The inert gas supply unit enhances reliability of the apparatus.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for operating inert atmosphere of a device for melting high purity silicon.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an apparatus for supplying inert gas to a device for melting high purity silicon for a solar cell and a solar cell module during pump down process.    Inert gas supplying apparatus (10)    Process chamber (14)    Reservoir (16)    Motive force device (18)    Vacuum pump (24)    Oxygen scavenger (26)    Inert gas supply unit (30)
NOVELTY - The process involves providing an intermediate layer of polyester with two surfaces, where the intermediate layer has a shrinkage of less than about one percentage at 150 degree centigrade when held for 15 minutes. An outer layer of semi-crystalline fluoropolymer is applied on one of the two surfaces, where the outer layer bonds to the surface. An outer layer of an olefinic polymer is applied to the other surface, where the olefinic polymer bonds to the surface. The outer layers are bonded to form a multilayer film through application of energy, mechanical forces or both.    USE - Process for making a multilayer film that is utilized as a backing film of a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The outer layers are bonded to form the multilayer film through application of energy, mechanical forces or both, thus increasing thickness of the multilayer film, and hence achieving a low cost, conformable and readily applied backing.
NOVELTY - Vessel (10) comprises a bottom, at least one side rising from the bottom and forming a first volume, and a second volume formed by an upper portion of the side and fluidly connected to the first volume.    USE - The vessel is useful: for casting high purity silicon (claimed) for solar cells and/or solar modules; and as a new casting design and/or a retrofit to an existing casting station.    ADVANTAGE - The vessel: improves quality and/or reduces impurities in the cast silicon ingot such that the ingot is substantially free from radially distributed defects; increases the yield of good usable silicon in an ingot; and provides an improved electrical efficiency in silicon wafers.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) an apparatus for casting high purity silicon comprising a vessel having a first volume and a second volume, where the second volume fluidly connects with an upper portion of the first volume, and a tipping mechanism for tipping the vessel;    (2) a method for casting high purity silicon comprising providing a feedstock in a first volume of a vessel, solidifying at least a portion of the feedstock by extracting heat through a bottom or at least one side of the first volume, and decanting the feedstock into a second volume; and    (3) a high purity silicon ingot made by the method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows an isometric view of the vessel.    Vessel (10)    Trough-like shape (24)
NOVELTY - A cadmium sulfide buffer film comprises cadmium-metal-sulfur-containing compound (I).    USE - Cadmium sulfide buffer film of a copper-indium-gallium-selenium film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The cadmium sulfide buffer film has reduced amount of cadmium, thus reducing environmental pollution caused by cadmium. The band gap of the buffer film is effectively adjusted by doping, so that photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar battery is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A cadmium sulfide buffer film comprises cadmium-metal-sulfur-containing compound of formula: CdxM1-xS (I), where x is more than 0 but less than 1, and M is metal element(s) chosen from lead, indium, zinc and tin. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for forming a cadmium sulfide buffer film, which involves reacting a cadmium compound with a sulfur compound, and doping the obtained reaction product with metal ion solution.
NOVELTY - The method involves partially covering an applied intermediate layer such as doping layer e.g. boron silicate glass, by a metal layer (4). A layer structure is locally heated in such a manner that a molten mixture is formed from subareas of the metal layer, the intermediate layer and a semiconductor layer in a local region. A contacting between the metal layer and the semiconductor layer is performed after solidification of the molten mixture containing a dopant e.g. gallium, where the dopant has a greater solubility in the semiconductor layer than a metal of the metal layer.    USE - Method for local contacting and local doping of a semiconductor layer of a semiconductor structure (claimed), for manufacturing a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The contacting between the metal layer and the semiconductor layer is performed after solidification of the molten mixture, where the dopant has a greater solubility in the semiconductor layer than the metal of the metal layer, thus improving local high doping with the dopant so as to reduce contact resistance between the semiconductor and metal layers. The reduction of the contact resistance provides shielding of a limiting surface between a semiconductor surface and the metal layer against minor charge carrier combination in a better manner, thus improving electrical characteristics, and hence increasing the efficiency of the solar cell, and reducing the need for additional process steps for producing local high doping in order to reduce the cost of the solar cell during manufacturing.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic perspective view of a structure of a solar cell.    Solar cell (1)    Base region (2)    Emitter region (3)    Metal layer (4)    Rear-side contact conductor paths (5)    Metal grid (6)    Anti-reflection layer (7)
NOVELTY - The cell (1) has an emitter layer (12) arranged on a front side surface of a crystalline silicon layer (7). The emitter is formed from a p-doped amorphous silicon layer (4) opposite to the crystalline silicon layer, and an indium-tin-oxide (ITO) layer (3) with a front side contact (2) and an aluminum layer (8) that is arranged on a rear side surface. The ITO layer is arranged on the amorphous silicon layer. A tunnel passivation layer (6) i.e. aluminum oxide layer, is attached between the front side surface of the crystalline silicon layer and the emitter layer.    USE - Hetero solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The tunnel passivation layer is attached between the front side surface of the crystalline doped silicon layer and the emitter layer, thus providing the solar cell to be robust relating to high interfacial defect density and short-circuit of texture pyramid spikes, enabling faster processing of the solar cell, and manufacturing the solar cell in a cost-effective manner while eliminating undoped intrinsic amorphous layer. The design of the solar cell greatly reduces requirements for pre-cleaning of the crystalline doped silicon layer, and eases requirement for a soft plasma deposition.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a hetero solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a hetero solar cell with a front-sided tunnel passivation layer and an emitter layer.    Hetero solar cell (1)    Front side contact (2)    Indium-tin-oxide layer (3)    P-doped amorphous silicon layer (4)    Tunnel passivation layer (6)    Crystalline silicon layer (7)    Aluminum layer (8)    Emitter layer (12)
NOVELTY - The manufacturing method involves forming coating film in which fine irregularities are formed on the surface of molded-in decoration goods (2) when mold opening is carried out. A cavity is formed with the molded-in decoration goods and a coating film formation metal mold (3) is filled with a coating-material solution after clamping of the coating film formation metal mold and a back surface side metal mold (5).    USE - Manufacturing method for coating molded article (claimed) e.g. mobile telephone, electronic information apparatus, liquid crystal display, solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Enables easy filling of uneven nano structure. Obtains coating molded article in three-dimensional shaped mold which has surface property of unprecedented outstanding performance, such as tactile sense, super hydrophobic property, and security hologram.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional drawing of a coating molded article manufacturing method.    Molded-in decoration goods (2)    Coating film formation metal mold (3)    Fine-irregularities shape region (4)    Back surface side metal mold (5)    Pump (9)
NOVELTY - A heat resistant composite film comprises laminated constitution on which laminated biaxially oriented polyester film is laminated on both surfaces of heat resistant insulating paper through copolyester layer and has copolymerization amount of greater than or equal to 0%, polyester base material layer (5-11 mol%) which is the outermost layer, and copolyester layer ( less than or equal to 30 mol%).    USE - Heat resistant composite film for board film used for flexible electronics devices e.g. organic electroluminescent, electronic paper and solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composite film is excellent in film surface flatness and interlayer adhesiveness, and outstanding heat resistant dimensional stability.
NOVELTY - A silicon is purified by powder separation process which separates powder (3) containing silicon powder (4) which has silicon oxide from waste liquid, melting process which makes powder into molten metal (21) at less than or equal to 2000 degrees C in heating container of pressure reduction or inert gas atmosphere, and hot water discharge process which leaves and adheres silicon oxide with high viscosity to inner wall or bottom of heating container (10) and silicon melt solution with low viscosity in cooling container (14).    USE - Purification of silicon for silicon material used for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method purifies silicon with more sufficient crystallinity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) silicon refiner comprising melting furnace which has hot water discharge unit that discharges silicon melt solution to heating container (10), silicon container which accommodates silicon melt solution with low viscosity contained in molten metal (21), and residual part container which accommodates residual part containing silicon oxide with high viscosity which adheres to inner wall or bottom of heating container; and    (2) regenerated abrasive grain.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of the silicon refiner.    Powder (3)    Silicon powder (4)    Heating container (10)    Cooling container (14)    Molten metal (21)
NOVELTY - A heat conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains polymer (A), metal hydrate filler having smaller particle size and expanded graphite powder. The polymer (A) is chosen from rubber, elastomer and resin.    USE - Composition is used for forming heat conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to components e.g. plasma display panel, television receiver, mobile telephone, solar cell, game machine and integrated circuit chip.    ADVANTAGE - The sheet formed using the composition has thermal conductivity, pressure-sensitive adhesiveness, strength and flexibility.
NOVELTY - A base material is immersed in cationic surfactant aqueous solution, and immersed-base material is immersed in the noble metal sol. Thus, the pre-processing method of electroless plating is carried out.    USE - Pre-processing method of electroless plating. Uses include but are not limited to printed circuit board, electronic device mounting package, flat panel display, solar cell, electrode, and electromagnetic wave shielding film.    ADVANTAGE - The pre-processing method of electroless plating is carried out simply and economically.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) base material for electroless plating; and    (2) electroless plating method.
NOVELTY - The spherical particles comprise polycrystal aggregate of single metal, alloy, oxide, silicide, nitride, carbide or sulfide, and have a particle diameter of less than 1 mu m and a crystal-structure size of 200 nm or less.    USE - Spherical particles are used in powder (claimed) used for semiconductor photoelectric transducers e.g. solar cells, fine wiring of electrical and electronic equipment, penetration electrodes, image pick-up elements, highly rigid reflecting plates, oil-free grease, and high-intensity luminescent substances. Can also be used for magnets, catalysts, battery materials, cold insulators, and refractory materials.    ADVANTAGE - The spherical particles provide highly efficient functional elements and devices, and can be manufactured with excellent collection rate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of powder, which involves injecting melt of raw material chosen from single metal, alloy, oxide, silicide, nitride, carbide, or sulfide into a granulation device, supplying the melt on a plate disc rotated at high speed in an inert-gas atmosphere, making a centrifugal force act, dispersing as droplets, rapidly cooling by contacting the inert-gas atmosphere to obtain primary particles, injecting the primary particles into a plasma reactor (20), contacting the primary particle with an existing reactive gas component or vapor component, while decomposing into nano size within plasma rotational flow of argon, injecting the product into a granulation device, supplying the product on plate disc, dispersing as droplets, and rapidly cooling to obtain nanoparticles.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partially expanded view of the apparatus used for manufacturing powder.    Plasma reactor (20)    Main torch (30)    Reactive-gas supplier (34)    Anode (302)    Plasma gas (PL)
NOVELTY - The apparatus (1) has lower electrode (10) with lower projected portions (12) distributed over lower main portion (11), which faces upper electrode (20) with upper protruded portions (22) distributed over upper main portion (21). The lower and upper protruded portions penetrate into recesses (10b) between upper projected portions and recesses (20b) between lower projected portions, respectively. The front-end of the lower protruded portions is located in the upper main portion side from the front-end of upper protruded portions at the side of lower main portion.    USE - Electrode apparatus for electrical double layer capacitor and dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The distance of upper and lower projected portions is shortened such that the ohmic loss of electrode apparatus is reduced and capability of the electrode apparatus is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of electrode apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the electrode apparatus.    Electrode apparatus (1)    Lower electrode (10)    Recess between lower projected portions (10b)    Lower main portion (11)    Lower projected portion (12)    Upper electrode (20)    Recess between upper projected portions (20b)    Upper main portion (21)    Upper protruded portion (22)
NOVELTY - A back protection sheet has 2 or more layers of resin films containing syndiotactic polypropylene film(s). The racemic pentad fraction of syndiotactic polypropylene film is 70-99%.    USE - Back protection sheet is used for solar cell module and photoelectric transducer.    ADVANTAGE - The simple and economical back protection sheet has excellent light-resistant deterioration property, mechanical characteristics, barrier property, voltage characteristics, reliability, durability, and damp-proofing property, and suppressed deterioration due to electricity generating element.
NOVELTY - The composite has a flexible photovoltaic panel laminated on an external surface (2a) of a textile panel (2), and comprising photovoltaic cells covered by a protection layer (15). A constant thickness is presented in a direction transversal to a roll-up direction and at a rear part of the photovoltaic panel. Zones (11, 12) with less thickness (E0) are provided in the constant thickness. An internal surface (2c) of the textile panel is covered with a coating along its thickness for avoiding formation of folds during rolling or in deployed position. A width (l) of the coating is 8 centimeters.    USE - Roll-up photovoltaic composite for use in a solar protection device (claimed) e.g. solar protection blind or panel, of a camping-car.    ADVANTAGE - The internal surface of the textile panel is covered with the coating along its thickness for avoiding formation of folds during rolling or in deployed position, thus facilitating rolling and introduction of the photovoltaic composite into a storage case, without any hindrance, and improving aesthetic appearance of the composite in the deployed position.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar protection device comprising a roll-up photovoltaic composite.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial sectional view of a roll-up photovoltaic composite.    Thickness (E0)    Width (l)    Textile panel (2)    External surface (2a)    Internal surface (2c)    Zones (11, 12)    Protection layer (15)
NOVELTY - The device has two support frames including a step (1) formed at an outer side of another step (2), where the former step is higher than the latter step.    USE - Solar battery silicon slice transmission device.    ADVANTAGE - The need of replacing the part of device is avoided when the size and shape of the silicon slice is changed, so as to avoid the correction work after replacement, improve production efficiency and reduce production cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar battery silicon slice transmission device.    Steps (1, 2)
NOVELTY - The bottle has a bottle body (1) whose bottom is formed as a convex surface with a high middle part and a low periphery.    USE - Phosphorus source bottle for use during a solar battery manufacturing process.    ADVANTAGE - The bottle can maximally use the phosphorus source in the diffusion process of solar battery manufacturing and reduce the cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a phosphorus source bottle.    Bottle body (1)
NOVELTY - The furnace has a diffusion furnace pipe (1) and a diffusion source that are equipped with a gas buffer device (2) i.e. cubic/cylindrical/ellipsoidal shaped hollow container. Two opposite sides of the gas buffer device are separately equipped with a gas inlet (3) and a gas outlet (4) that is connected to a gas inlet of the diffusion furnace pipe by a connecting pipe (5). A bottom part of the gas buffer device is equipped with a constant-temperature protector (6).    USE - Battery diffusion furnace for a crystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The furnace effectively mixes the diffusion source, so as to improve the saturated steam pressure of the diffusion source fed into the diffusion furnace pipe and enhance the doping uniformity of the diffusion of the diffusion furnace pipe. The furnace is simple in structure and convenient to assembly, and provides better safety.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a battery diffusion furnace.    Diffusion furnace pipe (1)    Gas buffer device (2)    Gas inlet (3)    Gas outlet (4)    Connecting pipe (5)    Constant-temperature protector (6)
NOVELTY - The subassembly has a solar cell board, a protective film and a junction box. The subassembly is 610 mm long and 305 mm wide. The solar cell board is provided with multiple amorphous silicon cells that are connected in series, where each amorphous silicon cell is 10 mm wide.    USE - Amorphous silicon solar cell subassembly.    ADVANTAGE - The subassembly effectively changes the width of amorphous silicon cell and reliably realizes 18 volt work voltage request.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an amorphous silicon solar cell subassembly.
NOVELTY - Components other than tin and tin oxide in a slurry obtained by mixing tin-containing waste material consisting of tin and tin oxide with water and/or acid solution, are melted. The slurry is then solid-liquid separated to obtain purified tin oxide.    USE - Purification of tin-containing waste material produced during vapor-deposition of tin oxide and indium-tin oxide, coating process of indium-tin oxide, surface-treatment process, vacuum-deposition process, and thin-film sputtering process in manufacture of solar-cell substrates and semiconductors, for recycling purified tin substance as defoaming agent of glass (all claimed). The purified tin substance can also be used for pigment of solder, tin plate, electric wire, copper elongated product, tiles, ceramics, and electroconductive materials.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables eco-friendly purification and recycling of tin-containing waste materials, with reduced energy consumption and carbon-dioxide emission.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for recycling method of tin-containing waste material, which involves recycling purified tin substance.
NOVELTY - The bottle has a gas inlet tube and a gas outlet tube vertically arranged in a cylindrical quartz bottle body, where end of the gas inlet tube is spaced 4-6 mm away from the bottom of the quartz bottle body. Another end of the gas inlet tube is connected with a gas inlet tetra-fluorine flexible joint. An end of the gas outlet tube extends 6-8 mm into the quartz bottle body. Another end of the gas outlet tube is connected with a gas outlet tetra-fluorine flexible joint. A filling port is arranged on the top of the quartz bottle body.    USE - Diffusion source bottle for a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The bottle has simple structure. The gas inlet tube is connected with the gas outlet tube through the tetra-fluorine flexible joint, and the filling port is sealed by the tetra-fluorine movable joint, so that the gas inlet and outlet are effectively prevented from breakage.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a diffusion source bottle for a solar cell.
NOVELTY - The cell has a stannic oxide fluorine-doped transparent conductive film layer formed between an N-type amorphous silicon thin film layer and a metal back electrode that is made of aluminum or silver film. Total thickness of a P-type amorphous silicon thin film layer, an I-type amorphous silicon thin film layer and the N-type amorphous silicon thin film layers ranges from 100-1000 nm. Thickness of the stannic oxide fluorine-doped transparent conductive film layer ranges from 100-1000 nm, and thickness of the metal back electrode ranges from 50-500 nm.    USE - Thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell utilizes the stannic oxide fluorine-doped transparent conductive film layer to be deposited through magnetron sputtering before sputtering aluminum or silver back electrode. The cell has high photoelectric conversion efficiency, and increases the short circuit current to about 5 percent.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a thin film solar cell.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The pen has a power supply management circuit (51) connected to an amorphous silicon optical energy battery (40). An input end of a trigger circuit (52) is connected to a switch (30), where output ends of the trigger circuit and a timing circuit (53) are connected to an input end of an amplification circuit (55) through a frequency generation circuit (54). An output end of the amplification circuit is connected to an inductance coil (60). An inductor (70) is connected with the inductance coil in series.    USE - Signal emitting pen.    ADVANTAGE - The fixed time and frequency generation circuit is used as the emitting circuit with stable frequency and reliable signal acquisition function. The pen simplifies the production technique and reduces the product volume. The pen can be conveniently, firmly and durably used. The pen has low energy consumption, long signal emitting duration and high signal emitting power.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a signal emitting pen.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Switch (30)    Amorphous silicon optical energy battery (40)    Power supply management circuit (51)    Trigger circuit (52)    Timing circuit (53)    Frequency generation circuit (54)    Amplification circuit (55)    Inductance coil (60)    Inductor (70)
NOVELTY - The battery has a substrate made of insulating material, and a panel made of photoelectric conversion material. An outer surface of the panel is provided with a transparent light spectrum conversion film containing rare earth fluorescent material. The rare earth fluorescent material is activated by a sun light spectrum with weak influence on the photoelectric conversion material to emit a light spectrum with strong influence on the photoelectric conversion material, where the substrate is a rigidly block-shaped body, a rigidly piece-shaped body or a flexible film.    USE - Highly effective solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The rare earth fluorescent material is activated by the sun light to generate fluorescent effect, and the sunlight spectrums are converted into light spectrum to which the battery responds in a better way by using a simple structure. The battery is inexpensive. The photoelectric conversion efficiency of the battery is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a highly effective solar battery.
NOVELTY - The cell has a glass substrate and a metal back electrode, where the substrate is below fluorine-doped tin oxide transparent conductive film. A functional layer of the cell is deposited on the fluorine-doped tin oxide transparent conductive film, and the metal back electrode is prepared on the functional layer through sputtering. The transparent conductive film has matte degree, where thickness of the transparent conductive film is 200-1000 nm.    USE - Thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell is simple in structure and inexpensive, so that performance is stable by using the fluorine-doped tin oxide transparent conductive film in strong and weak lights, thus optimizing performance of the cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a thin film solar cell.
NOVELTY - The device has a supporting device part (4) located between a sorting machine conveyor (1) and a sintering furnace conveyor (2), and equipped with a support plate (5). The sintering furnace conveyor is equipped with a supporting frame (3). Both ends of the sorting machine conveyor are equipped with conveying belts (6). The support plate is fixed on the sorting machine conveyor, and arranged between the conveying belts. A conveying surface i.e. smooth inclined surface, is formed on the support plate.    USE - Solar cells conveying supporting device.    ADVANTAGE - The device allows conveying solar cells to the sorting machine conveyor from the sintering furnace conveyor without manual operation with better supporting effect, and efficiently prevents the solar cells from being damaged during conveying between the conveyors, so that the manufacturing cost of the device is reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded view of a solar cells conveying supporting device.    Sorting machine conveyor (1)    Sintering furnace conveyor (2)    Supporting frame (3)    Supporting device part (4)    Support plate (5)    Conveying belts (6)
NOVELTY - A transparent substrate comprises transparent resin with Abbe's number of 30-45 which is filled up with reinforcing material containing glass cloth with E-glass composition, and glass filler which has E-glass composition over whole surface.    USE - A transparent substrate for electronics display elements e.g. plastic substrate for LCD elements, plastic substrate for color filters and plastic substrate for organic electroluminescent display elements. Can also be used for transparent plate, optical lens, solar cell substrate, touch panel, optical element, optical waveguide and LED sealing material.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent substrate has high light transmittance, low surface roughness and low thermal expansion, and is thinly lightweight and excellent in flexible property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of manufacturing transparent substrate involving immersing glass cloth with E-glass composition in resin varnish containing transparent resin with Abbe's number of 30-45 and glass filler with E-glass composition, drying immersed glass cloth and forming prepreg, and carrying out heating molding of prepreg.
NOVELTY - The method comprises supplying (301) photocurable resin to a fluidic channel having an array of nano scale holes in a surface of the fluidic channel, and forming nanowires by irradiating (303) the resin with UV light over different time intervals through the nanoscale holes while flowing the resin through the fluidic channel. The array of the nanoscale holes is disposed at an angle with regard to a flow direction of the resin, where the holes have different widths.    USE - The method is useful for fabricating a polymeric nanowire, which is useful for: manufacturing solar cells and textiles; nano-bio sensors; devices to emit/receive light; and electrically connecting devices.    ADVANTAGE - The method is capable of effectively fabricating the polymeric nanowire with different lengths and reduced widths at different intervals thus reducing the size of the electronic components.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an apparatus for fabricating a nanowire.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a flow chart illustrating a method for fabricating a nanowire.    Supply resin to a fluid input control unit (301)    Flow resin to fluidic channels in a channel unit (302)    Irradiate resin through nanoholes. (303)
NOVELTY - The cell has a solar energy cell string (4) mounted between a front glass and a back glass (2) and sealed via sealants, and a notch (5) provided on the front glass or the back glass. A connecting box (3) is embedded in the notch and connected with the solar energy cell string via leads.    USE - Solar energy photovoltaic cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has firm installation, aesthetic appearance and better reliability. The cell is safe to use, and convenient to operate when the connecting box is embedded in the notch.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar energy photovoltaic cell.    Back glass (2)    Connecting box (3)    Solar energy cell string (4)    Notch (5)
NOVELTY - Hydration of reactant flow of electrochemical cell stack involves communicating a reactant stream into a reactant plenum passageway of the electrochemical cell stack; and inside the reactant plenum passageway, injecting water into the reactant steam.    USE - Method for hydrating reactant flow of electrochemical cell stack (claimed) and for use in fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides better ways to hydrate reactant flows of the fuel cell system, during the startup of the system.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a hydration system comprising an electrochemical cell stack comprising a reactant plenum passageway; and an injector located inside the reactant plenum passageway to inject water into the reactant steam.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic diagram of a hydration subsystem for an electrochemical cell stack.    Stack assembly (12)    Cathode exhaust plenum passageway (22)    Power stack (40)    Anode (42)    Cathode (46)
NOVELTY - Electroconductive film (I) comprises: an electroconductive polymer; and a phosphoric acid compound (a).    USE - (I) is useful in a device (claimed) such as a flexible electroluminescence device, touch panel, organic thin-film transistor, actuator, sensor, electronic paper, flexible dimming material and solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - (I) provides touch panels with high flexibility, durability and reliability. (I) provides devices with no reduction in transparency or conductivity even under an environment with certain degrees of heat and humidity or greater.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Electroconductive film (I) comprises: an electroconductive polymer; and a phosphoric acid compound of formula (Y1-(-L-P(=O)(OH)-OH)m) (a).    Y1 = H, C, heteroatom, OH, mercapto, a group derived from an amino group, a group derived from an alkyl group, a group derived from an acyl group, a group derived from an aryl group, a group derived from an alkoxy group, a group derived from an aryloxy group, or a group derived from a heteroaryl group;    L = single bond, a divalent hydrocarbon group, a divalent heteroatom or an imino group; and    m = greater than or equal to 1.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) an electroconductive polymer composition comprising an electroconductive polymer or its precursor and (a); and    (2) an electroconductive polymer material comprising: a substrate, and an electroconductive polymer layer (22) containing an electroconductive polymer and (a); or a layer containing an electroconductive polymer, and a layer containing (a), which is formed on at least one surface of the layer containing an electroconductive polymer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a cross-sectional schematic view of the layer constitution of the electroconductive polymer material.    Support (10)    Electroconductive polymer layer (22)    Additive layer. (30)
NOVELTY - A cathode comprises cathode catalyst layer comprising one carbon powder supporting a noble metal catalyst, a proton conductive polyelectrolyte covering a surface of the carbon powder, and another carbon powder having water repellent material on its surface. The cathode catalyst layer comprises porous structure having pores with diameter of 50 nm to 10 mu m (V1) and pores with diameter of 3-10 mu m (V2) at volume ratio (V1/V0) of 40-70%.    USE - A cathode for direct methanol fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The direct methanol cell including the cathode exhibits a high performance even with a low feeding rate of air.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the cell of direct methanol fuel cell.    Electrolytic film (10)    Anode catalyst layer (20)    Catalyst coated membrane (25)    Cathode catalyst layer (30)    Densified water repellent layer (80)
NOVELTY - A photosensitive conductive film (10) has a conductive layer (2) containing an electroconductive fiber, provided on a support film (1), and a photosensitive resin layer (3) provided on conductive layer.    USE - Photosensitive conductive film is used for forming electroconductive film used for forming electroconductive pattern used for electroconductive film substrate (all claimed) for flat panel display such as liquid crystal display element, touch screen and solar cell. Uses include but are not limited to personal computer, television, car navigation, mobile telephone, electronic dictionary, office automation apparatus, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The photosensitive conductive film simply enables to form electroconductive pattern with favorable adhesiveness and reduced surface resistivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) formation of electroconductive film;    (2) formation of electroconductive pattern; and    (3) electroconductive film substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic cross-sectional view of photosensitive conductive film.    Support film (1)    Conductive layer (2)    Photosensitive resin layer (3)    Photosensitive conductive film (10)
NOVELTY - A molded product has gas barrier layer containing oxygen atom, carbon atom and silicon atom. The ratio of oxygen atoms decreases and the ratio of carbon atoms increases with the depth of the layer from the surface.    USE - Molded product e.g. component for electronic device (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electroluminescent display, liquid crystal display, electronic paper and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The molded product has excellent bending resistance, gas barrier property, transparency and is manufactured economically and easily by a simple process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the molded product, which involves injecting ion into layer containing polyorganosiloxane type compound on the surface of molded product.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic structure of plasma ion implantation equipment.    Film-form molding (1a)    Rotation can (2a)    Unwinding roll (3a)    Plasma electrode pattern (4)    Winding roll (5a)
NOVELTY - A metal complex pigment (I), is new.    USE - New metal complex pigment is used for photovoltaic device for solar cell (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic device formed using the metal complex pigment has excellent stability and conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A metal complex pigment of formula (I) or its salt, is new.    m=1-2;    n=1-3;    X1=oxygen, sulfur, selenium or =NR5;    R5=H or optionally substituted aliphatic-hydrocarbon residue;    Y1,Y2=thiocyanate, halo or isothiocyanate;    Y1+Y2=ligand;    M1,M2=H or ammonium ion;    R1,R2=H, or alkoxy or aliphatic-hydrocarbon residue (both optionally having substituent);    R1+R2,R3+R4=ring optionally having substituent;and    R3,R4=H, or aromatic-hydrocarbon residue or aliphatic-hydrocarbon residue (both optionally having substituent).    The aromatic rings (a-e) optionally have 1-3 substituents. The aromatic ring (f) optionally has 1-4 substituents. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for photovoltaic device, which has a thin film of organic semiconductor fine particles provided on a substrate and is supported with metal complex pigment (I) or its salt.
NOVELTY - The module has a conductivity ribbon (30) electrically connecting multiple solar batteries (20) in series. A photoelectric device including a polycrystalline semiconductor film and another photoelectric device including an amorphous semiconductor layer are stacked in a laminating structure. Grid electrodes are formed on an upper electrode. A bottom electrode is formed in a top part of a substrate and made from transparent conducting oxide, molybdenum, tungsten or molybdenum-tungsten, where the substrate is made of metal.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The module receives different wavelength bands of light, and has high quantum efficiency and simple manufacturing process. The module avoids the need of isolation process, and is inexpensive. The module prevents bending of the substrate, and reduces crystallization process time. The module obtains stable serial connection state.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell module manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a plane view of a solar cell module.    Solar batteries (20)    Conductivity ribbon (30)
NOVELTY - A solar cell module comprises solar cell (50) including a thin film solar cell disposed on flexible and transparent substrate (20).    USE - A solar cell module useful in power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The module includes solar cell that is capable of being exposed to light passing through the flexible and transparent substrate, thus achieving relatively high operating efficiency; and substrate that is capable of bending to less than a particular radius without breaking and that permits light received on one surface to be transmitted through to solar cell materials formed on an opposite furnace.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for producing a solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the solar cell module.    Substrate (20)    Solar cell (50)    Hard polymer coating (100, 140)    Electrodes (180, 190)    Lamination sheets (260, 270)
NOVELTY - A conjugated polymer (P1) comprises a repeated unit is new.    USE - In electronic or electro-optic device such as a polymer solar cell device or photodetector device (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The conjugated polymer has improved photovoltaic effects, high mobility; has low band gap to provide good harvesting of sunlight; has proper molecular energy levels that match with electrode and electron acceptor materials in polymer solar cell devices.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A conjugated polymer (P1) comprises a repeated unit of formula (I) is new.    n=greater than 1;    R1 and R2=aryl (optionally substituted), or 1-18C alkyl;    Ar'=monocyclic, bicyclic and polycyclic arylene, monocyclic, bicyclic and polycyclic heteroarylene, or one to five such groups either fused or linked.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) an electronic or electro-optic device (d1) comprising either a conjugated polymer material (P1); a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and a layer of active material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the active layer containing a conjugated polymer comprising a repeated unit (I);    (2) new pentalene compound of formula (III).    X1=I, Br, Cl, trialkylsilyl, boronic acid, boronic acid ester, magnesium halide, zinc halide, or trialkyltin.
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (110) is deposited over a glass substrate (100). A laser scribed TCO layer is provided by scribing strip (135) through entire TCO layer thickness. A silicon layer (120) is deposited over the TCO layer. A laser scribed silicon layer is provided by scribing strip through entire silicon layer thickness. A metal layer (130) is deposited over a laser scribed silicon layer. The laser scribing is performed through the entire metal layer and entire TCO layer. The strips are etched to remove oxide of silicon.    USE - Method of making photovoltaic solar cell device.    ADVANTAGE - The effective solar cell P-N junction is formed to improve fabrication process of solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the glass substrate after metal layer and conductive oxide are laser scribed.    Glass substrate (100)    TCO layer (110)    Silicon layer (120)    Metal layer (130)    Strip (135)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a solar cell module changing light energy irradiated from the sun into power. An aquatic structure (10) includes a penetration hole (11). A structure connection clamping unit (20) is connected to an underground side, and a rotation driving unit (30) is installed in the aquatic structure. A connection line (23) is pulled along a vertical direction. The aquatic structure is fixed along a horizontal direction and rotated by a control device according to a movement orbit of the sun.    USE - Floating type solar energy generating apparatus for use in an aquatic structure (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The distance between the structure connection clamping unit and a reservoir storage is varied when the depth of water is changed, so that the electricity can be stably generated. The solar cell module can be cooled in an effective manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a floating type solar energy generating apparatus.    Aquatic structure (10)    Penetration hole (11)    Structure connection clamping unit (20)    Connection line (23)    Rotation driving unit (30)
NOVELTY - The method involves applying low intensity illumination which is less or equal to one sun to solar cell or solar cell precursor to produce photoluminescence emission from solar cell or solar cell precursor. The level of photoluminescence is detected. The detected level of photoluminescence is utilized as an indicator for calculating the electrical parameter within the solar cell or solar cell precursor.    USE - Method for determining indicator of electrical parameters such as parallel or shunt resistance, open circuit voltage and short circuit current within solar cell or solar cell precursor in solar cell production line (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The defects such as potential shunts in the solar cell can be revealed at an early stage of manufacturing of solar cell. The time required for detecting the defects is reduced reliably.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) system for determining indicator of electrical parameters within solar cell or solar cell precursor;    (2) method for measuring properties of solar cell material;    (3) method for monitoring edge isolation process in solar cell production line; and    (4) system for monitoring edge isolation process in solar cell production line.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of shunting in solar cell.    Inclusion (20)    Front surface (21)    Rear surface (22)    Silicon wafer (23)    Emitter layer (24)
NOVELTY - The wall has a square pipe bracket whose tail end is installed on a steel beam of a building or reinforcing steel bars in a cement post. A back surface of a solar battery pack is installed on an installation line pre-defined on the square pipe bracket. Gaps are formed between the solar battery packs, and cables are provided in the gap. A bottom surface of an L-shaped bearing plate is contacted with the square pipe bracket, and a blown sponge strip is adhered between a vertical surface of the L-shaped bearing plate and a side surface of the solar battery pack.    USE - Solar photoelectric curtain wall for a building.    ADVANTAGE - The wall is simple in structure, and convenient to install.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for installing a solar photoelectric curtain wall.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar photoelectric curtain wall.
NOVELTY - The body has a heat conductive substrate (1a) whose upper and lower surfaces are coated with light absorption films (1b), where the substrate is connected by a side to form multiple honeycomb pipe units (1c). The two adjacent honeycomb pipe units share the heat conductive substrate, and are orderly extend outward to form an integrally connected compact honeycomb pipe body, where diameter of the honeycomb pipe units is less than or equal to 1/5 of height of the honeycomb pipe units.    USE - Solar honeycomb light absorption body for a solar water heater, a solar power generation field and a solar vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - The body has large heat absorption area, better heat absorption effect, large utilization rate of sunlight and stable structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a solar honeycomb light absorption body.    Heat conductive substrate (1a)    Light absorption films (1b)    Honeycomb pipe units (1c)
NOVELTY - The pack has multiple solar photovoltaic battery units connected in series, where each photovoltaic battery unit comprises same normal voltage, normal resistance and normal current. Ratio of total normal voltage to total normal current ranges between 0.55-1.82.    USE - Solar photovoltaic battery pack.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic battery unit has same normal voltage, normal resistance and normal current, thus improving output power and current while increasing average conversion efficiency under general technical conditions of international solar energy. The power generation capacity of the normal silicon-based battery is increased to 6.666 times in a reliable manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar photovoltaic battery pack.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a helix shaft (20) arranged along axial direction of a main spindle (5), and a groove (15) formed outside the main spindle. A wire (30) is fixed in the groove, and a jaw leveler (23) is arranged in the main spindle along horizontal direction. A processing unit performs a process of winding, and cuts the wire. The processing unit processes an ingot. The jaw leveler is fixed to a byte unit (25), and an end of the wire is connected to the processing unit. The main spindle is rotated with a timing belt in an operation mode.    USE - Automatic winding apparatus for use during semiconductor wafer manufacturing process for a solar battery and an LED.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus reduces the winding time, and avoids the need to discard the expensive ingot after winding.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of an automatic winding apparatus. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Main spindle (5)    Groove (15)    Helix shaft (20)    Jaw leveler (23)    Byte unit (25)    Wire (30)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a parabolic trough to concentrate the solar energy, a thermal collecting system for collecting the thermal energy from the parabolic trough, and a variable capacitor (C1) comprising a movable plate (200). A fixture (300) connects the thermal collecting system to the movable plate of the variable capacitor. The movable plate is mounted on a bar that is connected to a thermal collector through a beam made of glass, ceramic or plastic.    USE - Solar energy conversion apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The structure of solar energy conversion device is simple. The solar energy conversion apparatus can be manufactured using less cost. The apparatus does not depend on the direct sunlight. The solar energy conversion apparatus can be operated continuously by appropriate connection of the variable capacitors.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for directly converting solar energy into electricity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the apparatus comprising variable capacitors.    Fixed plate (100)    Metallic films (120,130,140)    Movable plate (200)    Fixture (300)
NOVELTY - The hetero-nanostructures (1215,1225) have several two-dimensional nanobeams linked together at 90 degrees with respect to each other. The nanobeams have conductive silicide cores that are provided with N-type photoactive titanium dioxide shells. The shells include dopants to absorb visible light.    USE - Hetero-nanostructure for use as photoelectrochemical cell and solar cell, used in water splitting device (all claimed) used for generating hydrogen and oxygen.    ADVANTAGE - The charge transport through the cores can be improved reliably. The performance of water splitting device is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for water splitting device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the water splitting device.    Water splitting device (1200)    Acidic solution compartment (1210)    Hetero-nanostructures (1215,1225)    Basic solution compartment (1220)    Semi-permeable membrane (1240)
NOVELTY - A mounting system comprises a substrate having a bottom surface and a central area of the bottom surface; an optical element (710) having a base coupled to the central area of the substrate; and a support arm (700) to interface with the optical element near the base of the optical element, and which supports the coupling of the optical element to the substrate.    USE - System for mounting an optical element in a solar energy unit (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The system can improve the reliability of attachment methods used within a solar concentrator.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar concentrator unit comprising a panel (500), a primary mirror (530), an optical element, and a support arm.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial cross-sectional view of a solar energy array.    Panel (500)    Primary mirror (530)    Support arm (700)    Curve (705)    Optical element (710)
NOVELTY - A polymer blend comprises a polymer (I) including a nonionic polymer segment, and a polymer (II) including a sulfonic acid moiety (a).    USE - Polymer blend for use as an ion conductor in an electrochemical device such as battery and fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The polymer blend provides improved fuel cell performance at low cost, reduced water volume swells in boiling water, improved elasticity, mechanical properties and durability, and reduced reactant gas cross-over. The thin membranes can be casted from the blend in an easy manner without using expanded PTFE support structures.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A polymer blend comprises a polymer (I) including a nonionic polymer segment, and a polymer (II) including a sulfonic acid moiety of formula (a).
NOVELTY - Titanium oxide nitride nanotube (I) doped with nitrogen, is claimed, where the titanium dioxide nanotube is doped through nitrogen plasma treatment in order to improve its optical and/or electrochemical performance.    USE - (I) is useful to manufacture an electrode of a solar cell and/or a lithium secondary cell.    ADVANTAGE - (I) has enhanced optical and/or electrochemical performance and enhanced in the light absorption efficiency. (I) exhibits improved conductivity and extended light absorption range from a UV ray area to a visible light area.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Titanium oxide nitride nanotube (TiO2-xNx) (I) (where x is 0.01-0.2) doped with nitrogen is claimed, where titanium dioxide nanotube is doped through nitrogen plasma treatment in order to improve its optical and/or electrochemical performance of (I). An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for preparing (I) comprising doping of the titanium dioxide nanotube through nitrogen plasma treatment.
NOVELTY - The transistor (312) has an insulating layer (106) that is arranged on a substrate isolating a gate (102) and a source/drain (104). A semiconductor active layer (116) connects the source and the drain. The semiconductor active made of semiconductor precursor produces semiconductor property after irradiated by a light source. The light source has a wave length between 5-750nm and energy between 0.01-1200 mj/cm2.    USE - Thin film transistor e.g. bottom-gate thin film transistor for LCD (claimed), smart card, price tag, inventory tag, solar cell and large-area sensor array. Can also be in top-gate thin film transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The active layer can be manufactured in atmospheric environment at room temperature so that large-size product can be manufactured. The additional photolithographic process and etching process are eliminated, thus the process is simplified.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for LCD.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the structure of the LCD.    Gate (102)    Source or drain (104)    Insulating layer (106)    Semiconductor active layer (116)    Transistor (312)
NOVELTY - The device has an insulating layer (20) including a photoresponsive component (10) integrated with a substrate (30). A metal silicide layer (42) configured to preclude light passing through photoresponsive component from reaching the substrate.    USE - Semiconductor photonic device such as photodetector for monitoring, analyzing and imaging applications and solar cell for energy generation applications.    ADVANTAGE - The metal silicide layer reflects the back into the photoresponsive component and the insulating layer reduces the entry of oblique light into the photoresponsive component. Hence the production of stray light causing undesirable crosstalk is prevented, and responsivity of the photonic device is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the photonic device.    Photoresponsive component (10)    Insulating layer (20)    Substrate (30)    Transistor insulated gate (40)    Metal silicide layer (42)
NOVELTY - The system (100) has a geothermal heat exchanger (102) that transfers heat energy from geothermal fluid obtained from production well to a working fluid such as organic substance. An electrolysis plant (200) is provided for producing hydrogen gas. A boiler (158) is heated by the hydrogen gas produced by electrolysis plant for producing steam. The heat balancers (150,152) are provided for transferring heat from steam to working fluid. A turbine generator (156) is operated from the working fluid for generating the electricity.    USE - System for generating electricity from renewable energy source such as wind energy and solar energy source in renewable energy power plant (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Since the turbine generator is operated from working fluid for generating electricity, the waste of heat or unused constituents of working fluids can be minimized so that the efficiency of the system can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for electric generating power plant fueled by renewable energy source.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of renewable energy power plant.    System for generating electricity (100)    Geothermal heat exchanger (102)    Heat balancers (150,152)    Turbine generator (156)    Boiler (158)    Electrolysis plant (200)
NOVELTY - A gas-barrier laminated film has a polymer layer (C) formed on surface(s) of a film base material (A). The polymer layer (C) is formed using a metal salt of an unsaturated-carboxylic-acid compound. The metal salt is a metallic compound comprising more than bivalent metallic compound (95-30 mol%) and monovalent metallic compound (5-70 mol%), such that the total content is 100 mol%.    USE - Laminated film. Uses include but are not limited to packaging material, medical applications, electrical and electronic components such as back sheet of solar cell, organic electroluminescent panel sealing material, vehicle-mounted mobile components, flexible display, and components for illumination and advertising displays, and sideboards.    ADVANTAGE - The laminated film has excellent barrier property with respect to oxygen and water vapor under high humidity, and transparency.
NOVELTY - A laminated material has a base material, layer (A) containing polyorganosiloxane and metal oxide particles, and layer (B) containing polyorganosiloxane.    USE - Laminated material is used for solar cell and display (both claimed) e.g. cathode ray tube display, liquid crystal display, plasma display, organic electroluminescent display and rear projection display. Can also be used for car navigation, mobile telephone, video monitor and big screen display board.    ADVANTAGE - The laminated material is excellent in light resistance and reflection preventing ability, and is provided by a simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for display for outdoor installation, which has the laminated material as substrate.
NOVELTY - Composite material has amorphous structure and is formed by integrally combining component including calcium ion, organic polymer, anionic species and auxiliary component.    USE - Composite material used for luminescent material and functional material (both claimed). Uses include but not limited to displays e.g. optical medium and plasma display, fluorescent lamp, time piece, daily necessaries, packaging material, electronic device, furniture, motor vehicle, agricultural film, bathtub, solar cell, touch panel, antireflective film, thermal insulation membrane and UV reflecting film.    ADVANTAGE - The composite material has high efficiency and versatility. The composite material can be manufactured by inexpensive and environment friendly process at normal pressure and temperature condition, as a colorless and transparent phosphor material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacture of the composite material, which involves mixing first solution containing material including calcium ion, organic polymer and metal ion and second solution containing carbonate or phosphate ion, and manufacturing the composite material as amorphous structure, or performing the mixing step and forming colloid dispersion liquid, coating the colloid dispersion liquid on substrate and manufacturing composite material having amorphous structure in thin film form.
NOVELTY - A halogen-containing monomer (1) and aromatic group-containing monomer (2) are polymerized in presence of nickel catalyst to obtain ( pi )-conjugated type block copolymer.    USE - Manufacture of (pi)-conjugated type block copolymer used for charge transport material for organic electronic devices such as light-emitting device, switching element, photoelectric transducer, photosensor and solar cell (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display element, polymer-dispersed liquid crystal display element, electrophoretic display element, electroluminescent element, electrochromic element, transistor, thyristor, photomultiplier tube, charge coupled device and photocoupler.    ADVANTAGE - The economical organic electronic device formed using ( pi )-conjugated type block copolymer has excellent photoconductivity property and semiconducting property with reduced consumption of energy.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A halogen-containing monomer of formula: X1-R-A-X2 (1) and aromatic group-containing monomer of formula: X3-R-Ar-X4 (2) are polymerized in presence of nickel catalyst to obtain ( pi )-conjugated type block copolymer.    X1-X4=halo;    R=magnesium or zinc;    A=optionally substituted bivalent conjugated five membered heterocyclic;and    Ar=bivalent aromatic group other than (A).    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for ( pi )-conjugated type block copolymer, which has weight average molecular weight and number average molecular weight ratio of 2 or less.
NOVELTY - The cell has a base region formed on a front surface of an NP type junction. A silicon nitride anti-reflecting film is formed on the front surface of the NP type junction. A positive electrode includes an ohmic contact that is connected with the NP junction after passing the ohmic contact through the silicon nitride anti-reflecting film. A P plus layer is formed on an opposite surface of the region. A back electrode is located on an aluminum back surface field. A shadow area of a front-face grid line ranges from 15-17 percent of an overall area of the front surface of the NP type junction.    USE - High-efficient single crystal silicon based condensing thin-slice solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has rational structure and better working performance. The manufacturing cost of the cell is low.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a high-efficient single crystal silicon based condensing thin-slice solar cell.
NOVELTY - The system has a transmission shaft (4) composed of an internal transmission shaft (41) and an external transmission shaft (42) that is fixed on a system frame (3). The internal transmission shaft is controlled by a tracking mechanical device to rotate. A reflector frame (5) and a cell frame (6) are connected and fixed on the internal transmission shaft. A slot type concentrator reflector is installed on the reflector frame. A solar concentrator cell (1) is installed on the cell frame, and a heat conducting tube (7) for the cell frame is provided on back surface of the solar concentrator cell.    USE - Photo-thermal double-duty system for a slot type solar concentrator cell.    ADVANTAGE - The system can reach the purpose of thermal-electricity combining supply, and the tracking mechanical device can drive the slot type concentrator reflector and the solar concentrator cell to rotate with the sun rotation through the internal transmission shaft so as to increase the time of the sunshine irradiating on the solar concentrator cell and improve the utility ratio of the sunshine.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side perspective view of a photo-thermal double-duty system.    Solar concentrator cell (1)    System frame (3)    Transmission shaft (4)    Reflector frame (5)    Cell frame (6)    Heat conducting tube (7)    Internal transmission shaft (41)    External transmission shaft (42)
NOVELTY - The solar roof tile (3) has a base (5) made up of polymer concrete and a solar cell (4) fastened on a roof exterior (6). The roof exterior has a local limited projection (8) with a bearing surface (8.1) for the solar cell. The bearing surface is smaller than the solar cell. The solar cell is embedded on the bearing surface. The solar cell is completely overlaid in a sealing compound (9). The sealing compound is high transparent polyurethane.    USE - Solar roof tile.    ADVANTAGE - The solar roof tile has a base made up of polymer concrete and a solar cell fastened on a roof exterior, and hence ensures that the solar roof tile is cost effective and mechanically stable with sufficient thermal behavior.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic cross sectional view of a solar roof tile.    Solar roof tile (3)    Solar cell (4)    Base (5)    Roof exterior (6)    Projection (8)    Bearing surface (8.1)    Sealing compound (9)
NOVELTY - A photochromic thin film comprises a mineral stain layer (30) formed on a minute structure layer (20), and a surface relief structure formed on a surface of the minute structure layer.    USE - Photochromic thin film for photochromic article such as vehicle, smart window, optical lens, exterior of building, display device, optical integrated device, solar battery, sensor, mineral stain filter, card for forgery protection, optical disc and optical recording medium (all claimed). Can also be used as component or coating in lens of glass and sunglass, window of corrective lenses, and optical filter and as decorative element or architectural component in electronic device i.e. cellular telephone case.    ADVANTAGE - The photochromic thin film has better mineral stain efficiency and photochromism characteristic. The photochromic thin film can be manufactured in a simple and inexpensive manner. The mineral stain material transparently controls sunlight and indoor temperature and blocks solar light during summer when used in windows of building.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a photochromic thin film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a photochromic thin film.    Minute structure layer (20)    Mineral stain layer (30)
NOVELTY - A porous membrane is obtained by forming a coating film on a base material provided with a base layer, using a metal-nanoparticle-colloidal solution without binder followed by sintering the coating film. The base layer contains reaction material of coupling agent, or coupling agent.    USE - Porous membrane is used for transparent electrode used as current collection electrode of solar cell (both claimed). Uses include but are limited to transparent electrode for plasma display, liquid crystal display and touch panel, electrode for display element of transparent heater, notebook personal computer and mobile telephone, as antistatic film, electromagnetic shielding material and catalyst film.    ADVANTAGE - The porous membrane excellent in uniformity, electroconductivity, light transmittance and transparency, is manufactured easily in absence of vacuum.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of porous membrane.
NOVELTY - Photoelectric transducer comprises aza quinoid compound (I).    USE - Photoelectric transducer is used in solar cell (claimed) and dye-sensitized-type photoelectric transducer.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric transducer has excellent optical durability and photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Photoelectric transducer comprises aza quinoid compound of formula (I).    R1-R4=alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, aryl or heterocyclic ring;    X=optionally substituted alkylene, oxygen atom or sulfur atom;and    A=organic residue which has acidic group.    where R1 and R2, and R3 and R4 combines with each other to form ring.
NOVELTY - The battery (400) has an intrinsic semiconductor layer (110), and a positive-type semiconductor layer (120) formed in the lower part of the intrinsic semiconductor layer. A negative-type semiconductor layer (130) is formed in the lower part of the intrinsic semiconductor layer, and is located with the positive-type semiconductor layer. The intrinsic semiconductor layer is formed with multiple layers such as amorphous silicon layer and amorphous silicon germanium layer.    USE - Solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The power loss of battery can be prevented by utilizing low resistivity metal material. The intrinsic semiconductor layer is formed into negative-type and positive-type semiconductor layers in which the band gap is different, so that the photoelectric efficiency can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The intrinsic semiconductor layer is formed with multiple layers such as hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer, microcrystalline silicon layer, plotter crystalline silicon layer and amorphous silicon carbide layer. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar battery.    Intrinsic semiconductor layer (110)    Positive-type semiconductor layer (120)    Negative-type semiconductor layer (130)    Electrodes (140, 150)    Solar battery (400)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a test board (100) delivering the electricity to a solar cell (10) for examining the quality and performance of the solar cell. An optical source section (200) is located in an upper part of the solar cell, and irradiates the light in the solar cell. A light-collecting portion (400) is located between the test board and the optical source section, where the light-collecting portion condenses the light irradiated from the optical source section to the area of the solar cell.    USE - Apparatus for testing a solar cell that is utilized for generating steam to rotate a turbine.    ADVANTAGE - The optical source section is inexpensive, and the apparatus is manufactured in an expensive manner. The equipments of the apparatus consume less power, so as to reduce electricity cost of the apparatus, thus reducing the power consumption of the apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of solar cell testing apparatus.    Solar cell (10)    Test board (100)    Optical source section (200)    Light-collecting portion (400)
NOVELTY - A nanoscale pigment particle composition comprises a benzimidazolone pigment, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound associated non-covalently with the benzimidazolone pigment, where the sterically bulky stabilizer compound comprises an alkylated-benzimidazolone compound; where the presence of the associated stabilizer limits an extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale pigment particles.    USE - As a nanoscale pigment particle useful in marking material selected from ink composition and toner composition; in electrophotographic photoreceptor; in organic photo conducting material for solar cell; and biological or chemical sensor (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The nanoscale pigment particles have small size i.e. average particle diameter of less than 150 nm. The composition has high color property; provides high image quality.
NOVELTY - The Present invention provides a solar Power generating apparatus including a base and multiple power generating units connected in series. Each power-generating unit includes a heat dissipation plate separably engaged with the base; a solar cell disposed on the heat dissipation plate; and a rectification device connected in parallel to the solar cell. When one of the heat dissipation plates of the power generating units is detached from the base, the other power generating units may continue to operate.
NOVELTY - Preparation of electrolyte involves mixing polymeric ionic liquid, non-polymeric ionic liquid, ionic liquid crosslinking agent and initiator in mass ratio of 15-60:20-80:2-10:1-5, performing random copolymerization at 20-80 degrees C, forming polymer gel, and dipping the polymer gel into the iodine solution or iodine vapor to adsorb the iodine monomer.    USE - Preparation of electrolyte such as quasi-solid electrolyte used for manufacturing dye-sensitized solar cell (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently and easily provides electrolyte with excellent bonding capacity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of dye-sensitized solar cell, which involves mixing the polymeric ionic liquid, non-polymeric ionic liquid, ionic liquid crosslinking agent and initiator in mass ratio of 15-60:20-80:2-10:1-5, preparing the solution, forming sensitized dye layer on titania film by routine method, evenly coating the solution on the sensitized dye layer, pressing the platinum electrode and covering the electrode on the sensitized dye layer, polymerizing at 20-80 degrees C, producing the polymer gel, dipping the polymer gel into the iodine solution or iodine vapor to adsorb the iodine monomer for producing the electrolyte and producing the dye-sensitized solar cell.
NOVELTY - An electrolyte solution contains a redox pair.    USE - Electrolyte solution is used in preparation of dye-sensitized solar cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electrolyte solution contains a redox pair which has excellent performance characteristics and exhibits excellent electron transfer characteristics on the carbon electrode, without corrosion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An electrolyte solution for dye-sensitized solar cells, contains a redox pair of formula: nA+((A-A)2+B'2).    A=reduced component in redox pair, of formula (a);    (A-A)2+B'2=oxidized component in redox pair, of formula (b);    balancing ion B'=halide ion, perchlorate ion, boron tetrafluoride ion, phosphorus hexafluoride ion, antimony trifluoride ion, nitrate ion, bi(sulfonylfluoride)imine ion, bi(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imine ion, (sulfonylfluoride)(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imine ion, or niobium hexafluoride ion, with halide ion preferably being chloride ion and/or bromide ion;and    n=molar ratio of A to (A-A)2+B'2, preferably not less than 0.01 and not greater than 500.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for dye-sensitized solar cell including the electrolyte solution and a carbon counter electrode.
NOVELTY - A hyper-branched polymer (I) containing bismaleimide, barbituric acid, and Bronsted base solution is new.    USE - In electronic packaging, displays, solar cells, detectors, photoelectric materials, electrolyte additives, liquid/gel/solid polymer electrolytes, separator films, ion/proton exchange membranes, electrode additive, catalysts, functional composites, coatings, and bio-materials (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Due to the highly flexible structure and controlled polymerization engineering of the hyper-branched polymer, prospective applications are increased. The hyper-branched polymer has unique properties such as completely amorphous, highly soluble in common organic solvent and processible because of the highly branched nature; and has excellent solubility and a simpler manufacturing process, thus attracts industry and academia attention for increased research and development.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the polymer compound (I).
NOVELTY - Solar battery panel comprises a weatherproof layer, an adhesive layer, a structural reinforcing layer and an adhesive reflective layer. The weatherproof layer is adhered to the structural reinforcing layer through the adhesive layer. The structural reinforcing layer is adhered to the adhesive reflective layer. A plasticizing agent and inorganic material are also included.    USE - Solar battery panel for reducing adhesive layer.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery panel is cost-effective and has good durability and wide application in the solar industry.
NOVELTY - According to the invention, there is a diode structure between contact layers of the solar cell. In the diode structure there are series-formed base absorbing layer made from a semiconductor of given conductivity type, a multilayer structure consisting of layers of nanoobjects made from material with band gap less than that of the base material, and layers of base materials (spacers) separating the layers of nanoobjects, and a layer of semiconductor with conductivity type different from the one given. The contact layers are solid and are made from Al which repeatedly reflects radiation transmitted to the solar cell under an angle to the plane of the contact layers. A second version of the solar cell - a multi-element multilayer solar cell is also proposed.    USE - Physics; optics.    ADVANTAGE - Due to repeated reflection of absorbed radiation by contact layer, the optical path of photons increases, probability of their absorption increases and efficiency increases as a result. 15 cl, 2 dwg
NOVELTY - A silicon (Si) substrate is implanted with ions capable of forming bubbles stable to the fabrication conditions, upon annealing. The Si surface is cleaned using conditions that do not cause dissipation of the implanted ions or bubbles. A GaN/Si buffer layer is formed with thermal treatment so that a buffer/Si interface is formed. The annealing of substrate is performed such that bubbles of implanted ion species are formed at appropriate distance from buffer/Si interface so that the bubbles does not migrate to Si surface during annealing.    USE - Method of fabricating gallium nitride-based substrate used in semiconductor devices such as continuous wave laser, LED, solar cell (all claimed), etc.    ADVANTAGE - The epitaxial growth of GaN on Si substrates is permitted without threading dislocations, since pseudomorphic growth of GaN on Si is impossible due to large lattice and thermal expansion mismatch.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) gallium nitride (GaN) based semiconductor device substrate; and    (2) semiconductor device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the schematic views explaining the fabrication process of a GaN semiconductor device substrate.
NOVELTY - The method involves adjusting concentration of a band gap altering element incorporated into a compound semiconductor, where the band gap altering element is made of indium and aluminum, and the compound semiconductor is made of gallium nitride. A band gap of a particular segment (117) is established by adjusting the concentration of the band gap altering element, where the concentration of the band gap altering element in nanostructures (115) is adjusted to create energy wells of different energy levels and barriers between the energy wells.    USE - Method for forming a solar cell. Uses include but are not limited to a photovoltaic cell, single junction solar cell, n-on-p single junction device, multi-junction solar cell and a p-on-n single junction device.    ADVANTAGE - The concentration of the band gap altering element in the nanostructures is adjusted to create the energy wells of different energy levels and the barriers between the energy wells, thus increasing or decreasing from one well to another well monotonically, and hence improving the efficiency of the solar cell and reducing cost of the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a single junction solar cell.    Single junction solar cell (100)    Top junction layer (104)    Active region (106)    Substrate (108)    Bottom contact (110)    Electrical leads (112)    Nanostructures (115)    Segment (117)
NOVELTY - The magnetic unit has primary extending magnetic poles which extend from central portion of inner magnet and approach the two longitudinal ends of outer magnet. The secondary protruding magnetic poles protrude longitudinally inward from the inner side of two ends of outer magnet and are positioned between the primary extending magnetic poles. The primary extending magnetic poles and secondary protruding magnetic poles form folded-back sections (U) at the two longitudinal ends of magnetic track (MT).    USE - Magnetic unit of magnetron sputtering apparatus (claimed) for forming nitride film used for manufacturing copper-indium-diselenid (CIS) solar cell. Can also be used in plasma processing apparatus, dry etching apparatus, plasma usher apparatus, chemical-vapor deposition apparatus and LCD manufacturing apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The thickness distribution of thin film to be formed on substrate is homogenized without increasing the length and width of target irrespective of magnetic characteristics of target.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for magnetic sputtering apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of the magnetic track formed on magnetic unit. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Magnetron sputtering apparatus (1)    Vacuum vessel (2)    Target (6)    Magnetic track (MT)    Folded-back section (U)
NOVELTY - A complex-oxide sintered compact comprises metal-oxide particles (a) having a hexagonal system wurtzite type structure and containing zinc oxide, and metal-oxide particles (b) having a spinel structure and containing metallic element(s) (M) chosen from aluminum and gallium. The average particle diameter of particles (a) is 10 mu m or less, and the maximum particle size of particles (b) is 5 mu m or less. The ratio of particles (b) whose distance between particles is 0.5 mu m or more, is 10% or more by number-of-particles reference.    USE - Complex-oxide sintered compact is used for sputtering targets used for manufacturing thin films (both claimed) e.g. transparent conductive films used for electrodes of light-receiving elements of LCD elements and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The complex-oxide sintered compact suppresses generation of abnormal discharge phenomenon during sputtering. Reduction in yield and productivity by particle dispersion is prevented. The sintered compact provides sputtering targets which form thin films having excellent light transmittance and electroconductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A complex-oxide sintered compact comprises metal-oxide particles (a) having a hexagonal system wurtzite type structure and containing zinc oxide, and metal-oxide particles (b) having a spinel structure and containing metallic element(s) (M) chosen from aluminum and gallium. The average particle diameter of particles (a) is 10 mu m or less, and the maximum particle size of particles (b) is 5 mu m or less. The content of element (M) with respect to the sum total of zinc and element (M) is 0.006-0.07 by atomic ratio. The ratio of particles (b) whose distance between particles is 0.5 mu m or more, is 10% or more by number-of-particles reference. Element (M) is preferably aluminum. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of complex-oxide sintered compact; and    (2) manufacture of thin film.
NOVELTY - The solar cell module has several solar cells (10) interconnected by a wiring material (11). The wiring material extends from the light receiving surface (10A) of a first solar cell to the rear surface (10B) of an adjacent solar cell, and has a first curved portion (11A) formed near the upper side end of the first solar cell, and a second curved portion (11B) formed near the lower side end of the adjacent solar cell. The radius of curvature of the second curved portion is larger than that of the first curved portion.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - Gentle bending of the wiring material is facilitated and damage in the curved portion of the wiring material is suppressed, as the radius of curvature of the lower side curved portion of the wiring material is larger than that of the upper side curved portion. This results in improved efficiency of the solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar cell string.    Solar cells (10)    Light receiving surface (10A)    Rear surface (10B)    Wiring material (11)    Curved portions (11A,11B)
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive film (100) comprises carbon nanotube network and an indium tin oxide composite.    USE - Transparent conductive film is used for touch screen (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display device, plasma display panel, organic electroluminescent display device, field effect display device, gas sensor, solar cell and planar antenna for fiber optic communication.    ADVANTAGE - The conductive film has excellent transparency. The touch screen formed using the transparent conductive film has excellent electroconductivity and mechanical stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of transparent conductive film; and    (2) touch screen.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the transparent conductive film.    Transparent conductive film (100)    Substrate (102)    Carbon nanotube network layer (104)    Indium tin oxide layer (106)
NOVELTY - A phosphorus-comprising dopant comprises a phosphorus source containing a phosphorus-comprising salt, a phosphorus-comprising acid, or a phosphorus-comprising anions; and/or alkaline material, cations from an alkaline material; and a liquid medium.    USE - For forming phosphorus-doped regions in semiconductor materials (claimed) or devices such as microelectronics, solar cells, displays, RFID components, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices, optical devices such as microlenses, and medical devices.    ADVANTAGE - The phosphorus-comprising dopants used in doping process provides fine-featured patterns. The doping of substrates in fine-lined patterns is possible with photolithography, which is an expensive and time consuming process. The methods for forming phosphorus-comprising dopants are time and cost efficient.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a method (M1) for forming phosphorus-doped regions in a semiconductor material involving providing a phosphorus-comprising dopant formed using a phosphorus-comprising acid, and/or a phosphorus-comprising salt in a liquid medium; depositing the phosphorus-comprising dopant overlying the semiconductor material using a non-contact printing process; causing the liquid medium of the phosphorus-comprising dopant to evaporate; and diffusing phosphorus elements of the phosphorus-comprising dopant into the semiconductor material; and    (2) a method (M2) of forming a phosphorus-comprising dopant involving providing a phosphorus source comprising a phosphorus-comprising acid, or phosphorus-comprising salt; and combining the phosphorus source with an alkaline material and a liquid medium.
NOVELTY - The box has a cable joint (130) connected with a connection terminal (200) that is combined in an insulating body (110). The connection terminal is made of metal. A solar panel is inserted into a bus bar insertion hole (121) of an outside temperance case (100). Another bus bar insertion hole (210) is formed in an inner side of a side inner wall of the connection terminal. A floor side of the connection terminal is provided with a hinge. A pressure projection is inserted into an inner side of a protrusion combining aperture.    USE - Building integrated solar panel conjunction box.    ADVANTAGE - The box is convenient to use and inexpensive, and reduces operation time, and has a reduced failure rate. The box prevents generation of malfunction, and has a high efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a building integrated solar panel conjunction box.    Outside temperance case (100)    Insulating body (110)    Bus bar insertion holes (121, 210)    Cable joint (130)    Connection terminal (200)
NOVELTY - Invention relates to semiconductor engineering and specifically to photoelectric converters (PC) for direct conversion of solar energy to electrical energy using solar cells. The invention can be used in renewable sources of energy. According to the invention, in the semiconductor photoconverter which consists of monocrystalline silicon wafers with vertical diffused p-n junctions connected to each other into a single horizontal structure by metallic liners, with current leads with at least one light-receiving surface with an inversion layer and a dielectric antireflection coating in the p-type conduction region adjacent to the diffused p-n junction, parallel to the light-receiving surface there is at least one nano-cluster region with n-type conduction at a distance from the inversion layer equal to or less than the sum of the thickness of the space-charge regions of the inversion layer and nano-cluster region. A method of making the photoconverter is also disclosed.    USE - Physics; semiconductors.    ADVANTAGE - Increased efficiency of the photoconverter due to longer mean life of non-equilibrium charge carriers with simultaneous reduction of the cost of the technology of making the photoconverter due to its simple design. 2 cl, 4 dwg
NOVELTY - The device (1) has a collector (10) with an opening (18) that is arranged within an enclosure (2) between an inlet (3) and an outlet (5). The collector converts the reaction by-products into product which are deposited on the inner surface of the enclosure. The collector is made of silica, aluminum, aluminum oxide, copper, sodium oxide with same diameter of the enclosure.    USE - Vapor-deposition hot-trap device of vapor processing system (claimed) used in manufacture of thin-film solar cell or thin-film transistor (TFT) display in photovoltaic industry.    ADVANTAGE - The device is easy, efficient and cost-effective for the removal of reaction by-product.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) vapor processing system; and    (2) method for removal of by-products in vapor treatment system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the hot-trap device.    Device (1)    Enclosure (2)    Inlet (3)    Outlet (5)    Collector (10)    Opening (18)
NOVELTY - The device (1) has a collector (13) that is arranged within an enclosure (2) between an inlet (3) and an outlet (5). The collector converts the reaction by-products into product which are deposited on the inner surface of the enclosure. The collector is present as a pellet with a honey-comb structure. The collector is made of silica, aluminum, aluminum oxide, copper, sodium oxide.    USE - Vapor-deposition hot-trap device of vapor processing system (claimed) used in manufacture of thin-film solar cell or thin-film transistor (TFT) display in photovoltaic industry.    ADVANTAGE - The device is easy, efficient and cost-effective for the removal of reaction by-product.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) vapor processing system; and    (2) method for removal of by-products in vapor treatment system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the hot-trap device.    Device (1)    Enclosure (2)    Inlet (3)    Outlet (5)    Retainer (10)    Collector (13)
NOVELTY - The element has a solar epitaxial layer (10) provided with an N-type semiconductor layer (11) and a P-type semiconductor layer (12). An electron supplying layer (31), a hole supplying layer (33) and an activating layer (32) are provided in an LED epitaxial layer (30). The activating layer comprises multiple layers of quantum wells formed by cycle structure of mononitride aluminum, indium and gallium, and the electron supplying layer is made of N-type gallium nitride material. The hole supplying layer is made of P-type gallium nitride material.    USE - Photoelectric conversion element for use in an advertisement board, a traffic mark and an alarming light.    ADVANTAGE - The solar epitaxial layer absorbs environment light to generate electrical energy that can be stored through an external secondary battery, so that the external secondary battery supplies power to drive the LED epitaxial layer to generate light when environment light is not present. The element can be set in outdoor environment without considering power supply problem.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a photoelectric conversion element.    Solar epitaxial layer (10)    N-type semiconductor layer (11)    P-type semiconductor layer (12)    LED epitaxial layer (30)    Electron supplying layer (31)    Activating layer (32)    Hole supplying layer (33)
NOVELTY - The device has an edge guide part equipped on an edge of a substrate, and multiple patterning bars protruded from sides of the edge guide part. Multiple slots are formed among the patterning bars. The patterning bars are utilized for performing a patterning process in cell layers of a solar battery.    USE - Device for manufacturing a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The device prevents the laser patterning malfunction. The device reduces the manufacturing cost, and improves yield. The device reduces manufacturing time. The manufacturing process of solar battery is simplified.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a solar battery manufacturing device.
NOVELTY - The separation unit has a fixing unit equipped in a side of a folded solar panel, and a housing (151) accommodating an electromagnet part (152). The electromagnet part fixes the fixing unit and the solar panel. The electromagnet part is combined with an object in a direction, is partially exposed to an outer side of the housing. A wire (143) is combined in one side of an electromagnet part opening of the electromagnet part. The wire is combined into an inner structure of the housing in one side of the housing.    USE - Development separation unit for a development-testing apparatus (claimed) of an artificial satellite solar battery plane.    ADVANTAGE - The separation unit fixes the solar panel by using the electromagnet, so that the manufacturing process of the separation unit can be facilitated and the fabrication cost of the separation unit can be lowered. The restoration operation of the separation unit is simple at less time. The reverse flatting test can be performed without any limitation, so that the time used in the reverse flatting test can be reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a development-testing apparatus of an artificial satellite solar battery plane.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a development separation unit for a development-testing apparatus.    Wire (143)    Housing (151)    Electromagnet part (152)    Cover plate (153)    Unit joint (154)
NOVELTY - A thin-film metal-oxide compound comprises a titanium dioxide layer having thickness of 100-1000 nm provided on a substrate. The titanium dioxide layer has an amorphous-anatase structure or a single-phase anatase structure.    USE - Metal-oxide thin-film is used for solar cell for converting photons into electricity and carbon monoxide sensor for sensing gaseous carbon monoxide (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The metal oxide thin film has favorable adhesion and durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) solar cell; and    (2) carbon monoxide sensor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of solar cell.    Solar cell (300)    Backing layer (302)    Junction layer (308)    Metal oxide layer (314)    Top electrical layer (316)
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic apparatus (10) comprises an absorber (12) having a quantum dot layer (16) having quantum dots (18) of a primary quantum dot material in a matrix material (20), and an up-converter layer (14) positioned adjacent to the absorber. The up-converter layer contains a quantum dot layer (22) having quantum dots (24) of a secondary quantum dot material and a matrix material (26).    USE - Photovoltaic apparatus e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic apparatus has improved conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of photovoltaic apparatus.    Photovoltaic apparatus (10)    Absorber (12)    Up-converter layer (14)    Quantum dot layers (16,22)    Quantum dots (18,24)    Matrix materials (20,26)
NOVELTY - The method involves supporting a substrate i.e. semiconductor wafer, by multiple elongated transport elements i.e. strands, and moving the substrate forward in a substrate transport direction by movement of the elongated transport elements. A lateral shift of the elongated transport elements is performed with respect to the substrate such that the lateral shift is directed laterally to the substrate transport direction, where the substrate is guided in the substrate transport direction by a guide element, and the transport elements comprise wires made of metal and/or ceramics.    USE - Method for transporting a substrate i.e. semiconductor wafer, during manufacturing of an electronic component i.e. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The guide element can move in the transport direction along side of the substrate, thus avoiding rubbing between the substrate and the guide element. The method allows reducing effects of shading, and enables a homogenous and extensive substrate coating in a coating/layer deposition process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a device for transporting a substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a substrate between guide elements to be transported by elongated transport elements, which form an angle with a transport direction.    Elongated transport elements (2)    Guide elements (4)    Substrate (6)    Substrate transport direction (22)    Longitudinal direction (24)
NOVELTY - Producing a nano graphene platelet (NGP) material, comprises: (i) subjecting a graphitic material to a supercritical fluid at a first temperature and a first pressure for a first period of time in a pressure vessel and then (ii) rapidly depressurizing the fluid at a fluid release rate sufficient for effecting exfoliation of the graphitic material to obtain the NGP material.    USE - The NGP material is useful as a conductive additive in transparent electrodes for solar cells or flat panel displays (e.g. to replace expensive indium-tin oxide), battery and supercapacitor electrodes, and nanocomposite for electromagnetic wave interference shielding and static charge dissipation.    ADVANTAGE - The NGP material has good electrical conductivity. The process provides: NGP material without involving the use of any undesirable chemical; and ultra-thin NGPs. The process is rapid and ecofriendly.
NOVELTY - The glass composition contains (in mol%) tin oxide (35-70) and phosphorus pentoxide (18-50).    USE - Glass composition is used for dye-sensitized solar cell material for sealing and protecting current collection electrode of dye-sensitized solar cell (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The glass composition has low melting point. Since the dye-sensitized solar cell material is not eroded in iodine electrolyte solution, dye-sensitized solar cell has improved reliability over a long period of time.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for dye-sensitized solar cell material containing glass powder (50-100 volume%) and fire-resistance filler powder (0-50 volume%).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic model of softening point of glass measured using a macro-type differential thermal analysis (DTA) apparatus.
NOVELTY - A pre-processing system of raw fuel comprises sulfur compound adsorption agent filling container (1), higher hydrocarbon adsorption agent filling container (2), and pipe which supplies raw fuel to water vapor modifier. The flow path of raw fuel to sulfur compound adsorption agent filling container or higher hydrocarbon adsorption agent filling container is change according to temperature of water vapor modifier.    USE - A pre-processing system of raw fuel for fuel hydrogen production of fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The system is low cost since usage amount of higher hydrocarbon adsorption agent is decreased and simple since it utilizes flow volume of time or raw fuel as control element, and prevents performance decrement of modification catalyst.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of pre-processing system of raw fuel. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Sulfur compound adsorption agent filling container (1)    Higher hydrocarbon adsorption agent filling container (2)    Switching valve (3)    Temperature measurement device (4)    Controller (5)    Shut-off valve (6)
NOVELTY - The temperature of modification-catalyst layer is measured and is compared with a reference value, when anode temperature is not less than oxidative degradation point. If the measured temperature is less than reference value, the catalyst layer is heated and the temperature of the catalyst layer is again measured. The flow volume of hydrocarbon fuel is decreased, if the measured temperature is greater than or equal to reference value. The flow volume is further reduced gradually, if the measured temperature is greater than reference value.    USE - Stop method of indirect internal reforming type solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) used in e.g. co-generation system.    ADVANTAGE - The modification of fuel can be performed reliably, and anode oxidative degradation and cell crack are prevented.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flowchart of the stop method of indirect internal reforming type solid oxide fuel cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - The tape-shaped sealant (A) has a heat sealing layer (C) that is made of olefin type copolymer or ionomer of ethylene and unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer, and arranged on the main surface of a metal foil (B).    USE - Tape-shaped sealant for organic electroluminescent device (claimed). Can also be used in LCD element and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the heat sealing layer is arranged on main surface of metal foil, sealing property of edges of organic electroluminescent device can be improved. Water vapor barrier property of the organic electroluminescent device can be improved and performance of the organic electroluminescent device can be enhanced. Manufacturing process of the organic electroluminescent device can be simplified.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for organic electroluminescent device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the tape-shaped sealant.    Sealant (A)    Metal foil (B)    Heat sealing layer (C)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has the terminal box (52) that is attached to upper surface of solar cell module (2) extended in horizontal direction. The weight (81) supplied from weight supply portion (72E) is positioned in weight positioning portion (72D) located at upper surface of terminal box. The terminal box is pressed towards the surface of solar cell module so that the adhesive agent coated at surface of terminal box is dried. The weight collected in the weight positioning portion is conveyed by weight conveyance portion (78).    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing photoelectric conversion apparatus such as solar cell panel.    ADVANTAGE - Since the terminal box is pressed towards surface of solar cell module so that adhesive agent coated at surface of terminal box is dried, the formation of gap between terminal box and solar cell module is prevented. The attachment process of terminal box with respect to solar cell module can be performed with high reliability. The curing process of adhesive agent coated at surface of terminal box is performed easily. The space utilization efficiency of terminal box pressed at solar cell module is increased. The manufacturing process of solar cell panel is simplified. The relative positional relationship between the weight and terminal box is ensured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method for photoelectric conversion apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view illustrating the positioning of weight on terminal box of solar cell panel manufacturing apparatus.    Solar cell module (2)    Terminal box (52)    Weight positioning portion (72D)    Weight supply portion (72E)    Weight conveyance portion (78)    Weight (81)
NOVELTY - A semiconductor material consists of a substrate, and a thin film of boron nitride (sp3-bonded nH-BN, n is 2 or more) formed on the surface of substrate.    USE - Semiconductor material is used in electronic devices e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The semiconductor material has excellent semiconducting properties.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of semiconductor material.
NOVELTY - A composite film is obtained by laminating biaxially-orientated polyester film (B) having thickness of 5-250 mu m on surface(s) of inorganic glass layer (A) having thickness of 25-300 mu m.    USE - Composite film is used for substrate for flexible electronic device such as flexible organic electroluminescent display, electronic paper, and solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composite film has excellent gas barrier property, flexibility, heat resistance and fracture strength.
NOVELTY - A biaxially-oriented polyester film contains polyester (A) having melting point of 200-280 degrees C, non-crystalline polymer (B) having glass transition temperature of 100-300 degrees C and crystalline thermoplastic resin (C) having melting point of 280-400 degrees C. The total content of polyester (A), non-crystalline polymer (B) and crystalline thermoplastic resin (C) is 80-100 mass% with respect to total weight of the film. The mass ratio of polyester (A), non-crystalline polymer (B) and crystalline thermoplastic resin (C) is 70-99, 0.1-30 and 0.01-10, respectively.    USE - Biaxially-oriented polyester film is used for industrial material such as magnetic recording medium, electrical insulation material, solar cell material, circuit board material, capacitor, packaging material and ink ribbon. Can also be used for print material and release material.    ADVANTAGE - The biaxially-oriented polyester film has excellent rigidity, durability, dimensional stability, heat-and-moisture resistance and dielectric breakdown characteristics, and reduced foreign materials.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A biaxially-oriented polyester film contains polyester (A) having melting point of 200-280 degrees C, non-crystalline polymer (B) having glass transition temperature of 100-300 degrees C and crystalline thermoplastic resin (C) having melting point of 280-400 degrees C. The total content of polyester (A), non-crystalline polymer (B) and crystalline thermoplastic resin (C) is 80-100 mass% with respect to total weight of the film. The mass ratio of polyester (A), non-crystalline polymer (B) and crystalline thermoplastic resin (C) is 70-99, 0.1-30 and 0.01-10, respectively. The surface(s) of biaxially-oriented polyester film has 10 piece average roughness of 50-300 nm.
NOVELTY - Transparent conductive film manufacturing method involves injecting a film forming raw material consisting of diethyl zinc containing constant amount of impurities, diborane, and water from the nozzle (25,25a) of a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) (2) while making the film forming raw material react at gaseous phase to form negative-type zinc oxide transparent conductive film on a substrate. The content of aluminum contained as impurity in diethyl zinc is less than 10 weight-parts per million (wtppm).    USE - Manufacturing method for transparent conductive film used in manufacture of electronic component. Uses include but are not limited to solar cell, liquid crystal display, electroluminescent display, surface heat generating body, touch panel electrode.    ADVANTAGE - Performs continuous film forming of zinc oxide type transparent conductive film since occlusion of the nozzle of MOCVD apparatus is prevented. Improves yield in manufacturing transparent conductive film since steady film forming is performed using diethyl zinc based on distillation precision. Obtains reduction of the investment cost of film forming raw material by preparing diethyl zinc based on distillation precision of diethyl zinc required of steady film forming of the transparent conductive film layer by MOCVD apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the mechanism of an MOCVD apparatus.    MOCVD (2)    Solar cell half-finished substrate (12)    Nozzle (25,25a)    Vacuum chamber (26)    Hotplate (27)
NOVELTY - The vacuum processing apparatus has an implant proof board (4) that is arranged to cover surrounding of a discharge electrode (3) and a substrate (8) supported by a substrate table (2). A ground connection component (4A) is arranged to electrically connect a coaxial shield (12s) that covers core lines (14a,14b) which supply electric power to the discharge electrode and implant proof board. An elastic connection component (4E) is arranged to electrically connect implant proof board and substrate table, when implant proof board approaches substrate table.    USE - Vacuum processing apparatus for processing substrate used in amorphous solar cell, microcrystal solar cell and thin film transistor (TFT) for LCD.    ADVANTAGE - Coaxial shield and implant proof board can be connected effectively by ground connection component without generating abnormal discharge at the time of moving implant-proof board with respect to the substrate table. Film forming process can be performed effectively at high speed and thickness of the film can be equalized.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the ground connection component and elastic connection component of the vacuum processing apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate table (2)    Discharge electrode (3)    Implant proof board (4)    Ground connection component (4A)    Elastic connection component (4E)    Substrate (8)    Coaxial shield (12s)    Core lines (14a,14b)
NOVELTY - A zinc oxide-type thin film (a) is formed by sputtering a zinc oxide-type target (i) in a reactive gas (I) containing oxygen gas, hydrogen gas and/or steam. A zinc oxide-type thin film (b) is formed by sputtering a zinc oxide-type target (ii) in a reactive gas (II) of a composition which is different from the reactive gas (I) on the zinc oxide-type thin film (a) to obtain an anti-reflective film (1).    USE - Formation of anti-reflective film (claimed) used for display surface of flat panel display and touch panel, and light-receiving surface of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables formation of film having excellent reflection prevention property and transparency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for film-forming apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the anti-reflective film.    Anti-reflective film (1)    Transparent substrate (2)    Surface (2a)    Transparent film of high refractive index (11)    Transparent film of low refractive index (12)
NOVELTY - The present invention relates to a solar cell. The solar cell includes a back electrode, a silicon substrate, a doped silicon layer and an upper electrode. The back electrode is disposed on a lower surface of the silicon substrate, and electrically connected thereto. A number of holes are defined in an upper surface of the silicon substrate. The doped silicon layer is disposed on the insides of the holes. The upper electrode is disposed on the upper surface of the silicon substrate. The upper electrode includes a carbon nanotube structure.
NOVELTY - A solar battery with an anti-reflecting surface and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The anti-reflecting surface is constructed by a deep-concave structure. The manufacturing method includes the following steps. Step one is providing a P-type silicon base. Step two is forming a back surface field on the P-type silicon base. Step three is forming an etching window on the P-type silicon base. Step four is etching multiple deep concaves under the etching window. Step five is forming an N-type silicon layer on the P-type silicon base and a protrudent protion formed between two neighboring deep concaves. Step six is forming a front electrode on the N-type silicon layer located on the protrudent portion. Step seven is forming a capacitor upper electrode on the back surface field. Step eight is forming a dielectric layer on a bottom of the capacitor upper electrode. And step nine is forming a capacitor lower electrode on the bottom of the dielectric layer. The steps about manufacturing the capacitor are suitable for any other solar batteries.
NOVELTY - A solar electrical device including a support, a solar device, and a storage device is provided. The solar device has multiple connections and multiple solar cells set on the connections in a spiral-ladder arrangement. The storage device is electrically connected with the solar device, and has a slot and a rechargeable battery capable of being received within the slot for recharge. Therefore, light is transformed into electricity by the solar device to charge the rechargeable battery through the electric connection between the ends of the slot and the electrodes of the rechargeable battery.
NOVELTY - Provided is an improved terrace structure for solar cell, comprising: an upper electrode, a first penetrate conductive film with light translucent capability, at least one photoelectric conversion layer, and a substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer is disposed between the upper electrode and the first penetrate conductive film, which is stacked alternately with an N-layer, an I-layer, and a P-layer. The P-layer has two structural layers and a doped layer disposed between the two structural layers. The structural layer is made of a-Si and the doped layer is made of boron, whose thickness may comprise approximately 10% to 50% of the P-layer. The substrate is disposed on the first penetrate conductive film having light translucent capability. The present invention can effectively prevent the doped layer from contaminating I-layer, maximize wavelength collection efficiency, and improve electron-hole transport layer to improve the terrace surface of photoelectric conversion layer.
NOVELTY - The invention discloses a modular classification system for solar silicon chip comprising: a base having upstream and downstream interfaces, wherein the interfaces respectively have connection devices for mechanically connecting an upstream and downstream machine bases; a transporting device that passes through the bases along the transporting direction for connecting the upstream and downstream interfaces; a suction and conveying device moving with respect to the transporting device to cross the transporting device along a classification direction defined by an angle with the transporting direction, wherein the suction and conveying device further has a suction device for suctioning and releasing tested solar silicon chips; plural carrying devices, for carrying the tested solar silicon chips on carriers, disposed on the base along the transporting direction; and a processing unit for receiving tested data transmitted from the upstream testing machine and commanding the transporting device and the suction and conveying device, wherein the processing unit further has a downstream electrical transmission interface of supplying signals to a downstream machine.
NOVELTY - The present invention discloses a structure and process of a transparent conductive layer. It mainly comprises a substrate and a transparent conductive thin film. The transparent conductive thin film formed on the substrate by using a electroplateless-precipitation process is used to improve the efficiency of solar cell. Due to the simple and quick process, the structure and process of a transparent conductive layer according to the present invention can reduce greatly the manufacturing cost.
NOVELTY - A solar photovoltaic power generating apparatus includes a solar panel set, a positioning device, and a clockwork unit. The solar panel set has a light-converging device and a solar cell, and the light-converging focuses sunray on the solar cell. The positioning device adjusts the angle of the solar panel set based on the latitude of the photovoltaic power generating apparatus and the date. And the clockwork unit drives the solar panel set to rotate in correspondence to the sun's movement where the rate of rotation is the same as the rate of sun's movement so that the light-converging device continuously aligns with the sun. The present invention also provides a portable solar photovoltaic power generating apparatus further including a GPS to detect the longitude and the latitude of the solar cell.
NOVELTY - The present invention relates to a solar cell. The solar cell includes a back electrode, a single crystal silicon substrate and a carbon nanotube structure. The back electrode is disposed on a lower surface of the single crystal silicon substrate, and electrically connected thereto. The carbon nanotube structure is disposed on an upper surface of the single crystal silicon substrate, and electrically connected to the upper surface of the single crystal silicon substrate. The carbon nanotube structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes oriented in a certain direction.
NOVELTY - The present invention relates to a solar cell. The solar cell includes a back electrode, a silicon substrate, a doped silicon layer and an upper electrode. The back electrode is disposed on a lower surface of the silicon substrate, and electrically connected thereto. A number of holes are defined in an upper surface of the silicon substrate. The doped silicon layer is disposed on the insides of the holes. The upper electrode is disposed on the upper surface of the silicon substrate. The upper electrode includes a number of carbon nanotubes string structures.
NOVELTY - The present invention relates to a solar cell. The solar cell includes a back electrode, a polysilicon substrate and a carbon nanotube structure. The back electrode is disposed on a lower surface of the polysilicon substrate, and electrically connected thereto. The carbon nanotube structure is disposed on an upper surface of the polysilicon substrate, and electrically connected to the upper surface of the polysilicon substrate.
NOVELTY - This invention provides a recycling and reusing method of a transparent electrically conductive glass substrate of a solar cell, including the following steps, (1) a preparation step, (2) an etching step, and (3) a completion step. In the abovementioned steps, a defective solar cell made in a failed process is prepared, which sequentially has a glass substrate, a transparent electrically conductive glass layer, and a defective layer produced in a failed process. A selective etching process is performed on the defective solar cell made in a failed process by using etching medium. The etching rate of the etching medium on the defective layer is much higher than that of the transparent electrically conductive glass layer and the glass substrate so that the etching medium will substantially remove the defective layer only; thus, the glass substrate and the transparent electrically conductive are left for recycling and reusing. Therefore, the defective product in the fabrication process can be recycled, and the waste material can be reduced.
NOVELTY - This invention provides a method for improving photovoltaic conversion efficiency of amorphous Si solar cell, which comprises the step of (a) forming a metallic induced-layer with a thickness higher than 400 nm on an electrical conducting substrate, (b) forming an amorphous Si layer with a thickness higher than 400 nm on the metallic induced-layer, (c) subjecting annealing treatment to the metallic induced-layer and the amorphous Si layer for inducing the amorphous Si layer to a p-type poly Si layer on the electrical conducting substrate, (d) removing the metallic induced-layer, and (e) forming an intrinsic amorphous Si layer, a n-type amorphous Si layer, and an electrode on the p-type poly Si layer, successively. This invention also provides an amorphous Si solar cell with high photovoltaic conversion efficiency, which is produced by the method stated above.
NOVELTY - The present invention relates to a solar panel. The solar panel includes a glass plate, a solar cell assembly and at least one ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED). The glass plate includes a front surface, an opposite bottom surface and a side surface which is formed between the glass plate and the bottom surface. A photocatalyst layer is formed on the front surface of the glass plate. The solar cell assembly is opposite to the bottom surface of the glass plate. The at least one UV LED is opposite to the side surface of the glass plate. And light emitted from the at least one UV LED can be transmitted onto the photocatalyst layer via the side surface of the glass plate.
NOVELTY - Producing silicon comprises adding silicon carbide to silicon oxide or a composition comprising silicon oxide at a high temperature.    USE - The silicon carbide is useful as a reaction initiator and/or catalysts in the production of silicon or in approximately in equimolar quantities in the production of silicon. The silicon is used as a base material for solar cells and/or semiconductors (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The process is cost effective and the reaction initiators and/or catalysts have no impurities or with only small quantities of impurities.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a composition comprising silicon oxide and silicon carbide and optionally a second carbon source; and    (2) a kit comprising separated formulations, preferably extruded and/or powdered silicon oxide, silicon carbide and/or the second carbon source.
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic cell comprises a partially transparent photoelectrode, which is composed of a transparent electrically insulating material (1) and a transparent conductive coating (2). A p-conductive layer of nanosilicon (3), an intrinsically conductive layer of nanosilicon (4), and n-conductive layer of nanosilicon (5) are also included. A counter-electrode having a layer (6) of conductive material and an outer layer (7) are additionally provided in the photovoltaic cell. The used silicon is nanocrystalline silicon having a primary particle size of 5-200 nanometers.    USE - Photovoltaic cell for use as a solar cell, solar panel or photo-electrochemical converter in open or in buildings (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic cell has a higher robustness and efficiency than conventional cells and is producible in a simple and cost-effective manner by using nanoparticulate, doped or undoped silicon.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for producing photovoltaic cells, which involves:    (A) preparing transparent photoelectrode by applying transparent conductive coating on transparent insulating material; and    (B) applying porous layer nanocrystalline p-conductive silicon, intrinsically conductive layer of nanosilicon, n-conductive layer of nanosilicon and counter-electrode on the transparent photo electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the photovoltaic cell consisting of oxide glass with transparent conductive oxide layer.    Transparent electrically insulating material (1)    Transparent conductive coating (2)    p-conductive layer of nanosilicon (3)    Intrinsically conductive layer of nanosilicon (4)    n-conductive layer of nanosilicon (5)    Conductive material layer (6)    Outer layer (7)
NOVELTY - The method involves producing an n-doped base high doping area (3) at a base contacting area (4) in a semiconductor substrate (1). A p-doped emitter layer (5) is applied on an emitter side (2) of the semiconductor substrate or on multiple emitter side covering intermediate layers, to form a pn-transition with the semiconductor substrate.    USE - Method for producing a single side contactable solar cell from a semiconductor substrate with n-doping.    ADVANTAGE - The method involves producing an n-doped base high doping area at a base contacting area in semiconductor substrate, and hence ensures cost-effective production of single side contactable solar cell that reduces the susceptibility of impurities and defects at a surface of a semiconductor substrate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar cell, for a single side contacting, which has an n-doped semiconductor substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic partial sectional view of an emitter side of a semiconductor substrate.    Semiconductor substrate (1)    Emitter side (2)    N-doped base high doping area (3)    Base contacting area (4)    P-doped emitter layer (5)
NOVELTY - The invention provides a platform for solar panels which contains a casing and at least a panel. The casing has an opening and more than one electrode plate inside. The electrode plate has at least a limiting element along a top edge and a sliding element along a bottom edge. At least a panel is installed in the casing through the opening and attached to a side of an electrode plate between the limiting and sliding elements. As such, a panel could be placed in the platform more conveniently and smoothly. The platform could also accommodate multiple panels, thereby reducing the required space, production cost and time.
NOVELTY - The invention provides a solar cell whose substrate has multiple deeply etched holes. The substrate is made of a semiconductor with single-crystalline, polycrystalline, or amorphous structure, and has a plurality of deep holes formed by etching or other types of processing. The depth of each hole is at least one fourth of the substrate's thickness, or the distance from the bottom of each hole to the other side of the substrate is no more than 50 mm. The solar cell as such has a low probability of carrier recombination and high photovoltaic conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - The present invention relates to a solar cell. The solar cell includes a substrate, a back metal contact layer formed on a surface of the substrate, a first type semiconductor formed on a surface of the back metal contact layer, a second type semiconductor formed on a surface of the first type semiconductor, and a carbon nanotube layer formed on a surface of the second type semiconductor. In addition, the invention also relates to a method for making the above mentioned solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves laminating a silicon substrate (220) on two electrode metal transcription papers (210), and adhering two top portions of the substrate with each other, where electrodes are back and front contact electrodes. A glass frit is provided in the electrode metal transcription papers. The electrode metal transcription papers are burnt out at 400 degree Celsius. Conductive adhesive layers are formed on a side face contacting the silicon substrate.    USE - Method for fabricating a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables minimizing thin film type damage of the silicon substrate, and improving profitability of the manufacturing process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an apparatus for manufacturing a solar battery comprising a retention element supporting a laminated silicon substrate on an electrode metal transcription paper.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell.    Electrode metal transcription papers (210)    Silicon substrate (220)
NOVELTY - The generator (100) has an upper electroplax (115) connected to a hinge (130) and fixing a support rib in a fixed lower electroplax (116). A housing (172) is formed on a hood that passes through a cap (125) into a body and fixed using a fixing pin. The hood is penetrated along a bidirection in an upper body of the cap. A motor (138) is fixed on a support pillar (110). A bearing is provided in an upper par of the support pillar that is protruded while being fixed in the ground. A gear is formed on an outer side surface of the cap.    USE - Solar electric generator for a brace assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The generator is simple to clean and store, and has a simple structure to accept an appointment power enforcement of sunshine by rotation of the generator.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar electric generator.    Solar electric generator (100)    Support pillar (110)    Upper electroplax (115)    Fixed lower electroplax (116)    Cap (125)    Hinge (130)    Motor (138)    Housing (172)
NOVELTY - The board (1) has a lens plate main body (11) arranged with a liquid inlet (11c) formed at sides of liquid lens parts (11a). The liquid inlet passes liquid (13) between the liquid lens parts. A stopper (11d) with constant size is arranged on the board. A transparent covering plate (12) is combined on a top part of the lens plate main body.    USE - Light concentration liquid lens board.    ADVANTAGE - The board is simple in structure, and reduces usage of fossil energy, so that the board is environment-friendly. The board can be manufactured at low cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a light concentration liquid lens board.    Liquid lens board (1)    Lens plate main body (11)    Liquid lens part (11a)    Liquid inlet (11c)    Stopper (11d)    Transparency covering plate (12)    Liquid (13)
NOVELTY - The system has a fuel cell comprising ECOD (45) with ECOD anode (30) which is porous and chemically active to electro-catalytic oxidation of carbon. The ECOD anode is connected to a fuel reformer and to fuel cell such that reformate is transferred from fuel reformer to ECOD anode and ECOD effluent is transferred to anode of fuel cell. The ECOD electrolyte (35) is arranged in ionic contact between the ECOD anode and ECOD cathode (40). The temperature of the anode is maintained between 400 degrees C to 650 degrees C.    USE - Fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - The fuel cell system which is capable of continual and uninterrupted processing of fuels having heavy aromatics and high sulfur content can be obtained. The carbon from gas stream can be removed effectively and the possibility for formation of coke buildup within fuel cell can be prevented efficiently.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method of generating electricity; and    (2) method of removing carbon from influent gas.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the ECOD.    ECOD anode (30)    ECOD electrolyte (35)    ECOD cathode (40)    ECOD (45)    Coke buildup (60)
NOVELTY - A controller (140) calculates fluoride emission rate based on fluoride ion concentration or pH value of fuel cell stack (110) and flow velocity data of outflow water from fuel cell stack. The state of an electrolyte membrane of fuel cell stack is checked, based on the fluoride emission rate. The possibility of deterioration of electrolyte membrane, is determined if fluoride emission rate is out of a predetermined normal range.    USE - Apparatus for determining deterioration of fuel cell for vehicle (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to sports utility vehicle (SUV), bus, truck, various commercial vehicles, boat, ship, aircraft, hybrid vehicle, electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and hydrogen-powered vehicles.    ADVANTAGE - The deterioration of the electrolyte membrane can be prevented effectively and rapidly and performance and durability of the fuel cell stack can be improved, by measuring the fluoride ion concentration or pH value of outflow water from the fuel cell stack in real time during operation of vehicle. The factor accelerating the current deterioration is preferably examined to control the operation conditions of the vehicle and the fuel cell stack so that the corresponding factor is controlled within a suitable predetermined range for membrane stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for determining deterioration of fuel cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of the apparatus for determining deterioration of fuel cell.    Fuel cell stack (110)    Radiators (121,131)    Controller (140)    Memory (141)    Warning unit (150)
NOVELTY - The method involves mixing a thin-film forming material and a surfactant to prepare a dispersion in which the thin-film forming material is dispersed. A dispersion film (31) is formed from the dispersion at an inner circumference side of ring-shaped dispersion-film holding ring (35), and a cylindrical supporter and the dispersion film are relatively moved in contact with each other so that the dispersion is transferred to a surface of the supporter with a film shape. The film shaped dispersion formed on the surface of the supporter is dried to form a thin film.    USE - Method for manufacturing a thin film i.e. carbon nanotube thin film, that is used for manufacturing an electronic device such as a liquid crystal device, electroluminescent device, electrochromic device, FET, touch panel, and a solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method manufactures the thin film at room temperature in the air with good operability. The method increases a film-formation effective area of the dispersion film so as to form the film on the supporter, with a large surface area without restricting the size of the film. The method performs film formation without selecting a specific material as a supporter material and without degrading the material during the film formation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an apparatus for manufacturing a thin film, comprising a dispersion storage unit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic cross-sectional view representing steps of manufacturing a carbon nanotube thin film.    Dispersion film (31)    Ring shaped dispersion-film holding ring (35)    Substrate (37)    Substrate holding member (47)
NOVELTY - The article has a transparent conductive oxide inclusive film (3) provided on a glass substrate (1), where the inclusive film comprises zinc aluminum oxide that is doped with silver to provide electrical properties of the inclusive film. A dielectric layer is provided between the glass substrate and the inclusive film, where a visible transmission of the article is about 50 percentages. The film is sputter-deposited onto the substrate at a low temperature of less than about 100 degrees Celsius to include both a primary dopant and a co-dopant.    USE - Coated article for use in a solar cell, oven door, defrosting window.    ADVANTAGE - The utilization of the both primary dopant and co-dopant in sputter-depositing of the inclusive film prevents or reduces the formation of compensating native defects in the wide-band gap semiconductor material during the impurity introduction and promotes declustering of the primary dopant, thus freeing up space in the sub-lattice and permitting the aluminum to function as a donor. The conductivity of the film is hence improved without significantly sacrificing visible transmission characteristics.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a coated article.    Glass substrate (1)    Transparent conductive oxide inclusive film (3)
NOVELTY - A hydrophilic polyester film has an easily bonding layer and a hydrophilic layer provided on a polyester film. The hydrophilic layer contains hydrophilic polymer, specific metal alkoxide compound(s) and colloidal silica.    USE - Hydrophilic polyester film is used for composite material. Uses include but are not limited to glass, lens, mirror, exterior material, window glass of building material, windshield of motor vehicles, gondola of motor vehicle, protection goggles, dustproof cover, solar cell cover, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The hydrophilic polyester film has improved strength, adhesiveness between polyester film and hydrophilic layer, and flaw resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A hydrophilic polyester film has an easily bonding layer and a hydrophilic layer provided on a polyester film. The hydrophilic layer contains hydrophilic polymer, metal alkoxide compound(s) and colloidal silica. The metal alkoxide compound is chosen from compound of formula: Z-(OR9)4 or Al-(OR9)3.    Z=Si, Ti or Zr;and    R9=alkyl or aryl.
NOVELTY - Conductor assembly for fabricating photoelectrical device includes electrically conductive filaments (301); and transparent filaments (302); where conductive and transparent filaments are joined together to form flexible web in the form of mesh (300).    USE - For fabricating photoelectrical device e.g. display devices, photovoltaic devices such as solar cells, or photocatalytic devices which are utilized for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, or electrochromic windows or displays, or LCD or OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays.    ADVANTAGE - The conductor assembly provides higher transmissivity transparent conductors to improve device efficiency as they allow greater amounts of light through.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) sub-assembly for fabricating photoelectrical device including flexible, substantially transparent substrate; conductor assembly; and layer of transparent electrically conductive material which is associated with substrate and conductor assembly; and    (2) fabricating sub-assembly for photoelectrical device involving providing conductor assembly, flexible and substantially transparent substrate; and associating conductor assembly with substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows schematic illustration of conductor assembly.    Mesh (300)    Conductive filament (301)    Transparent filament (302)
NOVELTY - The method involves irradiating P-polarized light of predetermined wavelength and incident angle on several transparent conductive films of different thicknesses and resistivities. The evaluation value based on the light quantity of reflected light is measured. The verification condition in which the change of evaluation value with respect to change of resistivity is more than specific value and difference of evaluated values by the difference in film thickness exists in permissible range is specified, using correlation characteristic.    USE - Verification condition selection method for inspecting resistivity of transparent conductive film used in photoelectric conversion apparatus (claimed) e.g. solar cell panel. Can also be used in inspection of transparent conductive film used in displays, window glass, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The resistivity of the transparent conductive film can be efficiently measured with high accuracy by non-destructive and non-contact process, while being able to specify appropriate wavelength used for resistivity inspection from a wide wavelength range.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) resistivity inspection method;    (2) resistivity inspection apparatus;    (3) apparatus for manufacturing photoelectric conversion apparatus; and    (4) photoelectric conversion apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating the verification condition selection process. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - The battery has a bottom electrode (111a) formed in a top of a substrate (100), and a photoelectronic element part (200a) equipped with a poly-crystal photoelectric device (220). An amorphous photoelectric device (210) is provided on the bottom electrode, and an upper electrode (400) is formed on the photoelectronic element part. Polycrystalline semiconductor films are laminated to the poly-crystal photoelectric device. Amorphous silicon layers (221-223) are laminated on the poly-crystal photoelectric device. A sidewall insulating layer is made of silicon nitride film or silicon oxide film.    USE - Solar battery such as series connect-type solar battery and tandem solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The quantum efficiency of the solar battery is improved. The short phenomenon between the upper electrode and the photoelectric device is prevented. The manufacturing process and process time of the battery are reduced. The fabrication cost of the battery is saved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar battery.    Substrate (100)    Bottom electrode (111a)    Photoelectronic element part (200a)    Amorphous photoelectric device (210)    Poly-crystal photoelectric device (220)    Amorphous silicon layers (221-223)    Upper electrode (400)
NOVELTY - The laminating device (10) comprises a diaphragm (30) that is arranged above a heating plate (20), for accommodating an object to be laminated. A heater (11) such as infrared heater is arranged above the diaphragm. The diaphragm is made of transparent silicone rubber sheet.    USE - Laminating device for manufacturing solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The process defects such as bubble defect are reduced and the process time is shortened. Hence the productivity is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for laminating method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a conceptual diagram of the laminating device.    Laminating device (10)    Heater (11)    Heating plate (20)    Diaphragm (30)    Solar cell module (50)
NOVELTY - A polybutylene terephthalate resin mixture is obtained by mixing polybutylene terephthalate resin and carbodiimide compound. The content of terminal carboxyl group in polybutylene terephthalate resin is less than 20 meq/kg. The polybutylene terephthalate resin has intrinsic viscosity of 0.9 dL/g or more. The carbodiimide compound is in the form of powder, granules or masterbatch.    USE - Polybutylene terephthalate resin mixture is used for film as solar cell module backsheet film for solar cell module (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The film formed using polybutylene terephthalate resin mixture has excellent hydrolysis resistance, durability, and reduced fisheye and deterioration.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) film, which is formed by performing melt-extruding of polybutylene terephthalate resin mixture;    (2) manufacture of film; and    (3) solar cell module.
NOVELTY - The method involves coupling a pair of inclined arms (14a) with a transverse component (14) and central support components (11a, 11b) to support the transverse component. A support frame (15) is coupled to the transverse component and equipped with a frame combination component (15a). Multiple solar battery sub-arrays (16) are coupled to the frame combination component to form a solar battery array (10). A spiral jack and an actuator (100) are equipped to adjust inclination of the solar battery array relative to surface of the earth and sun track.    USE - Method for assembling an optical collector opto-electrical solar battery array.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an optical collector opto-electrical solar battery array.    Solar battery array (10)    Central support components (11a, 11b)    Transverse component (14)    Inclined arms (14a)    Support frame (15)    Frame combination component (15a)    Solar battery sub-arrays (16)    Actuator (100)
NOVELTY - A nanowire consists of a core containing crystalline or non-crystalline silicon-rich oxide, and a shell.    USE - Nanowire is used for electronic devices e.g. solar cells, sensors, optical detection elements, LEDs, laser diodes, electroluminescent elements, photoluminescent elements, cathode luminescent elements, FETs, charge trap flashes, surface plasmon waveguides, and metal oxide semiconductor capacitors (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The nanowire has excellent electroconductivity and optical characteristics, and can be manufactured easily. The silicon quantum dot has characteristics which enable light emission of visible region, or light reception.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of nanowire, which involves coating a metal catalyst (20) on a silicon substrate (10), preparing a chamber or a microchamber, and forming nanowire using heated gas injected into the chamber or microchamber as source which is diffused or vaporized from the substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view explaining the manufacturing method of nanowire. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (10)    Metal catalyst (20)    Lid (30)    Nanowires (40,50)    Susceptor (60)    Edge of substrate (P1)
NOVELTY - Diamine derivative (I) is new.    USE - Novel diamine derivative is used for electrophotographic photoreceptor (claimed) for image forming device, solar cell and electroluminescent element.    ADVANTAGE - The diamine derivative as charge transport agent is excellent in sensitivity, solubility with respect to solvent and compatibility with respect to binder resin. The electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising the diamine derivative is excellent in electron-accepting property, compatibility, durability and sensitivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A diamine derivative of formula (I) is new.    Ar1=bivalent produced by removing H atom from aryl, bivalent produced by removing H atom from heterocyclic or bivalent produced by removing H atom from 1-8C alkyl;and    Ar2-Ar5=aryl or heterocyclic.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for electrophotographic photoreceptor, which has a photoreceptor layer (14) containing the diamine derivative (I) provided on an electroconductive substrate (12).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of monolayer-type electrophotographic photoreceptor.    Monolayer-type electrophotographic photoreceptor (10)    Electroconductive substrate (12)    Photoreceptor layer (14)    Barrier layer (16)
NOVELTY - A polyamic acid is imidated by reacting with acyl compound (A) and aliphatic and/or alicyclic diamine (B) in presence of alicyclic tertiary monoamine, to manufacture polyimide. The acyl compound (A) is chosen from aliphatic and/or alicyclic tetracarboxylic dianhydride and their reactive derivatives.    USE - Manufacture of polyimide used for forming film (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to heat-proof transparent film, electroconductive transparent film, light-emitting diode, solar cell, flat display peripheral material and lens.    ADVANTAGE - The polyimide is manufactured economically and easily at high reaction rate, and has excellent solubility with respect to organic solvent. The polyimide film has low water-absorbability, non-colorability, transparency, moldability and mechanical characteristics such as fracture elongation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) polyimide, which is obtained by reacting acyl compound (A) chosen from aliphatic and/or alicyclic tetracarboxylic dianhydride and their reactive derivative, and aliphatic and/or alicyclic diamine. The polyimide has imidation ratio of 85 mol% or more;    (2) polyimide film; and    (3) manufacture of polyimide film, which involves coating a solution containing polyimide and organic solvent on a substrate to form a coating film, and carrying out evaporative removal of organic solvent from coating film.
NOVELTY - The plate has square silicon chip carrying holes whose two parallel opposite surfaces are equipped with metal hooks, where lower surface of the plate is 0.5-0.5 millimeters higher than top end of the metal hooks. The thickness of the metal hooks is 0.4-0.5 millimeters.    USE - Graphite carrier plate for use during manufacturing process of a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The plate improves electric parameter of the solar cell in an efficient manner, reduces area of processing point, and improves appearance of the solar cell and product quality.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a graphite carrier plate.
NOVELTY - The battery has a middle battery unit and a bottom battery unit separately equipped with a tunneling junction connecting structure. A layer of p-type doped aluminum indium phosphorus (AlInP) material, a layer of p-type heavy-doped aluminium gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) material, and a layer of n-type heavy-doped gallium indium phosphorus (GaInP) material are formed on the battary units. Thickness of the p-type heavy-doped (AlGaAs) material is 10 to 15 nm. Thickness of the n-type heavy-doped (GaInP) material is 10 to 15 nm.    USE - Multi-junction gallium arsenide solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery uses the tunneling junction connecting structure to reduce reflection of the reflected light and improve the current density of the middle battery unit. The conversion efficiency of the three-junction battery is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a multi-junction gallium arsenide solar battery.
NOVELTY - The panel (1) has a battery-panel inserted side frame (2) whose back frame body is equipped with a solar battery panel mounting connecting hole (3). The mounting connecting hole is fixed with a mounting connecting nut (4).    USE - Solar battery panel.    ADVANTAGE - The battery panel is convenient to mount, and effectively improves the construction efficiency and guarantees construction quality and construction safety.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar battery panel.    Solar battery panel (1)    Battery-panel inserted side frame (2)    Solar battery panel mounting connecting hole (3)    Mounting connecting nut (4)
NOVELTY - The module has a main board whose four sides are fixed with a side board. A side of the side board is fixed with a buckling part. The side board is provided with a parallel or serial line design. Multiple solar optical-electric panels are used for paving a structure surface by the side boards of a fold box. A controller is constructed on the main board of the fold box with a driving electric sub-assembly, and connected with a solar optical-electric panel electrically through a line of the side board.    USE - Fold solar optical-electric module.    ADVANTAGE - The controller senses the sunshine location to obtain economical benefit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a fold solar optical-electric module.
NOVELTY - The structure has a supporting frame connected with a frame through a turnover hinge and comprising a baffle plate and an indication contact. A tug is arranged at an upper end of the supporting frame. The turnover hinge of the supporting frame makes a circular arc motion.    USE - Turnover connection structure for a conveying device in a solar cell production line.    ADVANTAGE - The structure can impel the supporting frame to perform circular motion through the turnover hinge when the operator passes through two adjacent frames by turning over the supporting frame. The corresponding process on the automatic production line can be automatically stopped or started to ensure the smoothness of the stream and physical distribution.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a turnover connection structure.
NOVELTY - The trimmer has a frame fixed with a conveying rail and a locating sliding rod. A lifting drive i.e. power cylinder, is fixed with the frame. A piston of the lifting drive is connected with a driving support plate by a rotating shaft. The driving support plate is supported by a locating sliding rod. The driving supporting plate is equipped with a locating drive i.e. power cylinder, and a locating disc. The locating disk is connected with a rotating shaft by a pin. A work piece supporting plate is provided over the locating disc.    USE - Edge trimmer for a solar battery production line.    ADVANTAGE - The edge trimmer utilizes a cylinder lifting braking theory, so as to resist the solar battery assembly by the cylinder supporting work platform and rotate the solar battery assembly under outer force. The trimmer greatly reinforces stability of the solar battery assembly during the trimming process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an edge trimmer.
NOVELTY - The shaft has slide rails fixedly mounted on a frame. Slide blocks are arranged on the slide rails. Conveying beams are fixedly mounted on the slide blocks. A gear shaft is configured between the two conveying beams. Two ends of the gear shaft are supported against the two conveying beams. The gear shaft is equipped with an adjustable shaft sleeve and a key slot. The adjustable shaft sleeve is formed with holes.    USE - Telescopic shaft for use in a solar battery production line.    ADVANTAGE - The shaft can adjust the spacing between the two conveying beams to form the conveying rail of different widths according to the need, thus meeting the conveying requirements of the solar battery components of different specifications.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a telescopic shaft.
NOVELTY - The method involves manufacturing block copolymer micelle solution by mixing polarity block and non-polar block with solvent, and dipping a substrate within the micelle solution. The solvent is evaporated from the micelle solution, and a micelle laminating structure is formed on a top part of the substrate. A metal oxide film is formed on the top part of the substrate, and a metal oxide precursor is coated after removing organic material within the metal oxide film. A porosity inorganic film is equipped with a metal particle, and a metal oxide film is equipped in an air gap.    USE - Method for manufacturing a porosity inorganic film of a photocatalytic layer in a dye sensitized solar cell (all claimed). Can also be used for an optical catalyst and a chemical sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables reducing pore size less than 100 nm by forming the mold of the porosity inorganic film using the block copolymer micelle. The method enables improving the pollutant decomposition effect of a photo catalytic layer, and increasing the current generation efficiency of a dye sensitized solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a dye sensitized solar cell comprising a porosity inorganic film and an optically transparent electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a porosity inorganic film manufacturing method.
NOVELTY - Metallic composition having an activity as an anode catalyst in a direct methanol fuel cell, comprises nickel-zirconium-platinum-ruthenium compound (I), where the activity of the metallic composition is at least a comparable activity on a per mole platinum basis as a metallic composition comprising platinum-ruthenium compound (II).    USE - The metallic composition is useful as an anode catalyst in a direct methanol fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The metallic composition possesses low platinum content with a comparable catalytic activity on a per mole platinum. The metallic composition exhibits resistance to corrosive acids in direct methanol fuel cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Metallic composition having an activity as an anode catalyst in a direct methanol fuel cell, comprises nickel-zirconium-platinum-ruthenium compound of formula (Ni31Zr13Pt33Ru23) (I), where the activity of the metallic composition is at least a comparable activity on a per mole platinum basis as a metallic composition comprising platinum-ruthenium compound formula (Pt84Ru16) (II). INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) an anode for a direct methanol fuel cell, including a reactive surface comprising a first metallic composition containing (I), where the metallic compositions are employed as anode catalysts in direct methanol fuel cells; and    (2) a direct methanol fuel cell comprising an anode including a reactive surface comprising the first metallic composition and stack components.
NOVELTY - The cell has a glass substrate (1) connected to an indium-tin oxide anode layer (2). A photosensitive layer (4) is equipped with a conjugated polymer. The cuprous oxide hole collection layer is connected to the indium-tin oxide anode layer. The photosensitive layer is provided with a conjugated polymer and a zinc oxide. Thickness of a cuprous oxide hole collection layer (3) is ranged from 30 to 80 nm. Thickness of the photosensitive layer is ranged from 100 to 200 nm. Thickness of a cathode aluminum (5) is ranged from 80 to 200 nm.    USE - Polymer/inorganic nano-crystalline hybrid solar cell for a battery.    ADVANTAGE - The cuprous oxide nano-crystal improves surface work function of the indium-tin oxide, thus increasing open-circuit voltage and energy conversion efficiency of the battery. The open-circuit voltage of the battery utilizing the cuprous oxide as the hole collection layer is increased by 32.5 percentages, thus increasing short-circuit current by 49 percentages, and hence increasing energy conversion efficiency by 171 percentages. The open-circuit voltage of the battery utilizing the cuprous oxide as the hole collection layer is increased by 55.9 percentages, thus increasing the short-circuit current by 57.2 percentages, and hence increasing energy conversion efficiency by 222 percentages.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a polymer/inorganic nano-crystalline hybrid solar cell.    Glass substrate (1)    Indium-tin oxide anode layer (2)    Cuprous oxide hole collection layer (3)    Photosensitive layer (4)    Cathode aluminum (5)
NOVELTY - The device has a charging circuit for converting electric power output by a fuel cell to a specified output power. The charging circuit is electrically connected to the fuel cell and a rechargeable cell to transmit the electric power output by the fuel cell to the rechargeable cell for charging the rechargeable cell. A voltage conversion unit is utilized for converting the electric power of the rechargeable cell to the power needed by a load. The fuel cell is utilized as a power generation device for outputting power through a chemical reaction between hydrogen-rich fuel and oxygen.    USE - Constant current output device for a fuel cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The rechargeable cell is selected from a group consisting of lead-acid cell, nickel-cadmium cell, nickel-metal hydride cell, rechargeable lithium cell, lithium ion cell and polymer lithium cell. The voltage conversion unit is selected from a group consisting of a booster circuit, a step-down circuit and a booster/step-down circuit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a constant current output device. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The board has film-like metal wires (2) covered on a surface of an insulated substrate (1). The surface of the insulated substrate is covered with solder coating except a solder point (4) and a single-sided inter-digital solar battery slice. An anchor (5) aligns the single-sided inter-digital solar battery slice with the solder point. The insulated substrate is made of phenolic tissue paper, tissue paper epoxy resin, tissue paper, glass cloth soaked acrylate or methyl phenolic epoxy acrylate. The metal wires are made of copper or tin.    USE - Single-sided inter-digital solar battery slice chip board.    ADVANTAGE - The board is simple in structure and convenient to use. The size of the chip board and the printed circuit layout and the cutting and arrangement of the solar battery slice are decided according to different requirements, thus improving the utilization of the single-sided inter-digital solar battery, enhancing process automation, improving working conditions and welding quality and process efficiency and reducing process cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of a single-sided inter-digital solar battery slice chip board.    Insulated substrate (1)    Film-like metal wires (2)    Solder point (4)    Anchor (5)
NOVELTY - The component has a glass plate (1) and a battery sheet matrix composed of a set of solar battery sheets (2) in the plate. An electrode of each battery sheet is connected with conductive interconnecting strips (5). Bus bars (3) respectively lead out an anode and a cathode of the sheet matrix. The anode and the cathode are connected with a power leading-out wire (4) via a junction box (6). An ethylene vinyl acetate adhesive films are provided on upper and lower sides of the battery sheet in the plate.    USE - Transparent solar battery component for a building.    ADVANTAGE - The glass plate is provided as double layer glass in which the battery sheet matrix is provided, so that the structure of the component is simple. The component coats patterns coordinating with buildings on the ethylene vinyl acetate adhesive film to meet the increasing need of the aesthetic idea.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a transparent solar battery component.    Glass plate (1)    Solar battery sheets (2)    Bus bars (3)    Power leading-out wire (4)    Conductive interconnecting strips (5)    Junction box (6)
NOVELTY - The laminator has an elastic lamination membrane provided on an upper cover. An upper cavity chamber is formed between the membrane and the cover. The cover and a lower box body cooperate in sealing manner to form a working cavity body. A working desk is provided in the cavity body. The desk includes a heater plate assembly with a radian adjusting device connected with a segment type heater plate of the assembly. The adjusting device adjusts radian of the heater plate. A sliding groove is provided on a heater plate frame of the adjusting device.    USE - Laminator for a solar assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The laminator simply realizes the radian adjustable of the segment type heater plate using the radian adjusting device and finishes laminating for solar assembly with different shapes. The laminator is simple to operate and saves cost and simplifies the procedure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a laminator for solar assembly.
NOVELTY - A catalyst contains active component of VIII-group metal, zinc oxide as auxiliary agent and modified alumina spheres as support. The content of supported active component is 2.6-10 weight% of support. The molar ratio of active component and auxiliary agent, is 0.24-0.38:1.    USE - Catalyst is used for reforming high-temperature methanol vapor for producing hydrogen for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The catalyst having high activity, durability and stability, is economical, and is prepared using simple process and reduced amount of noble metal.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of catalyst involves dissolving VIII-group metal salt in dilute nitric acid, heating at 30-80 degrees C, stirring, concentrating to obtain solution (5-30 weight%), dissolving zinc salt in water to obtain 1-4 mol/L of reaction solution, dipping alumina spheres in rare earth metal dilute solution, maintaining at room temperature for 3-15 hours, oven-drying, dropping obtained VIII-group metal salt solution and zinc salt solution in parallel to modified alumina spheres, stirring, ultrasonically dispersing, maintaining at 40-80 degrees C for 0.5 to 3 hours, drying and roasting at 250-650 degrees C for 2 to 3 hours.
NOVELTY - A caustic-corrosion solution containing alkaline solution (1-2.5 volume%), sodium silicate (0.1-2 mass%) and isopropanol (0.5-3 mass%) is prepared in constant-temperature tank at 75-85 degrees C. A solution of perfluorooctanesulfonate (0.2-1 volume%) having a concentration of 5x 10-5-5x 10-3 mol/L is added to the tank. Then, monocrystalline silicon is added tank, to carry out corrosion reaction. After 10-12 minutes, monocrystalline silicon is taken out and washed with de-ionized water and dried. Thus, a monocrystalline silicon matte is prepared.    USE - Preparation of monocrystalline silicon matte used for solar batteries.    ADVANTAGE - The monocrystalline silicon matte has small and uniform pyramid on the surface, which improves the efficiency of solar battery.
NOVELTY - A carbon carrier is added to a surface active agent to obtain dispersed serum through ultrasonic oscillation. Then, aqueous solutions of platinum and ruthenium compound are added to the resultant and subjected to ultrasonic oscillation, to obtain dispersed serum. The resultant is reduced by adding reducing agent in drops. The resultant is then filtered and precipitate is washed and dried to obtain finished catalyst of platinum-ruthenium deposited on the carbon carrier electrically.    USE - Preparation of platinum-ruthenium/carbon used as anode catalyst for direct methanol fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The platinum-ruthenium/carbon catalyst having high carbon-monoxide-tolerance capacity, is manufactured simply under moderate operating condition, in high yield. The electro-catalytic oxidation of methanol is high. The content of carbon carrier is less than the normal value of 1-2 mg/cm2.
NOVELTY - A composite-film counter electrode has carbon material thin-film and polypyrrole thin-film sequentially provided on conductive substrate. The polypyrrole thin-film is polypyrrole thin-film or polypyrrole-derivative thin-film.    USE - Composite-film counter electrode used for dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The composite-film counter electrode has excellent catalytic performance, favorable electrochemical stability and high conductivity ratio, and is manufactured efficiently and economically.
NOVELTY - The module has a solar energy chip for receiving a light source, and a package for packing a solar energy chip, where the package is provided with an optical construction. A base stage supports the solar energy chip and the package, and is provided with a reflective construction. The reflective construction reflects the light source to the optical construction and to the solar energy chip via the optical construction when the reflective construction is exposed under the light source. A collecting mirror is equipped above the package.    USE - Luminous recyclable solar energy chip module.    ADVANTAGE - The reflective construction reflects the light source to the optical construction and to the solar energy chip via the optical construction, so as to realize the recycling process of light energy and to reinforce the light conversion efficiency on the solar energy chip.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The solar energy chip is selected from one of a single crystal silicon solar energy chip, polycrystalline silicon polar energy chip, non crystal silicon solar energy chip and gallium arsenide solar energy chip. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a luminous recyclable solar energy chip.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a luminous recyclable solar energy chip module.
NOVELTY - The collector has a group of solar panels arranged in a shape of a folding fan, where rear ends of the solar panels are connected through a rotating shaft and front ends of the solar panels connected through connecting ropes. A front part of one of the solar panels is fixedly connected with a handle when stretched in the shape of the fan. The solar panels are driven by an electric closing device to stretch or close.    USE - Vehicle solar collector.    ADVANTAGE - The collector can be stretched and folded as a fan when in use, so as to greatly increase the light receiving area of the light receiving surface of the solar panel, and to reduce the size and the damage probability of the collector when not in use. The light receiving surface can be shielded so as to realize better protection. The collector can effectively increase the safety and service life of the solar panel and maintain the usage efficiency of the solar panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a vehicle solar collector.
NOVELTY - A method of purifying polysilicon rod comprises a preparation step, an extraction step, an impurity removal step, and a solidification-and-shaping step to produce a polysilicon rod from a rod shaped billet with polysilicon by purification. The present invention mainly utilizes heating and melting the rod shaped billet in the impurities removal step to vapor the impurities contained in the rod shaped billet. The vacuum pumping then is performed to extract the vaporized impurities. It does not only improve the purity and photoelectric transformation efficiency of the polysilicon to apply solar cell photoelectronic industry, but also simplifies the equipment and process utilized in the present invention to effectively reduce the production cost.
NOVELTY - This invention discloses a thin film solar cell and manufacturing method thereof. The thin film solar cell comprises a substrate, a front electrode layer, a protection layer, a photoconductive layer, and a back electrode layer stacked in order. Wherein the front electrode layer is formed of N-type TCO, the protection layer formed of P-type TCO and having high work function, low carrier concentration and well IR transparency. The P-type TCO is formed of AMO2 crystal structure wherein A is selected from Cu or Ag, and M selected from Al, Ga or In.
NOVELTY - The solar cell (200) has a substrate (220), a chip (210), a convex lens structure (240) made of silicone and glass, and an infrared filter (250) made of silicone. The substrate has a groove (205) in which the chip is placed to transform light energy into electric energy. The convex lens structure is placed over the groove. The infrared filter is attached to the incident surface (242) of the convex lens structure.    USE - Solar cell such as silicon solar cell, and dye sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Chip with smaller area can absorb more light, as the convex lens structure is placed over the groove provided with chip. Since infrared filter is attached to the incident surface of the convex lens structure, light of infrared band can be filtered. Accumulation of thermal energy on the substrate is suppressed so that the chip can be used for long period of time.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar cell.    Solar cell (200)    Groove (205)    Chip (210)    Substrate (220)    Convex lens structure (240)    Incident surface (242)    Infrared filter (250)
NOVELTY - The battery has an anti-reflective layer (110) arranged at an upper part of a semiconductor part (100), where the anti-reflective layer is made of magnesium oxide material. A reflection ring layer is arranged between another anti-reflective layer (120) and the semiconductor part, where a refractive index of the former anti-reflective layer is larger than a refractive index of the latter anti-reflective layer, and is smaller than a refractive index of the semiconductor part. The former anti-reflective layer is made of silicon nitride material.    USE - Solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery lowers the reflectivity of the incident light from outside, and improves the quantum efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a structure of a solar battery.    Semiconductor part (100)    Anti-reflective layers (110, 120)    Front electrode (130)    Back-surface field reinforcement layer (140)    Back contact electrode (150)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming multiple metal front electrodes on a top part of a substrate, and laminating phosphorus oxychloride paste on an n-type impurity part and a p-type impurity part of the substrate. A reflection barrier layer i.e. silicon nitride layer, and an emitter layer are formed on a side part of the substrate, where the emitter layer is in contact with the metal electrodes. The n-type impurity part is phosphorus, and the metal electrodes are made of silver. The reflection barrier layer is formed by a plasma strength chemical vapor deposition process.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar battery (claimed) in a solar power generating system.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables improving emitter layer formation of substrate and sintering process of the front electrode, thus reducing manufacturing cost. The method allows preventing impurity parts within the front electrodes from contacting the emitter layer, and enables avoiding the front electrodes from being exposed to an outside divider with the reflection barrier layer laminated in the side part of the substrate, thus eliminating oxidation phenomenon of the front electrodes, and hence improving conductivity of the front electrodes.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a diffusion barrier containing silicon oxide film or silicon nitride film. An optical absorption precursor layer containing third and sixth group elements is formed on top of a copper substrate. A light absorption layer is formed on the substrate. The light absorption layer is exposed by removing the diffusion barrier. A window layer containing zinc oxide is formed on the exposed light absorption layer. The diffusion barrier is heat-treated such that the optical absorption precursor layer is crystallized. A copper electrode is formed on the top of the substrate.    USE - Method for fabricating a solar cell i.e. copper indium diselenide (CIS) type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The window layer is formed on the exposed light absorption layer, and the diffusion barrier is heat-treated such that the optical absorption precursor layer is crystallized, thus making composition of the light absorption layer to be uniform, and hence improving crystalline property of the optical absorption precursor layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view illustrating a process for manufacturing a copper indium diselenide type solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves evaporating a target source in a chamber (101) by an electron beam evaporation system (100), where the target source is selected from one of indium tin oxide, aluminum zinc oxide and zinc oxide. Process gas e.g. oxygen, is introduced into the chamber, and a tilt angle of an evaporation substrate e.g. glass substrate, is adjusted to form a thin-film on the substrate by oblique-angle deposition, where process temperature within the chamber is controlled during evaporation. The substrate is annealed to form the thin-film with a porous nanorod microstructure.    USE - Method for forming a film (claimed) e.g. transparent conductive nanostructured thin-film and porous and pillar conductive thin-film, by using oblique-angle deposition, for an optoelectronic device e.g. LED and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method achieves a graded refractive index effect in a single layer by tuning a parameter of evaporation process, thus reducing process material and cost, and providing excellent electrical property for a transparent thin-film electrode. The annealing process is performed after the evaporation, thus improving the thin-film structure and optoelectronic property. The method allows forming a thin-film with high-quality, low resistivity and high transmissivity characteristic.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The evaporation substrate comprises a silicon substrate and a gallium-arsenic substrate. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a film comprising porous nanorods.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an electron beam evaporation system for forming a film by using oblique angle deposition.    Electron beam evaporation system (100)    Chamber (101)    Central disc (102)    Supporting shaft (103)    Cantilever (106)
NOVELTY - A top solar subcell is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A middle solar subcell is formed on a top subcell with bandgap smaller than the bandgap of top subcell. A metamorphic layer is formed on the middle subcell. A lower solar subcell lattice matched with respect to middle subcell is formed over middle subcell with bandgap smaller than middle subcell. A surrogate substrate is formed on the lower subcell. The channels defining peripheral portions (512) of the semiconductor substrate are etched to form a mesa structure constituting solar cell.    USE - Method of forming multifunctional solar cell used in commercial and non-commercial applications. Uses include but are not limited to optoelectronic devices such as thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells, photodetector, LED, concentric terrestrial power systems and satellites used in data communications.    ADVANTAGE - The short wavelength responsive for all subcells are improved. The bulk of wavelengths are more effectively absorbed and collected in a narrow bandgap base. The threading dislocation is prevented from propagating into middle or top subcells. The absorption of light that passes through the cell is reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross sectional view of the solar cell.    Contact layer (104)    Window layer (105)    Grid lines (501)    Channel (510)    Peripheral portions (512)
NOVELTY - An insulator is formed on a substrate (1) and a window is formed in the insulator such that window exposes a portion of the substrate. An epitaxial growth seed layer (3) is formed on the portion of the substrate exposed through the window. A crystallization target material layer (4) is deposited on the epitaxial growth seed layer and the insulator. The crystallization target material layer is crystallized by melting and cooling, and a single crystal substrate is manufactured.    USE - Fabrication of single crystal substrate used for thin film transistor and solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The single crystal substrate is easily and economically manufactured.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view illustrating fabrication of single crystal substrate.    Substrate (1)    Epitaxial growth seed layer (3)    Crystallization target material layer (4)    Boundary of silicon layer (4b)
NOVELTY - The power generating plant has heat exchanger with a solar panel (11) at its upper end, installed on water surface (1). The working fluid such as mixture of water and ammonia in the heat exchanger is heated by the solar heat and is used for driving a turbine (5) which is coaxial with a generator (6). Ocean deep water which is used as cooling fluid of the working fluid is pumped into a liquidization device (7) via a deep water pipe (9). The lower end of the heat exchanger is equipped with a natural gas cogeneration system or fuel cell generator.    USE - Power generating plant for generating electric power using solar panel, liquid mixture containing ammonia and water, and natural gas cogeneration system or fuel cell generator.    ADVANTAGE - Since electric power is generated using solar cell, liquid mixture containing ammonia and water, and natural gas cogeneration system or fuel cell generator, the power generation efficiency can be improved. Also, the deep water which is used as cooling fluid of the working fluid can be utilized for drinking, preparing foodstuff, cosmetics, or for fishery promotion.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the power generating plant. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Water surface (1)    Turbine (5)    Generator (6)    Liquidization device (7)    Deep water pipe (9)    Solar panel (11)
NOVELTY - The mist separator has a box-shape mist separator side wall with height 500 mm whose upper surface is covered in an electrolytic cell (2). A heater is attached to mist separator side wall while providing gas extraction pipe (4) in top portion of mist separator so that the heater is switched on/off in preset time.    USE - Mist separator for molten salt electrolysis tank for manufacturing highly purified zinc for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the heater is attached to mist separator side wall while providing gas extraction pipe in top portion of mist separator for switching on/off the heater in preset time, the obstruction of the pipe can be prevented so that the electrolysis process of mist separator can be performed continuously and stably for long time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of mist separator.    Mist separator main unit (1)    Electrolytic cell (2)    Filter (3)    Gas extraction pipe (4)    Material input opening (5)
NOVELTY - Nanoscale pigment particle composition, comprises a benzimidazolone pigment, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound associated non-covalently with the benzimidazolone pigment, where the sterically bulky stabilizer compound comprises an aromatic acid derivative, where the presence of the associated stabilizer limits an extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale pigment particles.    USE - The nanoscale pigment particle composition is useful in: marking material composition, which is an ink composition or a toner composition; electrophotographic photoreceptor; a solar cell comprising an organic photo conducting material; and in biological or chemical sensor (all claimed). The nanoscale pigment particle composition is also useful: as a coloring agent in coating compositions, printing ink vehicles, including inks used in conventional pens and markers, liquid inkjet ink compositions, solid or phase change ink compositions, paints and automotive coatings, solvent-based liquid inks or radiation-curable e.g. UV-curable liquid inks and even aqueous inks; and as colorants for paints, resins and plastics, lenses and optical filters according to their applications.    ADVANTAGE - The nanoscale pigment particle composition has hues, high thermal stability, high light-fastness, high color-migration resistance and high solvent fastness. The stabilizers present in the nanoscale pigment particle composition compatibilize the pigment for better dispersability in the targeted vehicle or matrix.
NOVELTY - A solar cell comprises a semiconductor layer (i) (145) formed by sequentially stacking a positive (P) layer (120), an intrinsic (I) layer (130), and a negative (N) layer (140). The P layer comprises amorphous silicon carbide. The I layer and/or N layer comprises micro-crystalline silicon.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since a P-type amorphous silicon carbide layer is used instead of P-type microcrystalline silicon layer, open circuit voltage is increased and interface property is improved. Therefore, light efficiency of the stacked solar cell is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a stacked solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the stacked solar cell.    Substrate (100)    Transparent conductive film (110)    P layer (120)    I layer (130)    N layer (140)    Semiconductor layers (145,175)    P layer (150)    I layer (160)    N layer (170)    Rear electrode (180)
NOVELTY - A transparent electrode has a metal mesh portion and a non-pattern portion, which are patternized on a transparent support (1). The metal mesh portion contains metal nanowire and a conductive polymer, or metal nanowire and metal oxide. The non-pattern portion contains a conductive polymer or metal oxide. The metal mesh portion has arithmetic mean deviation of 5 nm or less and maximum height of 50 nm or less. The maximum elevation difference of metal mesh portion and non-pattern portion is 50 nm or less.    USE - Transparent electrode is used for organic electroluminescent element (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to touch panel, mobile telephone, electronic paper, plasma display, television and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent electrode has excellent electroconductivity, transparency and smoothness, and provides organic electroluminescent element having favorable light emitting luminance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of transparent electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of transparent electrode.    Support (1)    Metal nanowire (2)    Conductive polymer or metal oxide (3)
NOVELTY - A transparent electrode (20) has a conductive portion (2 or 3) and a non-pattern portion (4), which are patternized on a transparent support. The conductive portion contains metal nanowire and a conducive polymer, or metal nanowire and metal oxide. The non-pattern portion contains a resin. The conductive portion has arithmetic mean deviation of 5 nm or less and maximum height of 50 nm or less. The maximum elevation difference of conductive portion and non-pattern portion is 50 nm or less.    USE - Transparent electrode is used for organic electroluminescent element (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to touch panel, mobile telephone, electronic paper, plasma display, television and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent electrode has excellent electroconductivity, transparency and smoothness, and provides organic electroluminescent element having favorable light emitting luminance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of transparent electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of transparent electrode.    Supports (1,10)    Conductive portion consisting of metal nanowire and polymer (2)    Conductive portion consisting of metal nanowire and metal oxide (3)    Non-pattern portion (4)    Transparent electrode (20)
NOVELTY - A coating composition comprises dispersion medium, microparticles particles dispersed in dispersion medium, and terpene derivative dissolved or dispersed in the dispersion medium.    USE - Coating composition used for articles (claimed) such as anti-reflective film. Uses include but are not limited to cover glass of solar cell, liquid crystal display, plasma display panel, organic electroluminescent display device, touch panel and cathode-ray tube, front board of motor vehicle, electric train and aircraft, and window glass for residence.    ADVANTAGE - The coating composition is economical and has excellent abrasion resistance and high-reflection preventing property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for article, which has coated film obtained using coating composition on a base material.
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic device is fabricated by providing a silicon substrate having an n-type silicon layer (20); placing a reactive metal in contact with the n-type silicon layer, firing the silicon substrate and reactive metal to form a low Schottky barrier height contact to the n-type silicon layer, where the low Schottky barrier height contact comprises transition metal silicides and/or rare earth metal silicides; and forming a conductive metal electrode in contact with the low Schottky barrier height contact.    USE - Method of fabricating photovoltaic device (claimed) for use in forming front electrode contacts to n-type silicon of a solar cell device.    ADVANTAGE - The formation of front electrode contacts to silicon solar cells provide superior reduction in contact resistance and maintain adhesion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a method for making a silicon solar cell and    (2) a thick film composition for producing a photovoltaic cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows cross-sectional view of a silicon solar cell.    P-type silicon layer (10)    Diffusion layer (20)    Antireflective coating (30)    Aluminum back electrode (65)    Reactive metal silicide first layer (91)
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic module (10) comprises a thin glass layer with a thickness of less than or equal to 1 (preferably less than or equal to 0.5) mm, a support layer beneath the thin glass layer that has sufficient compliance to prevent radial cracking of the thin glass layer and has sufficient indentation hardness to prevent concentric cracking of the thin glass layer from 227 g metal ball strikes dropped from a height of 1 m; and several solar cells are between the thin glass layer and the support layer.    USE - For solar module designs.    ADVANTAGE - The module designs reduce manufacturing costs and redundant parts in each module; suited for rapid installation; applicable to any type of solar cell, whether they are rigid or flexible in nature or the type of material used in the absorber layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows an exploded perspective view of a module.    Module (10)    Transparent module front layer (12)    Pottant layer (14)    Solar cells (18) Second pottant layer (16)
NOVELTY - An oxide-sintered component comprises an element dispersed in tin-oxide phase and gallium-stannate-compound phase. The element is chosen from zinc, aluminum, silicon, indium, germanium, titanium, niobium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum and antimony.    USE - Oxide-sintered component used for forming oxide film (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to transparent electrode for touch panel, liquid crystal display, plasma light-emitting device and solar cell, antistatic film of cathode ray tube, motor vehicle, heat reflecting film of structural glass, and frozen refrigeration showcase.    ADVANTAGE - The oxide-sintered component has excellent crack-proof property and transparency, reduced bulk resistor with suppressed generation of abnormal discharge.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An oxide-sintered component comprises an element dispersed in tin-oxide phase and gallium-stannate-compound phase (Ga4SnO8, Ga4Sn5O16 of Ga3Sn4O12). The element is chosen from zinc, aluminum, silicon, indium, germanium, titanium, niobium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum and antimony. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of oxide-sintered component, which involves mixing gallium compound and tin compound, forming molded product by molding the mixture, and sintering the molded product at 1200-1550 degrees C; and    (2) oxide film, which is obtained using the target containing oxide-sintered component by sputtering method or ion-plating method, preferably sputtering method.
NOVELTY - The multilayered element comprises a decorative layer, a substrate, which contains cellulose fibers, and a metal-containing layer produced by printing a covering layer with a printing formulation, which contains a metal powder, providing an article, which produces or consumes electric current, depositing a further metal and then thermally treating. The substrate is made of medium-density fiberboard or high density fiberboard. The covering layer is textile, plastic film, papers, decorative paper or layer materials. The article is light emitting diode and liquid crystal display element.    USE - Multilayered element useful for interior equipment of buildings or vehicles (claimed) such as panels, flooring, wall coverings, ceilings or dashboards and cabinet.    ADVANTAGE - The multi-layered element can be economically produced with good flexibility and ensures protection of interior equipment of buildings or vehicles against mechanical damage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The multilayered element comprises a decorative layer, a substrate, which contains cellulose fibers, and a metal-containing layer produced by printing a covering layer with a printing formulation, which contains a metal powder, providing an article, which produces or consumes electric current, depositing a further metal and then thermally treating. The substrate is made of medium-density fiberboard or high density fiberboard. The covering layer is textile, plastic film, papers, decorative paper or layer materials. The article is light emitting diode, liquid crystal display element, Peltier elements, transistors, electrochromic dye, electromechanic element and solar cells. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for production of multilayered element.
NOVELTY - A modifier unit comprises modifier (5) containing modification catalyst which is arranged at upper part of fuel cell assembly, modifies reformed gas and is made into fuel gas, fuel cells (4) which discharge residual fuel gas and contains fuel cell assembly from exit of fuel gas flow channel, and combustion part which burns remaining fuel gas which did not contribute to power generation reaction and residual oxidizing agent gas and is arranged inside of fuel cell in edge part of fuel cells in fuel cell assembly (401).    USE - Modifier unit for fuel cells and fuel cell module (claimed) which are used for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC).    ADVANTAGE - The modifier unit can improve stability of the combustion state in combustion part.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a fuel cell module (FC).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the fuel cell module which removes and shows a cover material.    Fuel cells (4)    Modifier (5)    Fuel gas supply pipe (8)    Fuel cell assembly (401)    Fuel cell module (FC)
NOVELTY - An organic thin-film device (4) is obtained by forming an organic-semiconductor layer by bonding organic-semiconductor films (2) together.    USE - Manufacture of organic thin-film device (claimed) e.g. vertical organic thin-film transistor. Can also be used for manufacturing organic electroluminescent element, organic light-emitting device, and photoelectric conversion device e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables formation of organic-semiconductor layers with uniform thickness even on surfaces having complicated shape. The method enables manufacture of organic thin-film devices having excellent transistor characteristics, such as mobility, with high yield.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view explaining the manufacturing method of organic thin-film device.    Support substrate (1)    Organic-semiconductor film (2)    Solvent (3)    Organic thin-film device (4)    Convex portion of device (4a)
NOVELTY - The method involves processing the grooves formed in a substrate (1), by identifying position of grooves based on alignment mark drawn with respect to side of substrate. The deposit adhered to the position of substrate where the alignment mark exists, is removed by wiping unit (21), when alignment mark is not visually detected at the time of processing of grooves in substrate.    USE - Manufacturing method of photoelectric conversion apparatus such as cadmium telluride (CdTe) type thin film solar cell and copper indium selenide (CIS) type thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The alignment mark can be detected reliably and position of grooves in substrate can be determined efficiently. The productivity and quality of photoelectric conversion apparatus can be improved. The photoelectric conversion efficiency of apparatus can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of laser etching apparatus used for manufacturing photoelectric conversion apparatus.    Substrate (1)    Laser etching apparatus (13)    Oscillator (19)    Wiping unit (21)    Camera (23)
NOVELTY - The element formation substrate wiring string (1) has a wiring sheet (20) that connects the photovoltaic cells (10a-10c) electrically in one surface side. A sealing material (30) is positioned on the opposite side of surface side of the wiring sheet. A wiring (22) consisting of an opening (22a) is formed in the surface side of insulating sheet (21). The sealing material, wiring sheet and photovoltaic cells are integrated by hardening sealing material after making the dissolved sealing material to contact the photovoltaic cells through opening of wiring.    USE - Element formation substrate wiring string for solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Since the sealing material, wiring sheet and photovoltaic cells are integrated by hardening sealing material after making dissolved sealing material to contact photovoltaic cells through opening, the photovoltaic cells are not deviated with respect to wiring sheet and the damage of photovoltaic cells by anaerobic adhesive is avoided so that the productivity of solar cell module can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) solar cell module; and    (2) manufacturing method of solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of element formation substrate wiring string.    Element formation substrate wiring string (1)    Photovoltaic cells (10a-10c)    Wiring sheet (20)    Insulating sheet (21)    Wiring (22)    Opening (22a)    Sealing material (30)
NOVELTY - A substrate having a gate stack, and alternate and continuous gaseous phase pulse of aluminum precursor, and alternate and continuous gaseous phase pulse of silanol are contacted at deposition temperature of 200 degrees C or less. A layer of silicon dioxide is formed in gate stack, and gate stack is passivated.    USE - Passivation of gate stack, side wall spacer, shallow trench isolation structure used for microelectronic device such as dynamic RAM (DRAM), complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices, and other microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device (all claimed) etc. Can also be used in manufacture of magnetic head, solar cell, capacitor, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The thin silicon dioxide film can be formed at low temperature in various conditions.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) formation of side wall spacer;    (2) deposition of silicon dioxide on highly sensitive surface;    (3) deposition of thin film of silicon dioxide for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device; and    (4) formation of shallow trench isolation structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flowchart explaining formation of silicon dioxide thin film. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - The solar module (2) has a photovoltaic active layer for transformation of solar radiation into electrical energy. The thermal resistance of the solar module is reduced at a lower side of the photovoltaic active layer compared to a cooling medium. A flow-through heat sink, made of aluminum, is provided at the lower side of the photovoltaic active layer for reducing the thermal resistance.    USE - Solar module, particularly for a roof covering of a building roof, and for a solar surface of a solar system (Claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The thermal resistance of the solar module is reduced at a lower side of the photovoltaic active layer compared to a cooling medium, and hence ensures that the solar module possesses high efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a solar surface, particularly solar roof surface on a building roof;    (2) a solar system; and    (3) a composite material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic partial view of a solar surface.    Solar surface (1)    Solar module (2)    Sub-structure (3)    Longitudinal profile (4)    Cooling channel (5)
NOVELTY - A water vapor modified catalyst comprises inorganic oxide having lattice oxygen, cobalt and additive supported by inorganic oxide containing lattice oxygen. A fuel is modified using water vapor modified catalyst by water vapor reforming reaction.    USE - Water vapor modified catalyst is used for fuel reformer and fuel cell system such as hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell and polymer electrolyte fuel cell for motor vehicles, internal combustion engine, gasoline engine and diesel engine.    ADVANTAGE - The water vapor modified catalyst has high selectivity of hydrogen in low temperature, fuel consumption, exhaust-air-purification rate, and reduced carbon deposition on the surface of catalyst.
NOVELTY - An electrolytic polymerization liquid contains a conductive polymer monomer and a supporting electrolyte salt (I) dissolved in a solvent.    USE - Electrolytic polymerization liquid is used for conductive polymer for manufacturing solid electrolyte capacitor (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to organic electroluminescent display, organic transistor, polymer battery, solar cell, sensor material, electromagnetic shielding material, antistatic material, electrochromic material and artificial muscle.    ADVANTAGE - The polymer formed using the electrolytic polymerization liquid has excellent conductivity and heat resistance. The solid electrolyte capacitor formed using the electrolytic polymerization liquid has excellent heat durability and low equivalent series resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An electrolytic polymerization liquid contains a conductive polymer monomer and a supporting electrolyte salt of formula (I) dissolved in a solvent.    R=branched alkyl;and    X+=cation.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) conductive polymer, which is obtained by electrolytic oxidation reaction of the electrolytic polymerization liquid;    (2) solid electrolytic capacitor, which has a dielectric material oxide layer of a valve action metal and a solid electrolyte on the dielectric material oxide layer; and    (3) manufacture of solid electrolytic capacitor, which involves forming an electroconductive polymeric layer by electrolytic polymerization on the dielectric material oxide layer.
NOVELTY - The apparatus (1) has discharge units (4) for discharging electrodeposition liquid towards several segmentation regions of electrodeposition object in main surface (91). The different growth of electrodeposition layer in segmentation region is identified by monitoring change of electric current flowing into conductive layer. The growth of electrodeposition layer in segmentation region corresponding to specific discharge unit resembles the growth of electrodeposition layer at time of normal process, by changing discharge flow volume of liquid from normal flow volume.    USE - Electrodeposition apparatus for forming photoelectric layer of zinc oxide, used in manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The homogenous electrodeposition layer of fixed thickness is formed on base material. The number of objects of discharge units can be reduced and the manufacturing cost of electrodeposition apparatus can be reduced without reducing the homogeneity of electrodeposition layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of the electrodeposition apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Electrodeposition apparatus (1)    Discharge unit (4)    Control unit (5)    Resin film (9)    Main surface (91)
NOVELTY - An optical film comprises composition containing polyarylate resin and solvent dispersible swelling clay mineral. The swelling clay mineral is 60-1 weight part and polyarylate resin is 99-40 weight part when sum total of swelling clay mineral and polyarylate resin should be 100 weight part.    USE - Optical film used as display board film (claimed); display material for light guide plate, light diffusing plate, color filter, liquid crystal cell substrate, transparent electrode substrate or electroluminescent element substrate; retardation film; polarizing film; electronic component protective material for semiconductor sealing or optical element sealing; optical material for lens, prism, reflector or louver; information recording material for carriage of hard disk substrate, optical disk substrate, magnetic disc substrate, magneto optical disc substrate, pick-up lens, magnetic head, turntable or crank bar; substrate for solar cells or electronic paper; film for touch panels, electroluminescent backlights or transparent electromagnetic wave shield; electric insulation material; container packaging material e.g. wrap film, shrink film, cup, bottle; or release film for printed wiring board or connector.    ADVANTAGE - Has excellent transparency, heat resistance, moldability, toughness and dimensional stability, and small linear expansion coefficient.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a manufacturing method of optical film involving film-forming solution by flow spreading method.
NOVELTY - An organic/inorganic composite film is manufactured by impregnating a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) film with a solution which contains boron ion, halogen ion and metal alkoxide compound, and curing.    USE - Manufacture of organic/inorganic composite film for image display element, photoelectric transducer or touch panel material (claimed) such as solar cell and display substrate.    ADVANTAGE - The organic / inorganic composite film has outstanding flexibility while having sufficient optical characteristic, extremely high heat resistance and dimensional stability, and can replace conventional glass substrate and resin substrate film.
NOVELTY - A reaction apparatus comprises reaction apparatus main body part which has flow path with unevenness or hole while leading to reaction chamber with unevenness or hole by laminating boards with unevenness or hole, reaction chamber, and hollow package part which accommodated reaction apparatus main body part in sealed space with unevenness or hole. The outer surface of hollow package part is faced in opening part of edge part of flow path.    USE - A reaction apparatus e.g. micro reaction apparatus for fuel cell and electric power generating apparatus e.g. digital camera, mobile telephone device, notebook computer, wristwatch, personal digital assistant (PDA), electronic computer and another electronic device main body.    ADVANTAGE - The reaction apparatus reduces whole heat loss and raises thermal efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the reaction apparatus.    Upper board (10)    Inside board (11)    Lower board (12)    Fuel supply opening (15)    Fuel oxygen supply opening (16)
NOVELTY - A heat resistant low heat conductive layer (21) with heat conductivity of 0.25 W/m.K or less is formed, between glass used as high temperature region and resin substrate (20). The resin has glass transition temperature of 200 degrees C or more.    USE - Manufacture of functional flexible film for electronic device such as transistor element (both claimed). Can also be used for light emitting device, electroluminescent element and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The functional flexible film is manufactured efficiently and economically.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of functional flexible film and electronic device. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Resin substrate (20)    Heat resistant low heat conductive layer (21)    Microwave absorber content layer (22)    Gate insulating film (25)    Semiconductor precursor layer (26)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has two boards that are in contact with each other, and chambers provided on contact surfaces of the two boards. Multiple jet crevices are extended towards inner nozzles that are provided in lower parts of the two boards, and are made of a jet crevice part along linear direction and another jet crevice part along oblique direction. Multiple supply furnaces are arranged in outer sides of the nozzles of the boards at a constant interval, and the chambers includes two chamber parts connected to multiple connection paths.    USE - Apparatus for removing contactless fluid in a solar cell and a glass plate in a LCD and a plasma display.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus enables the high pressure air to be squirted along the linear direction and the oblique direction, and effectively removes remnant in the air. The apparatus forms stable air current in the chambers, and the supply furnaces are provided in the outer sides of the nozzles of the boards to facilitate an air jetting process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side sectional view of a contactless fluid removing apparatus.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has multiple solar batteries (10) arranged in a test board (100) for delivering electricity to a testing station (300). Multiple optical source sections (200) irradiate the light in the solar batteries provided in a solar battery group. A controller (400) controls the switches to control transmission of electricity in the testing station. The test board confirms characteristic value, and judges the quality of the solar batteries. An electric trace part is equipped in the test board.    USE - Solar battery inspection apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus generates pre-synthetic phase by the solar battery group, and compares the characteristic value of the pre-synthetic phase with the steady state characteristic value to improve the quality of the solar batteries. The apparatus improves the productivity of the solar batteries, and rapidly confirms the fault of the solar batteries.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for inspecting a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar battery inspection apparatus.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Solar batteries (10)    Test board (100)    Optical source sections (200)    Testing station (300)    Controller (400)
NOVELTY - The battery (100) has a solar cell device (110) for producing electricity from incoming light, and a light-collecting portion (140) installed at upper part of the solar cell device. The light-collecting portion collects the light and delivers the light to the solar cell device. A reflecting body (130) is equipped between the solar cell device and light-collecting portion for reflecting the light irradiated through the light-collecting portion. The solar cell device is located in inner side of a housing (120).    USE - Solar battery for a turbine.    ADVANTAGE - The battery increases the quantity of power generation, and has low manufacturing cost and high energy efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar battery.    Solar battery (100)    Solar cell device (110)    Housing (120)    Reflecting body (130)    Light-collecting portion (140)
NOVELTY - The boiler has a sunlight black hole (110) provided on a top part of a sunlight integrated heater (100). A sun light reflection stalk (120) is provided in an inner wall of the sunlight integrated heater, and a liquid i.e. water, convex lens (200), is provided on the sunlight integrated heater. The sunlight integrated heater is integrated through the sunlight black hole. A water heating film (300) is provided to the sun light reflection stalk in the sunlight integrated heater so as to use the solar energy of the high temperature, which is continuously integrated in the heater.    USE - Sunlight boiler.    ADVANTAGE - The boiler is inexpensive.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a sunlight boiler.    Sunlight integrated heater (100)    Sunlight black hole (110)    Sun light reflection stalk (120)    Insulating material (140)    Liquid convex lens (200)    Water heating film (300)
NOVELTY - The solar cell has three semiconductor parts, where the first and third semiconductor parts are covered on the second semiconductor part. The second and third semiconductor parts are located in a top part of the first semiconductor part. The third semiconductor part covers a surface of the first semiconductor part, and the second semiconductor part is protruded in a vertical direction from the surface of the first semiconductor part, where the second semiconductor part is made of crystalline silicon material. The third semiconductor part is made of amorphous silicon material.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell increases energy interchange efficiency. The fabrication cost of the cell is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - The apparatus (1) has a waveguide tube (5) which transmits microwaves, and an antenna (4) which radiates microwaves radiated from a microwave source through the microwave tube. A top plate (3) propagates microwaves radiated from the antenna and passes the microwaves into the plasma processing container (2). A screw feed mechanism moves the waveguide tube so as to relatively change the position of the waveguide tube to the antenna.    USE - Plasma processing apparatus used during manufacture of e.g. integrated circuit (IC), liquid crystal circuit board, solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The plasma processing apparatus can generate uniform plasma with excellent repeatability under various process conditions.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the plasma processing apparatus.    Plasma processing apparatus (1)    Processing container (2)    Top plate (3)    Antenna (4)    Waveguide tube (5)
NOVELTY - A merocyanine dye (1,2,3 or 4), is new.    USE - Novel merocyanine dye is used for semiconductor electrode used for dye-sensitized solar cell (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The highly-purified merocyanine dye is manufactured easily. The dye-sensitized solar cell having semiconductor electrode including merocyanine dye has high photoelectric conversion efficiency. The reverse-electron-transfer reaction between semiconductor and electrolyte solution is efficiently prevented at the time of operating battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A merocyanine dye of formula (1,2,3 or 4), is new.    R11,R12,R21,R22,R31,R32,R41,R42=H or alkyl group, where R11 and R12, R21 and R22, R31 and R32, and R41 and R42 optionally combines to form cyclopentane ring or cyclohexane ring;    Ar1,Ar4=bivalent aromatic-hydrocarbon residue or bivalent heterocyclic residue;    X1,X4=residue in which acidic group united through 4C or more alkylene group with pKa of less than 6;    L1-L3=conjugated methine group;    R13,R23,R33=1-3C alkylene;    Y1-Y3=acidic group with pKa of less than 6;    R24,R34=aliphatic-hydrocarbon residue, aromatic-hydrocarbon residue or heterocyclic residue;    R25,R35,R36=alkyl or aralkyl, where R24 and/or R25, and R34, R35 and/or R36 contains acidic group united through 4C or more alkylene group with pKa of less than 6;    L4=bivalent coupling group;    p=0 or 1;and    Y4=carboxy group, carboxy group of ammonium salt or carboxy group of alkali metal salt.    The configuration of two complex 5-membered rings containing sulfur atom is Z-type or E-type configuration. The configuration of 3 complex 5-membered rings containing sulfur atom is (ZZ) type, (ZE) type, (EZ) type and/or (EE) type configurations.
NOVELTY - A stannic oxide nano hollow ball with nano rod is prepared by adding 0.054 g stannous sulfate into 50 ml ion water, conveying water solution of stannous sulfate into stainless steel reaction kettle whose lining is polyfluortetraethylene, processing water thermal reaction at 200 degrees C for 1 day, filtering product using de-ionized water for 3 times, and carrying out parching at 70 degrees C for 4 hours to obtain highly pure nano hollow ball with nano rod.    USE - Preparation of stannic oxide nano hollow ball with nano rod for lithium battery, air sensor, or solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The has simple operation, low cost, high purity, good property and no pollution.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a use of stannic oxide nano hollow ball.
NOVELTY - The structure has an intrinsic nano-crystalline silicon layer provided on a surface of a positive layer of a part of a crystal. An intrinsic amorphous germanium layer is provided on a surface of a nano-crystalline silicon layer. Thickness of the nano-crystalline silicon layer ranges from 300 to 1000 nm. Thickness of an amorphous germanium layer ranges from 50 to 300 nm. An amorphous silicon germanium layer is provided on a surface of the intrinsic amorphous germanium layer.    USE - Laminar structure for a light absorption layer in a thin film solar cell (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a thin film solar cell comprising photoelectric conversion units.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a laminar structure.
NOVELTY - The device has an anti-reverse charge unit provided with an over-current protection unit, a current detection unit and a load protection control unit. A solar battery array is connected with the anti-reverse charge unit. Another solar battery array is connected with the over-current protection unit to prevent extreme current from influencing security of the solar battery arrays. A detection circuit is utilized for detecting difference between current or voltage output by the solar battery arrays.    USE - Control protection device for a solar battery bus in a power station.    ADVANTAGE - The device is utilized for realizing the bus of the quad array for providing integral protection function of the solar battery, thus reducing wiring operation at the power station and reducing cost. The detecting system of the device can conduct constant detection to the operation of the quad array, thus reducing the operation maintenance cost of the system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a control protection device. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The assembly has solar battery blades arranged in V-shape to form a solar battery board. Included angle of each two solar battery blades is 60-120 degrees.    USE - Solar battery assembly for use on a car roof.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar battery assembly.
NOVELTY - The method involves enabling silicon piece to transfer toward a middle part in forced direction by a structure of detachable limit rollers. The limit rollers is provided vertical to transferring direction of the silicon piece such that the rollers generate friction force when silicon piece contacts the rollers to rotate and enable the silicon piece to move towards a center line. A rim of silicon piece and a round roller is connected at a stress point. The limit rollers are equipped with a support board, a fix bolt and a roller body.    USE - Method for processing a polycrystal solar power battery chip.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables silicon piece to move toward middle line to realize automatic error correct function when silicon piece is contacted with limit roller. The method effectively improves the integrated structure of transferring trolley and limit rollers, and precludes cross over shearing force brought out by the friction of limit roller and silicon piece to diminish inducement of silicon fragments and decrease fragment rate down below 2 thousand. The rim of silicon piece and round roller is connected in the stress point to avoid shearing force and enormously decrease fragment rate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a polycrystal solar power battery chip processing apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a method for processing a polycrystal solar power battery chip.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A monocrystalline silicon chip is subjected to corrosion treatment using alkaline corrosion solution and then, using acid corrosion solution, to prepare a monocrystalline silicon matte. The alkaline corrosion solution contains (in mol/L) sodium hydroxide (0.1-0.5), sodium silicate (0.01-0.07), isopropanol (0.7-2.0) and water. The acid corrosion solution contains hydrofluoric acid (1-10), nitric acid (3-30) and water.    USE - Preparation of monocrystalline silicon matte used for monocrystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides monocrystalline silicon matte which enables increased conversion efficiency of the monocrystalline silicon solar cell.
NOVELTY - A semiconductor electrode comprises a conductive bottom layer, porous semiconductor layer on conductive bottom layer, and dye layer on porous semiconductor layer. The porous semiconductor layer comprises semiconductor granules, and has porosity of 40-85% and thickness of 6-20 mu m.    USE - A semiconductor electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The porous semiconductor layer has large porosity and improved load of dye, increases light-generated current, and improves photoelectrical conversion ratio.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) preparation of semiconductor electrode comprising coating sizing agent containing semiconductor granules, pore forming agent and dispersant on conductive bottom layer to form a sizing agent layer, calcining the sizing agent to obtain a solid film, soaking conductive bottom layer with solid film in a solution capable of dissolving the pore forming agent and not capable of dissolving the semiconductor granules to remove the pore forming agent and to obtain a conductive bottom layer with porous solid film, calcining the porous solid film, forming porous semiconductor layer on conductive bottom layer, and forming dye layer on porous semiconductor layer; and    (2) a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a semiconductor electrode, counter electrode, and electrolyte between semiconductor electrode and counter electrode.
NOVELTY - An acrylic type thermoplastic resin is copolymer containing repeating unit derived from methacrylate monomer (1) (10-70 wt.%), repeating unit derived from aromatic vinyl monomer (2) (5-40 wt.%) and cyclic-anhydride repeating unit (3 or 4) (20-50 wt.%). The molar ratio of repeating unit derived from aromatic vinyl monomer and cyclic-anhydride repeating unit 1-10. The amount of remaining monomer is 0.5 weight parts or less with respect to 100 weight parts of copolymer.    USE - Acrylic type thermoplastic resin is used for molded product for e.g. sheet or film for phase difference plate, retardation film and transparent plastic substrate, and lens (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display, plasma display, organic electroluminescent display, field emission display, solar cell, optical exchange system, optical measuring system, optical fiber, optical fiber coating material and lens cover.    ADVANTAGE - The acrylic type thermoplastic resin provides molded product having excellent heat resistance and reduced photoelastic coefficient.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An acrylic type thermoplastic resin is copolymer containing repeating unit derived from methacrylate monomer of formula (1) (10-70 wt.%), repeating unit derived from aromatic vinyl monomer of formula (2) (5-40 wt.%) and cyclic-anhydride repeating unit of formula (3 or 4) (20-50 wt.%). The molar ratio of repeating unit derived from aromatic vinyl monomer and cyclic-anhydride repeating unit 1-10. The amount of remaining monomer is 0.5 weight parts or less with respect to 100 weight parts of copolymer.    R1=H, linear or branched 1-12C alkyl or 5-12C cycloalkyl;    R2,R3=H, halo, hydroxy, 1-12C alkoxy, nitro or linear or branched 1-12C alkyl;    l=1-3;and    R5-R8=H or linear or branched 1-12C alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for sheet or film-form molded product is obtained by extrusion molding and is stretched along axial direction, and draw ratio is 0.1-300%.
NOVELTY - A solar cell panel structure comprises a bottom cover plate having an electrically conductive bus bar on a top surface of bottom cover plate; top cover plate having an electrically conductive contact frame proximate to a bottom surface of top cover plate, where top cover plate is transparent to visible light; and array of rows and columns of solar cell chips (90) between bottom cover plate and top cover plate, where each solar cell chip comprises an anode adjacent to a top surface and cathode adjacent to bottom surface of solar cell chip.    USE - A solar cell panel structure.    ADVANTAGE - By forming metal wires on glass overlay panels using fabrication techniques that allow selection of predefined voltage/current combination, solar cell panel fabrication costs are reduced and fabrication flexibility are increased.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar cell panel structure comprises:    (1) bottom cover plate having an electrically conductive bus bar on a top surface of bottom cover plate;    (2) top cover plate having an electrically conductive contact frame proximate to a bottom surface of top cover plate, where top cover plate is transparent to visible light; and    (3) array of rows and columns of solar cell chips (90) between bottom cover plate and top cover plate, where each solar cell chip comprises an anode adjacent to a top surface and cathode adjacent to bottom surface of solar cell chip.    The bus bar is electrically contacting each anode of each solar cell chip of array of solar cell chips. The contact frame is contacting each anode of each solar cell chip of array of solar cell chips. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for fabrication of solar cell panel structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar cell chip.    Solar cell chip (90)    Silicon substrate (100)    Top surface of substrate (105)    Bottom surface of substrate (110)    Silicide contact (125)
NOVELTY - The method involves introducing a reactant mixture into reactor inlet (10). The reactants are allowed to react with catalyst (31) provided in insert (30) to form intermediate mixture. The mixture is passed through orifices (70) of insert. Fluid jets (71) of intermediate mixture from orifices are impinged on tube wall (5) to transfer heat between tube (3) and mixture. The product mixture is withdrawn from reactor outlet at preset pressure. The cumulative pressure drop resulting from flow of mixture through orifices satisfies predetermined relationship.    USE - Method for producing product mixture in tubular reactor (claimed) used for producing hydrogen gas and synthesis gas in chemical and petrochemical industries.    ADVANTAGE - The heat transfer efficiency between tube and intermediate mixture can be improved, so that deformation of the tube at high temperature or pressure condition is prevented. The performance of tubular reactor is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for tubular reactor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view illustrating the impingement of fluid jets on inner surface of tube wall of tubular reactor.    Tubular reactor (1)    Tube (3)    Tube wall (5)    Reactor inlet (10)    Insert (30)    Catalyst (31)    Orifices (70)    Fluid jets of intermediate mixture (71)
NOVELTY - The method involves partially applying a precursor material (2) on one of contact surfaces of a solar cell (3), a surface of a substrate and/or a superstrate e.g. glass (1). The substrate, the superstrate, the solar cell and/or the precursor material are heated to a processing temperature of 90 degrees. The precursor material is cured for fixing the solar cell to the substrate and/or the superstrate. The composite material is cooled to ambient temperature. The precursor material is selected from a group consisting of organic materials, glass-like inorganic materials and glass solder.    USE - Method for manufacturing a disk shaped solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The method allows the substrate and/or superstrate to have a higher thermal coefficient of expansion than the solar cell, and applies higher process temperatures during the production of the solar cell module before fixing of the solar cell on the substrate and/or the superstrate. The precursor material is cured for fixing the solar cell to the substrate and/or the superstrate, and the composite material is cooled to ambient temperature, thus allowing the solar cell to be under tangential pressure that emanates from the substrate and/or superstrate and transmitting the pressure to the solar cell by the fixing, and hence manufacturing the solar cell module with increased stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell module with a solar cell that is connected to a substrate and/or superstate via a fixing.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell module.    Glass (1)    Precursor material (2)    Solar cell (3)
NOVELTY - A modifier (5) is arranged at the upper portion of a fuel cell assembly (401) for modifying the reformed gas such as hydrogen gas into fuel gas. A detection unit detects temperature of modifier. A controller controls supply of reformed gas and water vapor to modifier when modifier is detected to be in temperature for carrying out steam reforming. A combustion unit burns modified fuel gas and oxidizing agent gas. The modification catalyst contained in modifier is arranged outside fuel cell (4) in fuel cell aggregate assembly for taking heat of the combustion unit.    USE - Fuel cell module used for electric power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The combustion state of the several fuel cells can be controlled reliably as the heat of the fuel cell is taken by the modification catalyst in the modifier that is arranged in the upper portion of several fuel cells. Thus the stability of the combustion state is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the fuel cell module.    Fuel cell (4)    Modifier (5)    Fuel cell unit (30)    Fuel cell assembly (401)    Fuel cell module (FC)
NOVELTY - The transducer (1A) arranges working electrode (10) and cylindrical counter electrode (20) through an electrolyte (30). The coated metal (11B) is coated in a center metal (11A) of a front material (11) of working electrode. A porous oxide semiconductor layer (12) formed at outer periphery of front material. The working electrode is arranged at outer surface of counter electrode. A cylindrical transparent element (40) is arranged at outer side of the working electrode. The electrolyte is arranged between the working electrode and the counter electrode.    USE - Photoelectric transducer used for die-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The porous oxide semiconductor material is formed at outer periphery of front material of working electrode such that the new structure is formed without using conductive substrate at reduced cost. The light reception efficiency is improved by arranging working electrode at the outer surface of the counter electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the photoelectric transducer.    Photoelectric transducer (1A)    Working electrode (10)    Front material (11)    Center metal (11A)    Coated metal (11B)    Porous oxide semiconductor layer (12)    Counter electrode (20)    Electrolyte (30)    Cylindrical transparent element (40)
NOVELTY - A detection unit detects the temperature of modifier (5). A control unit supplies the reformed gas and oxidizing-agent gas to the modifier, when the partial oxidation reforming is performed in the detected temperature of modifier. The fuel gas and oxidizing-agent gas are mixed and burned in the combustion unit. A downstream modification catalyst of modifier is provided outside the edge portion of fuel-cell assembly (401).    USE - Modifier unit for fuel cell such as solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) used in fuel-cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The stability of combustion state in the combustion unit can be improved by simple structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the fuel-cell module.    Fuel cell (4)    Modifier (5)    Fuel-cell unit (30)    Fuel-cell stack (400)    Fuel-cell assembly (401)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has an exhaust apparatus (2) for maintaining inner pressure of a chamber (1). Several gas supply holes (5) and exhaust holes (6) are formed on an electrode (3). A high frequency electric power (7) is applied to the electrode. A gas rectilinear advance flow path is arranged facing the electrode (4). A substrate (10) is heated uniformly by a heating mechanism (9) provided in the electrode (4). An obstruction (11) is arranged in a position for blocking the gas rectilinear advance flow path from the gas supply holes.    USE - Plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus used for manufacturing amorphous silicon thin film (claimed) for solar cell and thin film transistor used in display.    ADVANTAGE - The gas temperature and substrate temperature can be controlled reliably with sufficient precision. The high quality silicon thin film can be manufactured effectively, while reducing the defects formed in the silicon thin film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of silicon thin film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the plasma CVD apparatus.    Chamber (1)    Exhaust apparatus (2)    Electrodes (3,4)    Gas supply hole (5)    Exhaust hole (6)    High frequency electric power (7)    Heating mechanism (9)    Substrate (10)    Obstruction (11)
NOVELTY - An anode electrode (106) having a base layer is provided in a chamber (101) containing a silicon, for holding the to-be-processed object (100). A cylindrical hollow cathode electrode (102) is arranged in chamber facing the anode electrode. A low frequency power is supplied between the anode and cathode electrodes by a power supply (105) so as to produce plasma by discharging the cathode electrode. The material gas which is excited with the produced plasma, is supplied to the base layer so as to form silicon nitride film.    USE - Apparatus for forming anti-reflective film of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The high hydrogen passivation effect can be acquired reliably, hence the anti-reflective film can be formed effectively at high speed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for thin film forming method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the thin-film forming apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    To-be-processed object (100)    Chamber (101)    Cathode electrode (102)    Power supply (105)    Anode electrode (106)
NOVELTY - The solar cell apparatus has an authentic semiconductor layer (33) that is formed on a transparent amorphous substrate (30). The p-type and n-type conductive diffused layers (21,22) formed of different materials are joined to semiconductor layer surface.    USE - Solar cell apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cell apparatus is improved, while maintaining the inside of glass substrate to low temperature by guiding sunlight to the authentic layer without through the electrode layer.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of solar cell apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a structural view of the solar cell apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    P-type conductive diffused layer (21)    N-type conductive diffused layer (22)    Insulating film (24)    Transparent amorphous substrate (30)    Authentic semiconductor layer (33)
NOVELTY - Diatomaceous earth is dissolved in acidic solution, to obtain diatomaceous earth solution. To the obtained diatomaceous earth solution base solution is added and silica is collected. The silica is reduced by adding reducing agent, to obtain silicon.    USE - Manufacture of high purity silicon used for semiconductor substrate and solar cell substrate.    ADVANTAGE - The method economically provides silicon with high purity.
NOVELTY - A gas barrier laminated material is obtained by laminating an inorganic oxide layer (2) on a surface of a polyethylene terephthalate film (1). The surface of polyethylene terephthalate film in which inorganic oxide layer is laminated is subjected to reactive-ion-etching process using plasma. The surface of polyethylene terephthalate film has logarithmic decrement at 50 degrees C of 0.04-0.06, measured using a rigid-component pendulum-type physical-property tester with pipe edge having diameter of 2 mm and flame weight of 14 g.    USE - Gas barrier laminated material is used for surface protection sheet for solar cell module, and wiring. Can also be used in wrapping material of foodstuff and pharmaceutical, and precision electronic component.    ADVANTAGE - The gas barrier laminated material has excellent durability, and adhesiveness at high temperature and high humid environment, without delamination.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the gas barrier laminated material.    Polyethylene terephthalate film (1)    Inorganic oxide layer (2)    Pre-processing layer (3)
NOVELTY - A heating chamber (140) melts solid material in inert gas atmosphere and forms melt solution (102). A carrying-in channel (131) carries in a sheet (104) to the heating chamber, and a discharge channel (132) discharges sheet from heating chamber. An inert gas introducing portion (106) introduces inert gas into heating chamber. The inert gas discharged into heating chamber is discharged through carrying-in and discharge channels. The flow rate of inert gas (106a) discharged from carrying-in channel is larger than the flow rate of inert gas (106b) discharged from discharge channel.    USE - Melting furnace of apparatus for manufacturing thin-plate (claimed) e.g. silicon wafer for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the flow rate of inert gas discharged from carrying-in channel is larger than the flow rate of inert gas discharged from discharge channel, the high quality thin-plate can be manufactured without increasing installation cost of the melting furnace.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) thin-plate manufacturing apparatus has an immersion apparatus (200) provided inside the heating chamber. The immersion apparatus forms the thin plate (118) by making the sheet to contact the melt solution. One or more exhaust apparatus are installed in the carrying-in channel of heating chamber. The inert gas is introduced into the carrying-in aisle side by the inert gas introducing portion. The maximum value of opening area of the carrying-in channel is smaller than the minimum value of the opening area of the discharge channel; and    (2) thin-plate manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of the thin-plate manufacturing apparatus.    Melt solution (102)    Sheet (104)    Inert gas introducing portion (106)    Inert gas (106a,106b)    Thin plate (118)    Carrying-in channel (131)    Discharge channel (132)    Heating chamber (140)    Immersion apparatus (200)
NOVELTY - A mixed solution (23) obtained by dispersing titanium oxide particles in a solution containing water or an organic solvent by applying electric field is coated on an electroconductive substrate (2) as an negative electrode to obtain a titanium oxide film.    USE - Formation of titanium oxide film used for photoelectric transducer (both claimed) such as dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables formation of titanium oxide film having excellent adhesiveness economically. The photoelectric transducer formed using the titanium oxide film has excellent flexibility.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for photoelectric transducer, which has an electrode (a), a counter electrode which opposes the electrode (a), and an electrolyte layer and a photocatalyst layer arranged with respect to two poles. A photosensitization pigment is supported by the titanium oxide film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the perspective view of the titanium oxide film.    Electroconductive substrate (2)    Insulation portion (21a)    Direct current power supply (22)    Mixed solution (23)    Spacer (24)
NOVELTY - Sintering of modification catalyst particle used as a modification catalyst is saturated (S100) by applying heat. The reformation reaction rate constant after sintering particle is measured (S120). A composition of outlet gas of modifier is computed (S140) by simulation using the measured reacting rate constant after running modifier for two times in which time for secondary process is more than primary process.    USE - Method for estimating modification capability of modifier of fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The modification capability of modifier of fuel cell is economically estimated. The durability of modification catalyst is estimated at high precision.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for system for estimating modification capability of modifier of fuel cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view illustrating method for estimating modification capability of modifier of fuel cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Saturation process (S100)    Measuring process (S120)    Computation process (S140)
NOVELTY - The method involves injecting ink having a solvent in which the particles of the material of the thin film are dispersed/dissolved, from an array of injection nozzles of injection head. The ink is abundantly injected at high speed to increase injection quantity and jet velocity that drag in several bubbles (62) to liquid film (61) formed in the to-be-processed object (21), from the inkjet head. The object is rapidly heated and the solvent is vaporized so that the bubble formed in liquid film is expanded and exploded when making object as thermoset material.    USE - Method for forming thin film during manufacture of solar cell panel (claimed). Can also be used in manufacture of light-emitting device such as organic electroluminescent (EL) display device, LED.    ADVANTAGE - Since to-be-processed object is rapidly heated so that bubble formed in liquid film is expanded and exploded when making object as thermoset material, the fine-irregularities portion can be formed in the thin film in simple process without using etching liquid.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) apparatus for forming thin film;    (2) manufacturing method of solar cell panel; and    (3) manufacturing apparatus of solar cell panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view illustrating rapid heating process of to-be-processed object. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    To-be-processed object (21)    Liquid film (61)    Bubble (62)    Hotplate (64)    Heater (65)
NOVELTY - The non-integrated cathode electrode (1) is removably attached to gas distribution portion (2) into which source gas (G) is induced. Source gas from gas distribution portion is made to flow into shower-head type plane electrode (3). A partition plate (5) with outer frame, is attached to shower-head type plane electrode. The partition plate is provided with several gas distribution holes formed on outer frame portion of outer frame.    USE - Non-integrated cathode electrode for plasma-chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus (claimed) used for manufacturing of thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The installation and removal of non-integrated cathode electrode can be performed easily. The maintenance property of the non-integrated cathode electrode can be improved and the cost of the non-integrated cathode electrode can be reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for plasma-chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the non-integrated cathode electrode.    Non-integrated cathode electrode (1)    Gas distribution portion (2)    Shower-head type plane electrode (3)    Partition plate (5)    Source gas (G)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a microwave waveguide (102) which introduces microwave in the chamber (101). A dielectric material board (104) is provided, with which surface wave generated by microwave faces the substrate holding portion (106). A direct current (DC) pulse power supply (109) applies DC pulse to the substrate holding portion. The surface wave plasma of process gas and material gas is excited by surface wave based on the application of DC pulse, so that microcrystal silicon thin film is formed into a film on the to-be-processed object (100).    USE - Film forming apparatus used for manufacturing microcrystal silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - A good quality microcrystal silicon thin film is formed with a high ratio of crystal-orientation property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for film forming method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the surface wave plasma processing apparatus.    To-be-processed object (100)    Chamber (101)    Microwave waveguide (102)    Dielectric material board (104)    Substrate holding portion (106)    DC pulse power supply (109)
NOVELTY - A silicon active layer(s) is formed on a substrate having multiple layers of nanospheres such that the inter-gap between the nanospheres is filled and portion of the surface of the substrate is covered. Then, the nanospheres are removed from the surface of the substrate, to form active layer (42) having micro-cavities (421). The multiple layers of the substrate are formed by aggregated nanospheres.    USE - Formation of active layer having micro-cavities used for manufacturing solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides active layer of solar cell with improved photoelectric conversion rate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of solar cell.    Solar cell (40)    P-type silicon substrate (41)    Active layer (42)    Transparent top-passivation (43)    Micro-cavities (421)
NOVELTY - Unwinding roll (508) is installed in vacuum chamber (505) and winding roll (509) is installed in vacuum chamber (507). Gas inlet tube (511) is provided to introduce gas into the vacuum chamber (506) film-forming. Gas exhaust port (510) is provided for discharging gas out of vacuum chamber (506). Electrode (504) for supplying electrical energy to vacuum chamber (506), is arranged facing substrate (501). Gas inlet tube is provided at the side of the electrode. Electrode is provided with several openings through which gas is exhausted out of the vacuum chamber (506).    USE - Plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus used for manufacturing of electronic device such as non-monocrystal silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The adhesion of microparticles and fragment-like particles on the film-forming surface of to-be-film formed substrate can be prevented. Thus, a favorable solar battery can be produced and the characteristic yield of the solar battery can be improved. The cleaning of discharge electrode can be made unnecessary even when the discharge electrode performs continuous discharge for long time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the plasma CVD apparatus.    Flexible substrate (501)    High-frequency electric power side gas suction electrode (504)    Vacuum chamber for unwinding roll (505)    Vacuum chamber for film-forming (506)    Vacuum chamber for winding roll (507)    Unwinding roll (508)    Winding roll (509)    Gas exhaust port (510)    Gas inlet tube (511)
NOVELTY - A polyester film comprises polyester composition containing polyester (A) (100 weight parts) and vinyl polymer (B) (0.5-30 weight parts) having oxazoline group and aromatic group in the side chain.    USE - Polyester film is used for solar cell back surface protective film (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The polyester film has excellent hydrolysis resistance, and maintains partial discharge inception voltage for long period of time.
NOVELTY - A polyester film comprises polyester composition containing polyester (A) (100 weight parts), styrene-type polymer (B) (0.5-30 weight parts) having syndiotactic structure and vinyl polymer (C) having oxazoline group in the side chain.    USE - Polyester film is used for solar cell back surface protective film (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The polyester film has excellent hydrolysis resistance, and maintains partial discharge inception voltage for long period of time.
NOVELTY - A polyester resin composition contains 0.05-10 mass parts of modifier with respect to 100 mass parts of copolyester containing dicarboxylic acid component and diol component. The diol component contains 90-100 mol% of 2-10C alkylene glycol. The dicarboxylic acid component contains 90-100 mol% of specific acid components. The modifier is cyclic imino ether compound or carbodiimide compound.    USE - Polyester resin composition is used for biaxially oriented film (claimed) and back sheet for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The polyester resin composition has excellent hydrolysis resistance, and provides biaxially oriented film having excellent mechanical strength, durability and dimensional stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A polyester resin composition contains 0.05-10 mass parts of modifier with respect to 100 mass parts of copolyester containing dicarboxylic acid component and diol component. The diol component contains 90-100 mol% of 2-10C alkylene glycol. The dicarboxylic acid component contains 90-100 mol% of acid component of formula: HO(O)C-R2-OR1O-R2-C(O)OH (1) or HO(O)C-R3-C(O)OH (2). The ratio of dicarboxylic acid component (1) is 5-50 mol%. The modifier is cyclic imino ether compound or carbodiimide compound.    R1=2-10C alkylene;    R2=2,6-naphthalene diyl;and    R3=phenylene or naphthalene diyl.
NOVELTY - A co-polyester resin composition contains co-polyester including aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I and II), glycol component containing 2-4C alkylene glycol, hindered phenolic antioxidant (0.05-2 mass%) and benzotriazole type ultraviolet absorber (0.5-10 mass%). The copolymerization ratio of aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I) is 5-80 mol% with respect to total content of acid component.    USE - Co-polyester resin composition is used for biaxial oriented film (claimed) used as protective film for solar cell. Can also be used for fiber and bottles.    ADVANTAGE - The co-polyester resin composition provides biaxial oriented film has excellent light resistance, mechanical characteristics and dimensional stability with respect to temperature and humidity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A co-polyester resin composition contains co-polyester including aromatic dicarboxylic acid component of formula: HO(O)C-R2-OR1O-R2-C(O)OH (I) and HO(O)C-R3-C(O)OH (II), glycol component containing 2-4C alkylene glycol, hindered phenolic antioxidant (0.05-2 mass%) and benzotriazole type ultraviolet absorber (0.5-10 mass%). The copolymerization ratio of aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I) is 5-80 mol% with respect to total content of acid component.    R1=2-10C alkylene;    R2=2,6-napthalene diyl group;and    R3=phenylene or naphthalene diyl group.
NOVELTY - A co-polyester resin composition contains aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I and II), glycol component containing 2-4C alkylene glycol and cyclic imino ester ultraviolet absorbers (0.5-5 mass%) with respect to total acid component. The copolymerization ratio of aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I) is 5-50 mol%.    USE - Co-polyester resin composition is used for biaxial oriented film (claimed) used as protective film for solar cell. Can also be used for fiber and bottles.    ADVANTAGE - The co-polyester resin composition provides biaxial oriented film has excellent light resistance, elasticity, mechanical characteristics and dimensional stability with respect to temperature and humidity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A co-polyester resin composition contains aromatic dicarboxylic acid component of formula: HO(O)C-R2-OR1O-R2-C(O)OH (I) and HO(O)C-R3-C(O)OH (II), glycol component containing 2-4C alkylene glycol and cyclic imino ester ultraviolet absorbers (0.5-5 mass%) with respect to total acid component. The copolymerization ratio of aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I) is 5-50 mol%.    R1=2-10C alkylene;    R2=2,6-naphthalene diyl group;and    R3=naphtylene diyl group.
NOVELTY - A nano carbon material-containing composition containing water-soluble conductive polymer (A) having acidic group (a), nano carbon material (B) and solvent (C) is coated on surface(s) of base material to form coating film. Then, coating film is heated such that acidic group (a) is detached to obtain water-resistant conductor.    USE - Manufacture of water-resistant conductor. Uses include but are not limited to capacitor, battery, fuel cell, solar cell, polymer electrolyte membrane, catalyst layer, gas diffusion layer, separator, chemical sensor, display element, anticorrosive agent, slide film, audio tape, floppy disk and liquid crystal display.    ADVANTAGE - The water-resistant conductor has excellent water resistance and electroconductivity without impairing characteristics of nano carbon material.
NOVELTY - A molten metal is vibrated and a droplet of molten metal (P) is then discharged from an orifice (1b). The discharged droplet is reacted with halogenated silane (1), to obtain silicon particles (S).    USE - Manufacture of silicon for manufacture of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The reaction rate of droplet of molten metal with halogenated silane is high.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A molten metal is vibrated and a droplet of molten metal (P) is then discharged from an orifice (1b). The discharged droplet is reacted with halogenated silane of formula: SiHnX4-n (1), to obtain silicon particles (S).    n=0-3;and    X=fluoro, chloro, bromo or iodo.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing apparatus (10) of silicon. The apparatus has a container (1a) provided with an orifice in which the molten metal is stored, a vibrator which vibrates the molten metal of orifice periphery in the container, and a reactor (3) in which the droplet of molten metal and halogenated silane are contacted.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of the manufacturing apparatus of silicon.    Container (1a)    Orifice (1b)    Manufacturing apparatus (10)    Droplet of molten metal (P)    Silicon particles (S)
NOVELTY - A powdery substance of siliceous shale is prepared. Aqueous alkaline solution is mixed with obtained powdery substance to obtain alkaline slurry. The silicon, aluminum and iron of powdery substance are dissolved and separated alkaline slurry into liquid portion containing silicon, aluminum and iron, and solid portion. The obtained liquid portion containing silicon and acid are mixed to deposit silicon in liquid portion, and solid portion contains silica. The solid containing silica is recovered to obtain highly purified silica.    USE - Manufacture of highly purified silica used for solar cell for photovoltaic power generation and semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - The method simply and economically provides highly purified silica with high grindability, reactivity and process efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A powdery substance of siliceous shale is prepared. An aqueous alkaline solution is mixed with the obtained powdery substance of siliceous shale to obtain alkaline slurry having pH of 11.5 or more. The silicon, aluminum and iron of the powdery substance of siliceous shale are dissolved and separated the alkaline slurry into liquid portion containing silicon aluminum and iron, and solid portion. The obtained liquid portion and acid are mixed, and pH is set to 10.3-11.5. The solid-liquid separation is performed to deposit aluminum and iron as solid portion, and liquid portion contains silicon. The obtained liquid portion containing silicon and acid are mixed, and pH is set to 9-10.3. The solid-liquid separation is performed to deposit silicon in the liquid portion, and solid portion contains silica. The solid containing silica is recovered to obtain highly purified silica.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart of the manufacture of highly purified silica. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - Reactive gas is made into plasma state by applying high frequency voltage between two types of electrodes opposing each other under atmospheric pressure or its vicinity, and discharged into reaction space. A base material is exposed to plasma state reactive gas and acid having acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3.5 or less is introduced into reaction space to form metal oxide thin film on base material.    USE - Manufacture of metal oxide thin film. Uses include but are not limited to anti-reflective film, gas barrier film, transparent conductive film, dielectric material protective film, semiconductor film, solar cell film, electromagnetic wave shielding film, lubricant film, catalyst film, gas sensor film, etc used for large scale integrated circuit, display device, magnetic recording device, photoelectric conversion device, Josephson device, solar cell, photothermal conversion device, touch panel, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The metal oxide thin film is quickly manufactured with high film density and hardness.
NOVELTY - An yttria-stabilized-zirconia layer (12) is formed on a base material (11), and a silicon layer (16) containing crystal grain of silicon is formed on the yttria-stabilized-zirconia layer by gaseous-phase depositing method. The content of yttria in the yttria-stabilized-zirconia layer is 6 mol% or more.    USE - Manufacture of substrate used for display apparatus such as active-matrix liquid crystal display and organic light emitting diode, and for manufacturing semiconductor thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides substrate with silicon layer having high crystallinity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a explanatory view illustrating the manufacturing method of silicon thin film (silicon layer).    Substrate (10)    Base material (11)    Yttria-stabilized-zirconia layer (12)    Silicon layer (16)
NOVELTY - The solar cell has a translucent corrugated substrate (1) on which a surface electrode (2) comprising an indium oxide film (21) doped with titanium and a zinc oxide film (22) doped with aluminum and gallium is mounted. A back surface electrode (4) comprising a transparent conductive oxide film (41) and an optically reflective metal electrode (42) is mounted on a photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer (3) comprising positive type semiconductor layer (31), intrinsic type semiconductor layer (32), and negative type semiconductor layer (33).    USE - Thin film solar cell of silicon system.    ADVANTAGE - The light transmittance ability of the near infrared region in the solar cell can be improved, by providing a translucent corrugated substrate on which surface electrode comprising indium oxide film doped with titanium and zinc oxide film doped with aluminum and gallium is mounted, hence the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the cell is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the thin film solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Translucent corrugated substrate (1)    Surface electrode (2)    Photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer (3)    Back surface electrode (4)    Indium oxide film (21)    Zinc oxide film (22)    Positive type semiconductor layer (31)    Intrinsic type semiconductor layer (32)    Negative type semiconductor layer (33)    Transparent conductive oxide film (41)    Optically reflective metal electrode (42)
NOVELTY - The epitaxy system has a gas supply line which supplies gas from a gas source to a gas supply nozzle (8) which is opened to vicinity of substrate held by a manipulator (2) provided with a heater. A valve (9) and a mass flow controller (10) are provided in the middle of the gas supply line. The disassociation of crystal constituent atom and migration distance of atom on surface of crystal, during or after crystal growth, is controlled by spraying supply gas via the nozzle on substrate surface.    USE - Local pressurization molecular beam epitaxy system for crystal growth of low dissociation temperature material such as indium nitride used in manufacture of light emitting device such as laser, and solar cell. Can also be used in crystal growth of zinc oxide.    ADVANTAGE - Since the disassociation and migration distance of the crystal constituent atom are controlled by spraying supply gas on substrate, the substrate temperature can be made higher and an indium nitride film of excellent crystallization quality can be obtained at low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for operating method of local pressurization molecular beam epitaxy system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the local pressurization molecular beam epitaxy system.    Vacuum chamber (1)    Manipulator (2)    Gas supply nozzle (8)    Valve (9)    Mass flow controller (10)
NOVELTY - A dye-sensitized solar cell has photoelectrode obtained by laminating a zinc oxide bottom layer (9), a zinc oxide dense layer (8) and a zinc oxide porous layer (7) sequentially on a transparent conductive layer on a substrate (1). The zinc oxide dense layer and zinc oxide porous layer are supported by a pigment (4). The zinc oxide dense layer has Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface area of 10-42 m2/g. The zinc oxide porous layer has Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface area of 43-58 m2/g.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The dye-sensitized solar cell has excellent photoelectric transfer characteristics, and adhesiveness between substrate and zinc oxide porous layer.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the dye-sensitized solar cell.    Substrate (1)    Pigment (4)    Zinc oxide porous layer (7)    Zinc oxide dense layer (8)    Zinc oxide bottom layer (9)
NOVELTY - A nanocrystal composite material (C1) comprises a several of semiconductor nanocrystals incorporated into a crystalline semiconductor matrix, where the majority of the nanocrystals have an ordered arrangement within the composite.    USE - For producing solar cell; and for producing hybrid light emitting diodes, nanocrystal based electronic systems, energy storage.    ADVANTAGE - The composite material has high absorption cross section for efficient light capture; has strong quantum confinement effects to provide the necessary degrees of freedom to size-tune optical properties for optimal absorption of the solar emission spectrum; has strong electronic coupling between neighboring semiconductor nanocrystals to permit efficient charge transport while at the same time passivating the surface to prevent interface charge recombination; and enhances phonon scattering and minimize thermal conduction for high ZT thermoelectric properties. The methods enable the use of low-cost substrate and reduce the base of system cost of the photovoltaic/thermoelectric cell module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following: 1) making (M1) nanocrystal composite material involving (a) on a substrate, forming a layer of pre-composite material comprising an amorphous semiconductor matrix into which are incorporated semiconductor nanocrystals, and b) subjecting the materials from (a) to crystallizing conditions such that the amorphous semiconductor matrix material is crystallized and the semiconductor nanocrystals exhibit properties of an crystalline structure, to form a nanocrystal composite material; and 2) a device (D1) for converting photons and/or thermal energy to electrical energy comprising at least two spaced electrodes, and at least one layer having nanocrystal composite material (C1) disposed between the two spaced electrodes.
NOVELTY - The transparent conductive film substrate (10) has a pair of oxide layers (12,14) provided with convex portions protruding from the surface of a glass substrate (18). The average height (22) of the convex portions protruding from the surface of the glass substrate is set within the range of 200-2000nm. Several recessed portions having depth (20) of 20% more than average height of the oxide layer are formed between adjacent convex portions so that the ratio of average angle (24,26) of recessed portions formed on different oxide layers is 1.1 or more.    USE - Transparent conductive film substrate for photoelectric conversion device e.g. solar cell (claimed). Can also be used in display device and touch panel.    ADVANTAGE - The leak of electric current by electric field concentration is prevented while forming the substrate with high haze rate and high optical confinement property based on the shape of corrugations on the oxide layers. Hence, light transmittance of the transparent conductive film substrate is made high and deterioration of performance of the photoelectric conversion device by unevenness of the substrate is avoided.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of the transparent conductive film substrate.    Transparent conductive film substrate (10)    Oxide layers (12,14)    Glass substrate (18)    Depth of recessed portions (20)    Average height of convex portions (22)    Average angle of recessed portions (24,26)
NOVELTY - A titanium-alloy thin wire (F) has a diameter of 10-200 mu m, and consists of a micro-needle-like structure.    USE - Titanium-alloy thin wire is used for producing sintered compacts used for biological implant devices, filters, and fuel-cell components (all claimed). Can also be used for motor-vehicle components and aircraft components.    ADVANTAGE - The titanium-alloy thin wire can be manufactured economically. Since martensite is included as a main structure, strength is improved. The occurrence of fatigue cracking is prevented to improve fatigue strength.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional side view of the metal fine wire manufacturing apparatus.    Metal thin wire manufacturing apparatus (100)    Raw-material holder (120)    Heater (130)    Thin wire (F)    Raw material (M)
NOVELTY - The method involves providing dry powder to a fluidizer (1) in which the powder is fluidized to produce fluid flow. The fluid is conveyed to a printing unit (4) including valve that diverts a variable amount of the fluid through a nozzle (5) to a substrate (8). The fluid not diverted to the substrate is continuously re-circulated back to the fluidizer.    USE - Method of creating patterned particulate layer e.g. titanium dioxide layer of photovoltaic device e.g. dye-sensitized solar cell (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The manufacture of solar cells having layers formed of dense powder particles formed on a substrate can be varied conveniently. There is no need for volatile carrier liquid, additional addendum or drying so that layer-cracking often encountered upon drying is avoided and cell performance is improved. The overall structure composition and form of the layer can be varied as needed so that multiple layers of varying composition if required can be formed on the substrate. No pattern templates are needed so that the waste and inefficiency associated with using complex devices are avoided. A significant level of particle cohesion and adhesion is produced without exceptional intervention such that the particles are anchored securely together and to the substrate in patterned form for a considerable time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the apparatus for creating patterned particulate layer of photovoltaic device.    Fluidizer (1)    Powder supply unit (2)    Printing unit (4)    Nozzle (5)    Substrate (8)
NOVELTY - The method involves depositing a conductivity-determining type dopant (202) e.g. phosphorus or boron, having a dopant element overlying a portion (208) of a semiconductor material (204) e.g. gallium arsenide. A diffusion barrier material (200) e.g. silicates, is applied using an inkjet or an aerosol jet printer, so that the barrier material overlies another portion (210) of the material (204), partially overlies the dopant, and an unpenned portion of the material (204) remains exposed. The element is diffused into the former portion of the material (204) and the barrier material is removed.    USE - Method for forming a doped region in a semiconductor material e.g. pure and impurity-doped germanium, gallium arsenide and zinc oxide, in a semiconductor substrate or wafer for fabricating a semiconductor device. Uses include but are not limited to a photovoltaic device e.g. microelectronic and solar cell, a display, a radio frequency identification (RFID) component, a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device, an optical device i.e. microlens, and a medical device.    ADVANTAGE - The method allows forming the doped regions in the semiconductor material that eliminates vapor diffusion of the dopant element and/or dopant from the deposited dopant and/or into the semiconductor material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for fabricating a semiconductor device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a diffusion barrier material overlying a portion of a semiconductor material and a dopant overlying a different portion of the semiconductor material.    Diffusion barrier material (200)    Conductivity-determining type dopant (202)    Semiconductor material (204)    Portions of the semiconductor material (208, 210)
NOVELTY - A louver (510) comprises a surface to receive solar cells on a first side of the louver, and a fluid conduit in thermal contact with the surface. The fluid conduit comprises fluid entry and exit ends that also serve as pivots for the louver to revolve around a long axis of the louver. A neighboring louver has a side facing the first side of the louver and comprises a concave reflective curvature to focus light onto the solar cells.    USE - A louver for a converter apparatus or a controller system (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The louver can harvest light energy and transfer the harvested energy easily to the heating, lighting and electricity requirements at the site of use so that the immediate needs of the site are factored into how the system is controlled.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a converter apparatus; and    (2) a controller system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic perspective view of a converter corner showing an arrangement of a solar cell holder, curved reflector, fluid conduit and fluid conduit pivot end portions.    Louver (510)    Conduit (515)    Curved reflector (530)    Solar cell holder (550)    Actuator (720)
NOVELTY - Carboxylic acid modified metal oxide nanoparticles manufacturing involves dispersing and dissolving oxide nanoparticles and carboxylic acid modifier in a mixed solution of ethanol and water. The obtained solution is filled in an autoclave, which is put in an oven for reaction for 6-72 hours. Temperature of the oven is 30-100 degrees C. The autoclave is cooled naturally to room temperature after completing the reaction. The reactant is taken out from the autoclave and centrifuged to obtain crude modified nanoparticles.    USE - Method for manufacturing carboxylic acid modified metal oxide nanoparticles for preparing catalyst, optical material, coating material, photoelectric conversion material, solar battery material and organic-inorganic composite material (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The carboxylic acid modified metal oxide nanoparticles manufacturing method is simple, enables to control carboxylic acid content on the surface of nanoparticles, and provides nanoparticles, which are stable and well dispersible in organic solvents.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Carboxylic acid modified metal oxide nanoparticles are manufactured by dispersing and dissolving oxide nanoparticles and carboxylic acid modifier in a mixed solution of ethanol and water. The obtained solution is filled in an autoclave, which is put in an oven for reaction for 6-72 hours. Temperature of the oven is 30-100 degrees C. The autoclave is cooled naturally to room temperature after completing the reaction. The reactant is taken out from the autoclave and centrifuged to obtain crude modified nanoparticles. The crude product is dried and undergoes heat treatment in presence of nitrogen or other inert gas to remove carboxylic acid molecules from the crude product. The heat treatment temperature is determined by boiling point or sublimation temperature of the carboxylic acid.
NOVELTY - The cell has an intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film (34), P-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin film (33) and an indium-tin oxide (ITO) thin film (32) provided on one side of a substrate (35) in sequence. A collector (31) is equipped on the ITO thin film, and an i-type germanium-silicon thin film (36) e.g. i-type amorphous germanium-silicon thin film, and another ITO thin film (38) are installed on another side of the substrate in sequence. Another collector (39) is formed on the latter ITO thin film, and the collectors are utilized as comb-shaped electrodes.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell ensures the absorption efficiency and conversion efficiency of the upper layer of the solar cell, and increases the absorption of the light on the back, such that the back conversion efficiency can be increased.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar cell.    Collectors (31, 39)    Indium-tin oxide thin film (32, 38)    P-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin film (33)    Intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film (34)    Substrate (35)    I-type germanium-silicon thin film (36)
NOVELTY - The solar cell has a phosphorus diffusion layer (3) located at a front surface of a N-type monocrystalline silicon chip (4). A silver aluminum back electrode (6) is located at a back part of the silicon chip. A back aluminum P-type diffusion layer (7) is placed at the back part of the silicon chip. The silver aluminum back electrode is placed between a P-type isolation layer (5) and the back part of the silicon chip. Thickness of a silicon nitride antireflection film (2) is between 70 nm-100 nm. Thickness of the phosphorus diffusion layer is between 0.2 microns to 0.5 microns.    USE - Back aluminum diffusion N-type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell solves collinear production problem for a N-type cell and a P-type cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a back aluminum diffusion N-type solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side sectional view of a back aluminum diffusion N-type solar cell.    Silicon nitride antireflection film (2)    Phosphorus diffusion layer (3)    N-type monocrystalline silicon chip (4)    P-type isolation layer (5)    Silver aluminum back electrode (6)    Back aluminum P-type diffusion layer (7)
NOVELTY - The manufacturing method involves putting an aluminum rod into a heat treatment furnace for heating until the temperature of the rod is 190-210 degrees Centigrade, while preserving heat for 2.5-3.5 hours to obtain the frame profile of a solar panel after extrusion molding. The aluminum rod is heated in an aluminum rod heating furnace until its temperature is 470-520 degrees Centigrade to perform extrusion molding on it on an extruder. The extrusion pressure is less than 21 mega Pascals.    USE - Manufacturing method for manufacturing frame profile of solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - Obtains solar panel frame profile with smooth and bright surface, high strength and good toughness. Improves corrosion resistance of solar panel. Ensures inexpensive manufacture of solar panel profile frame which is recyclable and lightweight. Reduces environmental pollution and enhances reliability in running.
NOVELTY - The method involves plating a layer of silicon nitride isolation film on a back side of an N-type silicon chip, and performing a phosphor diffusion on a positive side of the N-type silicon chip to form an N plus layer. A periphery of the N-type silicon chip is etched, and an edge conductive layer is eliminated. A silicon nitride isolation film is eliminated, and a silicon nitride reflecting reduction film is provided on the N-type silicon chip positive side. A back side aluminum diffusion P layer and positive and negative electrodes are produced.    USE - Method for manufacturing an N-type solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables producing the N-type battery without improving the product line of the routine P type solar energy.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating an N-type solar battery manufacturing method.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The piece has a solar battery board installed at an upper side of a hollow aluminum framework. A temperature preserving board is installed at a lower side of the framework. A wire connecting box is installed at back of the battery board and is placed in an inner chamber of the framework. One end of a current educing wire is connected with the box, and the other end is educed from a side edge of the framework. The preserving board is made of plastic extruded polystyrene or foamed polystyrene. A circumference of the framework is opened with ventilating holes.    USE - Integrated construction structural piece for generating electricity and preserving temperature.    ADVANTAGE - The piece effectively avoids the problems of high energy consumptions of constructions and complicated installation of photovoltaic system. The piece has simple structure and is beautiful. The piece protects environment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an integrated construction structural piece.
NOVELTY - The equipment has a conveying belt (1) connecting a lower wheel (2) of a two-roller machine with a lateral wheel (9) of the machine. An upper wheel (3) of the machine on a right side of the belt is connected to a motor (4) through a small belt (5). A leakage liquid container (6) is provided on an upper part of a left side of the belt. A limiting scratching strip (8) is provided on a middle upper part of the belt. An optical anode slurry (7) in the container leaks onto the belt. A thickness of the slurry applied to a plastic substrate is controlled by the scratching strip.    USE - Equipment for continuously laminating optical anode of flexible dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The equipment is convenient to use and is simple. The manufacturing cost of the equipment is lowered. The equipment is easy to demount and wash. The equipment has good corrosion resistance and is used for a long term.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an equipment for continuously laminating optical anode of flexible dye-sensitized solar cell.    Conveying belt (1)    Lower wheel (2)    Upper wheel (3)    Motor (4)    Small belt (5)    Leakage liquid container (6)    Optical anode slurry (7)    Limiting scratching strip (8)    Lateral wheel (9)
NOVELTY - The device has a solar subassembly connected with joint nails via a joint device. The joint nails are fixed to a metal support frame. A layer of a structural adhesive is provided at a bottom of a sucker at a bottom of a joint unit of the joint device. The structural adhesive is attached to a hollow glass of the subassembly. Even holes are provided on the sucker. The joint unit is fixedly connected to a bolt through the subassembly. A protection case is provided outside the bolt through the subassembly. A sealant layer and a support ring are provided outside the case.    USE - Mounting device for a solar glass battery subassembly in a building.    ADVANTAGE - The device has firm mounting and makes appearance of the building to be beautiful. The solar subassembly is permeated in a mounting structure, and is natural and harmonic in the room and external environment. The device achieves perfect integration of fine metal structure and glass decoration.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a mounting device for a solar glass battery subassembly.
NOVELTY - The device has a parabolic reflector provided with a parabolic focus, and a transparent carrier plate equipped with a solar cell chip. A part of the transparent carrier plate is roughly arranged on the parabolic focus, and a reflector i.e. elliptically spherical shell-like reflector, is provided with a cambered surface with a curvature. The cambered surface is equipped with two focuses that are installed with the solar cell chip. Another cambered surface is provided with an opening at a bottom part to connect with the reflector. A lens is equipped with a lens focus.    USE - Solar cell focusing device for focusing a ray.    ADVANTAGE - The device is utilized for collecting light.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The elliptically spherical shell-like reflector is made of indium, tin, aluminum, gold, platinum, zinc, silver, titanium, tin, germanium, copper, nickel, beryllium gold, germanium gold, zinc gold or tin lead.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell focusing device.
NOVELTY - The chained texturing method involves using groove surrounded overflow mode, so that the liquid can flow out fast after reaction, and using the spraying mode of the upper part of the medicine liquid groove provided with a spray pipe. The liquid feeding pipeline is processed, so that medicine liquid can evenly flow toward to every part of groove after flowing into inner groove to keep the uniformity of temperature and concentration on every part of the groove. The flow of water in pipeline is adjusted using control valve according to reading of flow meter.    USE - Chained texturing method of polycrystalline solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Ensures that temperature can be easily controlled, and temperature control precision is high. Improves the texturing effect, raises the product quality and reduces the reflectivity of polycrystalline solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a chained texturing device for polycrystalline solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the perspective view of the polycrystalline solar cell.
NOVELTY - Foldable solar mobile power supply system comprises foldable unit and output port. The foldable unit includes solar cell subassembly, flexible sticking material layer and back plate, which are overlapped. The solar cell subassemblies are connected by a flexible cable. The foldable unit is integrally welded via flexible sticking material in a sealing mode, and output port is connected with positive and negative poles. The solar cell subassembly includes insulating plate and transparent cover board.    USE - Foldable solar mobile power supply system.    ADVANTAGE - The foldable solar mobile power supply system ensures improved folding performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for manufacturing foldable solar mobile power supply system, which involves:    (A) preparing solar cell subassembly;    (B) preparing multiple solar cell subassemblies according to output voltage and output power, and connecting and welding solar cell subassemblies via flexible cable;    (C) overlapping connected subassembly, flexible sticking material layer and back plate and putting in vacuum presser;    (D) thermally pressing connected subassembly, flexible sticking material layer and back plate;    (E) de-burring the obtained product and cutting back plates on periphery of gap; and    (F) mounting output port.
NOVELTY - The module has a bottom glass plane provided with a polygon-shaped flat board. An under-fill material (200) is made of ethylene vinyl acetate resin and formed on the glass plane. Copper-indium-gallium-selenium (CIGS) solar batteries (320) are arranged in a grid type CIGS solar panel (300). A top filler (400) is provided on the panel, and an upper glass board (500) provided with the flat board is arranged on the top filler. An n-type buffer layer is made of zinc sulfide, zinc selenide, zinc oxide, indium-selenide and indium-sulfide, and a molybdenum layer is made of chromium and nickel.    USE - Copper-indium-gallium-selenium (CIGS) solar cell module for use in an exterior wall, a window and a door of a building.    ADVANTAGE - The module utilizes the solar battery, performs electrical isolation effect, and separates the bottom glass plane from the solar battery. The module improves adhesive force of the glass board and the molybdenum layer, prevents the molybdenum layer from being exfoliated from glass substrates during a high temperature process, and improves photoelectric efficiency with controlled sodium diffusion quantity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a copper-indium-gallium-selenium (CIGS) solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a copper-indium-gallium-selenium solar cell module.    Under-fill material (200)    Grid type copper-indium-gallium-selenium solar panel (300)    Copper-indium-gallium-selenium solar batteries (320)    Top filler (400)    Upper glass board (500)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has an optical source section (120) located in an upper part of a test board (110). A solar battery (10) is located in the test board, and irradiates light. Inspection assemblies (100) are laminated with each other, and a testing station (200) delivers output to the assemblies from the test board. A positive electrode probe (112) contacts a positive electrode (11), and a negative electrode probe (113) contacts a negative electrode (12) of the solar battery. A positive electrode part (211) and a negative electrode part (221) are connected to the station.    USE - Stacked-type inspection apparatus for a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus has simple structure and small size. The apparatus improves space utilizing efficiency, reduces loss of quantity of light emitted in an optical source section, utilizes low capacity light source as the optical source section, consumes less electricity, and reduces electricity cost. The apparatus improves quality of the solar batteries and productivity, and occupies less space.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a stacked-type inspection apparatus.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Solar battery (10)    Positive electrode (11)    Negative electrode (12)    Inspection assemblies (100)    Test board (110)    Positive electrode probe (112)    Negative electrode probe (113)    Optical source section (120)    Testing station (200)    Positive electrode part (211)    Negative electrode part (221)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a nano pattern in an original copy mold. A P-type organic semiconductor layer is coated on a soluble polymer mold. An N-type organic semiconductor layer is coated on a surface of the soluble polymer mold. The soluble polymer mold is provided with the N-type organic semiconductor layer. A cathode electrode layer is formed in a page of the N-type organic semiconductor layer. The nano pattern is transferred in a soluble polymer layer by using the original copy mold.    USE - Method for manufacturing an organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method ensures high precision by using the soluble polymer mold, and prevents the nano pattern from being damaged. The method reduces the anode electrode layer and the cathode electrode layer to effectively deliver electronics and a hole. The method improves absorption efficiency of the light to provide high quantum efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating a method for manufacturing an organic solar cell.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The method involves coating a P-type organic semiconductor layer on a nano pattern of a mold, and forming a cathode electrode layer in a page of an N-type organic semiconductor layer. An anode electrode layer is made of transparent material that is selected from a group consisting of silicon, glass, polymer and quartz.    USE - Method for manufacturing an organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables forming a high precision regular shaped pattern in the P-type organic semiconductor layer, reducing an anode electrode layer and a cathode electrode layer, increasing thickness of an electron-receptor and a hole receptor, improving absorption efficiency of light, and providing high quantum efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating an organic solar cell manufacturing method. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a frame (55) protruded to opposite direction of a rotating vane that is fixed in an aerogenerator (60). A set of foldable secondary collimators are arranged at bi-edges of another set of foldable secondary collimators. The frame is fitted to the latter set of collimators. A core region is protruded in both sides of fixing rings. A bearing is fixed in the fixing rings. A support pillar (69) is provided in an edge of a fixed beam. An induction rib and a conduction recess are formed in a solar electric generator.    USE - Solar energy generating apparatus for a post of an aerogenerator in a dry area i.e. desert.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus allows solar energy by utilizing wind force, and achieves economic benefit. The apparatus reduces the damage about the bearing. The apparatus provides uniform irradiation power towards the sunshine, has high durability, and uniformly generates power.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar energy generating apparatus.    Post (46)    Frame (55)    Aerogenerator (60)    Support pillar (69)
NOVELTY - The electrode has a planar member arranged in a susceptor supporting substrate, and multiple feeding points electrically connected to the planar member for providing a high frequency signal to the planar member. Multiple connection units are equipped in the linear element and connected to two of the feeding points. A power feeding member connects center of two connecting members. A feeding site of high frequency signal is positioned at the center of the connecting members, where frequency of the high frequency signal is in a range of 300-400 kilo Hertz.    USE - Electrode for performing plasma generation in a plasma generating device (claimed) that is used in semiconductor, display device and photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing fields.    ADVANTAGE - The reflection coefficient of the electrode is minimized, and the reflected wave generation is suppressed. The node generation of ordinary wave is prevented, and the plasma with uniform density can be generated through the high frequency signal.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a plasma generating device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an electrode.
NOVELTY - The scrubber has an inlet port (2) into which wasted gas i.e. ammonia, flows in. A pipe is equipped with an oxidizer (8), and ammonia is converted into nitrogen and hydrogen in an interior tubing. An air inlet part (10) is connected to the oxidizer, where external air flows into the oxidizer. A vent (4) is connected to an outer pipe of a pyrolysis part (6), and a heating unit (16) is installed in outer circumference of a reactor (18). The heating unit heats up an outer pipe of the reactor and the oxidizer.    USE - Gas scrubber for removing ammonia during manufacturing of an LED, an LCD and a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The scrubber effectively removes the ammonia included in the wasted gas without generating wastewater, readily heat-exchanges heat energy of the oxidizer with the pyrolysis part generated during combustion process of the ammonia, and decreases generation amount of nitric oxide generated during combustion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a waste gas processing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a gas scrubber.    Inlet port (2)    Vent (4)    Pyrolysis part (6)    Oxidizer (8)    Air inlet part (10)    Heating unit (16)    Reactor (18)
NOVELTY - The battery has pair of electrodes made of carbon material such that ratio of vertical/horizontal axis scattered light strength obtained by Raman spectroscopic measurement is 1.07-3. A linear inclination A value and standard deviation of A value obtained by X-ray small angle scattering measurement are -0.5-0 and 0-0.010, respectively. The carbon material in the electrode after doping and undoping of sodium ions is free from pores having a size of not less than 10 nm. The Q1 value obtained by a differential thermal analysis is not more than 800 joules/g.    USE - Sodium rechargeable battery for transport device applications such as motor vehicle, hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle. Can also be used as charging device for solar cell and charging device for wind-powered electricity generation.    ADVANTAGE - Provides sodium rechargeable battery which is excellent in charge and discharge characteristics. Since rare metal such as lithium is not used, the environmental impact is reduced and size and cost of the battery are reduced. The charging and discharging of battery can be performed rapidly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for discrimination method of carbon material for sodium rechargeable battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of coin-shaped sodium rechargeable battery.    Metal container (11)    Collector (12)    Electrode material (13)    Separator (14)    Metal lid (15)
NOVELTY - The system has buoyant elements (20) located in the dam (18) to limit evaporation of dam. Several solar cells are supported by the buoyant elements. The solar panels (22) being a flexible sheet or film is adhered to the buoyant elements.    USE - System for evaporation control and electricity generation in water storage facility such as dam and reservoir.    ADVANTAGE - The evaporation of water can be controlled and the electricity generation operation can be performed effectively.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method for forming buoyant element combined with solar cell; and    (2) method for capturing solar energy and for controlling evaporation.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the system for evaporation control and electricity generation installed at dam.    Post (14)    Cable (16)    Dam (18)    Buoyant element (20)    Solar panel (22)
NOVELTY - The wall has a photoelectric interlayer formed between an inner layer glass basic panel and an outer layer glass basic panel, and transparent polyvinyl butyral sealing rubber film provided among the basic panels and the photoelectric interlayer. The photoelectric interlayer is formed of monocrystal line silicon/multi-crystal silicon solar cell core plate, and an insulating isolation wire is provided between two adjacent solar components. Edges of foursquare or rectangular solar photovoltaic curtain wall glass are provided with structured rubber strips.    USE - Solar photovoltaic curtain wall for a building.    ADVANTAGE - The wall has heat-resistant, moisture proofing and frost resisting effects. The mechanical property of the glass of the wall is improved, and usage time of the wall is prolonged. The transparent polyvinyl butyral sealing rubber film enhances the aesthetic appeal of the curtain wall glass and building.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a solar photovoltaic curtain wall for a building.
NOVELTY - A lead and cadmium free electrode slurry comprises (wt.%) silver powder or aluminum powder (65-90) as conducting metal ingredient, glass component (2-10) and organic carrier (8-25).    USE - A lead and cadmium free electrode slurry for crystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The slurry has conversion efficiency of higher than 17.5% or higher than 16% for mono-crystalline silicon solar cell and poly-silicon solar cell, respectively; and meets the requirement for environmental protection of European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances and American REACH standard.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of preparing a lead and cadmium free electrode slurry comprising:    (A) mixing raw materials except organic carrier, heating the mixture at 1100-1250 degrees C, performing water quenching, and subjecting to ball milling controlled at 60 rpm for 72 hours where ball and materials have a ratio of 3:1 to obtain grain size of less than 6 mu m, and drying at 60-80 degrees C; and    (B) adding organic carrier, heating the mixture at 90-100 degrees C for 2 hours, cooling to 50 degrees C, adding surface active agent for heat preservation for 30 minutes, filtering, and grinding at 2-450 Pa-second to obtain grain size of 5-30 mu m.
NOVELTY - The device has two optical sensors (31, 32) equipped in different positions on a phototropic surface of a solar panel (1). The solar panel is equipped with an arc-shaped rack (61). A motor (21) is equipped with a gear (62) that is engaged with the arc-shaped rack. A rotary table (4) is equipped below the solar panel. A supporting mechanism is equipped below the rotary table. A controller (8) is electrically connected with the optical sensors. The controller is used for receiving information transmitted by the optical sensors and transmitting control signals to motors (21, 22).    USE - Solar panel adjusting device.    ADVANTAGE - The device can adjust the solar panel in real time and wide range.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar panel adjusting device.    Solar panel (1)    Rotary table (4)    Controller (8)    Motors (21, 22)    Optical sensors (31, 32)    Arc-shaped rack (61)    Gear (62)
NOVELTY - The method involves setting multiple solar cell boards (a) in air without restraining masses in sequence from front to back. The solar cell boards are integrally connected with each other in series by a connecting rod (15), and the solar cell boards are rotated by taking a hinge piece as a circle center through the connecting rod. A lighting face (21) is randomly converted to upward, downward, inclining and perpendicular modes, and the connecting rod is equipped parallel to X axis.    USE - Method for connecting a connecting rod to a solar cell board to protect the board from dust, rain and snow.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables simple installation of the connecting rod with less fault rate and low maintenance cost, and ensures large-scale, remote and automatic control.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar cell board. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Solar cell boards (a)    Pulleys (12)    Connecting rod (15)    Lighting face (21)    Traction rope (22)
NOVELTY - The generator has a groove-type light gathering device mounted on a bottom frame (5) and provided with a solar panel (2) and two reflecting plates (1) e.g. stainless steel plate, symmetrically equipped at two sides of the solar panel. An air chute (3) is equipped on the solar panel. An included angle (beta) between a reflecting surface of each reflecting plate and a front surface of the solar panel is 120 to 160 degrees. An adjustable supporting component is equipped on a location where the groove-type light gathering device is connected with the bottom frame.    USE - Groove-type adjustable solar generator for use in a large scale industry.    ADVANTAGE - The generator is high in photoelectric efficiency, inexpensive and applicable in large scale industry in convenient manner. The generator easily tracks the sun and conveniently adjusts the solar year azimuth included angle. The generator has better heat dissipating capacity and ensures the stable operation of solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a groove-type adjustable solar generator.    Included angle (beta)    Reflecting plates (1)    Solar panel (2)    Air chute (3)    Bottom frame (5)    Base (6)
NOVELTY - The device has a male spline formed on a frame (40). A principal axis (30) is combined with an axis supporting part of a post (20). A shaft connection part is equipped in an either side of a base (10). The shaft connection part is connected to both ends of the principal axis that is connected to a drive motor. A solar cell module panel (50) is attached to an upper side of the frame. A connection bracket is connected to a side of a female spline. A fixed bracket and the connection bracket are bind by utilizing a bolt and screw nut.    USE - Single shaft type solar tracking device.    ADVANTAGE - The shaft connection part is equipped in the principal axis that is equipped in the upper end of post and the solar cell module panel is attached in frame so as to facilitate easy installation of the frame.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a single shaft type solar tracking device.    Base (10)    Post (20)    Principal axis (30)    Frame (40)    Solar cell module panel (50)
NOVELTY - A heterocyclic aromatic compound (1), is new.    USE - Novel heterocyclic aromatic compound used for producing conductive polymer used in polymerizable composition and conductive resin composition (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to solid electrolytic capacitor, liquid crystal panel, touch panel, solar cell and antistatic agent.    ADVANTAGE - The heterocyclic aromatic compound produces polymerizable composition having excellent moldability. The cured material produced using the composition has excellent electroconductivity, heat resistance, weather resistance and transparency. The conductive polymer has excellent solubility with respect to solvent and is manufactured with improved productivity by a simple process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A heterocyclic aromatic compound of formula: A-B' (1), is new.    A=thiophene or pyrrole (both optionally substituted);and    B'=A or optionally substituted aromatic ring.    The rings in A and B' are coupled directly.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of the heterocyclic containing aromatic compound;    (2) conductive polymer, which is obtained by oxidize-polymerizing the heterocyclic containing aromatic compound; and    (3) manufacture of the conductive polymer.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a solar battery layer in a top front side of a substrate, and forming an electrode layer on the battery layer. Another electrode layer is exposed with an etching solar battery layer. An insulation bank part is provided adjacent to a gap formed between the substrate and the electrode layers. A thin film solar cell is made of aluminum, silver, gold, copper, zinc, nickel or chromium and provided with zinc oxide, tin oxide or indium tin oxide. Insulation bank patterns are made of metal oxide, nitride, silicon oxide, nitride, inorganic ceramics or enamel/organic polymer.    USE - Method for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell in a silicon solar battery that is utilized in a semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - The method reduces the manufacturing invalidation area of the thin film solar cell, and prevents inversion and washing of the thin film solar cell, thus improving the manufacturing performance of the thin film solar cell and reducing the manufacturing process cost of the thin film solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an integrated thin film solar cell manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an integrated thin film solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming conductive material on top of a substrate, and a solar battery layer on an electrode layer. Another conductive material is provided adjacent to another electrode layer. A trench is formed at a sidewall of the latter electrode layer by a laser scribing process. An insulating material is provided in an integrated thin film solar cell, and is made from nitride, silicon oxide and carbide. Gap is formed between multiple trenches. The former conductive material is made from zinc oxide, tin oxide and indium tin oxide.    USE - Method for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method effectively reduces invalidation area of the integrated thin film solar cell, prevents the integrated thin film solar cell from being exposed, and reduces manufacturing cost and improves manufacturing efficiency of the integrated thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of an integrated thin film solar cell.
NOVELTY - A copolyester resin composition contains copolyester including aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I and II), glycol component containing 2-4C alkylene glycol, and triazine-type ultraviolet absorber or benzophenone-type ultraviolet absorber (0.5-10 mass%). The copolymerization ratio of aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I) is 5-50 mol% with respect to total content of acid component.    USE - Copolyester resin composition is used for biaxial oriented film (claimed), and for protective film for solar cell. Can also be used for fiber and bottles.    ADVANTAGE - The co-polyester resin composition provides biaxial oriented film having excellent light resistance, elasticity, mechanical characteristics, and dimensional stability with respect to temperature and humidity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A copolyester resin composition contains copolyester including aromatic dicarboxylic acid component of formula: HO(O)C-R2-OR1O-R2-C(O)OH (I) and HO(O)C-R3-C(O)OH (II), glycol component containing 2-4C alkylene glycol and triazine-type ultraviolet absorber or benzophenone-type ultraviolet absorber (0.5-10 mass%). The copolymerization ratio of aromatic dicarboxylic acid component (I) is 5-50 mol% with respect to total content of acid component.    R1=2-10C alkylene;    R2=2,6-naphthalene diyl group;and    R3=phenylene or naphthalene diyl group.
NOVELTY - A square-shaped rod portion (403) is provided in a position that opposes the to-be-processed object of lamination apparatus. A conveyance sheet (130) is positioned over the square-shaped rod portion. A plate-shaped pressing portion (405) is fixed in the square-shaped rod portion, and is covered by rod portion (404). The conveyance sheet is attached to the conveying belt of lamination apparatus using square-shaped rod portion, plate-shaped pressing portion and rod portion.    USE - Method for attaching conveyance sheet in lamination apparatus (claimed) for manufacturing solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The position of the conveyance sheet can be changed easily, and the fracture of the conveyance sheet can be eliminated, so that the lifetime of the conveyance sheet can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for lamination apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the conveyance sheet fixing portion of the lamination apparatus.(Drawing includes non-English language text)    Conveyance sheet (130)    Square-shaped rod portion (403)    Rod portion (404)    Plate-shaped pressing portion (405)    Fixing bolt (406)
NOVELTY - An indium oxide sintered compact has an indium oxide phase and a metal phase.    USE - Indium oxide sintered compact is used for sputtering target for formation of oxide thin film used as channel layer of thin-film transistor used for semiconductor device (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display devices, solar cell, gas sensor and touch panel.    ADVANTAGE - The indium oxide sintered compact has low bulk resistance and high density. The sputtering target containing indium oxide sintered compact suppresses the generation of nodule during sputtering.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of indium oxide sintered compact;    (2) oxide thin film; and    (3) manufacture of thin-film transistor containing oxide thin film and oxide insulation layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flow chart for manufacture of indium oxide sintered compact. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - A liquid tetrachlorosilane and molten metal are collided in a reactor (3). The tetrachlorosilane is reduced to obtain silicon.    USE - Manufacture of silicon used for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacture of silicon having high reaction rate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for silicon manufacturing apparatus (10), which has reactor in which liquid tetrachlorosilane and molten metal collide, and the tetrachlorosilane is reduced to obtain silicon, a tetrachlorosilane supply unit to supply liquid tetrachlorosilane to the reactor, and a molten metal supply unit to supply molten metal to the reactor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the silicon manufacturing apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Molten metal accommodating portion (1)    Reactor (3)    Solid-gas-separation devices (5,8)    Silicon manufacturing apparatus (10)    Heaters (11,13)
NOVELTY - The system (10) has connection portion for permitting the substrate (1) to pass through between the chambers (11,12). The connection portion has cooling mechanism (14) for adsorbing the gas molecule (9) circulated from chamber (11) to chamber (12). Cross sectional area variable mechanism for varying the flow path cross sectional area of gas molecule is controllably formed in connection portion.    USE - Differential pumping system for substrate processing apparatus (claimed) for forming thin electronic device including organic electroluminescence (EL) element, and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Substrate can be continuously conveyed between the chambers through the connection portion. Cross-contamination can be prevented since the reverse flow of gas molecule is prevented, thus deterioration of film quality and fall of substrate processing performance can be prevented.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for substrate processing apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the differential pumping system. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (1)    Gas molecule (9)    Differential pumping system (10)    Chambers (11,12)    Cooling mechanism (14)
NOVELTY - The PCVD apparatus has closed-loop type magnetic field generation mechanisms (10,11) that include a center magnet positioned at the center of the shaft and an outer periphery magnet provided in the space between the substrate and flat electrode (4) in a vacuum chamber (1). The magnetic polarizing direction of the outer periphery magnet is parallel to the substrate surface. The plasma generated by a plasma generation unit is confined in the space between the center and outer periphery magnets such that movement of magnets is possible.    USE - Plasma chemical vapor deposition (PCVD) apparatus for forming thin film such as protective film e.g. diamond-like carbon (DLC) film for magnetic disc e.g. hard disk, insulating film for integrated circuit, amorphous silicon film and silicon nitride film for nanocrystalline semiconductor and other information recording media such as compact disk. Can also be used in forming silicon wafer, chromium film, cobalt-chromium-tantalum film, glass substrate for other electronic components, solar cell and LCD.    ADVANTAGE - Since the magnetic polarizing direction of the outer periphery magnet is parallel to the substrate surface, high density plasma can be confined in the vicinity of the substrate hence thin film formation process can be performed at high speed and thickness of the thin film can be maintained uniform.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for tin film formation method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of PCVD apparatus.    Vacuum chamber (1)    Flat electrode (4)    Electrode plate (5)    Shower plate (6)    Closed-loop type magnetic field generation mechanisms (10,11)
NOVELTY - Natural oxidation film on surface of silicon type target is removed (P2) by dry etching method. Slice damage layer on the surface of target is removed (P4) and texture is formed (P6) on the surface of target by dry etching method. The damage layer formed during formation of texture is removed (P8) by dry etching method. Rounding-off of the shape of texture is carried out (P9) by wet etching method. Removal of natural oxidation film, slice damage layer and damage layer, and formation of texture are carried out within same vacuum processing tank (2).    USE - Formation of texture on surface of silicon type target e.g. polycrystalline silicon substrate for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The texture is efficiently formed on silicon type target surface with enlarged electric power generation area and reduced surface reflectance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for vacuum processing apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of flowchart of texture formation method. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Vacuum processing tank (2)    Natural oxidation film removal (P2)    Slice damage layer removal (P4)    Texture formation (P6)    Damage layer removal (P8)    Texture rounding-off process (P9)
NOVELTY - The thin film solar cell (10) has a surface electrode (2) that is arranged on the main surface of a translucent substrate (1). The surface electrode has an indium oxide film (22) in which titanium is doped and zinc oxide films (21,23) in which aluminum and gallium are doped, which are arranged with respect to the translucent substrate. A photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer (3) and a back surface electrode (4) are arranged with respect to the surface electrode positioned on the translucent substrate.    USE - Thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - High transmittance of near infrared region can be obtained by providing indium oxide film and zinc oxide films in the surface electrode. Hence, photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved and resistance value of the zinc oxide films can be controlled. Manufacturing cost of the thin film solar cell can be reduced and structure of the thin film solar cell can be simplified.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the thin film solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Translucent substrate (1)    Surface electrode (2)    Photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer (3)    Back surface electrode (4)    Thin-film solar cell (10)    Zinc oxide films (21,23)    Indium oxide film (22)
NOVELTY - The system has a modifier (2) which reforms fuel and selective oxidation air introduced inside selective oxidation device (6), into hydrogen rich gas so that carbon monoxide concentration in hydrogen rich gas is reduced. A process gas blower (10) is provided in the gas line (11) which connects the selective oxidation device and anode pole (1a) of fuel cell (1). The gas blower supplies the fuel to modifier and selective oxidation air to selective oxidation device.    USE - Fuel battery cogeneration system.    ADVANTAGE - The number of blowers is reduced so that reliable fuel battery cogeneration system is achieved with low cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the fuel battery cogeneration system. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Fuel cell (1)    Anode pole (1a)    Modifier (2)    Selective oxidation device (6)    Gas blower (10)    Gas line (11)
NOVELTY - A back surface protection sheet (10) is laminate of a primary synthetic resin film layer (13), an aluminum foil layer (12), and a second synthetic resin film layer (11). The aluminum foil layer contains aluminum alloy containing (in mass%) manganese (0.1-6), iron (0.0001-0.01), silicon (0.0001-0.01), copper (0.0001-0.01) and remainder of aluminum and unavoidable impurity. The back surface of the solar cell module manufactured without using crystalline silicon is protected with the back surface protection sheet.    USE - Back surface protection sheet is used for solar cell module for protecting solar cell element, electrode and wiring.    ADVANTAGE - The back surface protection sheet has excellent corrosion resistance and water resistance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of back surface protection sheet for solar cell.    Back surface protection sheet (10)    Secondary synthetic resin film layer (11)    Aluminum foil layer (12)    Primary synthetic resin film layer (13)
NOVELTY - A substrate (3) has a transparent conductive film (1) containing zinc oxide as main component on the surface. The surface of substrate in which transparent conductive film is formed, is subjected to crystallinity improvement process.    USE - Substrate with transparent conductive film is used for solar cell and display element (both claimed) e.g. liquid crystal display, plasma display panel, field emission display and organic light emitting diode display used for mobile telephone, mobile computer, mobile terminal, car navigation, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The substrate with transparent conductive film is formed at high speed with high crystallinity. The display element having the substrate has high definition, high durability and lightweight.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of substrate with transparent conductive film;    (2) display element; and    (3) solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic block diagram of substrate with transparent conductive film. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Transparent conductive film (1)    Base layer (2)    Substrate (3)
NOVELTY - A sealing material (2) is positioned between a substrate (1) and solar cell matrix (3). The adhesion sheets (6) contact the substrate and solar cell matrix.    USE - Solar cell module comprising single crystal silicon solar cell, polycrystalline silicon solar cell, thin film solar cell, copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell and cadmium telluride solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The adhesion contacts the substrate and solar cell matrix hence the position shift of the solar cell matrix by shrinkage of the sealing material resulting from the state of temperature setting of the lamination process and environmental condition, and narrowing of the space between the cell strings can be suppressed. The external appearance of the solar cell module is improved. The generation of the product defect by the appearance defect is prevented.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the perspective and sectional views of the solar cell module.    Substrate (1)    Sealing materials (2,4)    Solar cell matrix (3)    Back surface protective material (5)    Adhesion sheets (6)
NOVELTY - The base material (1) has a conductor layer (5) provided with conductive pattern and formed on a resin layer (3) provided on a support base material (2). The cross-sectional shape of the conductor layer is trapezoid. The upper surface of the conductor layer is exposed, and the lower portion of conductor layer is buried under the resin layer.    USE - Base material used in electromagnetic wave shielding structure of electromagnetic wave shielding board (both claimed). Can also be used in film antenna and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the lower portion of conductor layer is buried under resin layer, the contact between the resin layer and the conductor pattern is increased and the adhesiveness is improved. The abnormality generation in the conductive -layer pattern due to vibration impact is reduced. The base material with conductor-layer pattern excellent in transparency is easily manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of base material with conductor layer pattern.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the base material with conductive pattern layer.    Base material (1)    Support base material (2)    Resin layer (3)    Conductor layer (5)
NOVELTY - A counter-electrode base material (40) has sequential lamination of a catalyst layer (44), a carbon-containing layer (43), an oxide film layer (42) and a metal layer (41). The catalyst layer has catalytic action with respect to oxidation-reduction reaction of electrolyte layer. A dye-sensitized solar cell has the counter-electrode base material formed opposingly on an electrode base material. The surface of electrode base material has a porous semiconductor layer in which sensitizing dye is supported through an electrolyte layer.    USE - Counter-electrode base material is used for dye-sensitized solar cell for dye-sensitized solar cell module (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The counter-electrode base material has high conductive property and excellent electrolyte-proof corrosivity. The economical and efficient dye-sensitized solar cell formed using counter-electrode base material has high photoelectric conversion efficiency and durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) dye-sensitized solar cell; and    (2) dye-sensitized solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of counter-electrode base material.    Counter-electrode base material (40)    Metal layer (41)    Oxide film layer (42)    Carbon-containing layer (43)    Catalyst layer (44)
NOVELTY - A solar cell (3) consists of a transparent substrate, a wavelength conversion component, a transparent electrode film (11), a semiconductor layer (15), and a back-surface electrode film (16). The wavelength conversion component consists of microparticles or pigment molecules (31) which absorb sunlight and radiate a near field light. Based on the non-adiabatic process induced by the near field light, light of wavelength 1000-3000 nm is converted to the absorbable band of electric power generation layer (13).    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has excellent power conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar cell consists of a transparent substrate, a wavelength conversion component included in the substrate, a transparent electrode film provided on the substrate, a semiconductor layer formed in the surface of the transparent electrode film, and a back-surface electrode film formed on the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer consists of p layer (12), electric power generation layer, and n layer (14). The wavelength conversion component consists of microparticles or pigment molecules which absorb the sunlight injected in the substrate and radiate a near field light. Based on the non-adiabatic process induced by the near field light, light of wavelength 1000-3000 nm among sunlight is converted to the absorbable band of electric power generation layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Solar cell (3)    Transparent electrode film (11)    P layer (12)    Electric power generation layer (13)    N layer (14)    Semiconductor layer (15)    Back-surface electrode film (16)    Microparticles or pigment molecules (31)
NOVELTY - The natural-oxidation film formed on the surface of the polycrystalline silicon substrate is removed by dry etching so as to form a texture on the surface of the silicon substrate. A layer damaged at the time of the formation of texture on the surface of the silicon substrate, is removed. The size of texture formed on the surface is controlled to about 0.5-1.5 mu m by wet etching.    USE - Method for forming texture in surface of polycrystalline silicon substrate used for solar cell, using vacuum processing apparatus, film formatting apparatus and etching apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The texture is formed on surface of polycrystalline silicon substrate reliably.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for vacuum processing apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flowchart illustrating the method for forming texture in surface of polycrystalline silicon substrate. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - The template (201) has a polymer/resist layer (205) that is deposited on a base substrate (206). A nanostructure (203) grown on the polymer/resist layer defines a lithography profile and the aspect ratio of the nanostructures are controlled by the growth of the structures. The nanostructures are provided with hardness to sustain the lithography profile under vertical pressure.    USE - Template for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device. Can also be used in imprinting stamp, embossing stamp and recyclable/reworkable imprinting stamp, and for manufacturing of capacitor, biosensor, solar cell applications, mobile phone, molecular filter for biomolecules, nano-fluidic applications, DVD and Fresnel lens.    ADVANTAGE - Since the lithography profile is defined by the nanostructures grown on the polymer/resist layer, template pattern can be replicated with different controlled properties and semi/full perforated materials can be manufactured with high aspect ratio. Hence environmentally friendly templates can be manufactured efficiently and lifetime of the substrates can be increased.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of performing lithographic process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic views of nanoimprint process.    Template (201)    Grown nanostructure (203)    Aligned nanostructure (204)    Polymer/resist layer (205)    Base substrate (206)
NOVELTY - A fuel cell system (100) comprises a fuel cell (10); a heat exchanger (20) that uses exhaust heat from the fuel cell to heat a fluid; and a control section that estimates an amount of the heated fluid that will be consumed and control an operating temperature of the fuel cell based on the estimated consumption amount of the heated fluid.    USE - A fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - The fuel cell system can suppress deterioration of the fuel cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of controlling a fuel cell system comprising estimating an amount of heated fluid that will be consumed, and controlling an operating temperature of the fuel cell based on the estimated consumption amount of the heated fluid.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a block diagram of a fuel cell system.    Fuel cell (10)    Heat exchanger (20)    Reformer (30)    Feed gas valve (31)    Fuel cell system (100)
NOVELTY - Synthesis of lithium metal phosphate/carbon nanocomposites involves mixing and reacting precursors of lithium, transition metals and phosphate with high surface area activated carbon, preferably phosphorylated carbon.    USE - For synthesizing lithium metal phosphate/carbon nanocomposites used as cathode active materials in rechargeable electrochemical cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The process employs high surface area phosphorylated carbon, i.e. carbon with covalently bound phosphate groups, obtained by phosphoric acid activation of carbonaceous vegetable materials. This process has the advantage of using cheap, renewable carbon resources and significantly less energy, due to the much lower process temperatures required for carbon activation as compared to that needed for the fabrication of high surface area carbon black or graphite. The subsequent reaction with lithium and transition metal precursors to form the desired lithium metal phosphate/carbon nanocomposite is considerably facilitated, since a high surface area carbon with covalently bound phosphate groups is already obtained by phosphoric acid activation of the hollow fibrous or cellular structure of the vegetable material. This reduces or even eliminates the time and energy demand for mechanical activation by milling.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a rechargeable battery comprising a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte, wher the cathode comprises a lithium metal phosphate/carbon nanocomposite.
NOVELTY - A mixed gas contains hydrohalide, hydrogen and halogenated silicon. The halogenated silicon is reacted with aqueous-based solvent (I) by contacting mixed gas with aqueous-based solvent and a portion of halogenated silicon is removed from mixed gas, to obtain purified gas (I). The hydrohalide is absorbed by aqueous-based solvent (II) by contacting purified gas (I) with aqueous-based solvent (II) and a portion of hydrohalide is removed from purified gas (I), to obtain purified gas (II). Thus, the production of hydrogen gas is performed.    USE - Production of hydrogen gas used in production of silicon compound (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to silicon compounds for semiconductor device, liquid crystal panels and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides industrially recyclable and highly purified hydrogen gas with reduced amount of halogenated silicon and hydrohalide. The method reduces emitting amount of dangerous waste gas and is environmental-friendly. The production of silicon using hydrogen gas is efficient.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) production of silicon compound; and    (2) production plant (100) of hydrogen gas.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view explaining the production process of hydrogen gas. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Plant (100)    Scrubbing tower (102)    Slurry storage tank (104)    Filter press (106)    Hydrochloric acid scrubber (108)    Stripper (110)    Water washing column (112)    Removal column (114)    Moisture content removal apparatus (116)
NOVELTY - An electroconductive paste comprises electroconductive particles, organic binder, solvent, glass frit and organic compound containing alkaline earth metals.    USE - Electroconductive paste for forming electrode in manufacture of solar cell element (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electroconductive paste enables to form electrode without increasing the contact resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the solar cell element.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the solar cell element.    Silicon substrate (1)    Reflection prevention layer (3)    Surface bus-bar electrode (5a)    Back surface bus-bar electrode (6a)    Back surface current collection electrode (6b)
NOVELTY - Growing a crystalline gallium-containing nitride includes growing crystalline gallium-containing nitride material from the supercritical solution on the seed at a second temperature which causes the gallium containing species to form the crystalline gallium containing nitride material on the seed.    USE - Method for growing a crystalline gallium-containing nitride used in manufacturing optoelectronic device, laser, LED, solar cell, photoelectrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photodetector, integrated circuit or transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The method can operate with components that are relatively simple and cost effective to manufacture.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Growing a crystalline gallium-containing nitride comprises:    (A) providing an autoclave comprising gallium-containing feedstock in one zone and seed(s) in another zone;    (B) introducing a solvent capable of forming a supercritical fluid into the zone and the other zone;    (C) maintaining a pressure at or above 7 atm within the one zone and the other zone during introduction of the solvent into the one zone and the other zone;    (D) processing portion(s) of the gallium-containing feedstock in the supercritical fluid to provide a super-critical solution comprising gallium containing species at a first temperature; and    (E) growing crystalline gallium-containing nitride material from the supercritical solution on the seed at a second temperature.    The second temperature can cause the gallium containing species to form the crystalline gallium containing nitride material on the seed. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a system for growing a crystalline gallium-containing nitride, comprising an autoclave, a heater, a controller, and code(s) directed to controlling the heater to maintain a specified pressure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a sectional diagram of an autoclave.
NOVELTY - A nano-sensor comprises substrate including pores formed and detecting unit for detecting changes in capacitance due to the presence of substance.    USE - As nano-sensor for detecting humidity e.g. heating and refrigeration industries, food industries, medical industries, and fuel cell industries, instrumentation in environmental systems, fuel cell humidification systems, and planetary soil moisture measurements; used for hydrogen sensing for safety applications and fuel cell fuel mixtures.    ADVANTAGE - The nano-sensor utilizes broader temperature ranges, provides a faster response time, and provides a greater response signal. Both pore capacitance and overall capacitance were measured with the nano-sensor and compared to models of pore capacitance and overall capacitance. Both measurements provided an excellent fit to the model curves and confirm that the nano-sensor provides accurate measurements of relative humidity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) measuring humidity involving sampling air with the nano-sensor; detecting changes in capacitance; and determining the relative humidity of air; and    (2) detecting the presence of a substance involving taking a sample with the nano-sensor; detecting changes in capacitance; and determining the presence of substance.
NOVELTY - A solar cell module comprises a first solar cell; and a second solar cell placed in an array direction with the first solar cell. The first and second solar cells (10) each comprise a light-receiving surface; a rear surface; n-type side electrodes (12) formed in the array direction on the rear surface; p-type side electrodes (13) formed in the array direction on the rear surface; a wiring member (15) electrically connecting the solar cells and arranged over the side electrodes; and n-type and p-type side electrode insulating members arranged over the wiring member.    USE - A solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell module can prevent degradation of collection efficiency of photogenerated carrier in the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar cell module comprises a first solar cell; and a second solar cell electrically connected with the first solar cell and placed in an array direction with the first solar cell. The first and second solar cells (10) each comprise a light-receiving surface; a rear surface arranged on a back side of the light-receiving surface; n-type side electrodes (12) formed in the array direction on the rear surface; p-type side electrodes (13) formed in the array direction on the rear surface; a wiring member (15) electrically connecting the first and second solar cells and arranged over the n-type and p-type side electrodes; an n-type side electrode insulating member arranged over the wiring member and covering a part of the n-type side electrodes; and a p-type side electrode insulating member arranged over the wiring member and covering a part of the p-type side electrodes. The part of both side electrodes faces the wiring member.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a plan view from a back side of the solar cells.    First and second solar cells (10)    Semiconductor substrate (11)    N-type side electrodes (12)    P-type side electrodes (13)    Wiring member (15)
NOVELTY - A gas is removed from a nanostructure material by providing a gas that is implanted in a carbon nanostructure material; and placing carbon nanostructure material in microwave field such that at least portion of gas is out-gassed from carbon nanostructure material.    USE - Method for removing gas from nanostructure material.    ADVANTAGE - The method has capability to provide relatively efficient removal system for gases such as hydrogen from nanostructure materials; capability to remove hydrogen from carbon nanostructure matrix by heating portion of carbon nanostructure matrix using microwave field; and capability to release hydrogen relatively quickly and enable availability of hydrogen on demand.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an out-gassing apparatus, preferably a fuel cell (100) for nanostructure material comprising container containing gas that is implanted in carbon nanostructure material; and microwave energy generation system operable to deliver microwave energy through container such that at least a portion of the gas is out-gassed from carbon nano structure material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic diagram illustrating a fuel cell.    Fuel cell (100)    Hydrogen source (110)    Oxygen source (120)    Anode (130)    Outlet (170)
NOVELTY - The substrate (1) has a tension bearing surface (100), and a set of nanostructures (1000) protruding from the surface, where the substrate is a monocrystalline silicon substrate or a polycrystalline silicon substrate. An aspect ratio of the substrate is defined by a ratio between height (B1) of each nanostructure and gap width (A1) between two adjacent tops of the nanostructure, where the aspect ratio is larger than 1.5. The gap width between the adjacent tops of the nanostructure is in a range of 12-100nm. The nanostructures are formed by an electrochemical etching process.    USE - Substrate such as monocrystalline silicon substrate and polycrystalline silicon substrate (all claimed), for use in fabrication of semiconductor component e.g. LED and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The nanostructures protrude from the surface, so as to enhance fracture strength of the substrate such that the substrate can withstand outer impact without damage to the substrate. The material is prevented from being wasted, so as to elevate yield of the substrate. The substrate enables even distribution of stress to multiple notches of the substrate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The substrate is made of a material selected from a group of glass, silicon, germanium, carbon, aluminum, gallium nitride, gallium arsenide, gallium phosphide, aluminum nitride, sapphire, spinel, alumina, silicon carbide, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, lithium aluminum oxide, lithium gallium oxide and magnesium aluminate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a substrate.    Gap width between two adjacent tops (A1)    Height of each nanostructure (B1)    Substrate (1)    Tension bearing surface (100)    Nanostructures (1000)    Notch (1002)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a vacuum chamber (1) maintaining a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. A controller is arranged in the chamber, and controls movement of a processing object e.g. semiconductor wafer substrate. An electric power supply mechanism (2) includes a laser output unit arranged outside the chamber, and a solar battery is arranged in the chamber. The output unit wirelessly transfers electric power to the controller via the battery. A vacuum vessel e.g. driving box (91), airtightly accommodates the battery under another pressure higher than the former pressure.    USE - Vacuum processing apparatus e.g. vapor deposition apparatus, plasma etching apparatus and load lock chamber, for processing an object e.g. semiconductor wafer substrate or glass substrate, during a semiconductor fabrication process.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus avoids generation of gas from a cable, and supplies power to the controller without using a complicated structure.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for operating a vacuum processing apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a vacuum transport apparatus for transmitting a processing object in a vacuum chamber as a vacuum processing apparatus.    Vacuum chamber (1)    Electric power supply mechanism (2)    Support table (4)    Driving box (91)    Cable duct (92)    Vacuum transport apparatus (100)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming islands (3) from strained material layer on intermediate substrate (1). The strained material islands are relaxed by heat treatment process. The relaxed strained material islands are transferred to the target substrate (5).    USE - Method for formation of relaxed strained material islands on target substrate e.g. wafer used for manufacturing semiconductor device e.g. LED and laser device and photovoltaic device (all claimed) e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The relaxed and intact strained films are formed reliably on target substrate and thus the semiconductor device can be manufactured efficiently.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method for manufacture of semiconductor device; and    (2) wafer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view explaining the formation process of relaxed strained material on target substrate.    Intermediate substrate (1)    Buried layer (2)    Island (3)    Target substrate (5)    Structured material layer (6)
NOVELTY - A method of supplying a reactant to an electrochemical cell having an ion-exchange membrane, involves flowing the reactant across a surface of the ion-exchange membrane sequentially in opposite directions.    USE - Method for supplying reactant to electrochemical cell e.g. fuel cell, electrolyzer and chemical synthesis cell, and used in hydrogen/oxygen cell, hydrogen/air cell and methanol/air fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables constant maintenance of pressure in the electrochemical cell, and uniform hydration across membrane electrode assembly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for system for supplying reactant to electrochemical cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of tidal flow system of hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell.
NOVELTY - The device has a low band gap photovoltaic transduction layer formed on a metal electrode, and a nano metal particle plasma structure layer formed on the low band gap photovoltaic transduction layer. A high band gap photovoltaic transduction layer is formed on the nano metal particle plasma structure layer, and a transparent conductive film is formed on the high band gap photovoltaic transduction layer. The nano metal particle plasma structure layer comprises nano metal particles e.g. spherical particles, having a size ranging from 100 nm to 200 nm.    USE - Laminated thin film photovoltaic device for a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The device with plasma structure can reduce entire thickness and improve yield of photocurrent.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a laminated thin film photovoltaic device.
NOVELTY - An ultra white pattern glass as glass substrate is cut and edged, and the glass substrate is washed and dried. A coating film is formed on the dried glass substrate by spraying method, and the film-coated glass substrate is subjected to steeling process or solidification process, to manufacture film-coated cover glass plate of solar battery assembly.    USE - Manufacture of film-coated cover glass plate used for solar battery assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The film-coated cover glass plate is manufactured easily, and has high light transmittance and favorable firmness, durability and resistance with respect to smoke, high and low temperatures and high humidity conditions. The solar battery assembly including cover plate provides improved solar photoelectric conversion rate.
NOVELTY - Removal of non-metallic impurities from metallurgical grade silicon, comprises either: mixing halogenated silicon with the metallurgical grade silicon, melting the mixture to sublimate the impurities and removing the impurities from the melt in the form of non-metal halides; or melting the metallurgical grade silicon, introducing halogenated silicon into the melt to sublimate the non-metallic impurities and removing the impurities from the melt in the form of non-metal halides.    USE - The process is useful for: the removal of non-metallic impurities from metallurgical grade silicon and its precursors, and from upgraded metallurgical-grade (UMG) raw-silicon and its precursors; the removal of boron and phosphorus; the removal of doping agents; and controlling and/or adjusting the specific resistance of UMG raw silicon, ingots or crystals from UMG raw-silicon or its precursors. The metallurgical grade silicon is useful for the manufacturing of solar cells and semiconductor devices. The process is useful in silicon-crystallization process, e.g. in directional solidification, e.g. ingot casting or Bridgman method, Czochralski process, edge-defined film-fed growth process, string ribbon technique or regenerative sol-gel technique (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The process utilizes halogenated silica instead of gaseous chlorine, thus avoids the problems associated with the homogeneous distribution of chlorine throughout the melt and expensive equipments for introducing gas into the melt.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for the metallurgical grade silicon obtained by the above process.
NOVELTY - Production of copper thin film includes heating copper compound to 100-300 degrees C in non-oxidizing atmosphere, and cooling to less than or equal to 60 degrees C. The copper compound has a decomposition temperature of 100-300 degrees C.    USE - Method for producing copper thin film for use in electronic device fabrication, ornaments, furniture, and construction materials. Can also be used for forming copper wiring of printed board using organic substrate or for forming copper wiring on silicon or glass substrate for use in fabrication of solar battery, semiconductor device and electronic display.    ADVANTAGE - The method has low heating temperature and forms a copper thin film safely, inexpensively and easily. When used in forming copper wiring of printed board using organic substrate such as polyimide or epoxy resin, a copper thin film can be formed without degrading the substrate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Production of copper thin film includes heating copper compound to 100-300 degrees C in non-oxidizing atmosphere, and cooling to less than or equal to 60 degrees C. The copper compound has a decomposition temperature of 100-300 degrees C and comprises one unit or connected units of formula (R1COO)n(NH3)mCuX1p (I).    m, n=1-3;    p=0-1;    R1=R3-C(R2)(R4)-, CH2X2, CH2X2(CHX2)q, NH2, or H; or    two (R1COO)=(-OOC-R5-COO-);    R2-R4=CH2X2, CH2X2(CHX2)q, NH2, or H;    R5=-(CHX2)r;    X2=H, OH, or NH2;    r=0-4;    q=1-4; and    X1=NH4+, H2O, or solvent molecules.
NOVELTY - Electron beam (EB) is irradiated on whole region of surface of base material containing metal provided in water-cooled crucible (10), and base material is dissolved. The dissolved base material is solidified. The output of electron beam is gradually weakened towards molten metal surface portion at the side of the electron beam irradiation from molten metal bottom portion of the dissolved base material in state at which electron beam is irradiated with respect to dissolved base material. A non-solidified molten metal portion is removed and purification of metal is enabled.    USE - Purification of metal such as silicon (claimed) used for solar cell material and semiconductor material.    ADVANTAGE - Metal is purified at high yield without composition supercooling.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Electron beam (EB) is irradiated on whole region of surface of base material containing metal provided in water-cooled crucible (10) under high-vacuum atmosphere, and base material is dissolved. The dissolved base material is solidified. The output of electron beam is gradually weakened towards molten metal surface portion at the side of the electron beam irradiation from molten metal bottom portion of the dissolved base material in state at which electron beam is irradiated with respect to dissolved base material. A non-solidified molten metal portion is removed after initiating solidification of dissolved base material to a predetermined ratio. Purification of metal is enabled.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view illustrating purification of metal.    Water-cooled crucible (10)    Water channel (10a)    Electron beam irradiation apparatus (11)    Solidification portion (20a)    Molten metal portion (20b)    Solidification interface (20c)    Electron beam (EB)
NOVELTY - An indenopyrene compound (1) is new.    USE - Novel indenopyrene compound used for organic thin film solar cell material for organic thin film solar cell used for apparatus (all claimed), and for organic electroluminescent material, organic-semiconductor material and organic field effect transistor material.    ADVANTAGE - The indenopyrene compound provides organic thin film solar cell with highly efficient energy conversion characteristics.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An indenopyrene compound of formula (1) is new.    R1-R12=1-40C alkyl, 6-40C aryl, 3-40C heteroaryl, 1-40C alkoxy or 6-40C aryloxy (all optionally substituted), disubstituted amino group of formula: -N(-R13)-R14, which is substituted by 1-40C group, or H;and    R13,R14=1-40C alkyl or 6-40C aryl (both optionally substituted).    R6 and R7 optionally combine to form a ring. At least one of R1-R12 is disubstituted amino group substituted by 1-40C group. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic thin film solar cell material, which consists of the indenopyrene compound (1); and    (2) organic thin film solar cell which has p layer (hole transport layer) containing organic thin film battery material provided between a pair of electrodes.
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic apparatus (1) comprises a two-stage or multi-element existing concentrator optics, a solar cell (40) and a heat sink (50). The concentrator optic includes a cover plate (10), primary optics (20) and secondary optics (30). Radiation absorbers are arranged in the photovoltaic apparatus in such a way that transmission of sunlight at wavelength of 350 nm is reduced by 50%. The both optics are used to allow two-stage concentration of sunlight. A coating (11) is also deposited on sunlight facing surface of the cover plate.    USE - Photovoltaic apparatus for direct conversion of solar energy into electrical energy.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic apparatus enables to convert the solar energy into electrical energy with a high efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the photovoltaic apparatus.    Photovoltaic apparatus (1)    Cover plate (10)    Coating (11)    Primary optics (20)    Secondary optics (30)    Solar cell (40)    Heat sink (50)
NOVELTY - A resist film is formed using positive type photoresist composition containing naphthoquinone diazide compound and novolak resin. The formed film is developed using developing solution containing 0.08-0.20 mol/l of potassium ion and less than 0.1 mol/l of sodium ion, to form conductive polymer pattern. The composition further contains polyvinyl methyl ether and organic solvent with boiling point of 100 degrees C or more. The conductive polymer is polythiophene or polypyrrole, preferably poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy thiophene).    USE - Pattern formation of conductive polymer for substrate having high electroconductivity molecular pattern (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to manufacture of transparent conductive films, organic electroluminescent elements, solar cells, batteries, electrolytic capacitors and electronic paper.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables to form fine resist pattern with high sensitivity, high resolution property, adhesiveness and excellent flexibility.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic sectional view of conductive polymer pattern formed on the surface of a substrate.    Substrate (11)    Patterned conductive layer portion (121)
NOVELTY - A sealing film comprises ethylene-polar monomer copolymer, organic peroxide and benzotriazole type ultraviolet absorber (1).    USE - Sealing film for solar cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Since the ultraviolet absorber has excellent ultraviolet ray blocking property over a long period of time, the sealing film with excellent durability is provided. The photodegradation of the back surface side protective material is suppressed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A sealing film comprises ethylene-polar monomer copolymer, organic peroxide and benzotriazole type ultraviolet absorber of formula (1).    R1=H, halo, 1-6C alkyl or 1-6C haloalkyl;and    R2,R3=H, 1-20C alkyl, 3-22C alkyloxycarbonyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell, which is formed by sealing the cell by interposing the sealing film (13A,13B) between light receiving surface side transparent protection component (11) and back surface side protection component (12), and carrying out cross-linking integration.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the solar cell.    Light receiving surface side transparent protection component (11)    Back surface side protection component (12)    Sealing films (13A,13B)    Photovoltaic cell (14)
NOVELTY - An organic light emission medium comprises diaminopyrene derivative (1) and anthracene derivative (2).    USE - Organic light emission medium is used for organic electroluminescent element (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to backlight of planar light-emitting component, flat panel display of wall-mounted television, copier, printer, liquid crystal display, display board, marker lamp, electrophotographic photoreceptor, photoelectric transducer, solar cell and image sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The organic light emission medium provides organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic light emission medium comprises diaminopyrene derivative of formula (1) and anthracene derivative of formula (2).    Ar1-Ar4,Ra,Rb,Ar11,Ar12=-50C aryl or 6-50C heterocyclic group (both optionally substituted);    R21-R24=H, and 1-50C alkyl, 5-50C aryl, 6-50C aralkyl, 3-50C cycloalkyl, 1-50C alkoxy, 5-50C aryloxy, 5-50C arylamino, 1-20C alkylamino, 5-50C heterocyclic group, silyl (all optionally substituted), cyano or halo;    n1-n4=0-10;and    any two of R1-R8=6-50C aryl or 6-50C heterocyclic group (both optionally substituted), and others are H, and 1-50C alkyl, 3-50C cycloalkyl, 1-50C alkoxy, 7-50C aralkyl, 6-50C aryloxy, 6-50C arylthio, 2-50C alkoxycarbonyl, silyl (all optionally substituted), carboxy, halo, cyano, nitro or hydroxy, preferably any one of R1-R8 is 6-50C aryl or 6-50C heterocyclic group (both optionally substituted).    When n1-n4 is 2 or more, R21-R24 optionally bonded to form (un)saturated ring. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for organic electroluminescent element, which comprises anode and cathode, and organic thin film layer having organo light emission medium provided between anode and cathode.
NOVELTY - The deposition film forming apparatus has an electrode (6) provided in a chamber (1). A non-silicon (Si) group source gas supply unit (4a) is separated from the electrode by a predetermined space and located in the chamber for supplying non-Si source gas containing hydrogen (H2) or methane and generating hollow cathode discharge. An Si group source gas supply unit (4b) supplies Si group source gas with a large decomposition rate than the non-Si group source gas.    USE - Deposition film forming apparatus for formation of amorphous silicon (Si) film in manufacture of solar cell and semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - A high quality film is deposited at high speed by using the Si group source gas supply unit supplying Si group source gas with a large decomposition rate than the non-Si group source gas.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for deposition film forming method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the partial cross-sectional view of the deposition film forming apparatus and the partially expanded sectional view of the non-Si group source gas supply unit.    Chamber (1)    Non-Si group source gas supply unit (4a)    Si group source gas supply unit (4b)    Electrode (6)    Base material (10)
NOVELTY - A photoelectric transducer (1) comprises a primary electrode (5), a secondary electrode (8) a functional layer (3) arranged between primary electrode and secondary electrode, and a porous semiconductor material arranged between primary electrode and functional layer. The functional layer contains a polymer compound having an aromatic amine residue, and a dye adsorbed on the porous semiconductor material.    USE - The photoelectric transducer is used for dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The dye-sensitized solar cell comprising photoelectric transducer has improved photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of photoelectric transducer.    Photoelectric transducer (1)    Photoelectrode (2)    Functional layer (3)    Dense layer (4)    Primary electrode (5)    Substrate (6)    Organic layer (7)    Secondary electrode (8)
NOVELTY - The cell has a photo electrode and a transparent electrode electrically connected with each other by an electrolyte (40), where the photo electrode and the transparent electrode are formed on a same surface. The photo electrode and a catalyst electrode are formed on a single substrate. A transition metal oxide porous layer (30) is arranged on a transparent conductivity oxide layer (20). A catalytic substance layer (60) is laminated on the transparent conductivity oxide layer. The catalyst electrode is provided with a protrusion part that is protruded to the photo electrode.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell allows electrically insulating the photo electrode and the transparent electrode in absence of the electrolyte, allows reducing a transparent conductive oxide-coated area through formation of the photo electrode and the catalyst electrode on single substrate, thus significantly reducing production cost of the cell by avoiding coating of the transparent conductive oxide-coated area and avoiding coating of glass, metal thin film, and polymer substrate with a transparent conductive oxide thin film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a dye-sensitized solar cell.    Lower plate (10b)    Transparent conductivity oxide layer (20)    Transition metal oxide porous layer (30)    Electrolyte (40)    Catalytic substance layer (60)
NOVELTY - A semiconductor surface of a substrate which carried out the hydrogen-termination process is irradiated with electromagnetic waves in an atmosphere containing ammonia, or contacted with amino radical generated by thermal decomposition of ammonia from a gaseous phase. A chemical adsorption of the amino group containing nitrogen atom originating in the ammonia is carried out with respect to the semiconductor surface, to obtain the substrate having semiconductor surface terminated by the hydrogen atom and the amino group.    USE - Manufacture of substrate for manufacturing organic material-containing device (claimed) e.g. electroluminescent element, organic solar cell, organic sensor, and device containing biomolecules e.g. biochip and DNA chip, and DNA sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The substrate having improved handleability and versatility is manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of organic material-containing device, which involves arranging an organic material containing organic molecule by combining amino group and organic molecule, on semiconductor surface of the substrate.
NOVELTY - A thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer (1), is new.    USE - Novel thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer is used for organic-semiconductor material and luminescent material (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to organic-semiconductor laser, organic light-emitting diode, organic electroluminescent display, organic thin-film solar cell, flexible sheet display, electronic paper, integrated circuit card, information tag, biosensor and actuator.    ADVANTAGE - The thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer has excellent solubility with respect to various solvent, and low melting point.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer of formula (1), is new.    R1-R5=H, fluoro, 1-16C alkyl, 1-6C alkoxy, or 1-6C perfluoroalkyl;    A=H, phenyl or 1-16C alkyl;and    R6-R9=H or 1-16C alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer of formula (4, 7, 10).    R10-R21=R6;    p=0 or 1;    m=1-3;and    B'=phenyl or 1-16C alkyl.
NOVELTY - A diamond-like carbon does not dope p-form dopants chosen from elements of group (3) or group (2) such as boron and magnesium. The diamond-like carbon has electric conduction which is p-form conduction.    USE - Diamond-like carbon is used for industrial component (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to coating material for electrodes of fuel cell, sintered carbide tool and metal die, semiconductor material, solar cell material, rubber material and low-friction-coefficient-coating material of sliding component.    ADVANTAGE - The diamond-like carbon provides film having excellent hardness and reduced resistivity, with high yield.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of diamond-like carbon, which involves introducing hydrocarbon-type source to a vacuum vessel (1), generating discharge plasma in the vacuum vessel by a discharge plasma generation unit, providing a to-be-processed base material (6) such that the discharge plasma is touched, maintaining temperature of the to-be-processed base material at 200 degrees C or more, applying positive/negative or negative pulse voltage of 1 kV or more to the to-be-processed base material and forming a film on the to-be-processed base-material surface.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of the apparatus for manufacturing diamond-like-carbon film.    Vacuum vessel (1)    Inductive coupling-type high frequency antenna (2)    Substrate support electrode (5)    To-be-processed base material (6)    Temperature control device (8)
NOVELTY - A photoelectric transducer material comprises indoline-containing compound (I or II).    USE - Photoelectric transducer material is used for photodiode, photosensor and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric transducer material has excellent photoelectric transfer characteristic and durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A photoelectric transducer material comprises indoline-containing compound of formula (I or II).    R1,R2R7,R8=H, halo, alkyl, aralkyl, alkoxy and aryl, where aryl is optionally condensed with benzene ring;    R3,R4,R9,R10=alkylene residue, and bonded to form 5 or 6-membered ring;    R5=alkyl, aralkyl and aryl;    R6,R11=H, halo, alkyl and alkoxy;    X1,X2=carbon atom having sulfur or alkyl as substituent;    m,n=1 or 2;and    Ar'=arylene.
NOVELTY - The structure has a transparency material layer for covering a battery light intercepting surface in a focus solar power module set, where the transparency material layer is formed with a transparent glass or a transparent plastic plate that is bonded on the battery light intercepting surface by an optical transparent adhesive.    USE - Packaging structure for a battery light intercepting surface in a focus solar power module set.    ADVANTAGE - The structure can seal the battery light intercepting surface to prevent the battery light intercepting surface from being corroded by the outside humidity, thus improving the packaging reliability of the battery, ensuring that the light is transmitted on the battery light intercepting surface. The structure has simple design and reliable operation, and does not influence the operation of the focus solar power module set.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a packaging structure for a battery light intercepting surface in a focus solar power module set.
NOVELTY - The collector has a pyramid-shaped solar module whose light collecting surface is spaciously arranged with multiple solar cells in 360 degrees. A holding space is arranged in the pyramid-shaped solar module. A controller e.g. fixed current output charger, and an electric energy storing device are arranged in the holding space of the pyramid-shaped solar module. The pyramid-shaped solar module is made from monocrystalline silicon materials, polysilicon materials or materials in III and V groups.    USE - Passive solar collector.    ADVANTAGE - The solar module can collect sunlight in the day time and output electric energy. The module is shaped as a natural tree to obtain the maximum light collecting area and to include the holding space.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a passive solar collector.
NOVELTY - A flow field board consists of flow field board impregnated with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) latex.    USE - Flow field board of leak-proof hydrophobic fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The flow field board has favorable mechanical strength, leak-proof property, hydrophobic performance, reduces the gas leakage and does not affect the membrane electrode assembly of the fuel cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) impregnating agent for flow field board, which contains PTFE latex;    (2) method for impregnating the flow field board, which involves cleaning the board provided with flow channel, using organic solvent and water, drying the cleaned board, impregnating the PTFE latex on the board, rubbing the surface of the impregnated board and heating the board; and    (3) impregnating device, which consists of impregnating tank connected with material storage tank through feeding valve and feeding pipe, vacuum pump connected with the impregnating tank through air evaporation valve and pipeline for pumping vacuum.
NOVELTY - A copper-indium-selenium photoelectric film forming method involves cleaning a glass substrate, and preparing coating solution by adding cupric dichloride dihydrate, indium trichloride dehydrate and selenium dioxide into liquor and adjusting pH value to 7.5. The coating solution is uniformly coated on outer surface of the substrate and dried to form a precursor film. The precursor film is placed in a sealable container with hydrazine hydrate such that the precursor film is contacted with hydrate, and is dried.    USE - Method for forming a copper-indium-selenium photoelectric film of a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables forming the copper-indium-selenium photoelectric film without requiring high temperature, high vacuum and large number of devices, so that the film with high production efficiency is easily formed at low cost. The copper-indium-selenium photoelectric film has high performance, and better continuity and evenness.
NOVELTY - A hydrogen is produced by taking contravariant principle of hydrogen fuel cell by using photocatalyst as raw material for photoanode and platinum, nickel or carbon as cathode, transmitting protons or hydroxyl ions between two electrodes by ion film, connecting photoanode with cathode through conducting wire to form electric circuit, using sunlight or simulated sunlight as light source to directly radiate on photoanode, producing hydrogen on cathode and conducting oxidation reaction on anode to realize production separated hydrogen through photolysis of water.    USE - Production of hydrogen.    ADVANTAGE - The method successfully solves difficulty in separating hydrogen from oxygen in practical technology of decomposing water through solar photocatalysis.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the method of producing hydrogen by decomposing water through photocatalysis of fuel cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - Thin layer comprises a first layer including two or more materials comprising organic materials and inorganic materials, where the thin layer has a composition gradient in the thickness direction and is produced by a sol-gel process.    USE - The barrier thin layer is useful: in blocking the permeation of moisture and oxygen into plastic substrates or electronic devices; and for the encapsulation of organic light-emitting device and electronic devices, display devices, photovoltaic devices, integrated circuits, pressure sensors, chemosensors, biosensors, solar-powered devices and sensors for lighting.    ADVANTAGE - The thin layer: enables the control of the surface energy of the thin layer, leaving no interfacial failure defects; has excellent interfacial characteristics and improved interlayer adhesive strength; is effective in prolonging the lifetime of the electronic devices; has high interlayer adhesive strength and the ability to inhibit permeation of gases and moisture; and is highly resistant to diffusion of other chemical species.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for producing a thin layer comprising subjecting a precursor composition to a sol-gel process to form a thin layer having a composition gradient in the thickness direction, where the precursor composition comprises two or more precursors comprising organic precursors and inorganic precursors.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a barrier thin layer.    Substrate (21)    Anchoring layer (22)    Barrier layer (23)    Protective layer (24)
NOVELTY - The device has a pedestal (1) provided with fixed slide rails, movable guide rails (5), electric drivers (6) and a limiting device (7). The movable guide rails are matched with the fixed slide rails and arranged in a transverse direction. A panel (2) is hinged with the pedestal along a longitudinal direction, and a rotating shaft (72) is matched with a limiting rail. The electric drivers are provided with a motor and a driving gear (62), where the driving gear is matched with rail teeth (52) on the movable guide rail.    USE - Intelligent adjustable solar cell device.    ADVANTAGE - The device automatically adjusts the solar panel to the proper angles in accordance with the requirements of the system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an intelligent adjustable solar cell device.    Pedestal (1)    Panel (2)    Movable guide rails (5)    Electric drivers (6)    Limiting device (7)    Rail teeth (52)    Driving gear (62)    Rotating shaft (72)
NOVELTY - A bismuth tungsten oxide-nanometer fiber cloth has multi-stage heterostructure, and is obtained using bismuth tungsten oxide nanometer sheet containing intercrossed titanium oxide fiber cloth or zinc oxide fiber cloth, by ethane thermal synthesis method. The zinc oxide fiber cloth is prepared by static electricity spinning method. The bismuth tungsten oxide nanometer sheet contains bismuth tungsten oxide nanometer particles.    USE - Bismuth tungsten oxide-nanometer fiber cloth is used for solar cell, photocatalysis, self-cleaning applications for decomposing organic pollutants, purifying indoor and outdoor air, treating tail gas of automobiles, photocatalysis dissociation in water and antibacterial applications (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The compact bismuth tungsten oxide-nanometer fiber cloth has high intensity. The bismuth tungsten oxide-nanometer particles effectively functions as visible-light photocatalyst.
NOVELTY - The device has a rotating table plate (12) with a fixing device for retaining a glass plate (1). A Butyl application head (4) has a camera (3) for monitoring, and a ventilation element (13) is installed using an assembly head (2). An adhesive-dosing and application head has a process control-sensor for application of adhesive. A gripping device has a cover plate grip arm for retaining a cover plate. A vacuum suction unit and a locking device are provided for the ventilation.    USE - Device for nonporous adhering of glass panel in a continuous automatic manufacturing process for solar module.    ADVANTAGE - The device allows quick nonporous adhering of the larger glass panel in the continuous automatic manufacturing process with reduced production cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a device for nonporous adhering of large-scale glass panel in a continuous automatic manufacturing process.    Glass plate (1)    Assembly head (2)    Camera (3)    Butyl application head (4)    Rotating table plate (12)    Ventilation element (13)
NOVELTY - The processing system has front end module (160) which transport cassettes (162) that hold a predetermined substrate. A loading module (170) is coupled to front end module, and is provided with mechanism for loading substrates from cassettes onto carriers (156). The processing chambers (140) are coupled to each other in series, and are provided with tracks (164) for transporting carriers directly from one chamber to next. The processing chambers are provided with sputtering and evaporation sources arranged to deposit sputtered material and evaporated material e.g. selenium onto substrate.    USE - Processing system for forming thin film over substrate to produce device e.g. solar cell, hard-drive disk, semiconductor chip, solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - Provides a processing system that forms high performing solar cell since processing chambers are provided with combination source having sputtering and evaporation modules arranged to deposit sputtered and evaporated material onto substrate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a deposition source.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic diagram of processing system.    Processing chambers (140)    Carriers (156)    Front end module (160)    Cassettes (162)    Tracks (164)    Loading module (170)
NOVELTY - A geodesic dome photovoltaic cell power system comprises trigonal light guides (20) interconnected together; internal solar cells (70), where some trigonal light guides having internal solar cell(s) and other trigonal light guides have no internal solar cells; and a battery electrically connected to each internal solar cell. Each trigonal light guide comprises a front triangular surface (30), a rear triangular surface (40), and tapered minored walls (50) extending between the front and the rear triangular surfaces.    USE - A geodesic dome photovoltaic cell power system.    ADVANTAGE - The geodesic dome photovoltaic cell power system can recover and recycle energy from sunlight, standard alternating current lighting, and batteries as well; can provide electrical service whether or not sunlight is available; can return some used energy to the system for reuse; can send light to rooms below the geodesic dome shape of the system; can gather significantly more exposure to the sunlight than conventional solar flat layouts; and can take up less space than conventional solar flat layouts.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a trigonal light guide.    Trigonal light guides (20)    Front and rear triangular surfaces (30, 40)    Tapered minored walls (50)    Internal solar cells (70)    Antireflection layer (150)
NOVELTY - A microreformer assembly (10) comprises a pair of microchannels (20, 30) comprising grooved surface having continuous grooves in a spiral configuration. The microchannels comprise catalysts coupled to an interior side of the continuous groove.    USE - A microreformer assembly for a microreformer system (claimed) used in providing hydrogen to a micro fuel cell for small, portable electronic devices.    ADVANTAGE - The microreformer has an optimized design for low pumping power, rapid operation and thermal efficiency, overall size, and complete generation of available hydrogen. It reduces carbon monoxide formation and pressure drop.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a sectional view of the microreformer assembly.    Microreformer assembly (10)    Microchannels (20, 30)    Seal (50, 60)    Insulation (52, 62)    Exterior packaging (54, 64)
NOVELTY - The device has a process chamber (20) and a load chamber (10) provided at an upper portion of an evacuatable chamber (30). A conveyance mechanism (36) conveys the workpieces (la,lb) to a portion below the process chamber or load chamber. A primary tray (11) is moved vertically between the load chamber and conveyance mechanism to convey the workpieces between load chamber and conveyance mechanism. A secondary tray (21) is moved vertically between the process chamber and conveyance mechanism to convey the workpieces between process chamber and conveyance mechanism.    USE - Vacuum device for use in forming anti-reflective film (claimed) e.g. silicon nitride film and titanium oxide film on surface of solar cell (claimed). Can also be used in formation of semiconductor film, insulator film and metal thin film during processing of resin substrate for manufacturing thin film magnetic head, piezoelectric material substrate for manufacturing magnetic material board and ultrasonic element, semiconductor wafer for manufacturing semiconductor device, liquid-crystal substrate for manufacturing liquid crystal device, magnetic-recording medium and optical recording medium.    ADVANTAGE - The workpieces can be effectively conveyed to several chambers simultaneously, using the efficient vacuum device of simple structure, and the vacuum processing time is reduced. The chemical vapor deposition process and sputtering process can be performed efficiently during the thin film formation. The productive efficiency of the vacuum device is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for vacuum processing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the vacuum device.(Drawing includes non-English language text)    Workpieces (la,lb)    Load chamber (10)    Primary tray (11)    Process chamber (20)    Secondary tray (21)    Evacuatable chamber (30)    Conveyance mechanism (36)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has mutually connected vacuum chamber (103) and substrate stage (104). A main section with inner side portion and isolation portion are arranged in non-contact state. The inner side portion and outer side portion of main section and isolation section are located in the outer side of space.    USE - Plasma processing apparatus such as capacitive coupling type sputtering device for forming film of components used in electronic device (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to component such as thin film solar cell panel, micro inductor, magnetic recording head, magnetoresistive RAM, LCD, etc.    ADVANTAGE - Stable film formation is enabled even when shield is replaced. Since the length of the path from the clearance gaps is increased, the amount of particles discharging towards the outer side through the gap is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of electronic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the sputtering apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Supply hole (101)    Vacuum chamber (103)    Substrate stage (104)    Target electrode (105)    Direct current power supply (113)
NOVELTY - A polyamide (A1) is made either by reacting a dicarboxylic acid or its derivative with a mixture of diamines comprising cis-1,3-, trans-1,3-, cis-1,4-, and trans-1,4-cyclohexanebis(methylamine)isomers or by reacting the dicarboxylic acid with a mixture of diisocyanates comprising cis-1,3-, trans-1,3-, cis-1,4-, and trans-1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane isomers.    USE - For making article selected from architectural glazing, security/ballistic glazing, vehicle glazing, sign glazing, display glazing, greenhouse glazing, solarium glazing, skylight glazing, solar cell glazing, photovoltaic cell glazing, automotive sunroof, automotive lighting component, automotive instrument panel, automotive trim component, an optical lens, eyeware frame, eyewear lens, lighting globe, lighting dome, utility light, blood collection vial, dialysis component, medical device, sporting equipment, personal protective equipment, film, foam, coating, sheet, an extruded shaped article, an extruded hollow structure article, a molded article, composite film comprising a film and a support (preferably water purification membrane) (where the film being in adhering operative contact with the support), and composite powder coating comprising a powder coating and a metal (where the powder coating being in adhering operative contact with the metal) (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The polyamide is semicrystalline and has excellent thermal stability. It has a crystalline melting point (Tm) of greater than or equal to 190 degrees C, and is transparent, weatherable, and tough.
NOVELTY - The module has several module supporting structures (30) which are bonded on a back film (25) of a module main portion (10) with an adhesive (40). Corner sections (39) are formed with a bottom surface (35) facing the back film of module supporting structure and each of side surfaces formed in cut shapes. The portion from the cut section of corner sections to the side surfaces is covered with the adhesive.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The partial sharpness at the corner portion can be eliminated. As a result, the insulation between the module supporting structure and the metal layer of back surface protection sheet can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of solar cell module.    Module main portion (10)    Back film (25)    Module supporting structure (30)    Bottom surface (35)    Corner section (39)    Module main portion (40)
NOVELTY - The solar cell (10) has an emitter layer (102) formed on upper surface of semiconductor substrate (101) doped with p-type impurities. A portion (102a) of emitter layer (102) is doped with n-type impurities whose doping concentration is greater than doping concentration of p-type impurities. An electrode (110) is provided to extend from lower surface to upper surface of substrate, to contact a portion (102b) of emitter layer that is not doped with impurity. Another electrode (120) is positioned on lower surface of substrate and is electrically separated from electrode (110).    USE - Solar cell for solar cell module (claimed). Can also be used in crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell, amorphous silicon (a-Si) solar cell, compound-based solar cell, organic-based solar cell, bulk type solar cell and thin film type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - When the electrode contacts the portion of emitter layer that is not doped with impurity, the contact resistance between the electrode and the portion is reduced, thus the efficiency of solar cell can be improved. The concentration of impurity doped on portion of emitter is less and so the reduction in life span of the solar cell can be suppressed. The electrode is formed to pass through the two surfaces of the semiconductor substrate and size of the light receiving surface of the semiconductor substrate covered by the electrode is reduced, and so the efficiency of the solar cell is improved by reducing the shadow loss effect of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method for manufacturing solar cell; and    (2) solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Solar cell (10)    Semiconductor substrate (101)    Emitter layer (102)    Portions of emitter layer (102a,102b)    Electrodes (110,120)
NOVELTY - An electrode is formed by selectively forming passivation layer (190) exposing portion of substrate (110) on portion of the substrate including an emitter layer (120), the passivation layer including a layer; forming first electrode electrically connected to the emitter layer; and forming second electrodes on the exposed portion of the substrate to electrically connect the second electrodes to the substrate.    USE - Method for forming electrode for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method is capable of reducing manufacturing time of solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a solar cell comprising substrate (110), emitter layer (120), first and second anti-reflection layers (131, 132), first electrode, first to third passivation layers, and second electrodes; and    (2) a method for manufacturing the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a cross-sectional view of a step in manufacturing the solar cell.    Substrate (110)    Emitter layer (120)    First anti-reflection layers (131)    Second anti-reflection layer (132)    Passivation layer (190)
NOVELTY - An electrode has an electrode composition layer formed on a collector. The layer comprises electrode active material, electroconductive material, binder and poly dibasic acid.    USE - Electrode is used for electrical double layer capacitor (claimed) used as backup power supply of memory of personal computer and portable terminal, and as power supply for electric vehicle and hybrid vehicle, solar electric power generation energy storage system used together with solar cell, and battery.    ADVANTAGE - The electrical double layer capacitor comprising the electrode is formed easily. The electrical double layer capacitor has favorable floating characteristics and electrical property. The disassembly of electrolyte solution in the double layer capacitor is suppressed, and operating voltage is increased.
NOVELTY - A laminated film has layer (I) with cyclic olefin polymer and layer (II) formed from a composition which contains silane compound and has a cyclic structure. The film thickness of layer (II) is 1-45 with respect to layer (I) with film thickness of 100.    USE - Laminated film for photo patterning base material, electroconductive film used in displays, liquid layer display device or touch panel, optical filter film used in base material which carries out reflective cut of predetermined wavelength ranges such as near infrared or substrate film used in LCD, plasma display panel (PDP), organic electroluminescent element, printed circuit board, multilayer circuit board, solar cell substrate, multi-chip module and large scale integrated circuits (LSI) (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Transparency of cyclic olefin polymer film is not impaired, there are less dimensional changes, peeling and cracking in high temperature and has excellent heat stability, reflection preventing property, antistatic property, contamination prevention property, dew condensation prevention property, water-repellent property, oil repellency, electromagnetic wave shielding property, UV ray shielding, heat ray absorptivity, electroconductivity, insulation, flame retardance and antimicrobial property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) manufacture of laminated film involves coating a composition consists of silane compound with cyclic structure on both surfaces of layer (I) consists of cyclic olefin polymer and processing by heating or irradiation;    (2) electroconductive film comprising laminated film with electroconductive layer;    (3) optical film comprising laminated film with metal or metal oxide vapor deposition layer; and    (4) substrate film comprising patterning layer formed on the surface of laminated film with photosensitive resin composition.
NOVELTY - The laminator (1) has a plate (7) that is provided in the lower housing (3), having metal layers made of iron and aluminum or copper. An induction heating coil (8) is provided below the plate for heating the solar cell module (20) mounted on the plate.    USE - Laminator of solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The heating variation can be reduced by using induction heating coil, so that the heating efficiency of the laminator can be improved, and the solar cell module can be heated uniformly. The solar cell module with high quality can be manufactured, and the productivity of the solar cell module can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the laminator of solar cell module.    Laminator (1)    Lower housing (3)    Plate (7)    Induction heating coil (8)    Solar cell module (20)
NOVELTY - A catalyst ink (2) comprising electro-conductive support capable of supporting the catalyst, electrolyte, and a dispersion solvent is coated on a surface of a base material in the form of layer. An organic solvent capable of aggregating the electrolyte is coated on the obtained coating film and dried to obtain catalyst layer (4).    USE - Formation of catalyst layer used for fuel cell such as polymer electrolyte fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method simply and efficiently provides catalyst layer having excellent gas diffusion performance and ion permeation performance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of formation method of catalyst layer.    Catalyst ink (2)    Electrolyte aggregation layer (3)    Catalyst layer (4)    Catalyst ink discharge nozzle (5)    Conveyor roller (7)
NOVELTY - A catalyst-carrying carbon and aggregation inhibiting agent are mixed and dispersed in supercritical fluid and subcritical fluid, to obtain dispersoid of catalyst-carrying carbon and aggregation inhibition agent. The obtained dispersoid of catalyst-carrying carbon and aggregation inhibition agent is coated on polyelectrolyte precursor film. The obtained polyelectrolyte precursor film is heated, pressurized, integrated and subjected to alkaline hydrolysis and acid treatment to exhibit proton conductivity, to obtain membrane electrode assembly.    USE - Manufacture of membrane electrode assembly used for polymer electrolyte fuel cell (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides membrane electrode assembly with improved electric power generation performance and gas diffusion property.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows flowchart of manufacture of membrane electrode assembly. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - A back surface protection sheet (1) has a moisture-resistant base material (15) bonded with a heat-resistant base material subjected to heat resistance treatment, using an adhesive (14).    USE - Back surface protection sheet is used for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The back surface protection sheet has excellent heat resistance, flexibility and moisture resistance, and is economical. The deterioration of solar cell module is prevented.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of solar cell module.    Back surface protection sheet (1)    Film (10)    Sealing material (11)    Solar cell element (12)    Heat-resistant base material (13)    Adhesive (14)    Moisture-resistant base material (15)    Solar cell module (100)
NOVELTY - Transparent ceramic is new.    USE - Transparent ceramic of (I) or (II) useful for monocrystal silicon and polysilicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent ceramic of (I) or (II) improves the transformation efficiency of monocrystal silicon and polysilicon solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Transparent ceramic of formula LnxYbyY(3-x-y)Al5O12 (I) or LnwYbzY(2-w-z)O3 (II) is new.    x=0.003-0.03;    y=0.006-1.5;    w=0.002-0.02;    z=0.004-1;and    Ln=lanthanide series element such as Ce, Tm, Pr, or Tb.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of preparing transparent ceramic.
NOVELTY - The method involves connecting a soft bonding material layer fixedly to bottom part of a solar battery chip, where the soft bonding material layer is a low-melting point metal. The low-melting point metal is turned into liquid at work temperature range of the battery and into solid at temperature lower than the work temperature of the battery. One side of the soft bonding material layer is fixedly connected to a tube shell, where one side of the tube shell is fixed to a radiator in an insulating way. The low-melting point metal is made of Gallium, Indium, tin or Cadmium.    USE - Soft bonding method for a highly-concentrated solar battery system.    ADVANTAGE - The low-melting point metal is added with gold, silver or copper particles to improve heat conduction performance and conductivity of the soft bonding material layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a soft bonding method.
NOVELTY - The assembly has a frame (1) comprising battery sheets (2) that are connected with bypass diodes (3) in parallel. Schottky diodes with integrated thin sheets are utilized for integrating the bypass diodes together. One end of an insulated solder strip on each of the battery sheets is connected with a pin of each of the bypass diodes. Another end of the insulated solder strip is connected with a back surface of the battery sheet.    USE - Solar battery assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The heating degree of the assembly is greatly reduced, and a serious heat spot generation is avoided by the connection of battery sheets with the bypass diodes in parallel. The diodes form a bypass with four, six or eight of the battery sheets, where the other battery sheets can work normally to increase the generation efficiency of the assembly. The schottky diodes greatly simplify the operation of the assembly and have more practicality.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a solar battery assembly.    Frame (1)    Battery sheets (2)    Bypass diodes (3)
NOVELTY - The method involves generating stoichiometric silicide dielectric layer and silicide layer with silicon. Annealing operation is performed to a substrate at a temperature lesser than 550 degrees centigrade to form silicon quantum dots. The formed silicon quantum dots are arranged in a layer that is controlled by thickness of a silicide layer. Concentration of the silicon quantum dots are determined by the content of silicon on the silicide layer. The substrate is selected from silicon wafer, quartz plate, glass sheet, stainless steel sheet or high-temperature resistant polymer substrate.    USE - Method for growing silicon quantum dots for solar cells in low temperature.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides low deposition temperature, better technique controllability and repeatability and high speed. The silicon quantum dot material has better homogeneity, so as to reduce the cost and facilitate integrated the manufacturing process of devices.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a silicon quantum dots growing method.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A mixture containing aggregate of metal-oxide fine particles and metal-oxide type binder is coated on substrate, to form base layer having corrugated surface. Then, water-repellent layer is formed on the base layer. Thus, water-repellent substrate is manufactured. The aggregate of metal-oxide fine particles have average coagulated particle diameter of 100-1200 nm. The metal-oxide fine particles have average particle diameter of 10-80 nm. The metal-oxide type binder is formed from binder material containing metal compound which can be converted to metal oxide via pyrolysis.    USE - Manufacture of water-repellent substrate used as cover for glass plate used for vehicle windows and solar cells (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides water repellent substrate with high water contact angle.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A mixture containing aggregate of metal-oxide fine particles and metal-oxide type binder is coated on substrate, to form base layer having corrugated surface. Then, water-repellent layer is formed on the base layer. Thus, water-repellent substrate is manufactured. The aggregate of metal-oxide fine particles have average coagulated particle diameter of 100-1200 nm. The metal-oxide fine particles have average particle diameter of 10-80 nm. The metal-oxide type binder is formed from binder material containing metal compound which can be converted to metal oxide via hydrolytic condensation or pyrolysis.
NOVELTY - A polyhydroxyfullerene comprises 20-500C fullerene and multiplicity of hydroxyl substituents on the fullerene. The polyhydroxyfullerene has ratio of non-hydroxyl functional groups to hydroxyl functional groups of 0.3 or less.    USE - Used for a photocatalyst for photochemically decontaminating a surface or fluid medium in contact with the surface, active film for a heterojunction organic solar cell, an organic semiconductor for an organic thin-film field effect transistor and an antioxidant (all claimed). The polyhydroxyfullerene is also used as a radical scavenger and radioprotectant for an organism that experiences exposure to ionizing radiation such as X-rays.    ADVANTAGE - The polyhydroxyfullerene has excellent electron scavenging property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) photocatalyst, which comprises titanium dioxide or zinc oxide nanoparticles, and polyhydroxyfullerene having average of 27-48 functional groups per 60 carbon atoms;    (2) method of photochemically decontaminating surface or fluid medium in contact with surface, which involves providing photocatalyst to a surface and irradiating photocatalyst with ultraviolet (UV) or visible light. The photocatalytic activity of the photocatalyst is more than twice of the titanium dioxide nanoparticles free of polyhydroxyfullerene towards degradation of chemical or bacteriological contaminant;    (3) active film for heterojunction organic solar cell, which comprises conjugated polymer, and polyhydroxyfullerene;    (4) organic semiconductor for organic thin-film field effect transistor, which comprises polyhydroxyfullerene; and    (5) antioxidant, which comprises polyhydroxyfullerene.
NOVELTY - A composite film material comprises a composite material fiber of zinc oxide with diameter of 2-8 mu m and titanium dioxide. A thickness of composite film is 20-100 mu m. The composite material fiber of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide comprises hexagonal wurtzite zinc oxide nano crystal grain which takes titanium dioxide line of anatase type as shaft and grows on titanium dioxide line.    USE - A composite film material for solar battery, photochemical catalysis and self-cleaning.    ADVANTAGE - The composite film material has better intensity and larger specific surface area.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of composite film material comprising:    (A) preparing titanium dioxide precursor sol used in electrostatic spinning, which comprises (mass%) polyvinylpyrrolidone (0.2-2), acetic acid (10-30), titanate or titanium halide (10-30) and excess ethanol, adding into liquid supply device of electrostatic spinning equipment, spraying out precursor sol from jetting system of electrostatic spinning equipment in the form of titanium dioxide precursor line, obtaining a film made up of interlaced titanium dioxide precursor line on receiving device, and calcining the film in muffle furnace to prepare titanium dioxide electrospun film made up of interlaced titanium dioxide line; and    (B) preparing zinc oxide precursor sol used in hydrothermal synthesis, which comprises (mass%) water-soluble zinc salt (0.1-3), hexamethylenetetramine (0.1-5), citrate (0-0.2) and excess water, adding zinc oxide precursor sol and titanium dioxide electrospun film at mass ratio of 200:1-50:1 into a vessel, sealing the vessel, putting into an oven, heating to 50-200 degrees C to hydrothermally synthesize and to grow zinc oxide nano crystal grain on titanium dioxide electrospun film, taking out titanium dioxide electrospun film with zinc oxide nano crystal grain and rinsing with deionized water, and drying to obtain the composite film material.
NOVELTY - A double junction amorphous silicon solar cell comprises multiple layers including transparent conducting oxide (tin oxide:fluorine) coated glass substrate, p-type a-silicon carbide:hydrogen layer, a-silane wide bandgap buffer layer ranging from 40-100?A, intrinsic type a-silicon carbide:hydrogen layer, microcrystalline n-type silane layer, p-type a-silicon carbide:hydrogen layer, a-silane wide bandgap buffer layer, intrinsic type a-silicon:hydrogen layer, n-type a-silicon:hydrogen layer and silver back metallization. Image 1/5
NOVELTY - A flow field plate (12) comprises a metal plate having one surface (16) defining channels (20) for directing a flow of a gaseous composition; and a graphene-containing layer (50) over at least a portion of the metal plate and having a carbon layer surface with a contact angle less than 30 degrees .    USE - A flow field plate for fuel cell applications.    ADVANTAGE - The fuel cell has a contact resistance of less than 20 mohm-cm2.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a fuel cell sequentially comprising a flow field plate, a catalyst layer, an ion conductor layer, a catalyst layer, and another flow field plate; and    (2) a method of making a flow field plate comprising depositing a graphene-containing layer on the metallic plate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a fuel cell incorporating a graphene-containing layer on a unipolar plate.    Flow field plate (12)    Surface (16, 18)    Channels (20, 24, 36)    Lands (22, 26, 38, 42)    Graphene-containing layer (50)    Gas diffusion layer (60)    Catalyst layer (62)    Polymeric ion conductive membrane (70)    Gas diffusion layer (72)
NOVELTY - The solar cell has silicone glass cloth composite substrate including composite structure of silicone and glass cloth. A primary electrode layer having corrugated structure is formed on substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer is formed on surface of primary electrode layer. A secondary electrode layer having corrugated structure is formed on surface of photoelectric conversion layer. A buffer layer is formed between conversion layer and each electrode layer.    USE - Organic thin film solar cell e.g. dye-sensitized solar cell for touch panel.    ADVANTAGE - Since the buffer layer is formed between photoelectric conversion layer and each electrode layer having corrugated structure on both sides of conversion layer, generation of short circuit between electrode layers is prevented. Hence the light injected into substrate is scattered by corrugated structure of electrode layers while improving light absorption of conversion layer. Since the substrate includes composite structure of silicone and glass cloth, coefficient of linear expansion transparency of the substrate is improved and the change of elasticity modulus accompanying the temperature change can be reduced. Hence the light conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved.
NOVELTY - A fuel reformer comprises heat exchanger (2), modification chamber (21) which is provided inside of heat exchanger and is equipped with modification catalyst, exhaust gas introduction channel (8) which branches from upstream exhaust passage of heat exchanger and connects exhaust passage (22) and modification chamber, and injectable water injection unit (71) which changes injection form of water according to temperature of modification chamber.    USE - Fuel reformer for internal combustion engine.    ADVANTAGE - The fuel reformer can control temperature of modifier to appropriate temperature range and can supply sufficient water for modifier.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of the schematic structure of engine incorporating fuel reformer.    Heat exchanger (2)    Exhaust gas introduction channel (8)    Modification chamber (21)    Exhaust passage (22)    Water injection unit (71)
NOVELTY - A polycarbonate resin/cellulose fiber laminated material is provided with a polycarbonate resin layer and a cellulose fiber layer. The thickness of polycarbonate resin layer is 1.4 times or more with respect to thickness of cellulose fiber layer.    USE - Polycarbonate resin/cellulose fiber laminated material. Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display, plasma display, organic electroluminescent display, field emission display, rear projection television, silicon system solar cell, dye-sensitized solar cell, packaging material, fishery material and window material for motor vehicle, rail vehicle, residence, office and factory.    ADVANTAGE - The polycarbonate resin/cellulose fiber laminated material has excellent optical characteristic, high elasticity, high transparency, high strength, low water absorption property, favorable impact resistance, low linear expansion coefficient and high productivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture method of polycarbonate resin/cellulose fiber laminated material, which involves laminating cellulose fiber layer and polycarbonate resin layer, and carrying out melt-heating.
NOVELTY - A raw material containing indium compound and/or zinc compound are mixed, and obtained mixture is molded, heated at 800-1200 degrees C for 1 hour or more and sintered at 1200 degrees C or more, to obtain oxide sintered component.    USE - Manufacture of oxide sintered component used for sputtering target for forming oxide thin film for thin film transistor for semiconductor device (all claimed). Can also be used in solar cell, gas sensor and liquid crystal display.    ADVANTAGE - The nodule and arcing are not produced during manufacture of semiconductor device using the sputtering target.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) oxide thin film; and    (2) manufacture of oxide thin film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of thin film transistor.    Substrate (1)    Gate electrode (2)    Gate insulting film (3)    Source electrode (5)    Drain electrode (6)
NOVELTY - The method involves laminating a transfer material (12) on a transfer substrate (13) and forming a step difference pattern (16) in the transfer material. An imprint mold (20) with corrugated pattern is arranged with respect to the transfer substrate so that the step difference pattern formed in the transfer material and the corrugated pattern formed in the imprint mold opposes each other. The corrugated pattern in the imprint mold is transferred then to the transfer material.    USE - Imprinting method for forming corrugated pattern on transfer substrate. Uses include but are not limited to manufacturing semiconductor device, optical element, wiring circuit, hard disk drive, medical device such as chip for assays, micro-needle, bio-device such as bio-sensor, cell culture substrate, inspection probe, display panel, sample holder, solar cell, fuel cell, micro flow path, micro-reactor, micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device, imprint mold, and photomask, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The portion of transfer material corresponding to the recessed portion of the corrugated pattern can be made thicker than other regions, by forming step difference pattern in the transfer material. The difference of the load required for pressing sparse region and dense region can be made small, and inclination of the imprint is suppressed, even when the quantity of the transfer material filled in the sparse region and the dense region differs. Hence the destruction of imprint mold edge portion is prevented and the corrugated pattern is transferred correctly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) pre imprint mold; and    (2) manufacturing method of pre imprint mold.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view explaining the imprinting method.    Transfer material (12)    Transfer substrate (13)    Step difference pattern (16)    Imprint mold (20)    Corrugated pattern (24)
NOVELTY - The system (A1) has an operation unit that operates hydrogen gas separation units (B1-B7) mutually and independently, so that lifetime of the hydrogen gas separation units is averaged. The hydrogen gas separation units are operated selectively, based on the operation log including frequency of usage of each hydrogen gas separation unit, amount of hydrogen gas required by a power source at the time of starting the hydrogen gas separation units, temperature of modification catalyst, temperature of reformed gas and operating time of each hydrogen gas separation unit.    USE - System for supplying hydrogen gas to internal combustion engine, fuel cell, etc., mounted in vehicle such as motor vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - The durability of the hydrogen gas supply system can be increased and deterioration of each hydrogen gas separation unit can be managed uniformly, since the hydrogen gas separation units are operated mutually and independently, for averaging the lifetime of hydrogen gas separation units, so that startability of the vehicle can be improved. The manufacturing cost of the hydrogen gas supply system can be reduced, and maintenance property of the hydrogen gas supply system can be improved, since the hydrogen gas separation unit can be exchanged.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the system for distributing fuel gas, regeneration processing gas and hydrogen gas. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Hydrogen gas supply system (A1)    Hydrogen gas separation units (B1-B7)    Operation control apparatus (D)    Power source (P)    Control valves (V1-V14)
NOVELTY - The solar cell (10) has a transparent conductive layer (3) formed on substrate (1) covering surface other than electrode removing portion (21) of comb-type metal electrode (2). A buffer layer (4) is formed on the transparent conductive layer. An optical absorption layer (5) made of chalcopyrite-type compound semiconductor thin film comprising copper, indium, and selenium is formed on the buffer layer. A back surface electrode layer (6) is formed on the optical absorption layer.    USE - Copper-indium-selenium (CIS) type compound semiconductor thin film solar cell of superstraight structure.    ADVANTAGE - The number of sheets needed is reduced by using chalcopyrite-type compound semiconductor thin film and material is saved. The possibility of exerting bad influence on other layers is avoided, when forming metal electrode.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of CIS type compound semiconductor thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the CIS type compound semiconductor thin film solar cell.    Substrate (1)    Comb-type metal electrode (2)    Transparent conductive layer (3)    Buffer layer (4)    Optical absorption layer (5)    Back surface electrode layer (6)    Solar cell (10)    Electrode removing portion (21)
NOVELTY - The method involves overlapping collar portions (15,16) provided in the circumference of rectangular-shaped flat saucer-shape containers (11,12) by several casings (10) through partition plate (17). The piping (44-47) for connection is connected to piping (22-25) for connection provided in inclination portions (18-21) of containers. The flanges (28,48) are provided in one end portion of piping for connection. The position of each side end of flange is aligned, and the side end of aligned flange is welded without a filler metal.    USE - Manufacturing method of modifier for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the side end of aligned flange is welded without filler metal, sufficient operativity for modifier for fuel cell with stable quality is obtained. Since the filler metal is not used, the manufacturing cost is reduced and the generation of hardness difference between welding location and its periphery is suppressed. The generation of oxidation is suppressed so that the generation of crack in piping for connection is prevented. Since the laser welding, plasma arc welding and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding is used for welding, the flange is welded efficiently.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the front, side and rear views of casing of modifier.    Casing (10)    Containers (11,12)    Collar portions (15,16)    Partition plate (17)    Inclination portions (18-21)    Piping (22-25)    Flanges (28,48)    Piping (44-47)
NOVELTY - A photosensitive paste composition contains aluminum powder (A), glass powder (B), alkali-soluble resin (C), polyfunctional (meth)acrylate (D) and photoinitiator (E). The aluminum powder has 50 wt.% particle-diameter (D50) of 0.5-20 mu m and average circularity of 0.7 or more. The average value of ratio of length and breadth of the aluminum powder particles is 5 or less. The content of glass powder contained with respect to 100 wt.% of total content of the components (A and B) is 10-30 wt.%.    USE - Photosensitive paste composition is used for forming pattern (claimed) for forming wiring of flat panel display e.g. plasma display panel, high degree mounting material of electronic component and component of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photosensitive paste composition has excellent adhesiveness and economically forms high-definition pattern having low resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for pattern formation method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional shape of the alternating current type plasma display panel.    Glass substrate (101)    Black partition (103)    Transparent electrode (104)    Bus electrode (105)    Fluorescent substance (107)
NOVELTY - The back sheet (10) of solar cell has polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films (19) laminated on the both surfaces of an aluminum foil (18) so as to seal inner and outer edge portions (14,15) of the foil. The width of the PET film is wider than the width of the aluminum foil.    USE - Back sheet of solar cell such as crystalline/amorphous solar cell for solar power generation system installed outdoor.    ADVANTAGE - Since PET films laminated on both surfaces of an aluminum foil to seal the foil edge portions, contact of the foil edges with components such as lead wire/junction box of the solar cell module is prevented. Hence occurrence of faults such as short circuit is avoided. Improved protection against penetration of water vapor/oxygen is achieved and heat from the solar cell is dissipated outside efficiently by the aluminum foil.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of back sheet of solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the top view and sectional view of back sheet of solar cell.    Back sheet of solar cell (10)    Aluminum foil inner edge portion (14)    Aluminum foil outer edge portion (15)    Junction box position (16)    Aluminum foil (18)    PET films (19)
NOVELTY - The insulating back board has polyethylene glycol terephthalate (PET) film layer (1), aluminum foil layer (4) and PVDF material layer (2). The aluminum foil layer is located on upper surface of PET film layer, and combined integrally to PET film layer by first glue layer (5). The PVDF material layer is set on upper surface of aluminum foil layer, and combined integrally to aluminum foil layer by second glue layer (3). The glue in first glue layer and second glue layer is polyurethane adhesive.    USE - Insulating back board for solar photovoltaic component.    ADVANTAGE - Provides insulating back board with improved multi-layer compound structure having good weather ability and aging resistance, excellent insulating performance, strong dirt resistance and small water vapor transmittance since PET film layer is compounded to aluminum foil layer and PVDF material layer respectively. Obtains local discharge capability more than 1000 volts, and enables service life of product to reach more than 25 years.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of insulating back board.    PET film layer (1)    PVDF material layer (2)    Second glue layer (3)    Aluminum foil layer (4)    First glue layer (5)
NOVELTY - The insulating back panel has polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) material layer (2) which is positioned on upper surface plane of PET thin film layer (1), and combined integrally to PET thin film layer through first adhesive layer (3). An ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer material layer (5) is positioned on lower surface plane of PET thin film layer, and combined integrally to PET thin film layer through second adhesive layer (4). The adhesive in first and second adhesive layer is polyurethane adhesive.    USE - Insulating back panel for solar photovoltaic component.    ADVANTAGE - Provides insulating back panel with multi-layer composite structure having excellent weather resistance, aging resistance and insulation, strong pollution resistance and small water vapor permeability since PVDF material layer and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer material layer are respectively compounded on upper and lower surface planes of PET thin film layer through adhesive. Obtains partial discharge capacity greater than 1000 volts, and enables service life of product to reach more than 25 years.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of insulating back panel.    PET thin film layer (1)    PVDF material layer (2)    First adhesive layer (3)    Second adhesive layer (4)    Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer material layer (5)
NOVELTY - An ultraviolet absorber contains pyrazolidine dione compound (1).    USE - Ultraviolet absorber used in polymeric material (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to coating material for eye strain prevention and fog prevention, powder coating for motor vehicles, buildings and metal plates, floor paint, flexographic printing ink, packaging material, fiber for underwear and socks, outer wall material, recording medium, image display apparatus and solar cell cover.    ADVANTAGE - The ultraviolet absorber has excellent light resistance and provides polymeric material having excellent durability. The long wavelength ultraviolet absorptivity of the absorber is maintained without precipitation or bleed out for a long period of time.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An ultraviolet absorber contains pyrazolidine dione compound of formula (1).    R11,R12 =H or monovalent substituent;and    A= monovalent residue obtained by removing hydrogen atom from optionally substituted 5-6 membered aromatic heterocyclic group.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) polymeric material, which contains the ultraviolet absorber and a polymeric material; and    (2) thiophenyl-methylene pyrazolidine dione compound (3).    R31,R32=optionally substituted 1-18C alkyl;    R33,R34=R11;and    R35=H or substituent with Hammett substituent constant of -0.35 or more.
NOVELTY - The method involves utilizing a gap (111) of an organic molecular container (10) to control an amount of organic molecular solution (80) supplied on an organic molecular thin film formed on a substrate (6), in order to form a wet organic molecular thin film with certain thickness. A heater (51) is utilized to heat the wet thin film to form a dry thin film, in order to prevent re-dissolving of previous dry organic molecular thin film. The formation of wet thin films and drying process of the wet thin film are repeated using the heater to form the multilayer organic molecular thin film.    USE - Method for forming multilayer polymer thin films to form multilayer organic optoelectronics e.g. thin film organic LED, organic transistor, organic solar cell and organic photo-detector, for an organic photo-electric transforming device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables utilization of the heater to evaporate a solvent in the wet organic molecular thin film rapidly, thus preventing re-dissolving of the organic molecular thin film. The container utilizes a gap to prevent the supply of huge amount of the organic molecular solution with respect to the organic molecular thin film, and blade technology to determine the wet film thickness, thus solving mutual dissolution problem among layers upon making multilayer organic optoelectronics effectively.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an apparatus for forming multilayer polymer thin film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic molecular container.    Substrate (6)    Organic molecular container (10)    Heater (51)    Organic molecular solution (80)    Gap (111)
NOVELTY - The assembly (210) has several membrane layers (222,224,228) which are spaced apart from each other. The sealing bars (220,226) are positioned between adjacent peripheral edges of the membrane layers, so as to form a wet fluid flow channels (216,216) and dry fluid flow channels (218,218). The support structures (238,240) are formed inwardly extending along the opposing sides of the fluid flow channels.    USE - Membrane humidifier assembly for fuel cell used as power source of vehicle, video camera and computer.    ADVANTAGE - Since the sealing bars are positioned between adjacent peripheral edges of membrane layers to form wet fluid flow channels and dry fluid flow channels, the increase in the thermal mass of the membrane humidifier can be prevented, so that the warm-up time of the fuel cell can be shortened. The simple structured membrane humidifier having high performance characteristics can be manufactured easily at relatively low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing membrane humidifier assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the membrane humidifier assembly.    Membrane humidifier assembly (210)    Wet fluid flow channels (216,216)    Dry fluid flow channels (218,218)    Sealing bars (220,226)    Membrane layers (222,224,228)    Support structures (238,240)
NOVELTY - Surface of a polymer substrate is activated by an ion beam with energy between 0.7 keV and 1.2 keV and angle of incidence of 15-60 degrees . Then, vacuum deposition of transparent conductive oxide layer is carried out on polymer substrate using metal oxide composition. The ionic stimulation of the oxide synthesis process is conducted by treating surface of growing oxide film by oxygen ions during deposition of transparent conductive oxide layer.    USE - Vacuum deposition for production of transparent conductive oxide layer. Uses include but are not limited to flat panel display, solar cell, photovoltaic module (PV), touch screen, architectural glass, antistatic glass, smart windows, electromagnetic shielding, DNA-selecting chips, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The vacuum deposition of transparent conductive oxide layer is economically enabled with favorable transparency, adhesion with respect to substrate, mechanical stability and thermal stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for transparent conductive oxide.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of vacuum unit.    Heater (201)    Magnetron (202)    Location of substrate (203)    Carousel (204)    Water (404)
NOVELTY - The cell has a reflective electrode (150) provided on a light absorption layer (141), and a polymer material layer formed on the reflective electrode. A substrate (120) is formed on the polymer material layer. The light absorption layer is made from amorphous silicon, amorphous silicon-germanium and micro crystal silicon. A transparent conductive film is formed at top of the substrate by utilizing etchants. Concavo-convex parts are provided with multiple main parts. The etchants are selected from hydrochloric acid solution and ammonium chloride solution.    USE - Thin film solar cell for a diode.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has better light scattering efficiency, and improves interfacial property between the light absorption layer and the transparent conductive film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a thin film solar cell.    Heights of concavo-convex parts (h1, h2)    Substrate (120)    Light absorption layer (141)    Reflective electrode (150)    High molecular material layer (160)
NOVELTY - The method involves coating a top part of a substrate (110) i.e. transparent substrate, with a resist layer, and forming a micropattern and a polymer layer (135) on the top part of the substrate. A nano pattern is formed on the polymer layer. Plasma is formed by plasma formation gas that is selected from oxygen, tetrafluoromethane, trifluoromethane, sulfur hexafluoride and hydrogen. A mold is formed for covering the nano pattern. A reproduction resist layer is formed on a reproduction substrate. The reproduction resist layer is solidified.    USE - Method for manufacturing a micro-nano pattern for a high efficiency display, a photoelectric device i.e. solar battery, and a nano memory.    ADVANTAGE - The method effectively forms uniform micro-nano pattern with low cost, minimizes fault in the micro-nano pattern, and easily controls a reflection barrier layer structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a micro-nano pattern.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Substrate (110)    Polymer layer (135)
NOVELTY - A transparent electrode consists of a transparent conductive layer (31) provided on a transparent base material (51). The transparent conductive layer comprises electroconductive fibers (11) and transparent conductive material (21) in the surface having a smoothness (maximum height, which is elevation difference of surface crest top portion and trough bottom portion) of 1-50 nm, as measured by JIS B601 (1994).    USE - Transparent electrode is used for light-emitting elements of mobile optoelectronic devices and organic electroluminescent devices. Can also be used for LCD elements used in televisions, organic light-emitting devices, inorganic electroluminescent elements, inorganic and organic solar cells, electronic paper, and touch panels.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent electrode has excellent optical transparency, flexibility, electroconductivity, and surface smoothness, and low surface resistivity, and is lightweight. The electrode provides light-emitting elements having excellent light-emission uniformity. The electrode can be manufactured economically, as vacuum coating required for indium-tin oxide electrode is not required. Since energy requirement is less, the transparent electrode is environmentally suitable.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of transparent electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the transparent electrode.    Electroconductive fibers (11)    Transparent conductive material (21)    Transparent conductive layer (31)    Transparent binder layer (42)    Transparent base material (51)
NOVELTY - Novel anthracene derivative (1), excluding 9,10-bis-(4-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene.    USE - Novel anthracene derivative used for luminescent material for organic electroluminescent element (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to backlight for flat panel display of wall-mounted television, copier, printer, liquid crystal display, measuring instruments, display board, marker lamp, electrophotographic photoreceptor, photoelectric transducer, solar cell and image sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The anthracene derivative provides organic electroluminescent element with excellent luminous efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Novel anthracene derivative of formula (1), excluding 9,10-bis-(4-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene.    R1-R7=1-20C alkyl, 3-20C cycloalkyl, 1-50C alkoxy or silyl (all optionally substituted), H, halo or cyano;    R11-R15,R21-R25=1-20C alkyl, 3-20C cycloalkyl, 1-50C alkoxy, 6-50C aryl, 10-50C condensed aromatic group, 5-50C heterocyclic group, or silyl (all optionally substituted), H, halo or cyano;and    Ar1=6-50C aryl or 5-50C heterocyclic group (both optionally substituted).    At least one of R11-R15 and R21-R25 is 10-50C condensed aromatic group or 5-50C heterocyclic group (both optionally substituted). Ar1 does not include the ortho-phenylene structure. When R12 and R22 are 10-50C fused-aromatic-ring group or 5-50C heterocyclic group, R11, R13, R14, R15, R21, R23, R24 and R25 are H. When R13 and R23 are 10-50C fused-aromatic-ring group or 5-50C heterocyclic group, R11, R12, R14, R15, R21, R22, R24 and R25 are H. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electroluminescent element material, which contains anthracene derivative (1); and    (2) organic electroluminescent element, which has organic thin film layer(s) including light emitting layer containing organic electroluminescent element material, clamped between anode and cathode.
NOVELTY - A composition is obtained by reacting fullerene derivative and reducing agent.    USE - Composition is used for organic photoelectric transducer (claimed) such as organic solar cell and photosensor.    ADVANTAGE - The organic photoelectric transducer formed using the composition has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for organic photoelectric transducer, which has organic layer formed using the composition.
NOVELTY - A glass composition comprises an electrically conductive material(s); a glass frits comprising (wt.%) silicon dioxide (12-28), aluminum oxide (0.1-5), lead oxide (70-90), boron trioxide (0-6), and zirconium dioxide (0.2-2); and an organic medium.    USE - A glass composition used in manufacturing a semiconductor device including a solar cell (claimed) or a photodiode.    ADVANTAGE - The composition provides semiconductor devices having improved electrical performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising applying an insulating film to a semiconductor substrate, applying a glass composition to the insulating film, and firing; and    (2) a semiconductor device.
NOVELTY - A liquid precursor stream containing primary and secondary different metal oxide precursors is aerosolized with oxygen to form an aerosolized stream. The aerosolized stream is combusted to form nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a core region comprising primary oxide composition and a shell region comprising a secondary oxide composition. A green component is formed from nanoparticles. The green component is sintered to form the ceramic composite having average actual density of 90% or more of theoretical density of sintered ceramic composite.    USE - Manufacture of dense ceramic nano- and/or micro-structured or ultrafine composite used for fuel cell membrane, catalyst support material, catalytic membrane for gas separation and medical application.    ADVANTAGE - The dense ceramic ultrafine composite has favorable toughness, thermal shock resistance and strength.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A liquid precursor stream containing primary and secondary different metal oxide precursors is aerosolized with oxygen to form an aerosolized stream. The aerosolized stream is combusted to form nanoparticles having average particle size diameter of 500 nm or less. The nanoparticles have a core region comprising primary oxide composition formed from primary metal oxide precursor and a shell region comprising a secondary oxide composition formed from secondary metal oxide precursor. The primary oxide composition has bulk diffusion rate, which is different from secondary bulk diffusion rate of secondary oxide composition. A green component is formed from nanoparticles. The green component is sintered to form the ceramic composite having average actual density of 90% or more of theoretical density of sintered ceramic composite.
NOVELTY - An oxide sinter consists of zinc oxide, gallium oxide, tin oxide, and a spinel compound (A) having lattice constant between the lattice constant of zinc gallium oxide-type spinel compound and lattice constant of zinc tin oxide-type spinel compound.    USE - Oxide sinter is used for sputtering target for forming transparent amorphous oxide semiconductor film (both claimed) for thin film transistor, solar cell and gas sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The oxide sinter provides sputtering target having low bulk resistor and high density. The generation of yellow flakes during sputtering is suppressed. The transparent amorphous oxide semiconductor film can be selectively etched with respect to metal thin film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An oxide sinter consists of zinc oxide, gallium oxide, tin oxide, and AB2O4 type spinel compound (A) having lattice constant between the lattice constant of zinc gallium oxide-type spinel compound and lattice constant of zinc tin oxide-type spinel compound. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of oxide sinter, which involves mixing a zinc compound, a gallium compound and a tin compound in an atomic ratio of 0.2-0.8:0.08-0.7:0.03-0.5, molding the resulting mixture to obtain a molded product, and sintering the obtained molded product; and    (2) transparent amorphous oxide semiconductor film, which is obtained by sputtering the sputtering target.
NOVELTY - A photosensitive paste composition contains metal powder, alkali-soluble resin, polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, photoinitiator, solvent and organometallic compound. The organometallic compound contains a metal chosen from aluminum, lithium and magnesium. The metal powder comprises aluminum powder and/or aluminum alloy powder.    USE - Photosensitive paste composition for forming a pattern (claimed) during manufacturing process of circuit board, electrode, mounting material, solar cell material and display panel such as flat panel display, plasma display panel and field emission display.    ADVANTAGE - The photosensitive paste composition has better adhesiveness. The pattern is formed using the photosensitive paste composition at low cost. The pattern has low resistance, high sensitivity and high accuracy.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for forming a pattern.
NOVELTY - A coating liquid contains organic solvent solution which contains metallic compound as solute, and solute stabilizer. The metallic compound forms metal oxide during heating. The coating liquid has viscosity of 10 cP or more at 25 degrees C. A backward voltage element prevention layer (15) is formed on electrode substrate (1) using the coating liquid.    USE - Coating liquid is used for forming backward voltage element prevention layer for dye sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The coating liquid has high viscosity. The backward voltage element prevention layer formed using coating liquid has high productivity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the dye-sensitized solar cell.    Transparent electrode substrate (1)    Transparent substrate (3)    Transparent conductive layer (5)    Dye sensitizing semiconductor porous layer (13)    Backward voltage element prevention layer (15)
NOVELTY - A coating composition comprises an organic-solvent solution of a platinum compound, and has a viscosity of 10 cP or more at 25 degrees C.    USE - Coating composition is used for forming electronic reduction zone in surface of positive-electrode substrate (claimed) of dye-sensitized solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The coating composition enables formation of electronic reduction zone with uniform thickness and high productivity. The composition enables formation of coating layers with uniform thickness even on substrate faces of large area. The composition enables economical manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cells of large area having excellent conversion efficiency, with high productivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for formation of electronic reduction zone (7).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the dye-sensitized solar cell.    Positive-electrode substrate (1)    Transparent substrate (3)    Transparent conductive layer (5)    Electronic reduction zone (7)    Electrolyte layer (20)
NOVELTY - An electroconductive polymer electrode has an electroconductive polymeric layer comprising conductive polymer and adherence improving agent supported on an electroconductive substrate. The adherence improving agent is compound having two or more carboxyl groups and/or compound having ester formed derivative structure.    USE - Electroconductive polymer electrode is used for dye-sensitized solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electroconductive polymer electrode has excellent adhesiveness and electroconductivity, and is manufactured using simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) coating liquid for electroconductive polymeric layer formation, which contains conductive polymer, adherence improving agent and polar solvent. The adherence improving agent is ester compound of formula: R1O-C(=O)-(A)(-SO3-X+)-C(=O)-OR2, and/or compound having ester formed derivative;    (2) manufacture of the electroconductive polymer electrode, which involves coating the coating liquid on an electroconductive substrate and drying, to form an electroconductive polymeric layer; and    (3) dye-sensitized solar cell, which comprises photoelectrode (10) having sensitizing dye supported-semiconductor layer (8) formed on electroconductive film, electrolyte layer (11) containing chemical species used as an oxidation reduction pair, and counter electrode (12) arranged opposingly on the photoelectrode through the electrolyte layer. The counter electrode is electroconductive polymer electrode.    A=benzene ring, polycyclic aromatic ring, alkane, or alkene;    R1,R2=H, alkyl, aryl, or alkali metal;and    X+=cation.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional model of the dye-sensitized solar cell.    Sensitizing dye supported-semiconductor layer (8)    Photoelectrode (10)    Electrolyte layer (11)    Counter electrode (12)
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive layer containing resin binder matrix and electroconductive-oxide fine-particles is formed on base film, water-soluble etching paste containing etching component, thickener and solvent which degrades the resin binder matrix is coated on transparent conductive layer, a portion of resin binder matrix is degraded, the etching paste is removed for every deterioration of resin binder matrix in transparent conductive layer. Thus, patterning method of transparent conductive layer is carried out.    USE - Patterning method of transparent conductive layer for transparent conductive film used for flexible functional element such as liquid crystal display element, organic electroluminescent element, electronic paper element, dispersion-type electroluminescent element, solar cell and touch panel (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to keypad of mobile telephone, remote controller, portable information terminal, laptop personal computer and personal digital assistant.    ADVANTAGE - The method easily provides patterned transparent conductive layer with excellent transparency and flexibility.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) transparent conductive film, which has patterned transparent conductive layer formed on base material;    (2) flexible functional element, which is obtained using patterned transparent conductive film; and    (3) etching paste.
NOVELTY - The back sheet of solar cell comprises a coloring layer (12) having thickness in the range of 1-10 mu m, provided between white resin films (10). A metal oxide layer (16) is provided in the upper layer of the coloring layer. A coating film (18) formed using metal alkoxide as raw material is provided on the upper layer of the metal oxide layer.    USE - Back sheet of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The back sheet of solar cell with high damping-proofing property, transparency, decorativeness and light scattering property is provided by forming the coloring layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of back sheet of solar cell.    White resin films (10)    Coloring layer (12)    Adhesion layer (14)    Metal oxide layer (16)    Coating film (18)
NOVELTY - This creation develops the manufacturing method of the TiO2 multilayer films with a large number of holes as the electrode of a kind of dye-sensitized solar cell. It is just the manufacturing method of the nanoscale TiO2 multilayer films electrode of dye-sensitized solar cell by means of electrophoresis deposition. This manufacturing method contains an electrophoretic tank, a power supplier, a metallic anode, a cathode, electrophoretic liquid, etc. Through the electrophoretic technique, a multilayer films at an appropriate thickness is deposited from the suspension mixed by TiO2 nanoparticles and isopropanol. The appropriate sintering temperatures are set up for different cathode materials. After sintering under low temperature, this multilayer films has very good compactness. The multilayered film can serve as the anode of the dye-sensitized solar cell. After the dye-sensitized solar cells are packaged and inspected by the I-V curve, the results show that it has extremely high electro-optical conversion efficiency, and its manufacturing cost is low.
NOVELTY - Indium tin oxide monodispersed nanopowder preparation involves putting glycol suspension and indium tin oxide into a reaction kettle to obtain a mixture, where heat dissipation is performed at 180-300 degrees C for 0.5-20 hours by using a solvent to obtain sediment. The obtained sediment is dried at 40-200 degrees C for 1-48 hours to obtain indium tin oxide monodispersed nanopowder.    USE - Method for preparing indium tin oxide monodispersed nanopowder for use as anti-icing agent and liquid crystal display material for heat insulating glass, solar cell, solar collector and vehicle window defogging (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The indium tin oxide monodispersed nanopowder preparation method enables to easily prepare indium tin oxide monodispersed nanopowder in a simple, cost-effective and eco-friendly manner, which has narrow aperture distribution and excellent dispersion property.
NOVELTY - The cell has an inner hollow optical fiber arranged in an outer hollow optical fiber whose inner wall is provided with a sensitive layer. An outer wall of the inner hollow optical fiber is provided with a conductive layer corresponding to the sensitive layer. Liquid/solid electrolyte is filled in gap between the outer hollow optical fiber and the inner hollow optical fiber. The sensitive layer is attached with a sensitizer, which is any of carboxylic polypyridyl ruthenium, polymethenyl dye, phthalocyanine dye or natural coloring matter.    USE - Hollow optical fiber type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has large-scale production adaptability, long service life and high photoelectric converting efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The conductive layer is made of platinum, silver or nanometer carbon black. The sensitive layer is made of titanium dioxide nanometer particles, metal sulphide nanometer particles, metal selenides, perovskite nanometer particles and metal oxide nanometer particles.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a hollow optical fiber type solar cell.
NOVELTY - The substrate has a colloidal substance positioned between metal unit substrates to connect the metal unit substrates. Areas of the metal unit substrates are equal to each other or different from each other. A pattern structure is provided on the metal unit substrates, where the pattern structure is formed through exposure and etching processes. The colloidal substance is filled in the pattern structure, and energy is applied to the colloidal substance. A binding layer is formed on the metal unit substrates, and an epitaxial structure is provided on the binding layer.    USE - Metal array substrate for use in a high thermal conductivity photoelectric element such as LED, laser diode, solar cell and photodetector, structure and a luminous element structure (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a method for manufacturing a metal array substrate    (2) a method for manufacturing a high thermal conductivity photoelectric element with a metal array substrate    (3) a method for manufacturing a luminous element    (4) a high thermal conductivity photoelectric element structure    (5) a luminous element structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a metal array substrate.
NOVELTY - The method involves etching an upper side of a P-type semiconductor substrate in an uneven formation manner, forming a PN junction layer. P-type dopant is doped on a top and lower part of the P-type semiconductor substrate, and an N- dopant is doped on the top part of an N-type semiconductor layer (200). An anti-reflective layer (400) is formed in an upper side of the N type semiconductor layer and the N type semiconductor layer. A front contact electrode (500) and a back contact electrode (600) are electrically connected to the p-type semiconductor layer (100).    USE - Method for manufacturing a substrate of a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method minimizes the thickness of the silicon substrate by etching process, and prevents bending of the semiconductor substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a solar battery substrate.    P-type semiconductor layer (100)    N type semiconductor layer (200)    P-type semiconductor layer (300)    Anti-reflective layer (400)    Front contact electrode (500)    Back contact electrode (600)
NOVELTY - The tray (140) has substrates (130) arranged in a base unit (142) made of metal, and multiple dummy substrates (135) made of silicon material arranged in an edge of the base unit. A susceptor forms plasma for etching the substrates in a shower head, where a rear side of the tray is in contact with an electrode portion. A rear side of the electrode portion is arranged in a ground and earthed with a wall of a chamber. An insulation part made of ceramics or Teflon (RTM: PTFE) material is arranged between the electrode portion and the ground.    USE - Tray for use in a dry etching apparatus (claimed) during manufacturing process of a solar battery i.e. thin film type solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The dummy substrates are arranged in the edge of the base unit, so that the tray forms a uniform uneven pattern in an upper part of the substrates during dry etching process, thus increasing process margin and density of the plasma.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a dry etching apparatus comprising a shower head.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a plane view of a tray.    Substrates (130)    Dummy substrates (135)    Tray (140)    Base unit (142)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a mixture in a sol state, placing a transparent conducting oxide layer on a top part of a substrate (10), where thickness of the substrate is specific, and the transparent conducting oxide layer is made of indium tin oxide, aluminum doped zinc oxide, and gallium doped zinc oxide or tin oxide. A polymer mold (30) is made of a material for arranging a sol layer (20) on a predetermined pattern. A transparent conducting oxide gel pattern is formed in a top part of the substrate. An annealing transparent conducting oxide gel pattern is placed on the substrate.    USE - Method for manufacturing a transparent conductivity oxide electrode of a solar battery (claimed). Can also be used for a LED display and a laser diode display.    ADVANTAGE - The method makes the transparent conductivity oxide electrode of the solar battery in a uniform manner, and reduces manufacturing cost and increases productivity of the transparent conductivity oxide electrode. The method improves the optical transmittance rate of the transparent electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a process flow diagram of a transparent conductivity oxide electrode manufacturing method.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Substrate (10)    Sol layer (20)    Polymer mold (30)    Pressure chamber (40)    Flexible membrane (410)
NOVELTY - The kit has a dye sensitized solar cell (1) comprising transparent electrodes that are provided on transparent glasses. Porous titanium dioxide materials with nano particles are stuck to the transparent electrodes. The porous titanium dioxide materials are set surrounding clips. Holes filled with electrolyte are formed in the transparent glasses. A motor (60) runs a propeller (61) connected to the dye sensitized solar cell installed in a front center part of an airplane (70).    USE - Dye sensitized solar cell kit for use at a body of an airplane (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The kit has simple structure, and the principles of the dye sensitized solar cell are applied for the movement of the airplane. The optical absorption dye in the dye sensitized solar cell improves electroproduction effect of the kit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a dye sensitized solar cell kit for use at a body of an airplane.    Dye sensitized solar cell (1)    Motor (60)    Propeller (61)    Airplane (70)    Body (71)
NOVELTY - The supply has an upper box whose solar battery board (23) is installed at middle part of an upper box body (2), and a lower box (32) whose solar battery board is fixed on a lower box shell (31). A storage battery i.e. lithium battery (4), and a controller (5) are fixed in parallel between the lower box shell and the solar battery board of the lower box. The storage battery is installed in an internal center part of the lower box shell. An air flow through-hole (33) is opened at a side face of the lower box shell corresponding to the lithium battery.    USE - Portable solar energy supply for solar energy application field.    ADVANTAGE - The supply has small volume and better radiating effect.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a portable solar energy supply.    Upper box body (2)    Lithium battery (4)    Controller (5)    Solar battery board (23)    Lower box shell (31)    Lower box (32)    Air flow through- hole (33)
NOVELTY - An electronic device comprises azapyrenes (I) or (III).    USE - For electrophotographic photoreceptors, photoelectric converters, solar cells, image sensors, dye lasers and electroluminescent devices (claimed); and in organic light emitting diodes as hosts for phosphorescent compounds, as emitting and/or electron transport material.    ADVANTAGE - The hosts may function with phosphorescent materials to provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An electronic device comprises azapyrenes of formulae (I) or (III).    Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, X1, X2 and X3=N, or CR4;    R1=H, F, -SiR100R101R102, or an organic substituent;    R1 and R4=H, F, -SiR100R101R102, or an organic substituent, or any of the substituents R1;    R1+R4=aromatic, or heteroaromatic ring, or ring system (both optionally substituted);    m=1-6;    R100, R101 and R102=1-8C alkyl, 6-24C aryl, or 7-12C aralkyl (optionally substituted);    Q'=linking group.    Provided that:    (1) at least one of X1-X3 is a group CR4; and    (2) in the compound (III) at least one of the substituents R1, or R4 is a group Q'.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) the new compound (I) or (III), with the further proviso that the compounds: 2,6,8-triphenyl-1,3,7-triaza-pyrene; 2,6,8-tris-(4-bromo-phenyl)-1,3,7-triaza-pyrene; 2,6,8-tris-(4-nitro-phenyl)-1,3,7-triaza-pyrene; 2-methyl-1,3,7-triaza-pyrene; 2-phenyl-1,3,7-triaza-pyrene; 2,6,8-trimethyl-1,3,7-triaza-pyrene; 2-methyl-6,8-diphenyl-benzo(gh)perimidine; 2,6,8-triphenyl-benzo(gh)perimidine; 2,6,7-trimethyl-benzo(gh)perimidine; 2,6,8-triphenyl-benzo(gh)perimidine; 2,6-dimethyl-8-phenyl-benzo(gh)perimidine; or 6-methyl-2,8-diphenyl-benzo(gh)perimidine are excluded;    (2) a new compound of formula (VIa) or (VIb).
NOVELTY - The nozzle has a nozzle body (111) extended along a width direction of a processing object, and pressure equal division parts (112) formed in an inner side of the nozzle body. A slit (113) is provided in the pressure equal division parts of the nozzle body along a longitudinal direction. A hypersonic gas jet is provided with high pressure gas through the pressure equal division parts to generate impulse wave, and the nozzle body is provided with a gas induced hole (111a). The pressure equal division parts are provided with a lateral wall (112a-1) and a side wall.    USE - Slit type supersonic nozzle for a processing object surface-cleaning apparatus (claimed) for a semiconductor wafer of an LCD and a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The nozzle enables the hypersonic gas jet to generate the impulse wave through the slit, thus performing uniform spraying process in a safe and efficient manner. The nozzle improves micro-pollution preventing effect of the surface of the processing object in a secure manner by spraying the hypersonic gas, and avoids damage of the processing object. The nozzle is inexpensive, and saves time and manpower, increases processing reliability, and minimizes inferiority rate according to generation of a non-processed part along a vertical direction of the slit.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a processing object surface-cleaning apparatus comprising a hypersonic processor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a slit type supersonic nozzle.    Nozzle body (111)    Gas induced hole (111a)    Pressure equal division parts (112)    Lateral wall (112a-1)    Slit (113)
NOVELTY - A dye sensitized solar cell (1000) has intrinsic layer (300) of pure carbon and/or non conductive material, and does not contain liquid electrolyte.    USE - Dye sensitized solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows cross-sectional view of dye sensitized graphite graphene solar cell.    Aluminum foil or sheet (100)    Layer of graphite/graphene, fullerene and carbon nanotube (200)    Intrinsic layer of pure carbon (300)    Layer of dye doped graphite/graphene, fullerene and carbon nanotube (400)    Solar cell (1000)
NOVELTY - The module has a thin multilayer substrate electrically connected to a battery, and a set of thinned integrated circuits placed on the substrate. A portion of the substrate is extended and wrapped around the battery to contact battery terminals. Leads on the battery are extended and wrapped around the substrate. An antenna is patterned on a bottom layer of the substrate. A base station receives the module after being detached from multiple wires, and downloads physiological data. A solar cell is placed on the battery.    USE - Electronics module for use with a sensor embedded in a human physiological functions monitoring garment (claimed), and in baseball and football helmets.    ADVANTAGE - The sensors can provide reliable data while being unintrusive and non-motion inhibiting to the wearer during exercising, and can be safely or easily removed for garment cleaning cycles. The module can be mounted on baseball and football helmets to monitor impact strength and head motion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a garment for monitoring multiple physiological functions    (2) a method for monitoring physiological functions.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an enlarged sectional view of a T connector and a wedge connector for connecting an electronics module to wires.
NOVELTY - Raw materials of gallium, selenium, copper and indium, are mixed with a buffer solution or water to obtain a mixture. A working electrode (105) and a counter electrode (104) are dipped in the obtained mixture, and an electro-deposition process is carried out to form a copper-indium-gallium-selenium-containing thin film.    USE - Method for forming a copper-indium-gallium-selenium-containing thin film for a solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables formation of the copper-indium-gallium-selenium-containing thin film in an efficient and economic manner. The copper-indium-gallium-selenium-containing thin film has high light absorption property.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an electro-deposition apparatus.    Potentiostat (101)    Reference electrode (103)    Counter electrode (104)    Working electrode (105)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming an n-type impurity doping silicon layer (140) on an intrinsic silicon layer (130). An electrode (150) is arranged on the n-type impurity doping silicon layer, and amorphous silicon is included in the intrinsic silicon layer that is formed on a p-type impurity doping silicon layer (120). Micro-crystalline silicon is distributed in an inner side of amorphous silicon in nano-cluster form. A plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition layer is formed in a multi-channel electrode assembly.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar battery i.e. thin film type solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method utilizes the intrinsic silicon layer that improves photoelectric effect in the solar battery by distributing the micro-crystalline silicon in the inner side of the amorphous silicon in the nano-cluster form, so that the photoelectric efficiency of the battery is improved and dilution rate of hydrogen, temperature of substrate and gas composition rate of the battery are controlled.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar battery.    Solar battery (100)    Electrodes (110, 150)    P-type silicon layer (120)    Intrinsic silicon layer (130)    N-type impurity doping silicon layer (140)
NOVELTY - An N-type silicon chip-based chalcopyrite-type semiconductor film hetero-junction solar cell has a hetero-junction (PNN+) structure comprising a back surface (N+) layer (9), an N-type crystalline silicon layer (8), a P-type chalcopyrite semiconductor layer (7) and a transparent conducting layer (6) sequentially laminated on a back metal electrode (10). An electrode (1) is provided on an illuminated surface of the transparent conducting layer.    USE - N-type silicon chip-based chalcopyrite-type semiconductor film hetero-junction solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell shows better spectral response at UV and visible light wavebands, thus enhancing short-circuit current. The gradient band gap can be formed on front surface of the solar cell, thus increasing open circuit voltage and filling factor. The conversion efficiency of the solar cell is more than 22%.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an N-type silicon chip-based chalcopyrite-type semiconductor film hetero-junction solar cell. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Electrode (1)    Transparent conducting layer (6)    P-type chalcopyrite semiconductor layer (7)    N-type crystalline silicon layer (8)    Back surface layer (9)    Back metal electrode (10)
NOVELTY - The machine has a platform equipped with a group of long-edge movable stop blocks (1, 2, 3), a group of short-edge movable stop blocks (4, 5), a group of long-edge fixed stop blocks (6, 7, 8) and a group of short-edge fixed stop blocks (9, 10). The platform is equipped with a group of fixed end support tables (11, 12), a group of middle support tables (13, 14) and a group of movable end support ends (15, 16). Height of an upward step is equal to distance between an upper surface of a frame of a solar battery assembly and a glass surface of the solar battery assembly.    USE - Machine for framing a solar battery assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The glass surface of the solar battery is arranged downward by the machine, and the aluminum frame fixing groove is embedded with the machine, so that the machine avoids the breaking of the solar batteries in the solar battery assembly caused by the downward backboard.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar battery assembly framing machine.    Long-edge movable stop blocks (1, 2, 3)    Short-edge movable stop blocks (4, 5)    Long-edge fixed stop blocks (6, 7, 8)    Short-edge fixed stop blocks (9, 10)    Fixed end support tables (11, 12)    Middle support tables (13, 14)    Movable end support ends (15, 16)
NOVELTY - The method involves adding a water sample to be detected into a microbial fuel cell i.e. single-room air non-media cathode microbial fuel cell, and testing an output voltage generated by the microbial fuel cell. Electric quantity is calculated, and the electric quantity is substituted into a linear equation to calculate a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) value. The fuel cell is provided with a hollow framework, an anode i.e. carbon felt, and a film cathode subassembly. Two ends of a hollow framework are opened, and an end of the hollow framework is equipped a water outlet.    USE - Method for testing a biochemical oxygen demand of a water sample (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method provides 0.2 milligrams/Liter lowest detection limit. The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) testing range is 5-50 milligrams/Liter. The relative error to the detection result of the culture method is at 20 degrees centigrade plus-minus 1 degrees centigrade in five days. The testing process is stable and quick, thus realizing on-line detection. The method is easy to process and inexpensive to process with wide application.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The film cathode utilizes manganese dioxide carbon cloth as cathode. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a biochemical oxygen demand sensor, comprising a signal collector.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a biochemical oxygen demand sensor.
NOVELTY - A semiconductor electrode has compaction semiconductor layer, multi-hole semiconductor layer and dye layer, sequentially provided on conduction bottom. The compaction semiconductor layer and multi-hole semiconductor layer are provided with semiconductor grains and conduction grains in weight ratio of 100-200:1-2.    USE - Semiconductor electrode is used for dye sensitization solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The dye sensitization solar battery containing semiconductor electrode has improved photoelectric conversion rate and durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of semiconductor electrode, which involves sequentially providing compaction semiconductor layer, multi-hole semiconductor layer and dye layer on conduction bottom.
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing a battery membrane on a glass panel to from a battery blade. The formed battery blade is laminated with a lower bottom face used for fixing and supporting the battery blade by a binder to prepare a membrane solar cell module (1), where the binder is polyvinyl butyral (PVB), vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) or other hot-melt adhesive membrane. A layer of outdoor anti-aging water-proof adhesive (4) is coated around the prepared membrane solar cell module, where the outdoor anti-aging water-proof adhesive is a binder such as silicon gel or epoxide resin.    USE - Method for encapsulating a membrane solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The laminated structure can effectively protect the membrane solar cell, so that the membrane solar cell module has better pollution resistance, moisture resistance and mechanical damage resistance. The method ensures the light transmittance and conversion efficiency for the battery. The outdoor anti-aging water-proof adhesive protects the glass of the protective assembly from knocking and prevents the outside moisture from directly contacting with the binder on a cross section of the module, thus increasing the weather resistance of the module and greatly prolonging the service life of the membrane solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The lower bottom face is made of glass finished product, butyl phthalate, polyvinyl fluoride compound membrane and polymer resins. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a membrane solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a membrane solar cell module.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Membrane solar cell module (1)    Outdoor anti-aging water-proof adhesive (4)
NOVELTY - The film (200) has a set of metal layers, and a set of metal oxide layers laminated to the metal layers alternatively, where the metal layers and the metal oxide layers are formed within a single chamber. The metal layers are laminated to atomic layers. The metal oxide layers are made of material selected from a group consisting of zinc oxide, tin oxide, indium system oxide, cadmium oxide, gallium oxide, aluminum oxide, nickel oxide, iron oxide, magnesium oxide, cobalt oxide, tungsten oxide, indium tin oxide, nitrogen doped tin oxide and boron doped zinc oxide.    USE - Transparent conductive thin film for use as an electrical optical material in a solar battery and a flat panel display (FPD) i.e. LCD.    ADVANTAGE - The metal layer is formed through an atomic layer deposition, and the metal oxide layer is formed through a chemical vapor deposition technique, so that the transparent conductive thin film has high light transmission function and low resistivity. The metal layer and the metal oxide layer are formed within the single chamber for performing the atomic layer deposition and the chemical vapor deposition technique at same time, so that the manufacturing process is simplified, thus saving manufacturing cost of the thin film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a transparent conductive thin film manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a transparent conductive thin film.    Substrate (100)    Transparent conductive thin film (200)
NOVELTY - The layer (120) has a P-type material layer (121) provided with an ethylenedioxythiophene derivative, and an N-type material layer (122) placed on the P-type material layer. An N-type material codeposite layer and the derivative are formed between the P-type material layer and the N-type material layer. The N-type material layer is made from aluminum or naphthalene tetracarboxylic anhydride. The P-type material layer is placed on an electrode (110). A buffer layer is formed in the electrode, and the P-type material layer is placed on another electrode (130).    USE - Organic photoconductive conversion layer for a photoelectric conversion element of an image sensor (all claimed). Can also be used for optical sensors such as car sensor and home sensor lamp and solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The layer prevents the Moire deformity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a photoelectric conversion element.    Electrodes (110, 130)    Organic photoconductive conversion layer (120)    P-type material layer (121)    N-type material layer (122)
NOVELTY - The module has a back side transparent plastic film welded into an aluminum spacer (21) that is equipped with an air layer (21a). An ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) sheet (12) is attached with a noncrystalline thin film that is provided on a transparent oxide conductive glass part. Visible light transmission rate of the back side transparent plastic film is greater than or equal to 80 percentages. The back side transparent plastic film is selected from a group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate film, polybutylene terephthalate film and polyethylene naphthalate film.    USE - Transmissive noncrystalline thin film solar cell double layer module for a solar cell generating system.    ADVANTAGE - The module has high manufacturing efficiency, and is light in weight and easy to construct and handle. The module improves curing reaction speed of the ethyl vinyl acetate sheet (EVA) sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram of a process performed by a transmissive noncrystalline thin film solar cell double layer module.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Ethyl vinyl acetate sheet (12)    Aluminum spacer (21)    Air layer (21a)    Back side float glass part (22)    Front side transparent plastic film (101)
NOVELTY - The chuck (10) has a bottom insulating layer (12) formed on a surface of an electrostatic chuck body (11) for fixing a wafer or substrate in a predetermined position on an organic LED or a solar battery. A conductive film (13) is formed on the bottom insulating layer, and a dielectric layer (14') is formed on the conductive film. An upper insulating layer (15) is formed on the dielectric layer. High voltage for electro static discharge is applied to the conductive film. The dielectric layer is made of high dielectric constant material such as titanium, strontium or aluminum nitride.    USE - Electrostatic chuck for use during manufacturing of an LCD, an organic LED and a solar battery (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The thickness of the dielectric layer is controlled or dielectric constant of the layer is regulated, thus controlling electrostatic force minutely through low applied voltage, preventing generation of de-chucking and arcing, and improving chucking force.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The upper insulating layer is made of aluminum oxide or yttrium oxide.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of an electrostatic chuck.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Electrostatic chuck (10)    Electrostatic chuck body (11)    Bottom insulating layer (12)    Conductive film (13)    Dielectric layer (14')    Upper insulating layer (15)
NOVELTY - The battery has a laminated layer fixed on a surface of a transparent base layer, and an electrode placed in the laminated layer. The laminated layer comprises a P type semiconductor layer, light absorbing layer and an N type semiconductor layer that are arranged on the base layer in sequence. The N type semiconductor layer includes a material of zinc oxide nanometer string. The absorbing layer is made of cadmium selenide material. A polycrystal zinc oxide or non-polycrystal zinc oxide interim layer is provided between N type semiconductor layer and the base layer.    USE - Zinc oxide base solar energy battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery has a simple structure, and is feasible to produce. The zinc oxide nanometer material in the N type semiconductor of the battery improves transmitting velocity of current carrier to enhance photoelectric transferring efficiency of the battery. The battery enables a total solid structure to solve the trouble caused by fluid electrolyte in the battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The thickness of the N type semiconductor layer ranges from 100 to 1000 nanometers. The P type semiconductor layer is formed by cuprous oxide. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a zinc oxide base solar energy battery preparation method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a zinc oxide base solar energy battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing an upper plate (160) and a lower plate. Reactive layers (150) are provided on the upper plate and lower plate, where the reactive layers are made of semiconductor material or polymer. The upper plate and lower plate are united between a pair of support stands (130). The upper plate and lower plate are compressed to form a projection road (180) that is inserted into the reactive layers. Free electron is formed in an upper part of a transparent electrode (120) that is deposited on an upper side of glass substrates (110).    USE - Method for fabricating a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables formation of the upper plate and lower plate in a processing chamber at vacuum condition, thus reducing recombination probability between free electron and hole, improving effectiveness of the solar battery and facilitating free electron collection.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a solar cell fabricating method.    Glass substrates (110)    Transparent electrode (120)    Support stand (130)    Reactive layers (150)    Upper plate (160)    Projection road (180)
NOVELTY - The system (10) has a filler feed port (120) arranged in a side of a supporting part (110), and a load stock (100) connected to a solar battery feed port (130). A laminating part (200) is connected to a supporting part (310). A controller is connected to a laminator (220) and controlling the supporting parts. A loading/unloading part (300) includes a solar cell module receiving part (330), where temperature of drive of the laminating part, the loading/unloading part and the laminator are controlled by the controller.    USE - Automatic solar cell module laminator system for use during manufacturing process of a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The system reduces manufacturing time and conveying distance of the solar cell module, and simplifies fabrication process of the solar cell module. The system enhances mass production of the solar cell module in an effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for laminating a solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an automatic solar cell module laminator system.    Automatic solar cell module laminator system (10)    Load stock (100)    Supporting parts (110, 310)    Filler feed port (120)    Solar battery feed port (130)    Laminating part (200)    Laminator (220)    Loading/unloading part (300)    Solar cell module receiving part (330)
NOVELTY - A waste heat recovering system for a fuel cell includes an air supply apparatus for providing air for reaction of the fuel cell set and a fuel supply apparatus for providing aqueous solution of methyl alcohol (or fuel containing hydrogen) for the reaction of the fuel cell set wherein the aqueous solution of methyl alcohol is supplied into the fuel cell set through an anode fuel entrance of the fuel cell set to carry out reaction and is then discharged through an anode fuel exit. The aqueous solution methyl alcohol is mixed in a mixing tank by being conveyed into the mxing tank through a methyl alcohol entrance and a water entrance. The mixing tank includes a waste gas water content entrance, connected to a reaction waste gas exit of the fuel cell set through a reaction waste gas exit pipe to sufficiently stir and uniformly mix methyl alcohol in the mixing tank after the waste gas discharged from the reaction waste gas exit of the fuel cell is conducted into the mixing tank. The reaction heat generated by the fuel cell set can be used to heat the air source for raising efficiency of the fuel cell set.
NOVELTY - The metal oxide film (40) has a composition distribution in which the hydroxyl group exists in a film and satisfies a predetermined formula involving the molar ratio of zinc and indium in the film surface at the sides of substrate (10). The metal oxide film is formed into a film on the substrate. The metal oxide film is made of amorphous structure in which the main component metallic elements are indium and zinc.    USE - Metal oxide film for semiconductor device (claimed) e.g. TFT, solar cell, thermoelectric conversion device.    ADVANTAGE - Enables to manufacture the metal oxide film by a relatively low temperature liquid phase process. Provides the metal oxide film of indium-zinc-oxygen group which has a characteristic favorable as semiconductor active layers. Provides semiconductor devices such as TFT with favorable element characteristics such as a switching characteristic by using the metal oxide film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a manufacturing method of metal oxide film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the structure of the semiconductor device provided with metal oxide film.    TFT (1)    Substrate (10)    Gate electrode (20)    Gate insulating film (30)    Metal oxide film (40)
NOVELTY - An elastomeric highly conductive composite comprises an elastomeric matrix and conductive fillers, for use as bipolar plates for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. The composite manages the flow of reactant gases through the fuel cells, where the elastomeric bipolar plates provide sealing to contain fuel cell reactant fluids and reaction by-products without the need for additional gaskets and low contact electrical resistance.    USE - As bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The elastomeric bipolar plates provide sealing to contain fuel cell reactant fluids and reaction by-products without the need for additional gaskets and low contact electrical resistance. The plate reduces the weight of the fuel cell and eliminates the need for gaskets typically used in the fuel cells. The bipolar plate is economical to produce and light weight. The composite is a highly conductive elastomeric composite at relatively low conductive filler ratio. The bipolar plate materials thus have the required elasticity for good sealing and high conductivity for making efficient bipolar plates. The developed material is easily processable because it does not contain high filler concentration that hinders flow during the forming of bipolar plates.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell assembly comprising bipolar plates for the fuel cell, where the plates comprise conductive filler (15-60 vol.%) comprising carbon based fibers and/or carbon based flakes, and the elastomeric matrix (balance).
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a substrate support pedestal (1124) which is arranged within a thermal-chemical vapor deposition chamber (1100). A window (1174) made of sapphire or magnesium fluoride is provided in lid (1110) of chamber to allow ultraviolet (UV) beams emitted from a lamp (1170) to reach a substrate (1122) arranged on substrate support pedestal. The wavelength, angle of incidence and cycle of UV beams directed towards the substrate support pedestal are controlled.    USE - Semiconductor substrate processing apparatus such as thermal-chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus for depositing silicon nitride on substrate during manufacture of semiconductor device such as solar cell. Can also be used for depositing silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, silicon germanium, silicon carbide, silicon-germanium-carbon alloy, metal silicide and metal silicate.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus controls wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) beams which are directed from lamps towards substrate arranged on substrate support pedestal. Thus the photoexcitation process may be used to pre-treat or post-treat the substrate, to deposit the silicon-containing material, and to enhance chamber cleaning processes. The native oxides can be removed before deposition, volatiles can be removed from deposited films, surface energy and excitation energy of precursors can be increased and the deposition time and deposition temperature can be reduced, by UV photoexcitation process. The energy can be transferred efficiently to substrate surface and the removal of native oxides can be facilitated.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for substrate processing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the thermal-chemical vapor deposition chamber.    Thermal-chemical vapor deposition chamber (1100)    Lid (1110)    Substrate (1122)    Substrate support pedestal (1124)    Lamp (1170)    Window (1174)
NOVELTY - Method for fabricating a carbon material, comprises: forming polymeric fibers or polymeric tubes using a halogenated polymer; dehalogenating the polymeric fibers or polymeric tubes partially or totally; and heat-treating the partially or totally dehalogenated polymeric fibers or polymeric tubes to obtain carbon fibers or carbon tubes, branched carbon fibers or branched carbon tubes being made by using a metal catalyst and at least one non-dehalogenated material consisting of the remaining non-dehalogenated polymers, polymeric fibers or polymeric tubes.    USE - The method is useful for fabricating carbon material to produce carbon fibers, carbon tubes, branched carbon fibers and branched carbon tubes. The carbon material is useful: in cell material for fuel cell and secondary battery; in capacitor including supercapacitor; in hydrogen storage device (all claimed); solar cells; and electronic devices including display panel.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides branched carbon fibers or branched carbon tubes via a so-called self-growing process without being provided with carbon sources from outside. The method dose not need any complicated systems (e.g. vacuum system) and processes.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a carbon material obtained by the method, comprising a metal catalyst and branched carbon fibers or branched carbon tubes; and    (2) a cell material using the carbon material.
NOVELTY - Method for fabricating carbon nanotubes comprises: (a) uniformly distributing metallic catalyst particles over a carbon substrate; and (b) supplying a carbon source gas at a constant rate under atmospheric pressure and reacting the carbon source gas with the metallic catalyst particles at a temperature of 400-900 degrees C for 1-120 minutes.    USE - The method is useful for fabricating carbon nanotubes (claimed), which is useful in fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method is simple and economical.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a method for fabricating carbon nanotubes.    Uniformly distributing catalyst particles over a carbon substrate (a)    Directly growing carbon nanotubes over the carbon substrate with the catalyst particles serving as seeds for the growth of the carbon nanotubes (b)    Adjusting the density of growing carbon nanotubes (c)    Adjusting the growth of carbon nanotubes to form branched carbon nanotubes. (d)
NOVELTY - The component has an active layer (3) interlaced between anode and cathode (2, 4), where the anode is deposited on a substrate (1). The active layer covers the anode by forming an envelope, which isolates the anode from the cathode, where the cathode covers the active layer to constitute a protective cap with the substrate around an assembly formed by the anode and the active layer. The substrate is transparent to visible waves and partially covered of premetalization of chromium and gold, and the anode is made of transparent conductive oxide.    USE - Integrated encapsulation electronic component e.g. organic LED or organic solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The configuration of the component allows encapsulation of the active layer by covering the active layer by the upper electrode to the substrate, thus allowing direct integration of the active layer protection realized by one of anode and cathode into the substrate. The active layer is interposed at any point between the anode and the cathode, thus avoiding risk of short circuit between the anode and cathode. The protection system of the active layer can limit the contacts of the active layer with the open air without adding additional protection layers and without adding additional processing steps in manufacturing the component or additional materials.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The anode is made of indium tin oxide/metal/indium tin oxide, the cathode is made of metal such as aluminum, and the substrate is made of glass or plastic plate. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing an integrated encapsulation electronic component.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an organic solar cell.    Substrate (1)    Anode (2)    Active layer (3)    Cathode (4)    Anode upper face (23)    Lateral walls (24)
NOVELTY - A production method of photonic crystal is disclosed for being used in producing a photonic crystal structure on a solar cell. The method mainly forms a first electrode and second electrodes that are mutually isolated in a reaction tank and puts the liquid medium in the reaction tank to cover and contact with both the first electrode and the second electrode. Then a plurality of micro/nano-particles with uniform diameter (50nm to 5microns) are disposed in the liquid medium to suspend a substrate in the medium for performing electrophoresis and to electrically contact the substrate with one of the electrodes, enabling the micro-/nano-particles to be periodically arranged in single or multiple layers covering on the surface of the substrate for forming the photonic crystal structure. By this way, the production time can be greatly reduced, and the mass production problem of large-area substrates can be solved effectively.
NOVELTY - The apparatus forms power generating layer in substrate (S) that is conveyed by rollers in film forming chamber (23A). The planar application electrodes (32) are arranged in the film forming chamber facing the substrate. The high frequency power is supplied to a power feeding end of the planar application electrode. The distance between the end of planar application electrode and power feeding end is shorter than lambda /4 in direction perpendicular to conveyance direction, where lambda is wavelength of high frequency power.    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing thin film solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The formation of standing wave at the planar application layer is cancelled when electrically feeding high frequency power to the application electrode such that the uniformity of film forming characteristics is improved even though the application electrodes are arranged in conveyance direction.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method of thin film solar cell; and    (2) thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the electrode arrangement in film formation chamber.(Drawing includes non-English language text)    Film forming chamber (23A)    Planar application electrode (32)    Electrode length (FF)    Transfer length (GG)    Substrate (S)
NOVELTY - A composition (C1) comprises (wt.%) (a) at least one electrically conductive materials; (b) at least one glass frits, where at least one of the glass frits comprises (wt.%) silicon oxide (SiO2) (10-30), lead oxide (PbO) (40-70), component (10-30) selected from zinc oxide (ZnO) and/or calcium oxide (CaO); at least one alkali metal oxides (0.1-1); and (c) organic medium.    USE - As composition useful in semiconductor device which is useful in solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The semiconductor device produced by using the composition shows improved electrical performance and high efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacturing a semiconductor device involving (a) providing a semiconductor substrate, at least one insulating films, and the composition (C1); (b) applying the insulating film to the semiconductor substrate, (c) applying the composition to the insulating film on the semiconductor substrate, and (d) firing the semiconductor, insulating film and thick film composition;    (2) a semiconductor device comprising an electrode, where the electrode, prior to firing, comprises the composition (C1).
NOVELTY - An ion exchange unit (18) comprises state switching unit which switches ion exchange resin (21) between the state focused on with high ion exchange efficiency in which pressure loss is high and state focused on low ion exchange efficiency where pressure loss is low, and inflow port (19a) and outflow port (20a).    USE - Ion exchange unit for fuel cell of fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - The ion exchange unit can switch easily between states focused on low pressure loss.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the ion exchange unit.    Ion exchange unit (18)    Inflow port (19a)    Outflow port (20a)    Ion exchange resin (21)    Electromagnetic switch (29)
NOVELTY - Pressure-heating of a liquid containing titanate is carried out in magnetic field, and titanate is grown in thin line state to manufacture thin line-state titanium compound.    USE - Manufacture of thin line-state titanium compound, such as titanium oxide, titanic acid and titanate used for electrode of dye-sensitized solar cell, and optoelectronic elements.    ADVANTAGE - The thin line-state titanium compound is efficiently manufactured with improved handleability, and line thinning of titanium is promoted. The titanium compound provides solar cell having improved electric power generation efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing apparatus of thin line-state titanate compound. The apparatus has a container for sealing-type pressurization and accommodating liquid containing titanate, a heater for heating the container, and magnet for applying magnetic field to container.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the perspective view explaining manufacture of titanium compound.    Line of magnetic force (21)    Growth directions (22a-22c)
NOVELTY - A cement (2) contains paste-form component including 5 weight% or less of copper particles whose surface is covered with organic component having average particle diameter of 0.1-50 mu m, and volatile dispersion medium. The cement is used for adhering metal components by heating the cement at 70-400 degrees C under oxidizing-gas atmosphere containing oxygen, such that the volatile dispersion medium is vaporized and copper particles are sintered.    USE - Cement is used for manufacture of metal-joined component of electronic component, and bump for electric circuit connection (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to exterior electrode of chip-type ceramic component such as laminated ceramic capacitor, laminated ceramic inductor, display element and laminated ceramic actuator, electroconductive film, diode, memory, solar cell and printed circuit board.    ADVANTAGE - The cement is sintered easily, and efficiently provides metal-joined component having excellent adhesive strength, thermal conductivity and electroconductivity by simple process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of metal-joined components; and    (2) manufacture of bump.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of the test component for measuring shear adhesive strength.    Copper substrate (1)    Cement (2)    Copper chip (3)    Test component (A)
NOVELTY - The CVD apparatus (1) has film-forming chambers (3) having an entrance/exit ports (16) that are positioned opposite to an entrance/exit port of a storage chamber in a moving chamber (5). The moving chamber is moved with respect to position of a substrate receipt and discharging apparatus (2) mounted with a substrate carrier so that substrate carrier is moved towards film-forming chamber. The substrate carrier with a substrate is moved such that substrate provided at side of the moving chamber is transferred to the film-forming chamber.    USE - Plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus for manufacturing photoelectric conversion apparatus such as solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The substrate provided at side of the moving chamber is transferred efficiently to the film-forming chamber so that high quality thin film can be formed effectively and the vacuum air resistance can be improved while improving the stability of the CVD apparatus. The operation rate of the CVD apparatus can be improved, and the manufacturing cost and maintenance cost of the CVD apparatus can be reduced effectively while reducing the maintenance time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the plasma CVD apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    CVD apparatus (1)    Substrate receipt and discharging apparatus (2)    Film-forming chamber (3)    Moving chamber (5)    Entrance/exit port of film formation chamber (16)
NOVELTY - A laminated thermoplastic resin film has an adhesive modified layer, provided on surface(s) of a thermoplastic resin film. The adhesive modified layer contains high boiling point solvent, co-polyester-type resin (a), polyurethane-type resin (b) and fluorine-type compound (c) having 6-16 ethylene oxide groups, and does not contains halogen (excluding fluorine). The content of high boiling point solvent contained with respect to total content of the components (a-c) is 0.005-0.05 mass%.    USE - Laminated thermoplastic resin film is used as base film for optically functional film/sheet such as prism sheet (both claimed), and infrared absorption film. Uses include but are not limited to plasma display panel, liquid crystal display, solar cell and organic electroluminescent.    ADVANTAGE - The laminated thermoplastic resin film has excellent adhesiveness, and excellent blocking resistance with respect to functional layer. The adhesive modified layer has excellent coating property, adhesiveness and external appearance.
NOVELTY - A polyester film has polyester layer (P1) having polyester resin (A) and polyester resin (B). The polyester resin (B) is dispersed in the polyester resin (A) as dispersion having flatness of 3 or more. The polyester resin (B) contains alicyclic diol and/or aromatic diol components as diol component, and alicyclic dicarboxylic acid, isophthalic acid and/or naphthalene dicarboxylic acid components as dicarboxylic acid component. The total content of alicyclic diol component and aromatic diol component is 0.2-10 mol% with respect to quantity of diol component in polyester layer.    USE - Polyester film. Uses include but are not limited to sheets for optical components such as prism lens, diffusion plate, touch panel, industrial film, solar cell, electronic material, packaging material and film for magnetic tapes.    ADVANTAGE - The polyester film has excellent transparency, dimensional stability, heat resistance, high total light transmittance, reduced precipitation of oligomer during manufacturing process and reduced haze value even at high temperature.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A polyester film has polyester layer (P1) containing polyester resin (A) and polyester resin (B). The polyester resin (B) is dispersed in the polyester resin (A) as dispersion having flatness of 3 or more. The polyester resin (B) contains alicyclic diol component and/or aromatic diol component as diol component, and alicyclic dicarboxylic acid component, isophthalic acid component and/or naphthalene dicarboxylic acid component as dicarboxylic acid component. The total content of alicyclic diol component and aromatic diol component is 0.2-10 mol% with respect to total quantity of diol component in the polyester layer (P1). The total content of alicyclic dicarboxylic acid component, isophthalic acid component and naphthalene dicarboxylic acid component is 0.2-10 mol% with respect to total quantity of dicarboxylic acid component in the polyester layer (P1).
NOVELTY - A discharge pressure detection unit (43b) detects discharge pressure of fuel discharged from fuel sending apparatus (43). A drive amount detection unit (43a) detects drive amount of fuel from sending apparatus. A storage unit stores flow volume estimation map showing relationship between fuel drive amount and fuel discharge pressure. A fuel supply amount estimation unit (32) estimates amount of fuel supplied to fuel cell system from fuel sending based on fuel discharge volume calculated using map, corresponding to detected drive amount and discharge pressure.    USE - Apparatus for estimating fuel supply amount in fuel cell system (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Since the amount of fuel supplied to fuel system from fuel sending apparatus can be estimated using fuel discharge volume calculated using fuel volume estimation map corresponding to the detected fuel drive amount and discharge pressure, fuel supply amount estimation can be performed precisely in all operation modes such as warming-up mode and power generation mode of the fuel cell system without the need for using separate flow meters for each mode.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for fuel cell system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of the apparatus for estimating fuel supply amount in fuel cell system. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Fuel supply amount estimation unit (32)    Fuel sending apparatus (43)    Drive amount detection unit (43a)    Discharge pressure detection unit (43b)    Discharge temperature detection unit (43c)
NOVELTY - The dye-sensitized solar cell has an electric power generation region (X) consisting of electrolyte layer (40) and semiconductor porous layer (25) sensitized with the dye. The sealing material (50) of sealing region (Y) is formed between the metal electrode substrate (20) and glass-made electrode substrate (30). The interval of metal electrode substrate and glass-made electrode substrate in blocking region is set larger than interval between the both electrode substrates in electric power generation region.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The thickness of sealing material can be increased without enlarging the interval between the both electrode substrates in electric power generation region. The stress absorbing power of the sealing material can be raised by enlarging the thickness of sealing material. Hence crack produced in the cell and the peeling of sealing material can be avoided effectively and the function of battery can be maintained stably over long period of time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the dye-sensitized solar cell.    Metal electrode substrate (20)    Semiconductor porous layer (25)    Glass made electrode substrate (30)    Electrolyte layer (40)    Sealing material (50)    Electric power generation region (X)    Sealing region (Y)
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion material contains pigment(s) (1).    USE - Photoelectric conversion material is used for semiconductor electrode used in photoelectric transducer (both claimed) e.g. solar cell, and photosensor.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion material has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A photoelectric conversion material contains pigment(s) of formula (1).    R1,R2,R3,R5=aliphatic group, aromatic group, heterocyclic group, where R2 and R3 optionally combines together to form a ring;    R4=aliphatic group or aromatic group having acidic group with pKa of less than 6 as a substituent;    L1=conjugated methine group unit;and    L2=6C or less alkylene.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) semiconductor electrode, which contains a substrate having electroconductive surface and a semiconductor layer coated on the electroconductive surface. The pigment(s) (1) is adsorbed to the surface of semiconductor layer; and    (2) photoelectric transducer which comprises a charge transferring layer, a counter electrode and semiconductor electrode.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming transparent conductive layer (2) containing zinc oxide as main component, on a substrate (1). A carbon layer (3) containing hydrogen is formed on the transparent conductive layer, and having refractive index of 1.25-1.70. An organosilicon compound layer (4) is formed on the carbon layer.    USE - Manufacturing method of transparent conductive film. Uses include but are not limited to touch panel for LCD, plasma display panel (PDP) and electroluminescent (EL) display, hybrid type solar cell, surface acoustic wave device, gas sensor, optical recording element, optical switch, optical waveguide, optical splitter and temperature exothermic heater.    ADVANTAGE - Favorable characteristic of the transparent conductive film can be obtained and high light-transmittance and high durability of the transparent conductive film can be obtained.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the transparent conductive film.    Substrate (1)    Transparent conductive layer (2)    Carbon layer (3)    Organosilicon compound layer (4)
NOVELTY - An aqueous carbon-material composition comprises carbon material processed by anionic resin and/or nonionic resin, aqueous-type resin and an aqueous medium.    USE - Aqueous carbon-material composition is used for battery electrodes (claimed) for fuel cell, solar cell, capacitor, secondary battery such as nickel cadmium battery, nickel hydride secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery used in electronic devices.    ADVANTAGE - The highly safe aqueous carbon-material composition has excellent electroconductivity, storage stability, coating property. The battery electrodes using aqueous carbon-material composition has excellent discharge rate characteristics and cycling characteristics.
NOVELTY - The photoelectrode comprises a porous semiconductor thin film (2) is provided on a porous self-supporting metal substrate (1). The metal substrate is made of titanium, tantalum, niobium and zirconium.    USE - Semiconductor photoelectrode for dye sensitized solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The metal substrate of the photoelectrode has resistance close to zero, hence the performance of the solar cell is improved. Eliminates the need for transparent conductive glass or transparent conductive film, hence cost is reduced significantly. The optical absorption loss is minimized.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) dye sensitized solar cell; and    (2) semiconductor photoelectrode manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a dye sensitized solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Metal substrate (1)    Porous semiconductor thin film (2)    Electrolyte (4)    Counter electrode (5)    Transparent film (7)
NOVELTY - The method involves etching the surface of target object by dry-etching process while introducing process gas on target object placed within a vacuum container. The process gas introduced on the target object is a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen trifluoride and gaseous chlorine.    USE - Method for formation of texture on polycrystalline silicon substrate used for solar cell and base layer of display apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - Deep fine texture can be formed on the silicon material surface so that electric power generation area in the silicon material surface can be enlarged by a simple technique. Reflectance of the silicon material surface can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart explaining the formation process of texture on silicon substrate. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - The system has solar cell panel (100) with compound semiconductor type or organic solar cell element installed in motor vehicle. A control unit (213) selectively supplies electric power generated using solar panel to propulsion motor (210), battery (211) for motor drive, or electrical component (212) in vehicle, based on electric power generation condition of solar panel and electricity usage condition of motor, battery and electrical component. The solar panel is also provided with gas barrier, UV blocking, getter material, and fluorine resin films.    USE - Electric power supply system for supplying electric power generated using solar cell panel to motor vehicle, electric vehicle, and hybrid car.    ADVANTAGE - The electric power produced using the solar cell panel can be effectively utilized.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell system for motor vehicle.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the block diagram of the electric power supply system for motor vehicle. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Solar cell panel (100)    Propulsion motor (210)    Battery (211)    Electrical component (212)    Control unit (213)
NOVELTY - Substituted polyimidazoline compounds (I) are new.    USE - (I) are useful in the preparation of (III) (claimed), which is useful as photoreceptors and hole transport molecules in imaging members, light emitting diodes, field effect transistors, solar cells, printed electronics, semiconductors, electrodes, sensors and photoconductors.    ADVANTAGE - (I) offer significant cost reduction as well as improved safely and reduced solvent use in the production of (III).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Substituted polyimidazoline compounds of formula (I) are new.    X = trifluoroacetyl, trifluoromethanesulfonyl, trichloroacetyl, trichloromethanesulfonyl, tribromoacetyl, tribromomethanesulfonyl, acetyl, methanesulfonyl, tolylsulfonyl or mesitylsulfonyl;    Y1 = 1-5C alkyl, 3-7C cyclic alkyl, 1-4C alkoxy, OH, omega -hydroxy-substituted 2-8C alkyl, halo, aryl (optionally substituted with 1-5C alkyl) or imidazoline moiety of formula (a1); either    R5 = H, 1-5C alkyl, 3-7C cyclic alkyl, halo, nitro, alcohol, amide or amine; or    R5R5 = fused benzene ring, forming a benzimidazole (optionally substituted with 1-5C alkyl, 3-7C cyclic alkyl, halo, nitro, alcohol, amide or amine);    R1-R3 = H, 1-5C alkyl, 3-7C cyclic alkyl, 1-4C alkoxy, OH, omega -hydroxy substituted 2-8C alkyl, halo or aryl (optionally substituted with 1-5C alkyl); and    n = 1-3.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) the preparation of (I); and    (2) a process for producing polyformylated product (III) comprising charging a vessel with a mixture comprising imidazole, an acyl or sulfonyl anhydride, and one of substituted triphenyl-amine compounds of formula (A) or (B), heating the mixture in a non aqueous solvent until (A) or (B) is consumed, charging the vessel with an aqueous acid and heating the reaction mixture in aqueous solvent system until the polyimidazoline is consumed.
NOVELTY - An ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) adhesive film for packaging moisture, heat, UV and aging resistant solar cell, comprises: 100 pts.wt. of copolymer of ethylene vinyl acetate, 0.8-1.4 pts.wt. of cross-linking treating agent, 0.05-0.15 pts.wt. of cross-linking treating accelerator, 0.2-0.6 pts.wt. of viscosity increaser, 0.1-0.5 pts.wt. of anti-oxidizer, 0.05-0.25 pts.wt. of UV light stabilizer and 0.1-0.3 pts.wt. of UV light absorbent.    USE - An EVA adhesive film for packaging moisture, heat, UV and aging resistant solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The EVA adhesive film can resist the high temperature of 85 degrees C, the high moisture of 85%, the UV light and the thermal oxidative aging.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) adhesive film for packaging moisture, heat, UV and aging resistant solar cell, comprises: 100 pts.wt. of copolymer of ethylene vinyl acetate, 0.8-1.4 pts.wt. of cross-linking treating agent, 0.05-0.15 pts.wt. of cross-linking treating accelerator, 0.2-0.6 pts.wt. of viscosity increaser, 0.1-0.5 pts.wt. of anti-oxidizer, 0.05-0.25 pts.wt. of UV light stabilizer and 0.1-0.3 pts.wt. of UV light absorbent, where the mass content of acetate in the copolymer of ethylene vinyl acetate is 28-33%; and the melt index is 30 g/10 minutes; the cross-linking treating agent is tert-butyl peroxide 2-ethylhexyl carbonate; the cross-linking treating accelerator is triallyl isocyanurate; the viscosity increaser is r-ether oxygen-propyl trimethoxysilane; the anti-oxidizer is one or two of di(2,4-dicumyl phenyl) pentaerythritol phosphate, di-stearic pentaerythritol phosphate, tri(nonyl phenyl) phosphate and tri(2,4-di-tert-butyl phenyl) phosphate; the UV light stabilizer is one of poly succinate (4-hydroxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidineethanol) ester or bi(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidino) sebacate; and the UV light absorbent is vapor-phase silicon dioxide.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a supply tube for supplying reaction gas to a chamber, and a remote plasma generator fixed with the chamber. Another supply tube is utilized for supplying catalytic gas e.g. oxygen, to the chamber. A substrate stage is prepared in the chamber. A bottom electrode is formed at inner side of the substrate stage, and a power supply unit is utilized for supplying power to the bottom electrode. A predetermined gap is formed between a top electrode and the bottom electrode.    USE - Apparatus for texturing a silicon substrate of a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus prevents the surface of silicon substrate from being damaged by exposing the substrate to the reaction gas, and reduces the reflectivity of silicon substrate of the solar battery. The apparatus improves the chemical dry etch efficiency, and reduces the texturing session by using the catalytic gas. The apparatus reduces manpower, and the cost of apparatus is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for texturing a silicon substrate of a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a texturing apparatus for silicon substrate of solar battery.    Feeding units (120, 130, 140)    Substrate (150)
NOVELTY - The method involves generating magnetic flux by utilizing a magnetron, and depositing a cadmium telluride thin film layer in a substrate (110). Cadmium chloride is processed in a thermal processing chamber. A back contact electrode thin film is deposited in the substrate after forming back side contact thin film made of P-type zinc telluride. Multiple cadmium telluride targets are rotated during a sputtering process, where the sputtering process is performed by supplying radio frequency/direct current power to each target.    USE - Method for manufacturing a cadmium sulfide/cadmium telluride thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The productivity of cadmium sulfide/cadmium telluride thin film solar cell is improved, and the manufacturing cost of cadmium sulfide/cadmium telluride thin film solar cell is reduced. The method enables maintaining low processing temperature and high deposition rate, thus preventing manufacturing defects. The method increases ion current density of the solar cell. The manufacturing time of solar cell is reduced. The method utilizes stick type target having length more than the vertical length of substrate, so the efficiency of solar cell is increased.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a radio frequency/direct current power source unbalanced magnetron sputtering chamber used for manufacturing a cadmium sulfide/cadmium telluride thin film solar cell.    Substrate (110)
NOVELTY - A semiconducting polymer (1), is new.    USE - Novel semiconducting polymer is used for conjugate of semiconducting polymer and acceptor material used for forming photovoltaic layer and used for solar cell, optical device, electroluminescent device, photovoltaic cell, semiconducting cell, photodiode and polymeric field effect transistor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The semiconducting polymer has high photovoltaic property, and provides improved solar conversion efficiency to solar device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A semiconducting polymer of formula (1), is new.    X1,X2=O, S, N, NH, cross-linkable group, CR1 or CR2;    R1,R2=H, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, heteroaryl, heteroaryloxy, cross-linkable moiety or oligo(ethylene glycol);    Y1,Y2=O, S, Se or amino;    Z=ester, amide, cyano, alkyl, polyfluoroalkyl, polychloroalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl;    W'=H, halo, cyano, dicyanovinyl or tricyanovinyl;and    n=integer.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) conjugate of semiconducting polymer; and    (2) photovoltaic layer, which contains semi-conducting polymer.
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic device is obtained by sequentially forming a layer comprising tellurium and cadmium or zinc, a layer comprising cadmium and tellurium and a layer comprising cadmium, zinc and tellurium, on a substrate.    USE - Formation of photovoltaic device such as cadmium-tellurium thin film semiconductor solar cell structures. Can also be used for non-imaging applications, imaging sensors in camera and power electrical equipment.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic device has improved short circuit current, open circuit voltage, and fill factor. The method enables the formation of high-quality and high-performance single junction solar cell structures with uniform composition, durability and larger grain sizes. The doping of structural layers of solar cells is performed in situ during epitaxial growth of solar cell device structural layers, hence enabling the use of shallow donors and acceptors.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of reverse p-n junction solar cell structure.
NOVELTY - A low reflection component (1) comprises base material (4), primer layer (3) which is formed on base material, and ultrafine particle film layer (2) containing magnesium-fluoride ultrafine particle which is formed by bonding ultrafine particle through primer layer and urethane bond part.    USE - A low reflection component for window glasses, display devices (e.g. LCD, organic electroluminescent display, plasma display panel (PDP) display and CRT), windshield, door, optical filter element and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The low reflection component has high strength, reduces cost, and improves durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A low reflection component (1) comprises base material (4), primer layer (3) which is formed on base material, and ultrafine particle film layer (2) containing magnesium-fluoride ultrafine particle of formula MgF2-x(OH)x which is formed by bonding ultrafine particle through primer layer and urethane bond part.    x=0.5-0.05.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of manufacturing low reflection component.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the low reflection component.    Low reflection component (1)    Ultrafine particle layer (2)    Primer layer (3)    Base material (4)
NOVELTY - The device has an Ethernet unit (600) arranged between a central control equipment (100) and a remote management terminal (500). A sun light battery plate device (700) of light control apparatuses is installed in a solar tracking device (300). The remote management terminal controls a sun light battery board equipped with tilt and angle sensors, so that the sun light battery board maintains horizontal angle during sunset and sunrise. A zone management terminal (400) or the remote management terminal is connected to the central control equipment.    USE - Solar tracking device.    ADVANTAGE - The tilt and angle sensors are adhered to the sun light battery board of the sun light battery plate device, so that azimuth angle of the sun light battery board is recognized in real time and efficiency for generating light power is increased during mist and rainy season.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a solar tracking device.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Central control equipment (100)    Solar tracking device (300)    Zone management terminal (400)    Remote management terminal (500)    Ethernet unit (600)    Sun light battery plate device (700)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a photoelectric transformation layer (520) on a top of a substrate (510) for changing an optical signal to an electric signal. An ohmic contact (540) is formed on a window layer (530). An etching mask is formed on a partial domain of the ohmic contact. The ohmic contact is etched. An etching mask is formed on an upper electrode (560) made of conductive material. An antireflective coating layer (550) is formed on the upper electrode. The etching mask is removed. A bottom electrode (570) is formed with conductive material in a lower part of the substrate.    USE - Method for fabricating a solar cell that is used for converting solar energy into power.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables reducing misalignment generated in a lithographic process that is performed for manufacturing the solar cell, shortens the process time and cost of the solar cell, and enhances the usage of the overhead photo lithography equipment.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The antireflective coating layer is made of aluminum oxide. The window layer is made of aluminum gallium arsenic compound, indium aluminum phosphorus compound and indium gallium aluminum phosphorus compound.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a process of fabricating a solar cell.    Substrate (510)    Photoelectric transformation layer (520)    Window layer (530)    Ohmic contact (540)    Antireflective coating layer (550)    Upper electrode (560)    Bottom electrode (570)
NOVELTY - The battery (100) has first and second photoelectric divisions (300, 500) formed on sides of first and second electrodes (200, 400), and a third electrode (600) is formed on the second photoelectric division and interfaced with the first electrode. The first photoelectric division includes an intrinsic silicon layer (320) and an N-type silicon layer (310). An amorphous silicon layer (322) and a fine crystalline silicon layer (324) are laminated on the intrinsic silicon layer. The second electrode is made of aluminum molybdenum oxide.    USE - Solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric divisions are formed on the sides of the electrodes, so that light can be uniformly transformed and power can be produced within a same space. The intrinsic silicon layer is laminated with the amorphous silicon layer and the fine crystalline silicon layer, thus improving photoelectric efficiency of the battery. The silicon layers can be easily formed at reduced manufacturing time through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The fine crystalline silicon layer utilizes silane gas, hydrogen gas and silicon fluoride gas, which are mixed in ratio of 1-5 to 30-1. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar battery.    Solar battery (100)    Electrodes (200, 400, 600)    Photoelectric divisions (300, 500)    N-type silicon layer (310)    Intrinsic silicon layer (320)    Amorphous silicon layer (322)    Fine crystalline silicon layer (324)
NOVELTY - The battery has a zinc oxide layer (60) formed on a cadmium sulfide layer (50), and a transparent electrode layer (70) formed on the zinc oxide layer in a soda-lime glass substrate (10). A molybdenum layer (30) is formed on an intermediate layer. A copper indium gallium arsenide layer (40) is formed on the molybdenum layer. The cadmium sulfide layer is formed on the arsenide layer, where thickness of the molybdenum layer is 0.5 micrometers and thickness of the arsenide layer is 1.5 micrometers, and the thickness of the transparent electrode layer is 1.0 micrometer.    USE - Copper indium gallium arsenide solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric efficiency of the battery is improved by controlling the diffused sodium diffusion quantity by using the intermediate layer in the soda-lime glass substrate. The adhesive force of a glass board group and the molybdenum layer is improved, thus preventing the molybdenum layer from exfoliating from the glass substrate during the high temperature process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a copper indium gallium arsenide solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a copper indium gallium arsenide solar battery.    Glass substrate (10)    Molybdenum layer (30)    Copper indium gallium arsenide layer (40)    Cadmium sulfide layer (50)    Zinc oxide layer (60)    Transparent electrode layer (70)
NOVELTY - The cell has an illuminated face electrode (1), a transparent conducting layer (6), a negative type chalcopyrite semiconductor film (7), a positive type crystalline silicon layer (8), positive ion back surface field (9) and a back metal electrode (10), which are laminated together to form an negative-positive-positive ion hetero-junction structure. The illuminated face electrode and the back metal electrode are made of aluminum, silver, gold, nickel, copper-nickel alloy, aluminum-nickel alloy or titanium-palladium-silver alloy.    USE - Chalcopyrite type semiconductor film hetero-junction solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has better spectral response to UV and visible light wave bands and multi-junction stack effect. The cell increases the open circuit voltage and filling factor, and has better conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a chalcopyrite type semiconductor film hetero-junction solar cell.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Illuminated face electrode (1)    Transparent conducting layer (6)    Negative type chalcopyrite semiconductor film (7)    Positive type crystalline silicon layer (8)    Positive ion back surface field (9)    Back metal electrode (10)
NOVELTY - The wall has a solar cell (110) arranged in a soundproof panel (100) without interfering holes (101) formed in the soundproof panel. An electricity accumulating part (120) for accumulating electricity in the solar cell is connected to an outer side. A frame (130) surrounds the soundproof panel. A surface material is included in a front part of the solar cell. An ethylene vinyl acetate sheet for protecting the solar cell is included in a back part of the solar cell. The soundproof panel is arranged with a damping plate. Panel-shaped lithium batteries are surrounded with an absorber.    USE - Light power generation soundproof wall for use in an apartment building arranged adjacent to a road.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is equipped in a side of the soundproof wall, so that the wall can supply the electricity to different establishments. The installation of the solar cell molded in the wall is facilitated. The panel-shaped lithium batteries are surrounded with the absorber with an isolation function, so that the wall efficiently achieves high capacitance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a light power generation soundproof wall.    Soundproof panel (100)    Holes (101)    Solar cell (110)    Electricity accumulating part (120)    Frame (130)
NOVELTY - A conductive aluminum paste contains (in weight%) aluminum powder (50-70), gallium (0.1-5), antimony powder (0.1-5), magnesium-aluminum alloy powder (1-20), organic binder (20-30), and inorganic binder (1-5).    USE - Conductive aluminum paste is used for back surface of silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The conductive aluminum paste is free from heavy metals. The aluminum film formed using the aluminum paste has excellent electroconductivity, surface smoothness, and can adhere firmly to aluminum sheet. The silicon solar battery has high photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of conductive aluminum paste. Ethyl cellulose is dissolved in terpineol to form transparent solution to which organic solvent additives are added. Then, aluminum powder, gallium, antimony powder, magnesium-aluminum alloy powder and binders are added and ground through a three-roller grinder, to obtain conductive aluminum paste. The obtained conductive aluminum paste is screen-printed on back surface of silicon solar battery, dried and sintered, to form a conductive aluminum film.
NOVELTY - A conductive transparent electrode is formed on each of the opposed inner surfaces of the upper and lower transparent substrates coated with organic or inorganic material. A transition metal oxide porous layer which is adsorbed with dyes is formed on one side of the conductive transparent electrode. A catalyst thin film electrode is formed on other side of conductive transparent electrode. The edges of upper and lower transparent substrates having convex or concave portion on its surface are sealed by sealing material.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - Bonding strength of sealing material is made high by increasing its contact area such that leakage of electrolyte can be prevented, and durability and performance stabilization of the solar battery can be improved. Fabrication cost of solar battery can be improved. Air-tight property and fire-proof property of the solar battery can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for dye-sensitized solar cell sub-module molding method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the dye-sensitized solar battery.
NOVELTY - Anthracene derivative (1), is new.    USE - Novel anthracene derivative used as material for hole injection layer, hole transport layer, electron injection layer, electron transport layer or light emitting layer of organic electronic device such as organic light emitting device, organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor and organic transistor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The anthracene derivative provides organic electronic device having excellent efficiency, low operating voltage and excellent stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Anthracene derivative of formula (1), is new.    n=1-3;    L1-L3=single bond or optionally substituted arylene;    Ar1,Ar2=optionally condensed 6-50C aryl, optionally condensed 3-50C heteroaryl, fluorenyl, carbazolyl or arylamine (all optionally substituted);    Ar=Ar1, arylamine (optionally substituted by 1-24C alkyl, 2-24C alkenyl, 2-24C alkynyl, 3-20C cycloalkyl, 3-20C heterocycloalkyl (all optionally substituted)), preferably optionally substituted, optionally condensed heteroaryl;    a,b=0-3;and    X1,X2=1-24C alkynyl, 2-24C alkenyl, 1-24C alkyl, 3-20C cycloalkyl, 6-50C optionally condensed aryl, 3-50C optionally condensed heteroaryl, fluorenyl, carbazolyl or arylamine (all optionally substituted) or optionally condensed heterocycloalkyl.    When n is 1, Ar1, Ar2 are optionally condensed aryl, optionally condensed 3-50C heteroaryl, carbazolyl, fluorenyl or carbazolyl (all optionally substituted). An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for organic electronic device, which consists of organic layer containing the anthracene derivative provided between the electrodes (AA,FF).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the structure of the organic light emitting device. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Electrodes (AA,FF)    Electron transport layer (BB)    Light emitting layer (CC)    Hole transport layer (DD)    Hole injection layer (EE)
NOVELTY - An anthracene derivative (1) is new.    USE - New anthracene derivative is used as material for hole injection, hole transport, electron injection and transport, and emitting light in organic electronic devices e.g. organic light-emitting device, organic solar cell, organic photoreceptor, and organic transistor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The new anthracene derivative can independently serve as a light-emitting host. The organic electronic device obtained using the anthracene derivative has excellent efficiency, brightness, responsivity, contrast and stability, low operating voltage, and wide viewing angle.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An anthracene derivative of formula (1), is new.    Ar1=1-naphthyl, anthracenyl, pyrenyl, or perylenyl, all optionally substituted by deuterium, tritium, 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 2-20C alkynyl, 3-20C cycloalkyl, 3-20C heterocycloalkyl, 6-50C aryl, or arylamine;    Ar2,Ar3=optionally substituted 6-50C aryl, optionally substituted 10-50C condensed or non-condensed ring system heteroaryl, or optionally substituted arylamino;and    R1-R7=H, deuterium, tritium, optionally substituted 1-20C alkyl, optionally substituted 2-20C alkenyl, optionally substituted 2-20C alkynyl, optionally substituted 3-20C cycloalkyl, optionally substituted 3-20C heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted 6-20C aryl, optionally substituted 5-20C heteroaryl, or optionally substituted arylamino.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for organic electronic device consisting of organic layer(s) containing the new anthracene derivative, provided between electrodes (AA,FF).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the organic light-emitting device.    Electrodes (AA,FF)    Electron-transport layer (BB)    Light-emitting layer (CC)    Hole-transport layer (DD)    Hole-injection layer (EE)
NOVELTY - The method involves placing a mono-crystalline silicon piece having specific texture in a plasma etching device to perform a no-mask plasma etching process to reduce surface reflectivity of the mono-crystalline silicon piece, where time taken for performing the plasma etching process is 5-20 minutes. A radio frequency power supply is utilized to ionize gas to generate plasma, where gas is combination of carbon tetra-fluoride and oxygen and pressure range in a processing cavity is 1-20 Pascal.    USE - Method for reducing surface reflectivity of a textured mono-crystalline silicon piece e.g. positive-type mono-crystalline silicon piece, negative-type mono-crystalline silicon piece, positive-type poly-crystalline silicon piece and negative-type poly-crystalline silicon piece (all claimed), in a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables improving conversion efficiency of the solar battery, and is suitable for large-scale production. The solar battery is simple in structure by eliminating utilization of any extra device, and is convenient to use, inexpensive and simple to operate.
NOVELTY - The solar cell has a prism (2) whose main cross section is in trapezoid shape, where side faces with an upper bottom of the trapezoid cross section are connected to a phototropic face of a cell sheet (1). The side faces are respectively coupled with waists of the trapezoid face facing towards a side of a lower bottom of the trapezoid cross section, where the side faces adopt a reflecting face. The cell sheet is a solar monocrystal line silicon cell sheet, a solar polysilicon cell sheet, a solar amorphous film cell sheet or a solar compound cell sheet.    USE - Low power condensation solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell increases three times of energy transporting rate, thus enhancing multiplying power of converting luminous energy as electric energy. The solar cell is inexpensive under equivalent electric energy output quantity condition.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side perspective view of a low power condensation solar cell.    Cell sheet (1)    Prism (2)    Reflecting film (3)
NOVELTY - The cell has a tellurium buffer layer formed after glass/transparent conductive oxide/cadmium sulfide/cadmium tellurium are corroded, and back contact layers and metal electrodes arranged in order. Thickness of tellurium is ranged from 5 to 150 nanometers. One of the back contact layers is made of materials such copper, copper telluride, zinc tellurium: copper and mercury telluride: copper, where thickness of the back contact layer is ranged from 30 nanometers to 150 microns. One of the metal electrodes is made of nickel, nickel/aluminum alloy and gold material.    USE - Cadmium tellurium thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell utilizes copper telluride to have stable performances, and diffusion of foreign ion is blocked, thus preventing the foreign ion from being quickly spread on the corroded wafer interface. The components and structure of the copper telluride are unitary, so that conversion efficiency and bypass resistance can be increased, and the performances of components are increased, which helps to produce the thin film solar cell in scale.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a cadmium tellurium thin film solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves cutting off cell film layers at an edge portion of a solar cell piece by using a laser etching process, and pressing the solar cell piece with a lower bottom layer by using a transparent adhesive agent, where the laser is a red laser with a wavelength of 1064 nanometer. The adhesive agent is selected from polyvinyl-butyral, vinyl acetate copolymer or surlyn glue film. The lower bottom layer is made of glass plate, polyethylene glycol terephthalate and polyfluoroethylene composite film resin.    USE - Method for packing a film solar cell assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The method can be used to enhance film layer of the film solar battery to prevent contacting with outer side in the film solar cell assembly by using a package structure. The film solar cell assembly has high environmental adaptability, better anti-pollution, anti-moisture, waterproof and weather resistant performances. The lower bottom layer with excellent anti-impact performance can ensure that the cell piece has better mechanical damage resistance, thus prolonging service life of the film solar cell assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side sectional view of a film solar cell assembly.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A composition contains phosphorescent compound and compound having residue of nitrogen compound chosen from nitrogen compound (1-1 to 1-4).    USE - Composition is used for thin film, light-emitting device for planar light source, display device and illumination device (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display, viewfinder of computer, television, mobile telephone, video camera, organic-semiconductor material, luminescent material, optical medium and electroconductive material, luminescent thin film, conductive thin film and organic-semiconductor thin film, organic solar cell and organic transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The composition provides light emitting device having excellent luminous efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A composition contains phosphorescent compound and compound having residue of nitrogen compound chosen from nitrogen compound of formulae (1-1 to 1-4).    R=H or substituent.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for high molecular compound, which contains residue of nitrogen compound chosen from nitrogen compound of formula (1-1 to 1-4), and residue of phosphorescent compound.
NOVELTY - A composition contains phosphorescent compound and compound having residue of nitrogen compound chosen from nitrogen compound of formula (1-1 to 1-4) and residue of nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound chosen from nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound of formula (2-1 to 2-4).    USE - Composition is used for thin film, light-emitting device for planar light source, display device and illumination device (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display, viewfinder of computer, television, mobile telephone, video camera, organic-semiconductor material, luminescent material, optical medium and electroconductive material, luminescent thin film, conductive thin film and organic-semiconductor thin film, organic solar cell and organic transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The composition provides light emitting device having excellent luminous efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A composition contains phosphorescent compound and compound having residue of nitrogen compound chosen from nitrogen compound of formula (1-1 to 1-4) and residue of nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound chosen from nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound of formula (2-1 to 2-4).    R=H or substituent.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for polymer, which contains residue of residue of nitrogen compound chosen from nitrogen compound of formula (1-1 to 1-4) and nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound chosen from nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound of formula (2-1 to 2-4), and residue of phosphorescent compound.
NOVELTY - A composition contains phosphorescent compound and compound having residue of nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound chosen from nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound (1-1 to 1-4).    USE - Composition is used for thin film, light-emitting device for planar light source, display device and illumination device (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display, viewfinder of computer, television, mobile telephone, video camera, organic-semiconductor material, luminescent material, optical medium and electroconductive material, luminescent thin film, conductive thin film and organic-semiconductor thin film, organic solar cell and organic transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The composition provides light emitting device having excellent luminous efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A composition contains phosphorescent compound and compound having residue of nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound chosen from nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound of formulae (1-1 to 1-4).    R=H or substituent.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for high molecular compound, which contains residue of nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound chosen from nitrogen-containing polycyclic compound of formula (1-1 to 1-4), and residue of phosphorescent compound.
NOVELTY - A composition comprises compound having saturated nitrogen-containing 5-membered or more heterocyclic ring structure, and phosphorescent compound.    USE - Composition for thin film used for light-emitting device for planar light source, display device and illumination device (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to organic solar cell, organic transistor, computer viewfinder, television, portable terminal device, mobile telephone, car navigation and video camera.    ADVANTAGE - The composition provides light-emitting device with excellent luminous efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for high molecular compound, which has a residue of nitrogen-containing compound of formula (1-7), and a residue of the phosphorescent compound.    two of Rasterisk=H or carbon atom, and remaining are =O.
NOVELTY - Manufacture of integrated thin-film solar cell comprises forming and patterning first conductive material (104) to be adjacently spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other on substrate (101); forming solar cell layer (103) on resultant substrate; obliquely depositing second conductive material (105) on solar cell layer; etching solar cell layer using second conductive material as mask; and obliquely depositing third conductive material on resultant substrate, and electrically connecting first conductive material with second conductive material adjacent to first conductive material.    USE - Manufacture of integrated thin-film solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The integrated thin-film solar cell minimizes its loss incurred in manufacture process and is achieved even by a low cost process. The method reduces an insulation gap between unit elements, thus increasing effective area of solar cell, performing all processes under vacuum after forming a transparent electrode and electrically connecting unit elements of solar cell in series by a simple process; prevents deterioration of performance of unit cell; reduces manufacturing cost; and acquires a desired high voltage from one solar cell even while performance deterioration is as little as disregardful.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional diagram illustrating a structure of an integrated thin-film solar cell formed by two slant depositions on insulating substrate.    Substrate (101)    Patterned conductive material (102)    Solar cell layer (103)    First conductive material (104)    Second conductive material (105)
NOVELTY - The present invention discloses a lift-off method and apparatus for epitaxial layer of solar cell. The epitaxial layer of solar cell is lift-off by etching from the substrate. After epitaxing, the solar cell is adhered on a lift-off plate by wax, and then a layer of carrier layer is coated on the epitaxial layer. A roller is stayed close to the carrier layer tightly. Etching solution is sprayed from the boundary of the substrate and the epitaxial layer, thus lift-off the epitaxial layer from the substrate.
NOVELTY - An anode (28, 29) comprises a conducting element in electrical contact with an anode of solar cell (200). The conductive element is positioned relative to a cathode of solar cell to minimize series resistance of electron flow through the anode.    USE - An anode for a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The active layer (26) is surrounded by conducting element to minimize effective resistance of solar cell configuration, thus improving solar cell performance (increasing fill factor) by decreasing resistance of anode, which is achieved by decreasing the distance electrons have to travel and decreasing the resistivity of these paths. A conduit is provided for unobstructed flow of electrons to charge collection contacts.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of configuring an anode of solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of a solar cell.    Electrode (22)    Active layer (26)    Anode fingers (28, 29)    Solar cell (200)    Other electrodes (F1-F10)
NOVELTY - Producing solar cell with two-stage doping (9, 11) involves heavily doping (50) of part of solar cell substrate (1); temporarily protecting doped areas (3), in which heavily doped areas of two-stage doping shall be formed, against etching medium; etching back (54) unprotected doped areas of the substrate by etching medium; for purpose of protecting doped areas sacrificial structures (7) are applied on areas to be protected (8), which are partly etched during-etching back of unprotected doped areas, where sacrificial structures are formed from inorganic materials such as glass.    USE - For producing solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The formation of a porous layer and subsequent etching, i.e. removal, of the same enables a more homogeneous etching back of the unprotected doped areas. For example, if an emitter is embodied as two-stage doping, this leads to a higher quality emitter which ultimately makes possible solar cells with higher degrees of efficiency. The possibility of more homogeneous etching is advantageous particularly in the case of multi-crystalline solar cell substrates since in this case etching solutions used have a stronger etching effect on the grain boundaries between the grains of the solar cell substrate than the grains themselves and to a certain extent grains with different orientations are also etched to a varying degree.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic view of method for producing solar cell.    Solar cell substrate (1)    Doped area (3)    Sacrificial structures (7)    Areas to be protected (8)    Two-stage doping (9, 11)    Heavy doping (50)
NOVELTY - The product handling device comprises a process medium supply unit (12) supplying the process medium (14) and a transport unit (16) having a transport element (24) to move the product (10) through the process medium along a process path between a receiving device and a handing over device. The process product enters the process medium from the side. It is moved by the process medium, on top of which it may float.    USE - For semiconductor wafers used in the production of solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - Less risk of damage to wafers.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a product handling device with a hold-down function.    Product (10)    Process medium supply unit (12)    Process medium (14)    Transport unit (16)    Transport element (24)
NOVELTY - Metal particles are supplied to a reactor (3) by spraying atomize gas on molten metal. Liquid tetrachlorosilane is supplied to the reactor. The metal particles and tetrachlorosilane are contacted in reactor, and tetrachlorosilane is reduced to obtain silicon.    USE - Manufacture of silicon used for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Silicon is manufactured without requiring vaporization of tetrachlorosilane. The corrosion of supply pipe of tetrachlorosilane is prevented.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of manufacturing apparatus of silicon.    Molten metal accommodating portion (1)    Reactor (3)    Tetrachlorosilane supply unit (4)    Solid-gas separation devices (5,8)    Metal particle supply unit (7)
NOVELTY - A bismuth-type glass composition contains (in mol%) bismuth oxide (30-60), boric oxide (10-35), neodymium oxide (0.01-10), zinc oxide (0-35) and sodium oxide (6 or less).    USE - Bismuth-type glass composition is used for sealing material for plasma display panel and organic electroluminescent display (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to sealing material for core and slider, piezoelectric vibrator package of flat display device such as field emission display, fluorescent display tube and integrated circuit package, solar cell e.g. silicon solar battery and dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The bismuth-type glass composition has excellent fluidity, and provided sealing material with loss-of-clarity-proof property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for sealing material, which contains 50-100 volume% of glass powder including bismuth-type glass composition and 0-50 volume% of heat-resistance filler powder.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of tablet-integrated exhaust pipe.    Exhaust pipe (1)    Tablet (2)    High melting point tablet (3)
NOVELTY - A ceramic spray deposit film comprises spinel-type magnesium oxide and aluminum oxide as main component. The mass ratio of magnesium oxide and aluminum oxide is 0.25-1.5. The ceramic spray deposit film has volume resistivity of 1x 108-1x 1014 ohm.cm and spinel-crystal lattice constant (a) of 8.084 Angstrom or more.    USE - Ceramic spray deposit film is used for corrosion-resistant component (claimed) used for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, flat panel display manufacturing apparatus and solar cell manufacturing apparatus. Can also be used in electrostatic chuck.    ADVANTAGE - The ceramic spray deposit film has high corrosion resistance with respect to halogen gas, and controlled volume resistivity. The electrostatic chuck having ceramic spray deposit film has excellent adsorption performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for corrosion-resistant component, which has ceramic spray deposit film provided in region exposing to atmosphere of halogen gas and/or plasma of halogen gas.
NOVELTY - The preparation method involves using polysilicon sheet and acidic corrosion solution which is composed of hydrofluoric acid, oxidant and modifier. The concentration of the hydrofluoric acid is 13 to 17 molecules per liter. The oxidant is a potassium permanganate solution with concentration range of 0.01 to 0.5 molecules per liter. The modifier is a sodium nitrite with concentration range of 0.05 to 0.2 molecules per liter. The corrosion temperature of acidic corrosion solution is 10 to 30 degrees centigrade, and the acid corrosion time is 10 to 45 minutes.    USE - Preparation method for polysilicon solar battery surface texture.    ADVANTAGE - Reduces reflection rate of the battery, while ensuring little pollution to the environment.
NOVELTY - An organic thin film photoelectric transducer is obtained by coating-film-forming of ( pi )-conjugated system low molecular weight compound, forming organic-semiconductor thin film (2) by disconnecting portion(s) of substituent from the ( pi )-conjugated system low molecular weight compound, and producing photoelectric converting layer by forming another semiconductor material (3) into a film on the organic-semiconductor thin film.    USE - Organic thin film photoelectric transducer e.g. optical sensor and organic thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The organic thin film photoelectric transducer has high photoelectric conversion property, and can be formed efficiently using low molecular weight compound.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of organic thin film photoelectric transducer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of organic thin film photoelectric transducer.    Electrode (1,4)    Organic semiconductor film (2)    Another semiconductor material (3)
NOVELTY - A pyrene compound containing polymer is new.    USE - Polymer (I) for electronic device or as electroluminescent material for polymer LEDs (PLEDs), organic integrated circuits, organic FETs, organic thin film transistors, organic solar cells, thermoelectric devices, electrochromic devices, or organic laser diodes (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The polymer (I) has excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties, and can provide polymer LEDs having high charge carrier mobilities, and high temperature stability of the emission color.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A pyrene compound containing polymer comprising repeating unit(s) of formula (I) is new.    R1-R6=H, F, SiR100R101R102, or organic substituent; or together form aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, or ring system, which can optionally be substituted;    m, n1, n2=0, 1 or 2;    R100-R102=1-8C alkyl, or optionally substituted 6-18C aryl; and    Ar1, Ar2=optionally substituted arylene or heteroarylene group.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for preparing compound (XIV) comprising reacting a compound of formula (XII), with a brominating agent, such as N-bromosuccinimide, or 1,3-bromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin.    X11=Br; and    n1, n2=0.
NOVELTY - A semiconductor material comprising transition metals and non-metals, is new.    USE - As an absorber material useful in solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The semiconductor material is in form of monocrystals. The primary materials used for manufacturing the semiconductor material are available in sufficient quantities and are, further, cost efficiently available, so that it is cost efficiently be produced in an easy way and in large quantities. The use of expensive and rarely found primary materials is no longer required. The material is manufactured by using a method which leads to a more homogeneous structure of the semiconductor material as compared with the prior art semiconductor materials. The solar cell obtained by using the material exhibits an efficiency factor of 3-29 (preferably 5-29, especially 10-29)%.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A semiconductor material of formula (M1)2(M2)1-x(M3)x(M4)((C1)1-y(C2)y)4 (I) is new.    M1-M4=transition metals;    C1 and C2=non-metals;    x and y=0-1.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) preparation of the compound (I);    (2) solar cell comprising the semiconductor material as an absorber material; and    (3) method for obtaining solar cell involving coating the material (I), as an absorber material, with a thin film of CdS; introducing the obtained absorber material in the thin film of a non-hardened polymer; hardening the polymer; coating top areas of the polymer with a transparent conductor, preferably with a well conductive and transparent oxide (TCO), especially indium-tin-oxide or an aluminum-doped zinc oxide; obtaining the solar cell with at least one rear contact; and connecting the solar cell with the contacts.
NOVELTY - An article is etched anisotropically in the presence of fluorinated unsaturated 4C compound chosen from trifluorobutadiene and/or tetrafluorobutene to produce an etched article. The fluorinated compound is used along with gas chosen from hydrogen, xenon, helium and/or argon, preferably xenon and/or argon. The etching is performed in presence of 1,1,3-trifluorobutadiene and/or tetrafluorobutene with trifluoro substituted carbon atom, preferably 1,1,3-trifluorobutadiene, (E)-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoro-2-butene, (Z)-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoro-2-butene and/or 2,4,4,4-tetrafluoro-1-butene.    USE - Method for producing etched article e.g. semiconductor memory (claimed) such as dynamic random access memory and central processing units, semiconductor logic circuit (claimed), solar cells, flat panels, and capacitors.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables to produce etched articles having nodes with narrow gap.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for composition of matter.
NOVELTY - A fuel cell comprises cathode chamber, anode chamber, pH gradient between the cathode and anode chambers, and gas flow to the cathode chamber. During use, the gas flow contains carbon dioxide at a concentration to reduce the pH gradient below what it would otherwise be if the gas flow contained either no carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide at a concentration below 400 ppm.    USE - A fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has features that alleviate pH gradient between anode and cathode compartments. The pH gradient is reduced and voltage efficiency and power output are increased.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of operating a fuel cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of hydroxyl transport process to reduce pH gradient between anode and cathode using bicarbonate/carbonate.
NOVELTY - A polymer film mask (12) containing binder resin (12A) which comprises organic dye particles (12B) is bonded on surface of to-be-treated material (20). Then, polymer film mask bonded surface is etched to form corrugated surface of to-be-treated material. Thus, surface treatment method is performed.    USE - Surface treatment method for forming corrugation on to-be-treated material surface for optical device (claimed) such as solar cell, light emitting diode (LED) and flat panel display.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides high yield processed product which is hardly varied in quality, even when to-be-treated material is a large area. The method enables high speed formation of corrugated surface of to-be-treated material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for mask for surface treatment method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the process explaining surface treatment method.    Polymer film mask (12)    Binder resin (12A)    Organic dye particles (12B)    To-be-treated material (20)
NOVELTY - A complex oxide sintered compact contains metal oxide particles (a and b). The metal oxide particles (a) have hexagonal laminar structure, and contain zinc oxide and indium. The metal oxide particles (b) have spinel structure and contain metallic element chosen from aluminum and/or gallium. The average length of the metal oxide particles (a) is 10 mu m or less. The metal oxide particles (a) (20% or more) have aspect ratio of 2 or more.    USE - Complex oxide sintered compact is used for sputtering target for manufacture of thin film (both claimed) for motor-vehicle component, transparent heat generating component and frozen showcase. Can also be used in electrode of liquid crystal display element and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The complex oxide sintered compact has improved electroconductivity, suppresses the abnormal discharge during sputtering, and provides thin film high productivity, heat resistance, and moisture resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of complex oxide sintered compact;    (2) sputtering target; and    (3) manufacture of thin film.
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic element (1) has layered structure (25) sequentially provided with flexible conductive composite foil (23), oxide layer (28), crystalline metal oxide semiconductor layer (14), photosensitization material (15), hole conducting medium (16), catalyst layer (19), transparent electrically conductive layer (18) and flexible transparent substrate (26). The flexible conductive composite foil has support material layer foil (23b), and electrically conductive layer (23a) including layer chosen from titanium layer, tin layer and zinc layer.    USE - Photovoltaic element is used for solar cell for electronic components such as watch.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic element has high efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of layered structure of solar cell.    Photovoltaic element (1)    Crystalline metal oxide semiconductor layer (14)    Photosensitization material (15)    Hole conducting medium (16)    Transparent electrically conductive layer (18)    Catalyst layer (19)    Flexible conductive composite foil (23)    Electrically conductive layer (23a)    Support material layer foil (23b)    Layered structure (25)    Flexible transparent substrate (26)    Oxide layer (28)
NOVELTY - The method involves scribing the conductive layer (56) arranged around uni-facial, bi-facial, or multi-facial non-planar substrate (52), so as to form a continuous groove (58) that traverses a perimeter of conductive layer for several times. The conductive layer and the substrate consist of metal, semiconductor, conductive polymer, or insulator. The conductive layer is scribed using a mechanical or laser scriber.    USE - Method for patterning conductive layer arranged around non-planar substrate for elongated conductive device such as solar cell of photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The conductive islands of the conductive device can be physically separated and electrically isolated from each other by groove that traverses the perimeter of conductive layer. Also, the grooves can be formed as small as possible to reduce dead area and to enhance material usage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for patterned conductive layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the plan view and cross sectional view of the elongated conductive device.    Elongated conductive device (50)    Non-planar substrate (52)    Conductive layer (56)    Groove (58)
NOVELTY - Making a laminated structure comprising (i) a glass layer, (ii) a first alkoxysilane-containing polyolefin (PO) layer, (iii) a catalyst layer, and (iv) a second alkoxysilane-containing PO layer, comprises applying in adhering contact: (a) one facial surface of the first layer to one facial surface of glass layer; (b) the catalyst layer to the facial surface of first layer in adhering contact with glass layer; and (c) the second layer to the facial surface of catalyst layer opposite to the facial surface of catalyst layer in adhering contact with first layer.    USE - The method is useful for making laminated structure, which is useful in the form of a photovoltaic panel, solar cell, safety glass or insulated glass (claimed). The laminated structure is useful as a sealant for insulated glass, as a coating for glass (e.g. to provide a visible or UV-light shield), and as a general adhesive for glass.    ADVANTAGE - The laminated structure exhibits good adhesion to the glass and good mechanical strength at elevated temperature.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method of making a laminated structure comprising (i) a glass layer, (ii) a first alkoxysilane-containing polyolefin (PO) layer, (iii) a catalyst layer, and (iv) a second alkoxysilane-containing PO layer, comprises the steps of applying in adhering contact: (a) one facial surface of the first PO layer to one facial surface of the glass layer; (b) the catalyst layer to the facial surface of the first PO layer opposite the facial surface of the first PO layer in adhering contact with the glass layer; and (c) the second PO layer to the facial surface of the catalyst layer opposite the facial surface of the catalyst layer in adhering contact with the first PO layer, where each layers have opposing facial surfaces. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for the laminated structure comprising (i)-(iv) as above per se.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows the scheme of architecture for compression molding.
NOVELTY - Formation of a solar cell device comprises forming a dielectric layer on a back surface of a substrate; removing portions of the dielectric layer from the back surface to form exposed regions of the substrate; depositing a first metal layer over a portion of the dielectric layer, where the metal layer is in electrical communication with one of the exposed regions; and texturing a front surface of the substrate after depositing the metal layer. The front surface is textured by exposing the substrate to an etch chemistry. A second metal layer is deposited on a portion of the dielectric layer.    USE - Method for the formation of a solar cell device (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Layers are formed on the backside of the solar cell substrate to prevent the backside from being attacked during the subsequent process, and provide a stable supporting surface.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a flow chart of the method for the formation of the solar cell device.    Clean substrate surface (202)    Deposit dielectric layer on substrate (204)    Form active regions (214)    Deposit conducting layer on backside (216)    Form metallization layer (220)
NOVELTY - A solar cell device is formed by forming first doping layer on back surface of crystalline silicon substrate; and texturing front surface of the crystalline silicon substrate. The first doping layer disposed on the back surface is used to prevent etching of the back surface during the process of texturing the front surface.    USE - Method for forming solar cell device (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method is capable of forming active and current carrying regions on surface of substrate, in which a doping layer disposed on back surface is used to prevent etching of the back surface during the process of texturing the front surface.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a system for forming solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a flow chart showing method to metallize a solar cell.
NOVELTY - A reaction chamber (46) receives a substrate (48) and a film forming gas. A gas inlet port (64) introduces the film forming gas into the reaction chamber. An incidence window (86) transmits a laser sheet (84) into the reaction chamber. A carbon dioxide laser source (82) generates the laser sheet transmitted into the reaction chamber through the incidence window for decomposing the film forming gas. An antenna (72) ionizes the film forming gas within the reaction chamber.    USE - Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus for manufacturing solar cell and thin-film transistor (TFT) device.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus is capable of forming a dense semiconductor film under high-rate deposition condition without damaging by simultaneously utilizing the laser sheet and the plasma to excite and decompose the film forming gas. The clouding of the laser emerging window is prevented by removing the film forming gas. The simultaneous deposition of discrete nanoparticle on the substrate by the laser-introduced reaction and the condensed vapor from the plasma allows the condensation of the excited species in the plasma to fill the gaps between the nanoparticles to form a non-porous semiconductor film with nanoparticles imbedded in the dense matrix.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the high-rate CVD apparatus.    Reaction chamber (46)    Substrate (48)    Gas inlet port (64)    Antenna (72)    Carbon dioxide laser source (82)    Laser sheet (84)    Incidence window (86)
NOVELTY - A solar cell (20) comprises an electron conductor layer (16); a quantum dot layer (12); a bifunctional ligand layer (14) coupling the electron conductor layer and the quantum dot layer, and including an antibiotic; and a hole conductor layer (18) coupled to the quantum dot layer.    USE - A solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic cross-sectional side view of a solar cell.    Quantum dot layer (12)    Bifunctional ligand layer (14)    Electron conductor layer (16)    Hole conductor layer (18)    Solar cell (20)
NOVELTY - A solar cell has substrate (10), transparent conductive oxide layer (20), anti-reflection coating (ARC) layer (30) and main charge collecting line (40). The substrate has semiconductor layer (12) near back surface (10B) of substrate, and semiconductor layer (14) near front surface (10F) of substrate. The transparent conductive oxide layer is formed on front surface. The anti-reflection coating layer is formed on transparent conductive oxide layer. The main charge collecting line is electrically connected to transparent conductive oxide layer.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Solar cell has improved photon utilization.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar cell has substrate, transparent conductive oxide layer, anti-reflection coating (ARC) layer and main charge collecting line. The substrate contains primary semiconductor layer near back surface of the substrate, and secondary semiconductor layer near front surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive oxide layer is formed on front surface. The anti-reflection coating layer is formed on transparent conductive oxide layer. The main charge collecting line penetrates through ARC layer, projects from ARC layer and is electrically connected to transparent conductive oxide layer. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of solar cell.    Substrate (10)    Front surface (10F)    Back surface (11B)    Semiconductor layers (12,14)    Transparent conductive oxide layer (20)    ARC layer (30)    Main charge collecting line (40)
NOVELTY - The device has a metal filled dielectric layer comprising a transparent dielectric base material layer (14), that is formed on a metal conductive layer (12). The fine metal structures (16) are filled in the micropores (15) formed in base material layer. A protrusion (16a) of the metal structure is protruded to the base material layer while forming a photoelectric converting layer (20) on the dielectric layer. A transparent conductive layer (22) is formed on the photoelectric converting layer such that the external light is irradiated to the conductive layers.    USE - Photoelectric converting device used for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The external light can be irradiated reliably to the conductive layers so that the local plasmon is induced reliably in the protrusion formed in the metal structure. Thus, the light trapping effect and the optical resonance effect of the photoelectric converting device are improved so that the light conversion efficiency rate of photoelectric converting device is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of photoelectric converting device.    Metal conductive layer (12)    Transparent dielectric base material layer (14)    Micropore (15)    Fine metal structure (16)    Protrusion (16a)    Photoelectric converting layer (20)    Transparent conductive layer (22)
NOVELTY - A patterned conductive material (102) is formed on substrate (101) and second transparent conductive material (104) is formed on first conductive material. A solar cell layer (103) is formed on the second conductive material. A third conductive transparent material (105) is obliquely depositing on the solar cell layer and the solar cell layer is etched using the third material as a mask. A fourth conductive material is formed obliquely on the solar cell layer and the second conductive material is electrically connected with the third conductive material.    USE - Method for manufacturing integrated thin-film solar cell (claimed) e.g. amorphous silicon-based solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The insulation gap between the unit elements of integrated thin-film solar cell can be reduced. Expensive equipment such as a laser and a precision position control system is made unnecessary, thus the manufacturing cost is reduced. The unit cell can be prevented from being deteriorated in performance due to its exposure to atmosphere.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for integrated thin-film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of integrated thin-film solar cell.    Substrate (101)    Conductive materials (102-105)    Solar cell layer (103)
NOVELTY - The solar cell assembly (44) has primary quantum dot solar cell (46) that is configured to absorb light having relatively higher energy level and to pass light having other lower energy levels. A secondary quantum dot solar cell (48) is arranged at the downstream of primary quantum dot solar cell for absorbing light having highly more intermediate energy level and to pass light having lower energy level. A tertiary quantum dot solar cell (50) is configured to absorb relatively lower energy level of incident radiation.    USE - Solar cell assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell assembly can be tuned effectively for greater sensitivity to particular ranges of energy within the electromagnetic spectrum, by providing quantum dot solar cells. As the solar cell is provided with tunable electron conductor, the solar cells can be designed to utilize a larger fraction of the solar spectrum.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram illustrating relative energy levels between components of the solar cell assembly.    Solar cell assembly (44)    Solar cells (46,48,50)
NOVELTY - The solar cell (1000) has top cell (1300) including lightly and highly doped n-type material layers (1330,1310) and p-type material layer (1350). The lightly doped n-type material layer contacts with highly doped n-type material layer. The p-type material layer contacts with the lightly doped n-type material layer to absorb higher frequencies of incident radiation, and to pass the lower frequencies of incident radiation to bottom cell (1500).    USE - Multi-stack solar cell for photovoltaic system (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The layering of bulk materials for both absorption and transmission of higher and lower frequencies of incident radiation can be optimized. The losses due to thermal and stimulated recombination effects can be reduced effectively so that the efficiency of the solar cell can be increased to 15%. The need for excess tunnel junctions to connect the top cell to bottom cell can be eliminated, the photons having energies near 1 eV can be absorbed by bottom cell includes germanium layers, the mobility of carriers in both the top cell and the bottom cell can be increased and the perfect lattice matching among the layers, and high carrier transport can be ensured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for photovoltaic system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the multi-stack solar cell.    Multi-stack solar cell (1000)    Top cell (1300)    Highly doped n-type material layer (1310)    Lightly doped n-type material layer (1330)    P-type material layer (1350)    Bottom cell (1500)
NOVELTY - A solar cell is manufactured by depositing a transparent conductive layer on a substrate (300), patterning the transparent conductive layer (360), forming a semiconductor layer (400) deposited on the patterned transparent conductive layer, patterning the semiconductor layer, coating the patterned semiconductor layer with metal powder (320) after the patterning of the semiconductor layer, forming a rear electrode layer on the semiconductor layer coated with metal powder, and patterning the rear electrode layer and the semiconductor layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method provides solar cell with improved light absorption efficiency by increasing the reflectance of the rear electrode layer without reducing electrical conductivity; and is simple to implement.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Substrate (300)    Reflecting electrode (310)    Metal powder (320)    Transparent conductive layer (360)    Semiconductor layer (400)
NOVELTY - The method involves doping n-type dopant (204) on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (202). A passivating layer is formed over the dopant and other surface of the substrate. A dielectric layer is formed over the passivating layer.    USE - Method for forming solar cell for solar panel used in PV system. Uses include but are not limited to remote terrestrial application, battery charging for navigational aid, telecommunication equipment, consumer electronics such as calculator, watch, radio etc.    ADVANTAGE - The surface concentration of n-type dopant is reduced by diffusing the dopant into the semiconductor substrate while forming passivating layer on the semiconductor substrate so that efficiency of solar cell is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for passivating doped solar cell substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic side view of the substrate.    Semiconductor substrate (202)    N-type dopant (204)
NOVELTY - A phosphorus silicate glass layer with amorphous silicon structure is formed on a p-type silicon substrate (20). The glass layer is removed partially to expose portion of the substrate. Heavily doped region (22) and a lightly doped region (22') are formed in exposed portion and unexposed portion of the substrate simultaneously using the glass layer as translucent barrier layer. The glass layer is removed. An anti-reflection coating (25) is formed on the substrate. An electrode (27') is formed on the anti-reflection coating and coupled with the heavily doped region.    USE - Method for manufacturing solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The damage to the semiconductor structure from multiple thermal diffusion procedures is prevented and the heat consumption is reduced, as the heavily doped region and lightly doped region are formed simultaneously. Contact resistance is reduced, electron-hole recombination rate is decreased and blue absorption is improved. The photo-electric conversion efficiency is improved, yield is increased and the manufacturing cost is decreased.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Silicon substrate (20)    Heavily doped region (22)    Lightly doped region (22')    Anti-reflection coating (25)    Electrode (27')
NOVELTY - A base having a front surface and a back surface is provided. At least one layer of a precursor structure (403) is deposited on the front surface of the base. The precursor structure contains at least one of IB group material, IIIA group material and VIA group material. At least one layer of the precursor structure is planarized by pressing a smooth surface on at least one layer of the precursor structure, and thus, a planarized precursor structure is formed. IB-IIIA-VIA group compound layer is manufactured.    USE - Manufacture of IB-IIIA-VIA group compound layer for fabrication of thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The IB-IIIA-VIA group compound layer is manufactured with favorable quality.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of precursor stack for solar cell absorber fabrication; and    (2) system for forming precursor structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic cross-sectional view of copper-indium-gallium-selenium layer.    Substrate (400)    Optical contact layer (401)    Precursor structure (403)    Planar absorber layer (600)
NOVELTY - Purification of silicon involves melting silicon by heating a crucible (2) which contains silicon powder (1) obtained by machining silicon with an abrasive grain at inert atmosphere forming a silicon molten material, coagulating the silicon molten material by unidirectional solidification forming a silicon block, and removing the top and lower part of the silicon block by chemical or physical method such as cutting, polishing, blast or acid dissolution and alkali dissolution.    USE - A purification of silicon for solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - Recovers highly purified silicon powder with an abrasive grain component.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the melting apparatus used in the purification of silicon.    Silicon powder (1)    Crucible (2)    Melting apparatus (3)    Cylinder (4)    Heater (5)
NOVELTY - A metal complex pigment is new.    USE - A metal complex pigment for dye sensitizing metal oxide semiconductor electrode and dye-sensitized solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The pigment carries out optical absorption of sunlight energy efficiently. The pigment has sensitivity in light of broad region, and takes out electric current efficiently.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A metal complex pigment of formula ML1L2X is new.    M=element of groups 8-10 on periodic table;    X=monodentate ligand or monovalent atom group;    L1=ligand of formula (2);    L2=ligand of formula (3);    A1-A3=carboxy, sulfonic acid, phosphoric acid or their salts;    R1-R3=substituent;    m1-m3=0-3;    n1-n3=0-3; and    Z=atomic group which forms nitrogen containing aromatic ring.    Provided that m1+n1 is less than or equal to 4, is m2+n2 is less than or equal to 3, and m3+n3 is less than or equal to 4. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a dye sensitizing metal oxide semiconductor electrode comprising oxide semiconductor which is adsorbed in metal complex pigment; and    (2) a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising redox electrolyte which contacts dye sensitizing metal oxide semiconductor electrodes, counter electrodes, and electrodes on electroconductive support body.
NOVELTY - The micro lens mold (18) manufacturing method involves forming an etching mask in a board (11) and performing anisotropic etching to the board by setting the etching mask as a mask. An isotropic etching is performed to the substrate with which anisotropic etching is performed. The board is a board provided with the mask layer (12) and the etching mask is the mask layer pattern (15) in which the mask layer is patterned.    USE - Micro lens mold manufacturing method for semiconductor device. Uses include but are not limited to optical component, wiring circuit, data storage media e.g. hard disk, optical media, medical members such as chip for assaies, microneedle, biodevices such as biosensor, cell structure substrate, members for close examination machines such as test probe, sample holding member, display panel, panel members, energy devices such as solar cell, fuel cell, microreactor and micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) device.    ADVANTAGE - Easily performs shape control and suitably forms micro lens of the desired aspect ratio since the depth pattern can be controlled by the process of performing anisotropic etching and can make curved-surface structure according to the process of performing an isotropic etching.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a micro lens mold; and    (2) a micro lens.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows illustrations of micro lens mold manufacturing method.    Board (11)    Mask layer (12)    Resist material (13)    Mask layer pattern (15)    Micro lens mold (18)
NOVELTY - A film of dispersion liquid containing electroconductive fine particles and a dispersing agent is formed (S1) on a substrate. The liquid component contained in film is reduced (S2) in low oxygen atmosphere. Ultraviolet light is irradiated (S3) to film. The resulting film is sequentially heated (S4,S5) in low oxygen atmosphere and oxygen environment, and transparent conductive film is manufactured.    USE - Manufacture of transparent conductive film used for electronic device, flat panel display and electrode for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent conductive film having low resistance is manufactured at low temperature.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flowchart explaining manufacture of transparent conductive film. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Coating process (S1)    Drying process (S2)    Irradiation process (S3)    Heating processes (S4,S5)
NOVELTY - An organometallic film (3) containing an organometallic material is formed on a base material (21). A portion of organometallic film is pressurized along film thickness direction. The organometallic film is etched. The etching rate in the pressureless region (311) where the organometallic film is not pressurized is quicker than the etching rate in pressurized region (310) where the organometallic film is pressurized. The pressureless region is selectively removed.    USE - Patterning of organometallic film used for joining to-be-adhered components (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to transistor, reflective mirror, optical lens, inkjet type recording head, microreactor, pressure sensor, magneto-optical recording medium, organic electroluminescent element, solar cell, and package component of semiconductor element and electronic component.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables patterning of organometallic film efficiently and economically.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for etching method of organometallic film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the schematic view of patterning of the organometallic film.    Organometallic film (3)    Indenter (4)    Base material (21)    Pressurized region (310)    Pressureless region (311)
NOVELTY - A solar cell (5) has a p-type semiconductor joined to electroconductive substance containing electride (1).    USE - Solar cell is used for generating electric power.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is economically manufactured without using electrolyte solution.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the longitudinal cross-sectional view of solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Electride (1)    Electroconductive polymer layer (2)    Electrodes (3,4)    Solar cell (5)
NOVELTY - A sheet comprises laminated component containing gas barrier film (GS) having primer layer for vapor deposition (B) formed on base material (A), vapor deposition layer (C) containing inorganic oxide formed on primer layer. The primer layer comprises resin having amide ester portion obtained by reacting component (B1) (99-55 mass%) and component (B2) (1-45 mass%). The component (B1) is oxazoline group-containing resin. The component (B2) is acrylic resin containing copolymer of poly(meth)acrylic acid and/or poly(meth)acrylic acid, and comonomer.    USE - Sheet is used for solar cell back surface sealing component for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The sheet suppresses the fall of appearance defect accompanying adherence defect and fall of gas barrier property, and has excellent moist-and-heat-resistance adhesiveness.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the sheet.    Sheet (1)    Base material (A)    Primer layer for vapor deposition (B)    Vapor deposition layer (C)    Overcoat layer for vapor deposition (D)    Polyurethane adhesive (DA)    Weather-resistance base material (DS)    Coating composition layer (EC)    Gas barrier film (GS)
NOVELTY - The solar panel has two sides of substrate (2) and two side wheels. The side substrate is translucent and electrically conductive. A doped semiconductor layer is arranged on the side of the substrate. Another doped semiconductor layer is arranged on the former semiconductor layer. The former semiconductor layer forms a pn-transition. The third doped semiconductor layer is arranged on another side of the substrate, and the fourth doped semiconductor layer is arranged on the third semiconductor layer.    USE - Solar panel, particularly a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar panel has two sides of substrate and two side wheels, and thus ensures to improve the efficiency of the solar panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a longitudinal sectional view of a solar cell.    Solar cell (1)    Substrate (2)    Filling thread (3)    Warp thread (4)    P-doped silicon layers (5,6)    N-doped silicon layers (7,8)
NOVELTY - A photoactive component comprises organic layers, particularly, organic solar cells having a layer arrangement. The layer arrangement comprises an electrode, a counter-electrode and a sequence of organic layers. The electrode is made of multiple layers of different elements. The layer is made up of main group metal for example aluminum, gallium, indium or stannous having a thickness of 35-200 Angstrom , and a transition metal including chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper or zinc having a thickness up to 200 Angstrom .    USE - Photoactive component for use in p-i-n, p-i-i or m-i-p structure and for manufacturing organic solar cells or light sensors (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The photoactive component ensures excellent optical and electrical properties with high chemical stability by using precious metals and provides organic solar cells having high efficiency in a cost-effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The photoactive component comprises organic layers, particularly, organic solar cells having a layer arrangement. The layer arrangement comprises an electrode, a counter-electrode and a sequence of organic layers. The electrode is made of multiple layers of different elements. The layer is made up of main group metal for example aluminum, gallium, indium or stannous having a thickness of 35-200 Angstrom , and a transition metal including chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper or zinc having a thickness up to 200 Angstrom or another metal or transition metal such as aluminum, silver, gold or platinum.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the organic solar cell.    Base contact (2)    Hole transport layer (3)    Absorber (4)    Electron transport layer (5)    Exciton blocking layer (6)
NOVELTY - The system (1000) has an electronic device (1100) e.g. mobile phone, comprising a processing module (1110) e.g. CPU, a power adapter (1130), a communication interface (1140) and a rechargeable battery (1120) i.e. Lithium ion battery. A fuel cell module (1200) comprises another power adapter (1230) and another communication interface (1240). A control unit (1210) receives a status of the battery from the electronic device via the processing module and the communication interfaces to determine whether to charge the rechargeable battery using a fuel cell (1220) via the power adapters.    USE - Battery management system.    ADVANTAGE - The battery management system manages rechargeable batteries and fuel cells using only existing communication interfaces without modifying system circuits, thus improving system stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a battery management method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of a battery management system.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Battery management system (1000)    Electronic device (1100)    Processing module (1110)    Rechargeable battery (1120)    Power adapter (1130, 1230)    Communication interface (1140, 1240)    Fuel cell module (1200)    Control unit (1210)    Fuel cell (1220)
NOVELTY - A dielectric ink comprises sol-gel solution, main solvent, auxiliary solvent, silicon-containing precursor, ultra-pure water and catalyst. The main solvent steadily disperses the sol-gel solution.    USE - Dielectric ink used for dielectric thin film for organic thin film transistor (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electronic paper, smart card, organic solar cell, organic light emitting diode and liquid crystal display.    ADVANTAGE - The dielectric ink provides thin film with excellent flexibility and smoothness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) dielectric thin film, which is formed by inkjet printing using dielectric ink containing sol-gel solution, main solvent, auxiliary solvent, silicon-containing precursor, ultra-pure water and catalyst; and    (2) organic thin film transistor, which has dielectric thin film and gate insulating layer.
NOVELTY - A titanium dioxide (TiO2) based composite film material comprises TiO2/cuprous oxide (Cu2O) or TiO2/cadmium sulfide (CdS) semiconductor material deposited on any substrate; and uses TiO2 film of any shape as a base layer, and CdS or Cu2O film of any shape as surface layer or directly deposited on substrate. The TiO2/Cu2O or TiO2/CdS composite powder material is fixed on substrate using a binder. A molar ratio of TiO2 and CdS is 100:1-1:20. A molar ratio of TiO2 and Cu2O is 50:1-1:20.    USE - A TiO2 based composite film material for storing and releasing solar energy (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composite film material has lower cost than traditional solar battery.
NOVELTY - Semiconductor electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell comprises conductive bottom layer, semiconductor layer formed on the conductive bottom layer, and dye layer formed on the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes semiconductor particles and metal oxide particle(s) of zirconium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum (Mo), tungsten, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, iron, and antimony.    USE - Semiconductor electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Electrons in the semiconductor layer are effectively separated from cavities due to the presence of metal oxide particle, thus prolonging the service life of electron-cavity and increasing light generated current to increase light-to-electricity conversion rate of dye-sensitized solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a method of manufacturing semiconductor electrode comprising forming a semiconductor layer including semiconductor particles and metal oxide particles on conductive bottom layer; and forming a dye layer on the semiconductor layer; and    (2) a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising semiconductor electrode, counter electrode, and electrolyte between the semiconductor electrode and counter electrode.
NOVELTY - A luminous transparent glass ceramic comprises (in mol%) silica (40-60), alumina (10-30), yttrium fluoride (5-25), sodium fluoride (0-15), lithium fluoride (0-15), ytterbium fluoride (0.01-5), rare earth metal fluoride (0.01-5), metal sulfate (less than 0.5) and iron (less than 0.02). The metal sulfate contains magnesium, calcium, barium or strontium. The glass ceramic has yttrium fluoride nanocrystals with orthorhombic structure distributed evenly in the glass base. The nanocrystals have size of 15-30 mm and are concentrated with doped rare earth ions.    USE - Luminous transparent glass ceramic used in silicon-made solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The luminous transparent glass ceramic has high luminance conversion efficiency, effectively improves the photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cell and effectively reduces the thermalizing effect of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A luminous transparent glass ceramic comprises (in mol%) silica (40-60), alumina (10-30), yttrium fluoride (5-25), sodium fluoride (0-15), lithium fluoride (0-15), ytterbium fluoride (0.01-5), rare earth metal fluoride (0.01-5), metal sulfate (less than 0.5) and iron (less than 0.02). The metal sulfate contains magnesium, calcium, barium or strontium. The glass ceramic does not contain sodium fluoride and lithium fluoride simultaneously. The glass ceramic has yttrium fluoride nanocrystals with orthorhombic structure distributed evenly in the glass base. The nanocrystals have size of 15-30 mm and are concentrated with doped rare earth ions. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of the glass ceramics, which involves using melt-spinning technique and performing subsequent thermal treatment; and    (2) use of the glass ceramic, which involves coupling the glass ceramic and silicon-made solar cell in order to reduce the thermalizing effect and improve photoelectric conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - A hydrophilic component has hydrophilic layer on base material. The hydrophilic layer is formed using hydrophilic polymer including 30 mol% or more of structural unit containing hydrophilic group in one molecule and alkoxy silyl group(s). The rate of fusing of alkoxy silyl group of hydrophilic polymer in hydrophilic layer is 30-70%. The ratio of number of alkoxy silyl group and silanol group is 0.1-15. The hydrophilic layer surface has water droplet contact angle of 15 degrees or less at 20 degrees C.    USE - Hydrophilic component. Uses include but are not limited to building material, motor vehicle, camera lens, endoscope lens, semiconductor lens, aircraft, vessel, street light, solar cell cover and signboard.    ADVANTAGE - The hydrophilic component has excellent dry cleaning wet flaw resistance, flexibility and stain resistance.
NOVELTY - Core-shell particles have shell containing metal oxide formed in surface of core particles including material (A) with dielectric constant of 10 or more. The shell has thickness of 1-500 nm, and maximum pore volume of 0.01 cc/g and pore diameter of 3 nm or less which is measured in pore volume histogram by nitrogen adsorption method. The average particle diameter of core-shell particles in dispersion medium is 1-1000 nm.    USE - Core-shell particles used for coating composition for article (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to filler for resin, cosmetics, glass, optical filter, transparent substrate for solar cells and vehicles and construction window.    ADVANTAGE - The core-shell particles having precise shell is manufactured in short period of time. The coating composition comprising the core-shell particles provides coating film with high durability and productivity. The article comprising the coating film has excellent alkali resistance, coloring property, electroconductivity, ultraviolet-ray shielding property, fog prevention property, lubricacy, oil and water-repelling property, stain resistance, antistatic property, photocatalytic property, antimicrobial property, and is manufactured economically.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of core-shell particles, which involves irradiating microwave to liquid (a) containing core particles and metal oxide precursor, and forming shell on surface of the core particles;    (2) coating composition, which contains core-shell particles and dispersion medium; and    (3) article, which has coating film formed using the coating composition on a base material.
NOVELTY - Battery (I), comprises: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator between the positive and negative electrode; and an electrolyte comprising an ionic liquid composition.    USE - The ionic liquid composition is useful as: electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory; battery electrolytes, electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cell, and fuel cells; and a heat transfer medium.    ADVANTAGE - The composition exhibits thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range, and ionic conductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Battery (I), comprises: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator between the positive and negative electrode; and an electrolyte comprising an ionic liquid composition, where the ionic liquid composition comprises one or more phosphonium based cation comprising compound of formula (R1R2R3R4P).    R1, R2, R3, R4 = optional and each independently a substituent group, and one or more anions, preferably tetramethylene phospholane, pentamethylene phosphorinane, tetramethinyl phosphole, phospholane or phosphorinane.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a polycrystalline material layer on an insulating layer and a single-crystal material layer, and forming another insulating layer on the polycrystalline material layer. An active layer is formed by recrystallizing a polycrystalline material to a single-crystal material with same orientation. A solar cell is formed on the active layer, and a metal backing layer (43) is formed on the solar cell layer. A sacrificial layer e.g. silicon dioxide, is removed to separate the solar cell from a substrate.    USE - Method for fabricating a thin film crystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables fabricating the thin film crystalline silicon solar cell in a cost effective manner. The thin film crystalline silicon solar cell is self-sustained, light in weight and flexible. The method increases light collection efficiency of the thin film crystalline silicon solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a final solar cell structure after lift-off process.    Recrystallized silicon thin film (36)    Emitter metal (40)    Metal backing layer (43)    Anti-reflection coating (44)
NOVELTY - An organic gallium compound and nitrogen source are reacted by irradiating laser to obtain gallium nitride particles.    USE - Manufacture of gallium nitride particles (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to photocatalyst used in petrochemical industry, solar cell used in photovoltaic power generation, fluorescent substance used in display industry, and quantum dot used in computer industry.    ADVANTAGE - The gallium nitride particles having high quality and small and uniform particle size are manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for apparatus (11) for manufacturing gallium nitride particles, which consists of gas distribution pipe (130) for distributing source gas containing organic gallium compound and nitrogen source, gas inlet tubes (104-106) which introduce the source gas into the gas distribution pipe, gas discharge pipe which discharges the produced gallium nitride particles, and laser radiation device (101) which is arranged at the exterior of the gas distribution pipe in order to irradiate laser to the source gas.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the apparatus for manufacturing the gallium nitride particles.    Gallium nitride particles manufacturing apparatus (11)    Laser radiation device (101)    Gas inlet tubes (104-106)    Gad distribution pipe (130)    Split portion (221)
NOVELTY - A conductive polymer material has an ultraviolet absorption layer (20) and a layer (30) containing conductive polymer, provided on a support (10). The light transmittance of ultraviolet absorption layer with respect to light having wavelength of 410 nm is 40% or less.    USE - Conductive polymer material is used for electroconductive film. Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display, plasma display, electroluminescent display, mobile apparatus, television, computer, touch panel, sensor, electronic paper, solar cell, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The conductive polymer material has excellent optical durability and electroconductivity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of conductive polymer material.    Support (10)    Support containing ultraviolet absorber (12)    Ultraviolet absorption layer (20)    Ultraviolet absorption layer containing conductive polymer (21)    Conductive polymer layer (30)
NOVELTY - An ionic compound (I) and salt (III) are reacted in an organic solvent to obtain reaction mixture. The obtained reaction mixture is filtered, and ionic chloride is removed. The filtrate is centrifuged and collected supernatant liquid. An activated carbon is added to the supernatant liquid, and the reaction by-products are removed to obtain ionic compound (IV).    USE - Manufacture of ionic compound. Uses include but are not limited to electrolyte solution of electrical double layer capacitors, lithium ion batteries, dye-sensitized solar cell, reaction solvent of organic synthesis, extracting solvent of organic solvent and magnetic fluid and luminescent material.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides ionic compound with high luminescent property, non-flammability and yield.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An ionic compound of formula (NPR12)n (I) and salt of formula A+x- (III) are reacted in an organic solvent to obtain reaction mixture. The obtained reaction mixture is filtered, and ionic chloride is removed. The filtrate is centrifuged and collected supernatant liquid. An activated carbon is added to the supernatant liquid, and the reaction by-products are removed to obtain ionic compound of formula (NPR32)n (IV).    R1=halo or monovalent substituent, and atleast one is ionic substituent of formula: -N+R23Cl-;    R2=H or monovalent substituent, and atleast one is not H, and combine with each other to form ring;    n=3-15;    A+=monovalent cation;    X-=monovalent anion;and    R3=halo or monovalent substituent, and atleast one is ionic substituent of formula: -N+R23X-.
NOVELTY - An organometallic complex compound which has discotic liquid crystal and homeotropic alignment is new.    USE - New organometallic complex compound which has discotic liquid crystal and homeotropic alignment for orientation type functional material (claimed), electroluminescent element material, image scanner material, photolithographtive material, solar cell material, ferromagnetic material, gas sensor and catalyst.    ADVANTAGE - The compound has acceptor property.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of the temperature change of the compounds liquid crystal phase. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - An electrode layer, a semiconductor electrode having semiconductor layer formed by supporting a pigment, and an electrolyte layer are sequentially provided on a substrate, and dye-sensitized photoelectric transducer is manufactured. The pigment is aromatic amine compound, and is supported on semiconductor layer at 40-100 degrees C.    USE - Manufacture of dye sensitized photoelectric transducer used for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The dye sensitized photoelectric transducer having excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and durability is manufactured.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of photoelectric transducer. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrates (1,1')    Transparent conductive films (2,7)    Semiconductor (3)    Pigment (4)    Electrolyte (5)    Counter electrolyte (6)    Platinum (8)
NOVELTY - The assembly has a light anode provided with a transparent conductive substrate, a strip-shaped/grid-shaped metal gate electrode, and a compact semiconductor layer. The transparent conductive substrate is provided with the metal gate electrode that is equipped with the compact semiconductor layer. A nanometer porous semiconductor layer is coated on the compact semiconductor layer. A catalyst platinum layer is provided on the conductive substrate. An electrolytic layer is arranged between the light anode and a pair electrode.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell parallel assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly has rational design and high technical integration degree. The metal gate electrode reduces electronic collection resistance, improves optical-electrical conversion efficiency and increases efficient utilization area.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The transparent conductive substrate is selected from one of transparent conductive glass, transparent glass, transparent conductive plastic and transparent plastic. The compact semiconductor layer is made from one or compound of peptide oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, tungsten oxide and niobium oxide. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a manufacturing method of a dye-sensitized solar cell parallel assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a dye-sensitized solar cell parallel assembly.
NOVELTY - A paste comprises (mass %) aluminum powder (65-75), an organic carrier (20-30), an inorganic glass powder (0.2-6), and an additive (0.5-1). The glass powder is formed by uniformly mixing greater than or equal to 2 glass powders with average grain size.    USE - A paste for forming an electrode of a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The paste can suppress stress bending of a silicon substrate, and can completely form a backside electric field effect required by a solar cell together with a silicon base material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for preparing a paste, comprising:    (A) uniformly diffusing the glass powder in an organic solvent by ultrasonic wave;    (B) preparing a glass powder dispersion; and    (C) uniformly mixing the glass powder dispersion, aluminum powder, and an organic carrier with an additive.
NOVELTY - The board has U-shaped strip plate (1) having longitudinal locating sheet (3) at one side of upper surface. The grooves (2,4) are formed at upper surface of strip plate. A longitudinal locating side block (5) is fixed to groove, by fastening bolt. A notch groove (6) is formed in upper surface of strip plate and blocked by transverse locating slide block (7) such that notch groove is divided into sections.    USE - Welding board for crystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The flexibility of welding board can be improved. The application range of board can be broadened. The battery can be used conveniently.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of welding board.    U-shaped strip plate (1)    Grooves (2,4)    Longitudinal locating sheet (3)    Longitudinal locating side block (5)    Notch groove (6)    Locating slide block (7)
NOVELTY - The generating device has a photo-electrochemical cell (1) with anode (2) and cathode (3). A solar cell (4) containing positive pole (5) and negative pole (6) is provided for generating bias voltage. The solar cell is electrically connected with photo-electrochemical cell. The anode of photo-electrochemical cell and solar cell are positioned in sunlight incident plane. The anode and cathode of cell is dipped into electrolyte solution such as diluted sulfuric acid aqueous solution of 0.05-5 mol/L or sodium hydroxide aqueous solution of 0.1-5 mol/L.    USE - Device for generating hydrogen by water decomposition.    ADVANTAGE - The oxygen and hydrogen can be separated easily using photo-catalysis process. The cost required for generating hydrogen can be reduced and the utilization rate of sunlight is increased. The hydrogen can be generated efficiently.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the hydrogen generating device.    Photo-electrochemical cell (1)    Anode (2)    Cathode (3)    Solar cell (4)    Positive pole (5)    Negative pole (6)
NOVELTY - A copper-indium-sulfur film is prepared by preparing electrolyte with cupric salt, indium salt, sulfide source, complexing agent, and supporting electrolyte plus de-ionized water, and adjusting pH of the electrolyte to 2-6; immersing conducting substrate into electrolyte, reducing electrolyte to obtain copper, indium, and sulfide, and depositing copper, indium, and sulfide on conducting substrate to obtain pre-prepared film; and placing pre-prepared film into tube furnace, and executing sulfurizing treatment and annealing treatment.    USE - Method for preparing copper-indium-sulfur film (claimed) for absorption layer of solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method is suitable for large-scale industrial production.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Preparing copper-indium-sulfur (CIS) film comprises:    (A) preparing electrolyte with cupric salt (5-20 mmol/L), indium salt (5-20 mmol/L), sulfide source (10-400 mmol/L), complexing agent (0-200 mmol/L), and supporting electrolyte (0-200 mmol/L) plus de-ionized water, and adjusting pH of the electrolyte to 2-6;    (B) immersing conducting substrate as working electrode into the electrolyte, reducing the electrolyte to obtain copper, indium, and sulfide by applying a 3-electrode system and a constant potential mode at room temperature, and depositing copper, indium, and sulfide on the conducting substrate to obtain pre-prepared CIS film, the deposition potential being - 0.8 to - 1.5 V; and    (C) placing the pre-prepared CIS film into a tube furnace, and executing sulfurizing treatment and annealing treatment in an argon atmosphere containing sulfur, the temperature raising rate is 2-8 degrees C/minute and the heat is preserved for 30-60 minutes at 200-400 degrees C and for 30-120 minutes at 450-600 degrees C.
NOVELTY - The solar cell (1) has a sensitizing dye that is provided on a semiconductor layer (8). A counter electrode (10) is arranged facing the semiconductor layer. An electric charge carrying layer (4) is arranged between the electrode (7) and the counter electrode. The electrode is made of transparent conductive film formed by laminating indium tin oxide (ITO) film and fluorine tin oxide (FTO) film.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The efficiency of solar cell is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar cell.    Dye-sensitized solar cell (1)    Electric charge carrying layer (4)    Electrode (7)    Semiconductor layer (8)    Counter electrode (10)
NOVELTY - A dye sensitized solar cell contains rubbery gel material (6). The gel material is formed using product obtained by covering dye-adsorbed zeolite with titanium oxide and gelling obtained product with polymer absorber, gelling dye adsorbed titanium oxide (porous), or drying and condensing product obtained by providing silicon or compound semiconductor in the obtained gel such that the viscoelasticity is not lost. The obtained product is further subjected to integral pressure condensation to form an elastic rubbery gel material.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The dye-sensitized solar cell has high efficiency and improved lifetime.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the dye sensitized solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the rubber-like gel material.    Rubbery gel material (6)    Pigment rubbery gel material (8)    Substrate (10)    Electrode (11)    Electrolyte solution rubbery gel material (16)
NOVELTY - A laminated sheet is formed by laminating sealing material layer on chemically or physically treated surface of back-sheet base material by performing melt-extrusion lamination process. The surface of back-sheet base material having fluoro resin or polyester resin is chemically or physically treated to improve adhesiveness. The sealing material layer contains ethylene copolymer composition containing copolymer of polar monomer having polar group chosen from carboxylic acid group and group derived from carboxylic acid base and ethylene, and dialkoxysilane having amino group.    USE - Laminated sheet is used for solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The laminated sheet has excellent productivity, interlayer adhesion strength with respect to back sheet and sealing material and handleability. The solar cell module formed using laminated sheet has excellent durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell module, which has a substrate to which sunlight is supplied, solar cell element and laminated sheet.
NOVELTY - A sintered compact containing tin, zinc and oxygen is used as target and a transparent conductive film is formed on a support by physical film-forming process. The ratio of mole of tin with respect to total mole of tin and zinc is 0.7-0.9. The sintered compact does not contain other metallic element and has crystal structure containing mixed phase comprising zinc-tin oxide having spinel-type crystal structure and tin oxide having rutile type crystal structure.    USE - Manufacture of transparent conductive film (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display, organic electroluminescent element, electrode of plasma display panel and solar cell, heat ray reflecting film of window glass, antistatic film, flexible display and touch panel.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent conductive film has improved electroconductivity and excellent etching property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for target for forming transparent conductive film.
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive film is formed on a support in a mixed gas atmosphere by physical film-forming process using sintered material as a target. The sintered material contains zinc, tin and oxygen, and the mixed gas contains inert gas and oxygen with the oxygen concentration 0.01-0.4 volume%. Thus, manufacture of transparent conductive film is performed.    USE - Manufacture of transparent conductive film. Can also be used for electrode of display such as liquid crystal display, organic electroluminescent display and plasma display, and solar cell, heat ray reflecting film of window glass, flexible display, touch panel and antistatic film.    ADVANTAGE - The method economically provides transparent conductive film excellent in electroconductivity and etching property.
NOVELTY - This inventive creation is the development of a highly effective power generation device with the integration of dye-sensitized solar cell and thermoelectrical module. Its characteristic is that by means of electrophoresis deposition, the TiO2 nanoparticles are adhered to the base material to serve as the photoelectrode, and are packaged as the dye-sensitized solar cells. Besides, the surface of the thermoelectrical module can be modified by using the nanoscale oxidized copper film fabricated by electrophoresis deposition. Furthermore, the conversion efficiency of the thermoelectrical material can be enhanced. A circuit connection is undertaken between the thermoelectrical module and the dye-sensitized solar cell. After the sunlight shines the dye-sensitized solar cell, it not only can be converted as electrical power, but also can recycle the radiation heat (waste heat) produced from sunlight for reuse through the thermoelectrical module. Hence, the overall electro-optical conversion efficiency of the dye-sensitized solar cell can be enhanced.
NOVELTY - The present invention relates to a multi-film anti-reflection layer for a solar cell, which comprises a back contact metal layer, a photovoltaic functional layer, an anti-reflection layer and a front contact metal layer. Particularly, the anti-reflection layer is made of multi-films as a silicone base or by means of a thin film solar cell to promote light transmission rate for absorption of more light sources as well as promote the efficiency of the silicone base or thin film solar cell for reducing possible etching on the photovoltaic layer or processes for semiconductors related thereto, and further manufacturing simpler efficient structures of silicone bases or thin film solar cell.
NOVELTY - This invention relates to a packaging method for gallium arsenide solar cell chips and more particularly to a packaging method for a solar panel cell chip structure having gallium arsenide chip and spherical lens. The packaging method is capable of outputting effective amount of electricity in a smaller volume and uses a multiple times of repeated wire-bonding method to wire bond the circuit on the grain and the circuit on the substrate at multiple locations by using tiny metal wires to achieve the effective current output.
NOVELTY - A substrate is located on the surfaces of electrode plates alternately set in a deposition reaction chamber at intervals. Reaction gas including germanium tetrafluoride, silane and hydrogen gas is infused into the reaction chamber. Radio frequency glow discharge is used to excite the reaction gas as plasma, depositing an amorphous silicon-germanium thin film on the surface of the substrate.    USE - Double- or multi-junction thin film solar cell manufacturing method.    ADVANTAGE - Can greatly raise band gap and uniformity of thickness of amorphous silicon-germanium thin film of substrate in large-area bulk deposition in large-sized plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) equipment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart of the double- or multi-junction thin film solar cell manufacturing method. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - The laser device has a collimating system, a beam expanding system and a focusing system at output end of the laser device. The laser device has a laser for outputting base membrane green laser with wavelength of 532 nanometer (nm), a laser optical fiber coupling device connected with the laser, a step optical fiber connected with the laser optical fiber coupling device and provided with core diameter of 0.2 millimeters (mm) and value aperture of 0.12 mm, and an optical fiber coupling device connected with the step optical fiber and provided with focal length equal to 19-21.    USE - Laser device for laser film engraving in the production of film photovoltaic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Assures the production quality of the film photovoltaic solar cell when the laser engraves amorphous silicon (a-Si) film layer and aluminum film layer in the film photovoltaic solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the structure of the laser device for laser film engraving.
NOVELTY - The quartz furnace pipe (1) has openings which are formed at the two ends of a quartz furnace pipe, and are made from highly pure quartz glass. Two thin small quartz furnace pipes (2) are fixed on the inner wall of the furnace pipe. The uniformly distributed air vents are set on the small quartz furnace pipes, and through which technical gas enters an air chamber.    USE - Quartz furnace pipe for preparing solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Guarantees a uniform atmosphere in the furnace pipe by setting the uniformly distributed air vents on the small quartz furnace pipes. Reduces gas consumption and improves the stability of cell conversion rate. Reduces the production cost and prolongs the service life of the device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the quartz furnace pipe for preparing solar cell.    Quartz furnace pipe (1)    Thin small quartz furnace pipes (2)
NOVELTY - A dye-sensitized solar cell (1) comprises a translucent substrate (2); collecting electrode traces (11) formed on translucent substrate having a trench (16) between collecting electrode traces, where trench has trapezoidal cross-sectional shape; porous layer (3) for covering translucent substrate within trench and also covering collecting electrode traces; and kind(s) of sensitizing dye absorbed in porous layer. The kind of sensitizing dye includes ruthenium.    USE - A dye-sensitized solar cell for converting solar energy to electrical energy.    ADVANTAGE - Because the porous layer fills the trench, the porous layer is thickened as a whole and the amount of sensitizing dye adsorbed on it is increased without changing the thickness of collecting electrode traces and without narrowing the entrance through which light enters via the glass substrate; thus making it possible to readily provide a dye-sensitized solar cell having a thicker porous layer and having an improved photoelectric-conversion efficiency. The collecting electrode traces can be readily formed by etching. Wasteful use of titanium nitride, tungsten and other materials is eliminated so that manufacturing costs can be reduced. It is no longer necessary for the resist mask to be formed anew when the trench is formed; thus, making it possible to minimize any increase in the number of steps beyond those in the procedure for manufacturing a conventional dye-sensitized solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a dye-sensitized solar cell.    Dye-sensitized solar cell (1)    Translucent substrate (2)    Porous layer (3)    Collecting electrode trace (11)    Trench (16)
NOVELTY - A bulb-type light concentrated solar cell module comprises a reflective mirror unit (120) that is concavely formed to convergingly reflect sunlight and has a first hole (121) on its bottom; solar cell (110) that generates electrical energy in response to light received from reflective mirror unit; socket (130) that blocks the first hole at lower part of reflective mirror unit and is fixed on reflective mirror unit; and power control unit (140) that is electrically connected to solar cell to generate electricity in the socket.    USE - A bulb-type light concentrated solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The bulb-type light concentrated solar cell module may be readily replaced, has an improved photovoltaic efficiency, can increase power efficiency by producing electricity using a reflective film used for concentrating light, and can increase power efficiency by preventing electrons from being recombined with holes at a surface of solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a bulb-type light concentrated solar cell module.    Solar cell (110)    Reflective mirror unit (120)    First hole of reflective mirror unit (121)    Socket (130)    Power control unit (140)
NOVELTY - Manufacturing a multijunction solar cell comprises forming an upper solar subcell on a substrate; forming a middle solar subcell over the upper solar subcell and having a smaller band gap than the upper solar subcell; forming a graded interlayer over the middle solar cell; forming a lower solar subcell over the graded interlayer and having a band gap smaller than that of the middle solar subcell, such that the lower subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the middle subcell; and forming a contact layer (104) having a band gap greater than that of the lower subcell.    USE - Method of manufacturing a multijunction solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method produces a commercially viable and energy efficient solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a multijunction solar cell comprising, in sequence, a solar subcell having a band gap; a middle solar subcell having a smaller band gap; a graded interlayer having a band gap greater than that of the middle solar subcell; a solar subcell having a band gap smaller than that of the middle solar subcell and lattice mismatched with respect to the middle solar subcell; and a contact layer having a band gap greater than the first solar subcell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar cell.    Contact layer (104)    Metal layer (123)    Adhesive layer (124)    Thin layer (125a)    Antireflective dielectric coating layer (130)
NOVELTY - An ion conductor contains cation component and polar substance. The cation component contains onium cation having monovalent substituent (A or B) directly bonded to neutral atom.    USE - Ion conductor is used for electrochemical cell and fuel cell (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to lithium ion battery, electrical double layer capacitor, dye-sensitized solar cell, water electrolysis, hydrohalic acid electrolysis, brine electrolysis, oxygen enricher, humidity sensor and gas sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The ion conductor has high ion conductivity, and provides fuel with excellent electric power generation characteristics, proton conductivity and reduced internal resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An ion conductor contains cation component and polar substance. The cation component contains onium cation having monovalent substituent of formula: CH3-CH2-Z1-R1 (A) or CH3-Z2-R4 (B) directly bonded to neutral atom.    Z1=oxygen, sulfur, NR2 or PR3, preferably oxygen;    R1-R4=H, halo, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl;and    Z2=carbonyl, sulfonyl or difluoromethylene.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) electrochemical cell, which has ion conductor; and    (2) fuel cell, which has ion conductor.
NOVELTY - A bismuth type glass composition contains (in mol%, based on oxide conversion) bismuth oxide (32-50), barium oxide (10-40), zinc oxide (10-29), tin oxide (0.05-5), magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, strontium oxide and barium oxide. The total content of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, strontium oxide and barium oxide, is 0-20 mol%. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for sealing material containing glass powder (50-100 volume%) and fire-resistant filler powder (0-50 volume%). The glass powder contains bismuth type glass composition.    USE - Bismuth type glass composition is used for coating material and sealing material for plasma display panel (PDP) and organic electroluminescent display (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to sealing of electronic components such as piezoelectric vibrator package and integrated circuit (IC) package, sealing of flat display devices such as field emission display (FED) and fluorescent display tube (VFD), coating material of electrode of PDP and VFD, core of magnetic head, sealing of silicon solar battery and dye-sensitized solar cell, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The lead oxide-free bismuth type glass composition does not precipitate crystal on glass, even when baked at 500 degrees C. The sealing material containing the glass composition can be sealed at 450-500 degrees C. The organic electroluminescent display sealed using the sealing material, is airtight and has excellent durability by preventing deterioration of organic light emitting layer.
NOVELTY - An anatase type titanium oxide is doped with boron. The doped content of boron is 1x 1019-5x 1022 cm-3.    USE - Anatase type titanium oxide is used for forming transparent conductive thin film (claimed) used for transparent electrode of plasma display panel, electroluminescent panel and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent conductive thin film formed using anatase type titanium oxide, has excellent homogeneity, and high moisture-resistant property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for transparent conductive thin film formed using anatase type titanium oxide which is doped with boron in an amount of 5x 1020-5x 1022 cm-3.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the graph illustrating X-ray diffraction chart of anatase type titanium oxide.
NOVELTY - A solid-state battery (10) has positive electrode (1) including positive electrode active material (31), negative electrode (2) including negative electrode active material (32), and solid electrolyte layer (3) containing sodium-zirconium-silicon-phosphorus oxide (I) solid electrolyte (33) between positive electrode and negative electrode. The positive electrode and/or negative electrode further contains solid electrolyte. The positive electrode active material and/or negative electrode active material is sodium-vanadium phosphate (II).    USE - Solid-state battery is used as power supply for portable device such as personal computer and mobile telephone. Can also be used in hybrid power supply, integrated circuit card incorporating, implant medical device, surface face mounting and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The safe solid-state battery having high capacitance, durability and output characteristics is economically manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solid-state battery has positive electrode including positive electrode active material, negative electrode including negative electrode active material, and solid electrolyte layer containing sodium-zirconium-silicon-phosphorus oxide of formula: Na1+yZr2(SiO4)y(PO4)3-y (I) solid electrolyte between positive electrode and negative electrode. The positive electrode and/or negative electrode further contains solid electrolyte. The positive electrode active material and/or negative electrode active material is sodium-vanadium phosphate of formula: NaxV2(PO4)3 (II), where y is 1 to 3 and x is 1 to 5.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solid-state battery.    Positive electrode (1)    Negative electrode (2)    Solid electrolyte layer (3)    Solid-state battery (10)    Positive electrode active material (31)    Negative electrode active material (32)    Solid electrolyte (33)
NOVELTY - A photoelectric transducer has a working electrode comprising a laminated material with a base material (a) (2) having electroconductivity, and a porous oxide semiconductor layer (3), a counter electrode (8) comprising a base material (b) (7) having electroconductivity, a pair of substrate which is arranged such that the working electrode and counter electrode are interposed, and an electrolyte provided on a portion(s) between pair of substrate. The base material (a) and/or base material (b) have structure in which opening portions (H) are arranged two dimensionally.    USE - Photoelectric transducer such as dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric transducer has excellent shape stability, flexibility and photoelectric transfer characteristics.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A photoelectric transducer has a working electrode comprising a laminated material with a base material (a) having electroconductivity, and a porous oxide semiconductor layer in which a portion is supported by a pigment, a counter electrode comprising a base material (b) having electroconductivity, a pair of substrate which is arranged such that the working electrode and counter electrode are interposed and the working electrode and/or counter electrode is transparent, and an electrolyte provided on a portion(s) between pair of substrate. The base material (a) and/or base material (b) have structure in which opening portions are arranged two dimensionally.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the photoelectric conversion material.    Base materials (2,7)    Porous oxide semiconductor layer (3)    Laminated component (4)    Counter electrode (8)    Opening portion (H)
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive film (12) and a metal oxide layer (34) are formed on a transparent substrate (11) to obtain an electrode. The electrode is immersed in a processed liquid, a voltage is applied with respect to two poles using a processed liquid (22) as positive electrode and immersed electrode as negative electrode, and electrolytic reduction of metal oxide layer is carried out. A photosensitized pigment is adsorbed to the electrolytic-reduced metal oxide layer to obtain a photocatalyst film, to form a photoelectric transducer.    USE - Manufacture of photoelectric transducer (claimed) such as dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables economical manufacture of photoelectric transducer having excellent flexibility, and suppresses active fall.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A transparent conductive film and a metal oxide layer are formed on a transparent substrate to obtain an electrode. The electrode is immersed in a processed liquid, a voltage is applied with respect to two poles using a processed liquid as positive electrode and immersed electrode as negative electrode, and electrolytic reduction of metal oxide layer is carried out. A photosensitized pigment is adsorbed to the electrolytic-reduced metal oxide layer to obtain a photocatalyst film, to form a photoelectric transducer comprising electrode, a counter electrode which opposes the electrode, and an electrolyte layer and photocatalyst film which arranged with respect to two poles.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the photoelectric transducer.    Transparent substrate (11)    Transparent conductive film (12)    Electrolyte solution tank (21)    Processed liquid (22)    Metal oxide layer (34)
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a thermosetting type adhesive agent (4) between an interconnector (5) and a photovoltaic cell (2). The adhesive agent is heated and the change in temperature in a predetermined position of the cell is measured with respect to time. The contact state of the interconnector and photovoltaic cell is determined by heating adhesive agent until the temperature of the photovoltaic cell reaches a maximum value.    USE - Method for connecting interconnector with photovoltaic cell for solar cell module (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - As the temperature change in photovoltaic cell is measured by heating the adhesive agent until temperature of the cell reaches the maximum value, quality of contact state can be determined easily hence reliability of the solar cell module can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method of solar cell module; and    (2) method for testing joining state of interconnector and photovoltaic cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a fragmentary sectional view illustrating process of connecting interconnector with photovoltaic cell.    Photovoltaic cell (2)    Thermosetting type adhesive agent (4)    Interconnector (5)    Substrate stage (50)    Laser irradiation apparatus (61)
NOVELTY - The solar cell panel has a protective film (3) which is formed on both sides of a photovoltaic cell (1), and a transparent material (4) having liquidity such as silicone oil, filled between the protective film and the photovoltaic cell. A portion of the panel which is not fixed to the protective film exists in a portion of the photovoltaic cell. Several photovoltaic cells are electrically connected with each other to form a solar cell string (5), by an inter-connector (2) such that the cells abut mutually.    USE - Solar cell panel comprising multi-junction type solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell panel is strong against stress, bending deformities, temperature change, etc., and the reliability of the solar cell panel can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the top view and a side surface sectional view of the solar cell panel.    Photovoltaic cell (1)    Inter-connector (2)    Protective film (3)    Transparent material (4)    Solar cell string (5)
NOVELTY - A heat radiation element (15) has several fins (17) that are arranged in up-down direction in parallel and attached to rear surface panel (14) so that opening of the panel is closed. A fan case (22) with an air blower (23) is attached to a fan cover for radiating heat. The external air is introduced into the air blower from the outer wall of housing (18) through the rear side of the fan cover. The external air is injected into the heat radiation element through fins for cooling the inverter apparatus (2).    USE - Inverter apparatus for converting direct current generated by solar cell into alternating current.    ADVANTAGE - The heat radiation radiated from the semiconductor element is cooled reliably. The direct power can be converted into alternating current efficiently. The temperature rise of heat radiation element can be suppressed.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the inverter apparatus.    Inverter apparatus (2)    Rear surface panel (14)    Heat radiation element (15)    Fins (17)    Housing (18)    Fan case (22)    Air blower (23)
NOVELTY - The component has Fresnel lenses fixed to a glass cover plate and arranged in an array, and a solar cell fixed to an upper surface of the bottom plate according to an arrangement of the Fresnel lenses and connected in series or parallel. Radiating fins are mounted on a side of the solar cell through screw or heat-conducting adhesive. A frame is mounted on the bottom plate with the screw, and the glass cover plate is fixed to a top part of the frame.    USE - High power condensation solar cell component for converting light energy of sun into electric energy.    ADVANTAGE - The component has simple manufacturing technique, low cost and convenient installation. The component is favorable to generalization of the condenser solar power generation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The solar cell is formed as silicon cell, gallium arsenide cell, germanium/ gallium arsenide cell, gallium arsenide/indium gallium phosphide cell or germanium/gallium indium arsenide/gallium indium phosphide cell. The material of the frame is made of aluminum alloy, hard resin or stainless steel. The radiating fins of the high power condensation solar cell component are made of copper or aluminum material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a high power condensation solar cell component.
NOVELTY - Heat recovery system of fuel cell comprises fuel cell device; cooling groove; adsorbent refrigerating device, which has first chamber provided with first adsorbent bed(s) and first evaporator/condenser, and second chamber provided with second adsorbent bed(s) and second evaporator/condenser; first valve subassembly, which is connected to fuel cell device, cooling groove, first adsorbent bed, and second adsorbent bed; and second valve subassembly, which is connected to cooling groove and first evaporator/condenser and second evaporator/condenser.    USE - Heat recovery system of fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The heat recovery system can control the state of switching valve in the first and second valve subassemblies by automatic control system. The waste heat generated by the fuel cell can be taken from the fuel cell device by cooling liquid timely; and waste heat is reused by adsorbent refrigerating device.
NOVELTY - Preparation of bi-component organic silicon resin comprises co-hydrolyzing vinyl silane and chloro-silicane to prepare the first component, co-hydrolyzing hydrogen-containing silane and chloro-silicane to prepare the second component, mixing the two components according to a certain ratio, reacting under the action of catalyst, and obtaining an odorless, colorless, transparent, heat-resistant light-emitting diode encapsulation material with lower water absorbing rate and without color change.    USE - The process is useful for preparing bi-component organic silicon resin that is used for fields of optical lens, solar battery base plate, and touch screen (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - In utilizing the process, the bi-component organic silicon resin overcomes the problem that the traditional thermoplastic encapsulation material is easy to change the color and degrade the light due to poor heat resistance is solved. Moreover, in the light-emitting diode (LED) encapsulation, it has the action of mechanical supporting and the environment sealing and chip protection; where it also has light-transmission performance, bonding ability, and moisture resistivity and heat resistance. Additionally, according to the requirement of the material, the hardness, the bonding force, and the heat resistance of the material can be adjusted.
NOVELTY - The device has a solar cell phalanx (1) connected with a system controller (3) via a current contactor (2). The system controller is connected with a power distribution system (5) via a grid-connected inverter (4), and the solar cell phalanx is installed on a curtain wall of a building. The solar cell phalanx is formed by a polycrystalline silicon cell and a double faced adhesive, and the adhesive is formed by polyvinyl butyral material. An input/output (I/O) port of the system controller is provided with a communication system (6).    USE - Photovoltaic power generation integral device for a high-rise building curtain wall.    ADVANTAGE - The device installs the solar cell phalanx on the curtain wall of the building to organically combine the photovoltaic power generation system and the curtain wall enclosure structure system of the high-rise building to form an integral structure, so that the device has the function of enclosure, and can reduce the use of the building material, increase the area of collecting the solar energy by the device and increase the generated power energy.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a photovoltaic power generation integral device.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Solar cell phalanx (1)    Current contactor (2)    System controller (3)    Grid-connected inverter (4)    Power distribution system (5)    Communication system (6)
NOVELTY - Resin sealing sheet has resin layer supported with water and/or trapping agent of gas.    USE - Resin sealing sheet is used for semiconductor element of solar cell. Can also be used for organic electroluminescent element and flat panel display.    ADVANTAGE - Resin sealing sheet has excellent adhesiveness, gap cover property and protect semiconductor element for long period of time.
NOVELTY - A solar cell (10) has electron conductor layer (12), hole conductor layer (14), and insulating layer (16,18) provided between the electron conductor layer and the hole conductor layer. The insulating layer several pores (20), and absorber material (22) dispersed partially within the pore(s).    USE - Solar cell is used for electronic device such as field effect transistor, light emitting diode, vertical surface emitting lasers and resonant cavity photo detector.    ADVANTAGE - The electronic device comprising the solar cell has improved efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for formation of solar cell, which involves providing electron conductor layer, disposing insulating layer over the electron conductor layer, processing the insulating layer to include pores configured to accommodate absorber material, providing the absorber material partially within the pores, and disposing hole conductor layer over the absorber materials and the insulating layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the portion of solar cell.    Solar cell (10)    Electron conductor layer (12)    Hold conductor layer (14)    Insulating layers (16,18)    Absorber material (20)
NOVELTY - A solar cell back-sheet has a light-emitting coloring layer, a weather-resistance polyester-type resin layer, and a gas barrier property layer between the light-emitting coloring layer and weather-resistance polyester-type resin layer. The weather-resistance polyester-type resin layer contains a crosslinked material (a) of polycaprolactone polyol and/or polycarbonate polyol, a crosslinked material of modified polyvinyl alcohol and/or an acrylic-type copolymer having ultraviolet-ray stability group, ultraviolet-ray absorptive group and/or cycloalkyl group.    USE - Back-sheet is used for solar cell module (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to dye sensitizing-type solar cell, crystalline silicon-type solar cell, amorphous silicon-type solar cell, thin film crystal-type solar cell, compound semiconductor-type solar cell and organic thin film-type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell back-sheet has excellent gas barrier property, weather resistance and light-shielding property. The solar cell module formed using the back-sheet has excellent durability, and is economical.
NOVELTY - A solar cell backsheet has gas barrier layer between light-shielding polyolefin resin colored layer and weather-resistant polyester resin layer, weather-resistant coating layer and inorganic thin-film layer. The weather-resistant coating layer contains material chosen from crosslinked material of polycaprolactone polyol and/or polycarbonate polyol, crosslinked material of modified polyvinyl alcohol, and acrylic copolymer having ultraviolet-stabilizing group, ultraviolet-absorbing group and/or cycloalkyl group.    USE - Backsheet is used for solar cell module (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to crystalline-silicon type solar cell, amorphous silicon-type solar cell, thin film crystal-type solar cell, compound semiconductor-type solar cell, organic thin film-type solar cell and dye sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The backsheet has excellent gas barrier property, weather resistance, light-shielding property and adhesiveness with filler. The solar cell module containing backsheet having excellent electric power generation efficiency and ultraviolet ray resistance, is economical.
NOVELTY - A photoelectric transducer has anode, cathode and active layer formed between anode and cathode. The active layer has n-type semiconductor and p-type semiconductor. The area of pn junction of the n-type semiconductor and p-type semiconductor is 1 mu m3 to 100 mu m2 or more in the active layer.    USE - Photoelectric transducer is used as organic solar cell and photo sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric transducer has high photoelectric conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - Method of growing polysilicon, comprises: applying a randomly oriented polycrystalline silicon seed to a silicon melt, where portions of the silicon melt condense on the seed; and drawing the seed and attached condensed silicon melt away from the melt.    USE - The method is useful for growing polysilicon, which is useful: in non-production wafer for filling non-production slots of a multi-wafer support fixture (all claimed) in towers and boats; for forming machined structures; in pedestal platens; and to form solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method: provides high purity of CZ polycrystalline silicon with better semiconductive characteristics and superior performance including ruggedness; and is less expensive.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a method of thermally processing silicon wafers, comprising steps performed in a first cycle of: disposing in first slots of a support tower a production wafer comprising monocrystalline silicon; disposing in second slot of the support tower a baffle wafer comprising polycrystalline silicon; and heating the support fixture and supported production and baffle wafers to thermal process the production wafer; and    (2) a non-production wafer comprising a wafer comprising polysilicon, which has a diameter equal to a diameter of silicon production wafers.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a cross-sectional view of a Czochralski polysilicon ingot grown from a virgin polysilicon seed as well as a plan view of a non-production wafer cut.    Czochralski ingot (60)    Outer zone of crystallites (62)    Inner zone of crystallites (64)
NOVELTY - Ionic liquid composition comprises one or more phosphonium based cations (I), and one or more anions.    USE - The ionic liquid composition is useful as: electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory; battery electrolytes, electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cell, fuel cells and electrochromatic devices; and a heat transfer medium, high temperature reaction and/or extraction media. The ionic liquid composition is useful in polymer-gel electrolytes in lithium ion batteries and molecular capacitors.    ADVANTAGE - The ionic liquid composition exhibits a combination of at least two or more of high thermodynamic stability, high ionic conductivity, wide liquidus range and low volatility.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Ionic liquid composition comprises one or more phosphonium based cations of formula (R1R2R3R4P) (I), and one or more anions.    R1-R4 = substituent group.
NOVELTY - A heat transfer fluid comprises a hydroxylated carboxylic acid, or its ester, salt or anhydride.    USE - As heat transfer fluid useful in a heat transfer system; as additive package; for transferring heat (claimed); in e.g. batteries, fuel cells, solar cells or solar panels, photovoltaic cells, and internal combustion engines.    ADVANTAGE - The heat transfer fluids provide improved corrosion resistance to several metals, such as, aluminum and magnesium and their alloys, while reducing foaming tendencies that can adversely affect components in a heat transfer system. The heat transfer fluid is effective at reducing and/or eliminating corrosion due to cavitation, erosion, cavitation-erosion, brazing, galvanic, pitting, crevice corrosion, and/or residual fluxes used in brazing processes. The colloidal silica improves the heat transfer properties of the heat transfer fluid.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A heat transfer fluid (C1) comprises a hydroxylated carboxylic acid of formula (OH)x(R1)(COOH)y (I), or its ester, salt or anhydride.    x=2-10;    y=3-10;and    R1=2-50C aliphatic group or 6-50C aromatic group.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) treating a heat transfer fluid involving mixing with the heat transfer fluid (C1) an additive package comprising a hydroxylated carboxylic acid of formula (I), where the heat transfer fluid comprises water and/or alcohol;    (2) an additive package for use with a heat transfer fluid comprising a hydroxylated carboxylic acid (I);    (3) a heat transfer system (C2) comprising an aluminum component and/or a magnesium component, and the heat transfer fluid (C1); and    (4) transferring heat involving contacting the heat transfer system (C2) with the heat transfer fluid (C1).
NOVELTY - An indium-containing salt and tin-containing salt are dissolved in an organic solvent (A). Then, an organic solvent (B) containing basic precipitant is added to the organic solvent (A), to obtain mixture of precursor containing indium and tin, and organic solvent. The obtained mixture of precursor containing indium and tin, and organic solvent is heat-processed at 200-300 degrees C within a pressurized container, to obtain indium-tin oxide particles.    USE - Manufacture of indium-tin oxide particles for indium-tin oxide used for coating material for transparent conductive film (all claimed) used for display device and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently and easily provides indium-tin oxide particles without using solvent of high boiling point. The conductive film formed using indium-tin oxide particles has excellent transparency and electroconductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) indium-tin oxide powder, which includes indium-tin oxide particles without crystal grain boundary;    (2) coating material for transparent electrically conductive material, which comprises indium-tin oxide powder; and    (3) transparent conductive film, which is formed using transparent conductive film coating material.
NOVELTY - A light emission nanosheet is a nanosheet formed of perovskite-type octahedron crystals which are planarly bonded together. The octahedron crystal has a multiple crystalline sheet structure comprising three or more layers of layered structure laminated in perpendicular direction with respect to the sheet surface, and an element which is provided as luminescent center between the layered octahedron crystals and formed into solid solution.    USE - Light emission nanosheet is used for fluorescence illuminating component, solar cell and color display (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The light emission nanosheet provides improved luminous conversion efficiency, magnetic characteristics and catalyst characteristics.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) fluorescence illuminating component, which comprises fluorescent substance receiving the excitation energy from an excitation source and emitting visible light of predetermined wavelength;    (2) solar cell, which comprises a photoelectric transducer for receiving and generating light, a light filter which emits the light with wavelength different from sunlight, and a solar cell using sunlight as an excitation source at the light-receiving surface side of the photoelectric transducer. The light filter includes light emission nanosheet;    (3) color display, which comprises a light-emitting component emitting light in a color receiving an excitation energy different from a mutually different excitation source. The light-emitting component includes light emission nanosheet and other nanosheets, and/or other light-emitting components; and    (4) nanosheet coating material, which is dispersed in liquid medium to form nanosheet. The nanosheet coating material has X value of less than 4.9x 106 to more than 3.8x 103 measured by relation: X=Cx V'4.01, where C is concentration (in M) of nanosheet and V'(in torr) is saturated vapor pressure of solvent at 25 degrees C.
NOVELTY - A coated product comprises a strip substrate (1) and a conductive layer (2) provided on the surface of substrate. The conductive layer is formed of an alloy comprising silver and indium.    USE - Coated product is used for product (claimed) e.g. electrical contact used in electrical application, interconnector used in fuel cell application, and back contact used in thin film solar cell application such as amorphous silicon based thin film solar cell. Can also be used for spring contact, tactile metal dome and interconnector for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The coated product is manufactured effectively and economically, and has high reflectivity, excellent electrical properties, wear resistance, adhesion with respect to substrate, and durability. The coated product does not easily react with sulfur in ambient air.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of coated product; and    (2) product for electrical application, which comprises coated product.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic cross-sectional view of coated product.    Substrate (1)    Conductive layer (2)    Oxide layer (3)
NOVELTY - An electrical contact comprises a conductive layer (2) comprising metal or alloy, and a sacrificial layer sequentially provided on surface of a strip substrate (1). The sacrificial layer is an oxide layer (3) having thickness of 5-100 nm. The sacrificial layer protects the electrical contact from tarnishing and is penetrable at electrical contacting.    USE - Electrical contact is used for fuel cell interconnector and solar cell back contact (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electrical contact has excellent electrical property, mechanical property, wear resistance and adhesion with respect to substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of electrical contact.    Substrate (1)    Conductive layer (2)    Protective oxide layer (3)
NOVELTY - A monocrystalline ingot producing system comprises crucible (50) provided in a furnace (10), where the crucible is configure to receive single seed crystal (20) and feedstock material (90); heating element(s) (80) for heating and partially melting seed crystal, and completely melting feedstock material; heat exchanger (200) for controlling heat extraction from the crucible for promoting growth of the monocrystalline ingot; and insulation contained in the furnace and configured to move relative to the crucible to promote cooling and directional solidification of the monocrystalline ingot.    USE - A monocrystalline ingot producing system for use in producing monocrystalline silicon for solar cell applications.    ADVANTAGE - The system produces a high quality monocrystalline product while retaining the cost efficiency and time savings achieved by existing directional solidification techniques. The monocrystalline structure is formed from a single seed crystal placed in a crucible, which facilitates both vertical and horizontal growth of the ingot and prevents cross contamination between multiple seeds.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for producing a monocrystalline ingot comprising placing a seed crystal and feedstock material in a crucible in a furnace; heating and partially melting the seed crystal, and completely melting the feedstock material; operating a heat exchanger to control heat extraction from the crucible; and providing movable insulation in the furnace to promote directional solidification of the monocrystalline ingot.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional schematic view of a directional solidification furnace having a rectangular-shaped crucible for preparing monocrystalline ingots.    Furnace (10)    Seed crystal (20)    Crucible (50)    Heating element (80)    Feedstock material (90)    Heat exchanger (200)
NOVELTY - A light-receiving surface electrode (12) is formed on surface of semiconductor silicon substrate (11) and aluminum electrode is formed on other surface of semiconductor silicon substrate. The aluminum electrode contains aluminum powder. The aluminum electrode is formed by coating aluminum paste on substrate and baking. The aluminum paste contains bismuth-type glass frit containing bismuth oxide and organic vehicle. Then, low-density aluminum layer containing formed by baking, is removed from aluminum electrode, to obtain silicon-based solar cell (10).    USE - Manufacture of silicon-based solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides silicon-based solar cell having high back-surface field (BSF) effect, and free from deformation of curvature in semiconductor silicon substrate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A light-receiving surface electrode (12) is formed on surface of semiconductor silicon substrate (11) and aluminum electrode is formed on other surface of semiconductor silicon substrate. The aluminum electrode contains aluminum powder having central grain diameter with particle size of (D50) of 10 mu m or less, based on laser diffractometry. The aluminum electrode is formed by coating aluminum paste on substrate and baking. The aluminum paste contains bismuth-type glass frit containing bismuth oxide as main component having glass softening point of 580 degrees C or less, and organic vehicle. Then, an easily-disintegrated low-density aluminum layer containing aluminum-containing substances formed by baking, is removed from aluminum electrode, to obtain silicon-based solar cell (10). An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for aluminum paste.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic view of structure of solar cell.    Solar cell (10)    Silicon substrate (11)    Light-receiving surface electrode (12)    Anti-reflective film (14)    Back surface of aluminum electrode (20)
NOVELTY - A solar cell has a light reception layer (2) which generates electricity by absorbing light, provided between a substrate and a light-permeable electrode (3). The light reception layer has two layers or more of p-type semiconductor layer (4) and n-type semiconductor layer (5). The p-type semiconductor layer is formed when p-type dopant is added to thin film layer which contains indium-nitride-gallium particles (44), and n-type semiconductor layer is formed when n-type dopant is added to the surface at the side of light-permeable electrode of p-type semiconductor layer.    USE - Solar cell is used for solar module (claimed) and photovoltaic power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is economical, and excellent in mass productivity and photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar module, which has solar cell and resin which covers the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional enlarged view of solar cell.    Light reception layer (2)    Light-permeable electrode (3)    P-type semiconductor layer (4)    N-type semiconductor layer (5)    P-type indium-nitride-gallium particles (44)
NOVELTY - A silicon-dioxide thin film is deposited on a substrate in a chamber by atomic-layer deposition. A gas-phase reaction material pulse containing a metal precursor is supplied to the chamber and only a single molecule layer of metal precursor is formed. A gas-phase reaction material pulse containing a silicon precursor is supplied to the chamber and reacted with the metal precursor. Excess reaction material and arbitrary by-products are removed, to form a silicon-dioxide thin film. The substrate temperature during thin-film deposition is 150 degrees C or less.    USE - Deposition of silicon-dioxide thin film on substrates, for use as dielectric material in microelectronic devices. Can also be used for protective layers of flexible substrates used in capacitors, magnetic heads, displays, solar cells, microelectromechanical systems, shallow trench isolation, gate stacks, and sidewall spacers.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables low-temperature deposition of silicon-dioxide thin films with high growth rate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A silicon-dioxide thin film is deposited on a substrate in the chamber of a reaction material by atomic-layer deposition. The gas-phase reaction material pulse containing a metal precursor is supplied to the chamber and only a single molecule layer of metal precursor is formed on the substrate. Excess reaction material is removed from the chamber when required. The gas-phase reaction material pulse containing a silicon precursor is supplied to the chamber and reacted with the metal precursor on the substrate. Excess reaction material and arbitrary by-products are removed from the chamber, to form a silicon-dioxide thin film. The substrate temperature during thin-film deposition is 150 degrees C or less.
NOVELTY - An electrolytic-type phosphorus recovery apparatus (3) comprises electrolytic bath which stores process target water containing phosphorus component, electrode of positive/negative pair which has anode electrode containing insoluble phosphate formation metal while carrying out immersion arrangement in stored process target water, and solar cell which supplies direct current (DC) voltage for electrolysis.    USE - An electrolytic-type phosphorus recovery apparatus for sewage treatment system (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The recyclable electrolytic-type phosphorus recovery apparatus is excellent in resource-saving and countermeasure against warming.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a sewage treatment system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of the sewage treatment system comprising electrolytic-type phosphorus recovery apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Sewage facilities (1)    Sludge treatment facility (2)    Electrolytic-type phosphorus recovery apparatus (3)    Solar cell (4)    Hydrogen gas recovery apparatus (5)
NOVELTY - A norbornene-type ring-opened polymer hydride contains (in wt.%) a structural unit (A) (75-90) derived from 2-norbornene and a structural unit (B) (10-25) derived from a substituent-containing norbornene-type monomer, and has melting peak temperature of 55-95 degrees C, measured using differential scanning calorific value analyzer.    USE - Norbornene-type ring-opened polymer hydride is used for resin composition (claimed) for molded product such as medical equipments e.g. ampule, blood-collecting tube and bag of infusion solution. Can also be used for organic electroluminescent, solar cell, fuel cell, semiconductor container, electric wire film, conveyance film, protective film, fiber and non-woven fabric.    ADVANTAGE - The resin composition formed using norbornene-type ring-opened polymer hydride provides molded product having excellent transparency, water vapor barrier property, gas barrier property, softness, heat resistance, oil resistance, chemical resistance, mechanical strength, damp-proofing property, wet-sterilization-proof property, workability and low organic material release property.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has electroconductive sheet whose outer side is provided with exterior component. A liquid supply flow channel introduces the raw material liquid in narrowing space formed in the surrounding of fiber assembly consisting of electroconductive material, orientation fiber made of carbon, or insulating material from a raw material liquid supply source. A raw material liquid detachment accelerator of predetermined length is protruded from fiber assembly and from opening facing rotary collector (20).    USE - Nanofiber manufacturing apparatus for use in regeneration of wound material and drug delivery in medical or healthcare application, for use in purification of biomolecule and polluted water using affinity film in biotechnology and environmental fields, and for use in protection of polymer battery, dye-sensitized solar cell and polymer film fuel cell, or for use in reinforcement of composite material, attack for bioterrorism and cloud attack, etc., in protection and security field.    ADVANTAGE - Productivity can be remarkably improved by improving efficiently the electric charge with respect to fluid used for generating Taylor cone stably without using the nozzle. Manufacture of nanofiber can be easily performed. Clogging does not occur easily and density of fiber of fiber assembly and material of fiber assembly can be changed easily. Extendability can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for nanofiber manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the nanofiber manufacturing apparatus.    Liquid Supply component (1)    Rotary collector (20)    High voltage power supply (21)    Liquid supply source (22)    Taylor cone (23)
NOVELTY - A coating liquid containing organic indium compound, organometallic compound for dopants, cellulose derivatives and solvent is coated on base material, dried, and the formed coating film is baked in atmosphere having oxygen concentration less than the oxygen concentration required for complete combustion of cellulose derivative contained in coating film, to form a transparent conductive film. An ultraviolet-ray is irradiated into transparent conductive film, and the electrical resistance of the film is reduced, to manufacture transparent conductive film having void.    USE - Transparent conductive film having void is used for transparent electrode, solar cell and display such as liquid crystal display, electroluminescent display and plasma display panel and touch panel. Can also be used for optical semiconductor, heat ray reflecting wire, electromagnetic wave shield and fog-preventing material.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent conductive film having void is manufactured economically and easily by ink coating method, and has excellent transparency, high electroconductivity and electroconductive aging-stability.
NOVELTY - A solar cell module backsheet has a film obtained by laminating inorganic oxide vapor deposition polyester film on surface layer of polyester film (1), coating cerium oxide-containing ink on surface of inorganic oxide vapor deposition polyester film to form ink-containing inorganic oxide vapor deposition polyester film (3), and laminating obtained ink-containing inorganic oxide vapor deposition polyester film on polyethylene film (4) as back layer.    USE - Solar cell module backsheet is used for semiconductor devices, residence and domestic power supply.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell module backsheet has excellent adhesiveness and weather resistance, can be manufactured simply and economically.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of solar cell module backsheet.    Surface layers of polyester film (1,5,6)    Inorganic oxide vapor deposition polyester film (2)    Ink containing-inorganic oxide vapor deposition polyester film (3)    Polyethylene film (4)
NOVELTY - The machine has stirring-mixing mechanism provided with a driving roller and a driven roller arranged on a framework. The driving roller is connected with a drive mechanism, and drives a pulp material barrel that is arranged on the driving and driven rollers by utilizing frictional force generated between friction layers arranged on the driving and driven rollers and the barrel when rotating the driving roller. The barrel drives the driven roller by using the frictional force for mixing the pulp material. The drive mechanism is provided with an electric case and an electric motor.    USE - Machine for stirring pulp material during manufacture of silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The machine uniformly mixes the pulp material in the barrel without opening a cover.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a pulp material stirring machine.
NOVELTY - Invention may be used for production of photo elements of solar batteries, for making solar batteries photo elements, for making optical devices, ionising-radiation detectors and catalysts. Method of obtaining nanoparticles of cadmium telluride with wurtzite structure includes decomposition of cadmium telluride crystals in melt of potassium hydroxide or natrium in nitrogen atmosphere till complete homogenisation of obtained product. Melt is cooled to (-15)-(-20) degrees C and water-spirit-ammoniac mixture is added gradually during mixing and cooling with temperature (-15)-(-20) degrees C till obtaining of final solution with temperature not exceeding -5 degrees C. Precipitated cadmium telluride is filtered.    USE - Nanotechnologies.    ADVANTAGE - Invention allows to obtain nanoparticles of cadmium telluride with wurtzite structure and size about 1 nm and to simplify procedure of its obtainment. 2 ex
NOVELTY - Nanostructured layer (100) comprises a surfactant-templated titanium dioxide film having a regular array of pores (101), where the pores have diameters of 20-50 nm with adjacent pores spaced at 10-50 nm, and the pores are filled with a pore-filling material that has complementary charge-transfer properties relative to the surfactant-templated film.    USE - The nanostructured layer is useful as an absorber layer in an optoelectronic device (claimed) (preferably radiation-emitting device (light-emitting diode and laser), radiation absorbing device (photodetector/counter and photovoltaic cell (solar cell)) and radiation-driven electrolysis cell).    ADVANTAGE - The optoelectronic device using the nanostructured layer has high efficiency, and are produced at relatively low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an optoelectronic device comprising, a base electrode, a transparent conducting electrode and an active layer disposed between the base electrode and the transparent conducting electrode, having two complementary semiconducting materials, where at least one of the two complementary semiconducting materials is present in the active layer in the form of a surfactant templated titanium dioxide film with a regular array of pores having diameters of 20-50 nm with adjacent pores spaced at 10-50 nm, and the other of the two complementary semiconducting materials is a pore filling material disposed within the pores.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure depicts an isometric close-up view of a portion of the nanostructured layer.    Nanostructured porous layer (100)    Pores (101)
NOVELTY - The nozzle has a sucker connected with an air channel tube that is provided with a handheld section and an air through-hole. Three rectangular strip-shaped recesses are provided on a sucker, and height difference is formed between the rectangular strip-shaped recesses and a surface of the sucker to form vent gaps. The rectangular strip-shaped recesses are provided in a transverse H shape.    USE - Vacuum nozzle for absorbing a thin piece in a solar cell manufacturing process.    ADVANTAGE - The nozzle can effectively reduce damage of the sucker during absorption process. The nozzle reduces fragment percentage and saves production cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a vacuum nozzle.
NOVELTY - An oxo derivative is new.    USE - An oxo derivative for a polymer for a blend for use in producing a crosslinked polymer material for an opto-electronic device (preferably solar cell) (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The derivative permits stabilization during crosslinking in time with the nano-morphology of an active layer thus improving power efficiency and/or short circuit current of a bulk heterojunction solar cell, and increasing lifetime of predetermined performance levels of the devices.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An oxo derivative of formula (I) or (II) is new.    Ar=homocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic group from thienyl, phenyl, naphthyl, pyrrolyl, pyridyl, carbazolyl, fluorenyl or benzothiazolyl (preferably 2,5 thienylene);    L=O, S, NH, -CH(CH3)-O or (CH2)qO having an O atom adjacent to the carbonyl group, CH(CH3)NH or (CH2)qNH having an NH group adjacent to the carbonyl group, or CH(CH3)-S or (CH2)qS having a S atom adjacent to the carbonyl group;    q=1-3;    R1-R2=H;    R3=H, 1-4C alkyl or Ph;    R4=Me;and    X, Y1=H, Cl, Br, iodo, boronic acid, boronic esters or organotin.    Provided that X and Y1 are not both hydrogen. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a polymer comprising (I) or (II);    (2) a method of producing (I);    (3) a method of producing the polymer comprising polymerizing (I) or (II) by reductive coupling and comonomer(s);    (4) a process of preparing a polymer comprising copolymerizing a monomer post-functionalizable to (I) or (II) with a copolymerizable comonomer by reductive coupling to produce a post-functionalizable copolymer, and post-functionalizing the post-functionalizable copolymer;    (5) a blend comprising a polymer, and a negative or positive-type compound;    (6) a method of producing a crosslinked polymer material comprising irradiating the blend with UV light in the absence of a photoinitiator; and    (7) an opto-electronic device comprising a crosslinked polymer material.
NOVELTY - The power supplier has an intelligent battery comprising a lithium battery, and a battery management control system, a solar battery board, a solar display controller and the intelligent battery placed in a haversack. A surface of the haversack is made of transparent plastic, and the solar display controller comprises an intelligent control display screen and a master control single chip machine. The intelligent control display screen is provided with a control key, and the battery management control system comprises a balanced circuit.    USE - Backpack solar power supplier.    ADVANTAGE - The power supplier has simple structure, and is convenient to use. The power supplier can compensate electric power for solar energy and commercial power. The human-computer interaction interface enables a user to conveniently operate. The power supplier is placed in the haversack, so that the user can conveniently carry the power supplier for long distance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a backpack solar power supplier.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A polymer comprises a conducting or semiconducting segment coupled to a polymer segment having an insulating polymer backbone, and further comprises a reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) functional group coupled to the polymer segment. The RAFT functional group is not provided between conducting or semiconducting segment and the polymer segment.    USE - Polymer is used as conducting and semiconducting material for optoelectronic device, such as organic light emitting diode, organic solar cell, organic field effect transistor and electrochemical transistor. Can also be used in biosensing applications.    ADVANTAGE - The polymer is highly conjugated, and has favorable solubility, rigidity and malleability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) macro-RAFT agent for polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers by RAFT polymerization, which has leaving group containing conducting or semiconducting segment coupled to RAFT functional group;    (2) process for producing polymer by RAFT polymerization, which involves polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers under the control of macro-RAFT agent; and    (3) process for cleaving portion(s) of RAFT functional group from polymer segment of polymer, which involves reacting the polymer with a cleaving agent.
NOVELTY - The mixed solution has a formula which comprises carbonate, caustic alkali and isopropanol. The carbonate is sodium carbonate (NaCO3) or potassium carbonate (K2CO3). The caustic alkali is sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or potassium hydroxide (KOH). The concentration of carbonate, caustic alkali, and isopropanol are 1 to 40 wt.%, 0.5 to 5 wt.%, and 2 to 8 wt.%, respectively.    USE - Mixed solution of carbonate and caustic alkali for preparation of monocrystalline silicon matte, such as type P monocrystalline silicon chips and type N monocrystalline silicon chips, for production of monocrystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - Dos not only feature easy control of reaction, good pyramid evenness of matte and favorable coherence of silicon surface, but also low in cost and easy in operation, thus, enabling application to large scale of industrialized production to gain good practical value.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a preparation method for mixed solution of carbonate and caustic alkali for preparation of monocrystalline silicon matte.
NOVELTY - The battery component has flexible electrodes packaged at two sides of front surface of a silicon cell. A conductive heat-dissipating metal component is contacted with the flexible electrodes. Rear heat dissipating pieces are packaged at back of the silicon cell. A cavity (16) is plated with an inner reflecting layer and provided between a strip-shaped lens array (19) and the silicon cell. A strip-shaped opening is provided on the cavity. Distance between two flexible electrodes packaged on the silicon cell is between 0.01-10 millimeters.    USE - Absorption type reference black-body high-efficient concentrating solar battery component.    ADVANTAGE - The conductive heat-dissipating metal component has function of conducting the heat on the monomer of the silicon cell, so that the formed solar cell component has structure with lower size, and achieves high concentrating function.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an absorption type reference black-body high-efficient concentrating solar battery component.    Cavities (16, 20)    Long and narrow slit (17)    Strip-shaped lens array (19)
NOVELTY - A liquid matrix containing a spinnable polymer material and a platinum precursor is prepared, and the liquid matrix is electrostatic-spinning-transformed into a layer of nanofibers of polymer material. The polymer material is removed from the nanofibers, and the platinum precursor is transformed into platinum nanofibers.    USE - Production of platinum nanofiber used for nanofiber structure used as supporting structure for catalysis, redox catalyst of electrode of fuel cell and redox agent of barrier-layer dye-sensitized photocell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method provides platinum nanofiber efficiently, with high yield and without contaminants.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for nanofiber structure.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming an aluminum-containing layer at a surface of a silicon substrate (52). The aluminum-containing layer is fired in high temperature unit interval to form an aluminum-doped silicon region (63) in the surface. Residue of the aluminum-containing layer including an aluminum-silicon-eutectic is fired by etching, and the silicon region is back etched in the surface. A dielectric layer (65) is precipitated in the surface, and metal contacts (59) are formed in the dielectric layer for electrically contacting the back etched surface over the dielectric layer.    USE - Method for producing a silicon solar cell (claimed) for direct conversion of light into electrical current.    ADVANTAGE - The method produces the highly efficient solar cell using known production technology e.g. screen printing technology, and minimizes efficiency loss of the solar cell based on surface recombination.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a silicon solar cell comprising a silicon substrate and an aluminum-doped silicon region at the surface of the silicon substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a silicon solar cell.    Silicon solar cell (51)    Silicon substrate (52)    Metal contacts (59)    Aluminum-doped silicon region (63)    Dielectric layer (65)
NOVELTY - The rotational flow formation ring (1) has a cross-sectional through hole (11) opened by a surface side. The fluid jet nozzles (14a, 14b) eject the fluid from an inner circumference side surface of the through hole to generate a swirl flow. The fluid jet nozzles (16a-16d) provided on the periphery of an opening of the though hole ejects the fluid towards upper direction from a flat plat section.    USE - Rotational flow formation ring for non-contact conveying apparatus (claimed) used for levitation conveyance of large sized flat panel display and solar cell panel.    ADVANTAGE - Since the fluid jet nozzles ejects the fluid towards upper direction from a flat plat section, contact of edge of glass with the rotational flow formation ring is avoided in a process of conveying the glass and thus the damage of the glass is avoided.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for non-contact conveying apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top, bottom and sectional views of the rotational flow formation ring.    Rotational flow formation ring (1)    Through hole (11)    Annular groove (12)    Air path (13)    Jet nozzles (14a,14b,16a-16d)
NOVELTY - A thin film solar cell comprises surface electrode layer (2) having transparent conductive film, photoelectric conducting layer (3) having silicon thin film, barrier layer (4) having transparent conductive film and back surface metal electrode layer (5), sequentially provided on translucent insulated substrate (1). The barrier layer having transparent conductive film is gallium-containing indium oxide film. The atomic ratio of gallium with respect to indium in gallium-containing indium oxide film is 0.005-0.55.    USE - Thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The thin film solar cell has excellent light transmittance and photoelectric conversion efficiency. The extinction coefficient between photoelectric converting layer and back surface metal electrode layer of thin film solar cell is small.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of thin film solar cell.    Translucent insulated substrate (1)    Surface electrode layer (2)    Photoelectric converting layer (3)    Barrier layer (4)    Back surface metal-electrode layer (5)
NOVELTY - An organic photoelectric transducer has a functional layer provided between a pair of electrodes. The functional layer contains a polymer containing specific fluorene-containing repeating unit (1a and/or lb) and benzothiadiazole-containing repeating unit (2).    USE - Organic photoelectric transducer e.g. photosensor, organic image sensor, and organic thin film solar cell for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The organic photoelectric transducer has high photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic photoelectric transducer has a functional layer provided between a pair of electrodes. The functional layer contains a polymer containing specific fluorene-containing repeating unit of formula (1a and/or lb) and benzothiadiazole-containing repeating unit of formula (2).    R=alkyl, alkoxy or optionally substituted aryl;    R1-R6=H, alkyl, alkoxy or optionally substituted aryl;    x=1 or 2;    y=0 or 1;and    z=0-2.    One or whole portion of hydrogen in alkyl, alkoxy and aryl are substituted by fluorine atom. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for composition, which contains fullerene derivative and polymer containing repeating units (1a and/or 1b), and repeating unit (2).
NOVELTY - An active layer is formed by coating the organic-semiconductor material solution to which micro-particles which consists of insulation material are added, and drying, and is provided facing the control electrode between primary and secondary electrode (16) (14) through an insulation layer (12). Thus, manufacture of 3-terminal electronic device is performed.    USE - Manufacture of electronic device such as semiconductor device (claimed). Can also be used for organic transistor, organic light-emitting device and organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides electronic device having improved performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of semiconductor device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show a cross-sectional view of electronic device. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Glass substrate (11)    Insulation layer (12)    Control electrode (14)    Primary and secondary electrode (16)    Channel formation area (17)
NOVELTY - The cell (20) has unit cell elements (15a-15c) which are isolated by separating grooves (14a-14c) and electrically connected in series on a common substrate (8). The back surface electrode layers (9a-9d) are formed on the one surface side of the back surface electrode removal portions (91a,91c) whose other sides are formed with crystalline semiconductor layers (10a-10d), to form PN bonding by light irradiation. The transparent surface electrode layers (11a-11d) formed on crystalline semiconductor layers, include grid electrodes (112a-112d).    USE - Optical converter cell e.g. solar cell module for use in integration optical converter (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The highly efficient optical converter cells having the compound semiconductor thin layers are obtained, and the integration optical converter having optical converter cells which are connected in series, is manufactured with reduced number of steps, so that the integration optical converter is manufactured at low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method of optical converter cell; and    (2) manufacturing method of integration optical converter.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the optical converter cell.    Substrate (8)    Back surface electrode layers (9a-9d)    Crystalline semiconductor layers (10a-10d)    Transparent surface electrode layers (11a-11d)    Separating grooves (14a-14c)    Unit cell elements (15a-15c)    Optical converter cell (20)    Back surface electrode removal portions (91a,91c)    Grid electrodes (112a-112d)
NOVELTY - A solar cell (31) has a n-type semiconductor layer (2) and p-type semiconductor layer (3), provided between a substrate (1) and a light-permeable electrode (4). The n-type semiconductor layer consists of n-type gallium nitride fine particles or n-type indium gallium nitride fine particles. The p-type semiconductor layer consists of p-type gallium nitride fine particles or p-type indium gallium nitride fine particles. The average particle diameter of all fine particles is 1-100 nm.    USE - Solar cell is used for solar cell module (claimed) for photovoltaic power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has high photoelectric conversion efficiency and is economically manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) solar cell module; and    (2) manufacture of the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional enlarged view of the solar cell.    Substrate (1)    N-type semiconductor layer (2)    P-type semiconductor layer (3)    Light-permeable electrode (4)    Solar cell (31)
NOVELTY - A liquid material containing silane type compound is coated on support substrate (100) and flexible substrate (120), and flexible substrate is provided on support substrate. Then, the support substrate and flexible substrate are attached by heat processing to form amorphous-silicon film (111). Then, a thin film device layer is formed on flexible substrate (130), obtained amorphous-silicon film is irradiated with light, and flexible substrate is peeled from support substrate.    USE - Manufacture of thin film device e.g. thin film transistor (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to organic electroluminescent display, liquid crystal display, electronic paper, photoelectric transducer, thin film diode, optical sensor, solar cell, silicon resistive element, switching element, memory, piezoelectric element, magnetic recording thin film head, micromagnetic device, filter and reflecting film.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides thin film device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional side view illustrating peeling process in manufacture of thin film device.    Support substrate (100)    Amorphous-silicon film (111)    Flexible substrate (120)    Thin film device layer (130)
NOVELTY - The system has an electrochemical cell such as fuel cell for supplying energy to rotate a rotatable conducting disc (4) of a Faraday dynamo, so that the reactant in the hydrogen and oxygen flow paths (3,5) integrated with fuel cell moves away from inlets (2,6) provided in each flow path. The fuel cell has a hydrophilic polymer made outlet from which the water in the fuel cell is discharged during rotation of disc.    USE - System for performing electrochemical process.    ADVANTAGE - The rotation of the conducting disc of Faraday dynamo is performed efficiently by using the energy from fuel cell, without requiring complicated and expensive electronic units.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the schematic cross-sectional view of the system for performing electrochemical process.    Magnets (1)    Inlets (2,6)    Hydrogen flow path (3)    Rotatable conducting disc (4)    Oxygen flow path (5)
NOVELTY - A highly transparent fluororesin film has micro-pattern obtained from fine recessed portion or convex portion, on surface(s) of film. The fine recessed portion or convex portion has pyramidal shape, hemispherical shape, columnar shape or paraboloid shape. The micro-pattern has pitch of 30 nm to 5 mu m. The fine recessed portion or convex portion has width 30 nm to 5 mu m and aspect ratio of 0.2-15. The highly transparent fluororesin film has visible-ray light transmittance of 94% or more and visible-ray light reflectance of 3% or more.    USE - Highly transparent fluororesin film is used for agricultural house and solar cell surface material (both claimed). Can also be used in liquid crystal display and cathode ray tube display.    ADVANTAGE - The fluororesin film has high transparency, light transmittance, heat resistance, chemical resistance, weather resistance and electrical property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of highly transparent fluororesin film.
NOVELTY - An electrolytic membrane has proton-conductive material containing electrolyte resin (A) and inorganic microparticles and electrolyte resin (B). The electrolyte resin (A) is filled into hollow-shaped inorganic microparticles having through hole on the surface.    USE - Electrolytic membrane is used for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - Electrolytic membrane has high proton conductivity and reduced dimensional change. Swelling and shrinkage of proton conductive material is suppressed.
NOVELTY - A fuel cell coolant composition contains coolant and indicator. The deterioration of fuel cell coolant composition is observed by color changes with respect to pH indicator.    USE - Coolant composition for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The deterioration of fuel cell coolant composition is observed visually.
NOVELTY - The structuring device has multiple structuring tools (1) formed for bringing a track in a flat element (E). A structuring unit (2a) has two structuring tools (1a,1b). The structuring tools of a structuring unit are formed such that structuring tools are brought parallel to each other with constant distance. Another structuring unit (2b) has the other two structuring tools (1c,1d). The latter structuring unit is formed such that the other two structuring tools are parallel to each other with constant distance.    USE - Structuring device for structuring a flat element, particularly a solar module or a thin layer solar module and for bringing tracks in solar cell modules, particularly in thin section solar cell modules in the form of copper indium selenide or Copper indium gallium selenide thin section solar cell modules (Claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The structuring device has multiple structuring tools formed for bringing a track in a flat element, and hence ensures simple, efficient and reliable structuring device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a structuring method for structuring a flat element, particularly a solar module or a thin layer solar module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a process unit of a structuring device.    Structuring tools (1,1a,1b,1c,1d)    Structuring unit (2a,2b)    Track detecting unit (3)    Rail longitudinal direction (12)    Flat element (E)
NOVELTY - The method involves positioning a central opening (150B-3) between peripheral portions of a mask (150B) e.g. paper mask. An extrusion head is moved relative to a semiconductor substrate (101) such that outlet orifices are moved from a position (150B-1) over a peripheral area (215-P1) to a position (150B-2) over a peripheral area (215-P2) of the substrate. A material e.g. metal gridline material (M2), is continuously extruded via the orifices when the head is moved such that the material forms elongated extruded metal line structures (219-1-219-4) on central area of the substrate.    USE - Method for fabricating a large-area integrated circuit i.e. silicon wafer-based solar cell, on a semiconductor substrate.    ADVANTAGE - The material is continuously extruded via the orifices when the head is moved such that the material forms the elongated extruded structures on the central area of the substrate for producing the large-area integrated circuit at low cost with simple design by positioning the mask between the extrusion head and the substrate, thus improving operating efficiency of the large-area integrated circuit. The method allows the mask to prevent deposition of the extrusion material along the peripheral edges of the wafer, and enables facilitating formation of unbroken extrusion structures. The method enables providing the mask with a non-rectangular opening to facilitate the formation of circular two-dimensional extrusion patterns.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a semiconductor substrate during a fabrication process in partial section.    Metal gridline material (M2)    Semiconductor substrate (101)    Mask (150B)    Positions (150B-1, 150B-2)    Central opening (150B-3)    Peripheral areas (215-P1, 215-P2)    Elongated extruded metal line structures (219-1-219-4)
NOVELTY - Photovoltaic device fabrication includes processing a precursor layer to form a photovoltaic absorber layer (56) comprising group IB-IIIA-VIA material (preferably indium-gallium hydroxide); and depositing a transparent layer loaded with conductive nanopowder or nanoparticle, in which web-like layer of conductive material comprises metallic nanowires, or depositing a smoothing insulating layer comprising sol-gel transparent conductive oxide (TCO) or TCO particles (preferably zinc oxide/aluminum with thickness of less than or equal to 100 nm) to fill gaps and depression in the absorber layer to reduce roughness.    USE - Method for fabricating photovoltaic device, e.g. copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar cell. Can also be used for cell based on amorphous silicon, Graetzel cell architecture, nanostructured layer, polymer/blend cell architecture, microcrystalline silicon cell architecture, randomly placed nanorods and/or tetrapods of inorganic material dispersed in organic matrix, quantum dot-based cell, or optoelectronic devices other than solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method increases throughput of existing fabrication process and decreases cost associated with CIGS-based solar devices. The photovoltaic device has higher efficiency and better durability and thermal stability compared to existing devices.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a cross-sectional view of a photovoltaic device.    Base substrate (52)    Adhesion layer (53)    Base electrode (54)    Photovoltaic absorber layer (56)    N-type semiconductor thin film (58)    Transparent conductive layer (59)    Transparent electrode (60)    Metal fingers (61)
NOVELTY - The battery has a semiconductive optical transmission substrate (121) formed with a nano-wire, where the semiconductive optical transmission substrate is made of nano material. A transparent electrode (123) is formed on the optical transmission substrate. A PN junction semiconductor layer (130) is formed on the transparent electrode. Another transparent electrode (125) is formed on the PN junction semiconductor layer, where the transparent electrode is made of metallic nano material such as nanotube or nano particle. The PN junction semiconductor layer includes a p-type semiconductor layer.    USE - Solar battery for use in a vehicle i.e. car.    ADVANTAGE - The battery is made of nano material having semiconductive feature so as to secure transparency of window of the car.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for fabricating solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar battery.    Semiconductive optical transmission substrate (121)    Transparent electrodes (123, 125)    PN junction semiconductor layer (130)    P-type semiconductor layer (132)    N-type semiconductor layer (134)
NOVELTY - The method involves doping do pant at an upper side of a semiconductor substrate in uneven formation manner, and forming a semiconductor layer on the doped semiconductor substrate for processing etching, where the etching process and doping process are performed in a chamber (20). The semiconductor substrate is equipped with an N type semiconductor layer and p-type semiconductor layer. A predetermined amount of mixed doping gas and etching gas is supplied to the chamber for generating plasma layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing a wafer type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method reduces environmental contamination generation during wet etching process. The doping gas is supplied within the chamber. so that the dopant is not doped in a side and a lower part of the semiconductor substrate and is doped on the top of the semiconductor substrate, which avoids the need of separate dopant removal process, thus simplifying doping process and reducing cost. The method manufactures a wafer type solar cell in short time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a wafer type solar cell manufacturing equipment.    Wafer type solar cell manufacturing equipment (10)    Chamber (20)    Susceptor (30)    Gas disbution plate (50)    Gas incoming pipe (60)
NOVELTY - A metal-containing composition contains metal microparticles having average particle diameter of less than 100 nm. The metal-containing composition has ratio of true density after heating at 200 degrees C for 60 minutes and true density after heating at 150 degrees C for 60 minutes, of 1.10 or less.    USE - Metal-containing composition is used for forming metal film and electroconductive paste (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to flexible printed circuit, flat panel display, solar cell, organic electroluminescent element, capacitor, coating material for vehicle and ship, medical treatment, antimicrobial coating material and high-flexible shield.    ADVANTAGE - The metal-containing composition is easily manufactured even at low temperature, and has favorable electroconductivity and excellent low-temperature sintering property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) electroconductive paste, which contains metal-containing composition;    (2) metal film, which is formed by baking the metal-containing composition; and    (3) manufacture of metal-containing composition.
NOVELTY - A wavelength conversion film (300) contains fluorescent material and dispersion medium resin. The fluorescent material is coated fluorescent material particles having fluorescent material particles, and coating layer covering the surface of the fluorescent material particles. The wavelength conversion film is used as transparent layer(s) of solar cell module having several transparent layers and photovoltaic cell (100).    USE - Wavelength conversion film is used for manufacturing solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The wavelength conversion film has excellent moisture resistance, heat resistance and sunlight utilization efficiency. The solar cell module formed using the wavelength conversion film has high power generation efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of the wavelength conversion film, which involves obtaining coated fluorescent material particles by coating fluorescent material particles with silica glass by sol-gel reaction using silicon alkoxide, and having coating layer, dispersing the coated fluorescent material particles to dispersion medium resin, to produce a resin composition, and forming the wavelength conversion film using the resin composition; and    (2) manufacture of the solar cell module, which involves laminating the wavelength conversion film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the wavelength conversion film.    Photovoltaic cell (100)    Cover glass (201)    Sealing material (202)    Wavelength conversion film (300)
NOVELTY - An ink composition comprises non-baked granule fluorescent substance having average primary particle size of 30-400 nm. The granule fluorescent substance exhibits fluorescence light emission by ultraviolet-ray excitation, and contains rare earth metal-doped yttrium-vanadium oxide.    USE - Ink composition is used for printing ink for inkjet printing and offset printing. Can also be used for electric power generation-improvement material of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The ink composition has excellent dispersion stability and transparency, and provides stable and continuous printing over long period of time. The generation of nozzle clogging during printing is suppressed, and favorable printing surface is produced without any printing defects.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An ink composition comprises non-baked granule fluorescent substance having average primary particle size of 30-400 nm. The granule fluorescent substance exhibits fluorescence light emission by ultraviolet-ray excitation, and contains rare earth metal-doped yttrium-vanadium oxide (YVO4:A, where A is rare earth metal other than yttrium).
NOVELTY - The application uses a copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film solar cell (1) whose surface generates current. A lead (8), a Schottky rectifier diode (5), a microcontroller (6) and a light-sensitive inductive automatic regulation switch (9) input current to a lithium ion battery (4). The switch communicates a current outputting circuit from the battery. A spiral porous Vycor(RTM: heat-resistant glassware with a high percentage of silica) glass (PVG) fiber electric wire (3) is input with current to generate heat effect, which maintains warmness of cat apparels (2) on a cat body (7).    USE - Application of a copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film solar cell in a warmer on pet cat apparels.    ADVANTAGE - The fiber electric wire has fast heating speed, is resistant to aging, saves power, and can be safely utilized.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a pet cat apparel.    Copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film solar cell (1)    Cat apparels (2)    Spiral PVG fiber electric wire (3)    Lithium ion battery (4)    Schottky rectifier diode (5)    Microcontroller (6)    Cat body (7)    Lead (8)    Light-sensitive inductive automatic regulation switch (9)
NOVELTY - A conductive paste composition comprises a binder resin, a diluent, a conductive metal material, glass frit and an inorganic thixotrophic agent.    USE - Conductive paste composition is used for preparing electrode used as surface electrode of solar cell (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The conductive paste composition prevents deformation of electrode after heat-treating process, and provides solar cell having excellent light-receiving efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - The apparatus (100) introduces cleaning gas into film forming chamber (1) in which film-forming process is performed on substrate (4) and self-cleaning process. The self-cleaning process is performed at preset time set in the range in which film formation operating time percentage is saturated with respect to increase of film formation throughput. The film formation operating time percentage is represented as ratio of film formation related work time to sum of film formation related work time and cleaning related work time.    USE - Vacuum processing apparatus e.g. plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus for forming thin film on semiconductor substrate used in electronic component, solar cell, etc. Can also be used in dry etching apparatus, sputtering apparatus etc.    ADVANTAGE - The time for performing self-cleaning process can be set easily and flexibly and the influence on the film formation related work time can be reduced even when the cleaning related work time fluctuates. Therefore, the productive efficiency of the vacuum processing apparatus can be improved stably. The maintenance cost of the film forming chamber can be reduced while the lifetime of the film forming unit is increased. Therefore, the processing capacity of the processing apparatus can be improved effectively and the throughput of the processing apparatus can be increased.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for operating method of vacuum processing apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the plasma CVD apparatus.    Film forming chamber (1)    Counter electrode (2)    Substrate (4)    Electrode cover (6)    Plasma CVD apparatus (100)
NOVELTY - An openable stainless steel (SS) bubbler adaptable for deposition of front conducting electrode in thin film solar cell, comprises a bottom flange (1b) having a groove to hold a Viton O-ring (9) welded from the bottom to a cylindrical flask (2), several Teflon tubes (3a-3d) fixed to a top flange through threaded perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) tube fittings (10,10a), one each of the tubes (3a-3d) at a first end provided with a temperature sensor (4), vapor out means (5), draining means (6), and input means (7) for the carrier nitrogen, the distant ends of the tubes (3a-3c) being submerged in the highly corrosive liquid inside the cylindrical flask, and the Viton O-ring sandwiched between the top and bottom flanges (1a,1b), to seal the bubbler by further tightening the flanges (1a,1b) with fastening means. Image 1/1
NOVELTY - The device has several solar cells (206) that are electrically coupled to each other and formed of respective semiconductor materials having difference band gaps. Each solar cell has several sub-junctions (208-2,210-2,212-2) having respective p-n junctions, and tunnel junctions (204-3,204-4,204-5) that are located between juxtaposed sub-junctions of several sub-junctions.    USE - Multi-junction solar photovoltaic device.    ADVANTAGE - As the photovoltaic device is designed to operate at temperature greater than the room temperature, the decrease in conversion efficiency can be eliminated. By the use of the sub-junctions, the negative effects of short minority carrier diffusion length can be reduced and the high-temperature operation of the solar cell can be enabled. Therefore, the need for effective heat sinking can be reduced and the performance of the device can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for method of forming photovoltaic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Tunnel junctions (204-3,204-4,204-5)    Solar cell (206)    Sub-junctions (208-2,210-2,212-2)    N-type layer (316)    Erbium arsenide monolayer (318)
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic module comprises a solar cell element and an insulation material laminated to at least one side of the solar cell element, where the insulation material comprises an olefin copolymer which comprises silane group-containing monomer units.    USE - As photovoltaic module useful as insulation material for solar cell elements (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic module provides an insulation material which allows to improve and facilitate the production process of the photovoltaic module, e.g. by shortening the time necessary for lamination of the module, and, at the same time, has a lower tendency to degrade and provides an improved protection for the solar cell elements from detrimental external influences; and avoids the use of peroxide cross-linked ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers as insulation material. The photovoltaic module can be manufactured in a shorter time compared to common modules comprising peroxide containing EVA and hence productivity of the module lamination process is increased; no corrosive and other by-products are formed upon cross-linking of the insulation material which may damage the photovoltaic cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for production of a photovoltaic module which comprises laminating a sheet of insulation material comprising an olefin copolymer which comprises silane group-containing monomer units to a solar cell element.
NOVELTY - A catalyst powder separation apparatus (11) comprises retention chamber (21) that retains fluid that flowed in from a catalytic reaction container, retention chamber inflow port (22a) where inflow path (31) is connected, retention chamber outflow port (26) where outflow path (32) is connected, filter (28) that separates catalyst powder from fluid that flows out of retention chamber by filtration, and magnetic field generation unit that separates catalyst powder from fluid that flows out of retention chamber interior by magnetic force.    USE - Catalyst powder separation apparatus for fuel cell system (claimed) used as domestic electric power supply source.    ADVANTAGE - Effectively separates catalyst powder, and has flow path where clogging can be suppressed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A catalyst powder separation apparatus (11) comprises retention chamber (21) that retains fluid that flowed in from a catalytic reaction container, retention chamber inflow port (22a) where inflow path (31) is connected, retention chamber outflow port (26) where outflow path (32) is connected, filter (28) that separates catalyst powder from fluid that flows out of retention chamber by filtration, and magnetic field generation unit that separates catalyst powder from fluid that flows out of retention chamber interior by magnetic force. The magnetic field generation unit generates magnetic force that functions on direction going to filter and can curve with respect to catalyst powder that flowed from retention chamber interior. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a fuel cell system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the catalyst powder separation apparatus.    Catalyst powder separation apparatus (11)    Retention chamber (21)    Inflow port (22a)    Outflow port (26)    Filter (28)    Inflow path (31)    Outflow path (32)
NOVELTY - Ammonia aqueous solution is contacted with aqueous solution of metal chloride salt, and metal chloride salt is counteracted. The resulting solution is neutralized to obtain slurry. The slurry is heated, and ammonia in ammonium chloride salt is evaporated-dried to obtain hydrochloric acid-containing metal chloride salt neutralized material. The neutralized material is washed at pH of 4.5-7 to obtain slurry of hydrochloric acid-containing metal chloride salt neutralized material, and heated to obtain metal oxide powder.    USE - Manufacture of metal oxide powder used for photocatalyst, solar cell, and additive for silicone rubber.    ADVANTAGE - The metal oxide powder has excellent dispersibility, and is manufactured with less impurity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Ammonia aqueous solution is contacted with aqueous solution of metal chloride salt, and metal chloride salt is counteracted. The resulting solution is neutralized to obtain neutralization reaction slurry containing metal chloride salt neutralized material and ammonium chloride salt. The molar ratio of ammonium chloride salt with respect to metallic element in metal chloride salt neutralization reaction slurry is 0.8-4.4. The metal chloride salt neutralization reaction slurry is heated, and ammonia in ammonium chloride salt is evaporated-dried to obtain hydrochloric acid-containing metal chloride salt neutralized material. The hydrochloric acid-containing metal chloride salt neutralized material is washed at pH of 4.5-7 to obtain slurry of hydrochloric acid-containing metal chloride salt neutralized material, and heated until content of hydrochloric acid-containing metal chloride salt neutralized material reaches to 1 mass% or more to obtain metal oxide powder.
NOVELTY - The solar cell (8) has a porous photoelectric converting layer (31) which makes the porous semiconductor layer (11) to absorb dye on the transparent conductive layer (2) of electroconductive support portion (3). The porous semiconductor layer has three layers. The refractive index of porous semiconductor layer currently formed in nearest place and porous semiconductor layer formed in farthest place is larger than the refractive index of porous semiconductor layer currently formed with respect to the incident direction of light.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell for dye-sensitized solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The energy conversion efficiency of solar cell is improved so that performance is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the dye-sensitized solar cell.    Transparent conductive layer (2)    Electroconductive support portion (3)    Dye-sensitized solar cell (8)    Porous semiconductor layer (11)    Porous photoelectric converting layer (31)
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion device comprises a sealing layer (A) and a sealing layer (B) provided opposite to each other, and a photoelectric conversion element group between the sealing layers. Layer (A) contains a structure component (a) in which a fibrous material (162) is impregnated with an organic resin (164). Layer (B) contains a structure component (b) in which a fibrous material (172) is impregnated with an organic resin (174). The periphery of the photoelectric conversion element group has a region in which sealing layers (A,B) are attached to each other.    USE - Photoelectric conversion device e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion device has high reliability, flexibility, mechanical strength, durability, weather resistance and external stress resistance, and is manufactured with high productivity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of fibrous material.    Fibrous materials (162,172)    Organic resins (164,174)
NOVELTY - The method involves spraying silicon dioxide or light resisting material protection grain on the surface of a silicon sheet. The silicon sheet is put into a mixing etching solution of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid, in which the grain on the sheet surface serves as an etching protection layer.    USE - Polysilicon-acid etching for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Reduces reflectivity of silicon sheet, thus improving etching efficiency.
NOVELTY - A beam delivery system consisting of lenses guides laser beam from a pulsed laser source through a transparent substrate and focuses the beam on a target. The ablated/evaporated material from the target is deposited on the transparent substrate which is heated by a continuous wave laser heating system. A substrate manipulator is used for positioning the substrate relative to the target at a distance of 10 mu m to 30 cm.    USE - Apparatus for deposition of transparent thin film/patterned structure e.g. phosphorus-lithium co-doped zinc oxide film on substrate. Uses include but are not limited to manufacture of electric device, optoelectronic device such as LED, laser diode and UV detector, solid state lighting, transparent electronics, flat panel display and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - By guiding the pulsed laser beam on to target mixed with doping materials through substrate and depositing evaporated target material on substrate which is moved relative to the target, there is no need for using gas sources for performing doping of the film. Hence the doping process is enabled simply using a low cost process. The adverse effect on the environment during doping can be prevented. Since the distance between the substrate and the target can be varied, very small micron scale features of the size of the laser beam spot/two dimensional pattern structures can be grown on the substrate. The multi-layered structures can be grown by varying the distance and using different target materials. The deposition of large area films is enabled by movement of substrate in the horizontal direction.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory diagram of the pulsed laser deposition system for depositing transparent thin film/patterned structure on substrate.
NOVELTY - A susceptor (160) for supplying high frequency power to form plasma is arranged inside a chamber (110) facing a substrate (130) that is seated on a tray (140) inside the chamber. A grounding frame (162) in the form of rectangular or circular shaped flat panel with central hole, is arranged beneath the susceptor without contacting the susceptor. An insulating portion (164) made of ceramic or Teflon (RTM: PTFE manufactured by DuPont) is arranged between the susceptor and flat panel.    USE - Dry etching apparatus for use in manufacture of e.g. wafer type solar cell. Can also be used in manufacture of semiconductor device and flat panel display device.    ADVANTAGE - By providing a grounding frame beneath the susceptor, the abnormal discharge occurring beneath the susceptor is prevented so that wide processing margin and uniform etching is realized through enhancement of plasma density and uneven structure is uniformly formed in the surface of the substrate without regard to orientation direction of crystal molecules through dry etching process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the dry etching apparatus.    Chamber (110)    Substrate (130)    Tray (140)    Susceptor (160)    Grounding Frame (162)    Insulating portion (164)
NOVELTY - A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack (2) including cell(s) (6) comprising a cathode supplied with an oxidant (air), an anode supplied with a fuel (methanol or hydrogen) and a polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between cathode and anode; and power generation controller (5) having dryness degree determination mechanism (20). Based on the determined degree of dryness when the fuel cell stack starts power generation, the controller determines whether or not a predetermined drying operation for drying the fuel cell stack should be performed before the start of the power generation.    USE - A fuel cell system for use as power source. Uses include but are not limited to households, electric vehicles and mobile devices.    ADVANTAGE - The fuel cell system has excellent long-term life characteristics. When power generation is resumed after a relatively short shutdown period, purging the cathode with a gas for drying permits efficient removal of water remaining in the cathode without making the membrane electrode assembly too dry. Deterioration of air diffusion due to water accumulation in the cathode can be suppressed. Since the membrane electrode assembly does not become too dry, the deterioration of the catalyst and electrolyte is not promoted.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a fuel cell system.    Stack (2)    Power generation controller (5)    Cell (6)    Cathode (7)    Polymer electrolyte membrane (8)    Anode (9)    Air pipe (12)    Fuel pipes (15, 16)    Dryness degree determination mechanism (20)
NOVELTY - Glass composition has soda-lime bristles glass. 100 pts.wt. of soda lime bristles glass is mixed with 0.01-0.3 pts.wt. of coloring agent, 0.01-0.05 pts.wt. of iron(III) oxide and 0.01-0.05 pts.wt. of manganese dioxide.    USE - Glass composition for use as architectural glass, and for use in automobile and solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The glass composition has high transmittance rate and transparency.
NOVELTY - Silicon recovery involves dissolving slurry containing silicon in a solvent and silicon carbide. The slurry is generated from semiconductor or solar battery manufacturing, and has iron, copper, silicon cutting fluid, dispersing agent and thickening agent.    USE - Method for silicon recovery for high purity silicon for use in silicon wafer, particularly solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The silicon recovery method enables to recover high purity silicon from waste slurry, and thus is economical and eco-friendly.
NOVELTY - The system has fuel cell which supplies generated electric power to power load connected to system power supply unit. A modifier supplies fuel gas to fuel cell. A control unit controls driving of fuel cell and modifier. The restoration operation is performed automatically when fuel cell system main portion is not controlled by control unit at the time of abnormality of system power supply unit, such that fuel cell system main portion is restarted. The fuel cell system main portion is transferred to standby state after completion of restoration operation.    USE - Fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - The fuel cell system can be restarted automatically without requiring maintenance by a person. The performance efficiency, reliability and durability of fuel cell system can be improved. Unexpected fire break-out can be prevented. The abnormal high temperature at the time of a normal operation can be detected accurately and fuel cell system can be restored normally and smoothly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow chart explaining process of controlling fuel cell system. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - An electronic apparatus consists of electronic device (12) formed on a sodium diffusion-preventing layer (11) which is planarization coating film formed on a glass substrate (10) containing sodium.    USE - Electronic apparatus e.g. solar cell and large sized flat panel display.    ADVANTAGE - The electronic apparatus is easily and economically manufactured, and has high diffusion preventing effect with respect to sodium diffusion-preventing layer.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of electronic apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows sectional view of electronic apparatus.    Glass substrate (10)    Sodium diffusion-preventing layer (11)    Electronic device (12)
NOVELTY - A curable composition contains silica particles, (meth)acrylate (a) having 2 or more ethylenically unsaturated group, and does not have ring structure, (meth)acrylate (b) having ethylenically unsaturated group and alicyclic structure, and a polymerization initiator. The silica particles are surface-treated with a silane compound (I) and a silane compound (II).    USE - Curable composition is used for cured material for optical lens (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to optical disk substrate, plastic substrate for liquid crystal display element and organic electroluminescent display element, substrate for color filter, solar cell substrate, touch panel, optical waveguide and light-emitting-diode sealing material.    ADVANTAGE - The curable composition has excellent handleability. The cured material formed using the curable composition has excellent transparency, heat resistance, environmental resistance and moldability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A curable composition contains silica particles, (meth)acrylate (a) having 2 or more ethylenically unsaturated group, and does not have ring structure, (meth)acrylate (b) having ethylenically unsaturated group and alicyclic structure, and a polymerization initiator. The silica particles are surface-treated with a silane compound of formula: H2C=C(-R1)-C(=O)-O-(CH2)q-SiR2r(OR3)3-r (I) and silane compound of formula (II).    R1=H or methyl;    R2,R4=1-3C alkyl or phenyl;    R3,R5=H or 1-10C hydrocarbyl;    q=1-6;    r,t=0-2;and    s=0-6.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for cured material, which is obtained by hardening the curable composition.
NOVELTY - The solar cell module (40) has bus sections (32) connected to the both ends of solar battery strings (30). The flexible resin sections (33a-33c) and flexible resin film (34) cover the bus section and solar cell string. A portion of bus section is exposed to form a hole on light receiving side of solar cell (20). The exposed portion of the bus section is operated as an electrical connecting unit (32a) for electrically connecting the solar cell strings in series.    USE - Solar cell module for satellite application.    ADVANTAGE - The flexibility of the large-scale solar cell array can be improved, and the mechanical strength of the solar cell module can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell array.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the top view and sectional views of the solar cell module.    Solar cell (20)    Solar battery strings (30)    Bus sections (32)    Electrical connecting unit (32a)    Flexible resin sections (33a-33c)    Flexible resin film (34)    Solar cell module (40)
NOVELTY - The solar cell module has several photovoltaic cells (10) which are electrically connected using wiring board with preset wiring pattern formed on bi-axial stretching film made of polyester, polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalate. The thermal contraction rate of bi-axial stretching film along direction orthogonal to winding-up direction of bi-axial stretching film, is made small by shape of electrode pattern formed on photovoltaic cell and wiring pattern formed on wiring board.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell characteristic of the solar cell module can be improved, the solar cell module can be manufactured efficiently at reduced cost and the generation of defect and positional offset to the solar cell module can be prevented reliably.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional and top views of the photovoltaic cell.    Silicon substrate (1)    Anti-reflective film (2)    N-type electrode (5)    Passivation film (7)    Photovoltaic cell (10)
NOVELTY - An organic photoelectric transducer has functional layer containing electron accepting component and polymer having repeating unit containing benzochromene structure (1) and thiophene structure (2) provided between a pair of electrodes.    USE - Organic photoelectric transducer for solar cells and photosensors.    ADVANTAGE - The organic photoelectric transducer has high photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic photoelectric transducer has functional layer containing electron accepting component and polymer having repeating unit containing benzochromene structure of formula (1) and thiophene structure of formula (2) provided between a pair of electrodes.    R1-R14=alkyl, alkoxy, or optionally substituted aryl (all optionally substituted by fluoro), or H;and    x,y=1 or 2.
NOVELTY - A transparent electrode multilayer film (100) comprises group III doped zinc oxide layer (101, 103) and metal layer (102).    USE - Transparent electrode multilayer film for electrode used in optical devices, including liquid crystal displays, plasma displays, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes.    ADVANTAGE - The film exhibits improved optical transparency and good electrical conductivity, yet it is thin to allow visible light transmission.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method to form a transparent conductive multilayer film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a multilayer film.    Multilayer film (100)    Zinc oxide layers (101, 103)    Metal layer (102)    Substrate (104)
NOVELTY - Composition, having pasty consistency, comprises silver or gold (60-90 wt.%), glass (5-15 wt.%), which is in particle form, and organic components (5-25 wt.%), where the glass is formed with at least 5 mol.% of tin oxide and at least 10 mol.% of silicon dioxide, and the glass does not contain lead or bismuth.    USE - The composition is useful for forming electrical contacts on silicon-solar wafer.    ADVANTAGE - The electrically conductive contacts are prepared in cost effective manner using the composition with reduced potential health risks.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an electrically conductive contact on silicon-solar wafer, which is prepared from the above composition, comprising at least 90 wt.% of silver or gold and at least 3 wt.% of glass.
NOVELTY - Titanium oxide particles have multiple extension portion extended radially. The extension portions have an angle in the approximate center portion along lengthwise direction. The titanium oxide particles exhibit a star shape as a whole, and the extension portion is an anatase phase.    USE - Titanium oxide particles are used for dye-sensitized solar cell (claimed). Can also be used for cosmetics, coating material for white reflecting plate and motor vehicle, visible light permeation ultraviolet light cut film for window glass, purification apparatus, and backlight of liquid crystal display.    ADVANTAGE - The titanium oxide particles have excellent light-scattering ability of near infrared light from visible light.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for dye-sensitized solar cell, which has a transparent electrode, a semiconductor layer which supported a dye, an electrolyte layer, and a counter electrode. The semiconductor layer comprises titanium oxide particles.
NOVELTY - The container has a single-sided coating composition-10 regenerated coating, and a support surface provided with a non-skid surface (2). A set of recesses (1) is formed on the container for a profile, where cambers (3) are formed below the container. Another set of recesses (4) is formed on the container for loading with a ballast, where reception of the ballast in the latter set of recesses is not more 50 kilo grams per container. A solar module is not connected with the container.    USE - High-density polyethylene container for loading a photovoltaic system on a flat roof.    ADVANTAGE - The solar module is not connected with the container, and set of recesses is formed on the container for the profile, such that the solar module is rear ventilated. The container avoids slack flow of the water on the flat roof.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows front, side, top and perspective views of a high-density polyethylene container.    Recesses (1, 4)    Non-skid surface (2)    Cambers (3)
NOVELTY - Polyester film for solar cell back surface protective films comprises 70-95 wt.% of polyester (A) with ethylene terephthalate unit as main repeating unit and melting point of 230-256 degrees C and 5-30 wt.% of polyester (B) with butylene naphthalate unit as main repeating unit and melting point of 235-243 degrees C. The film has intrinsic viscosity of 0.60-1.00 dl/g and plane-orientation coefficient of 0.165-0.185.    USE - Polyester film for solar cell back surface protective films (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Maintains high hydrolysis resistance over a long period of time and has high heat resistance.
NOVELTY - Silicon ingot or wafer is manufactured by recovering silicon, producing silicon sludge and producing silicon ingots. A water with dissolved gas, which changes the oxidation-reduction potential of pure water, is supplied to an ingot processing surface, silicon sludge, or silicon sludge containing drainage liquid.    USE - Manufacture of silicon ingot or wafer for electronic components such as solar cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The silicon ingot obtained has high purity, stable and contamination by microorganism and organic matter during processing e.g. slicing and dicing is suppressed and manufacturing process is easy, stable and inexpensive.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for processing of silicon for electronic components.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart of the manufacture of silicon ingot and wafers for electronic components. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - Increasing activity of water gas shift reaction of copper-based catalyst comprises reducing temperature of catalyst bed at less than 100 degrees C after the catalyst is reduced or reacted for a period of time and under hydrous atmosphere, where specific treatment time is determined by treatment temperature, water content of treatment atmosphere and flow rate of treatment atmosphere; and heating catalyst bed at greater than 100 degrees C to activate the catalyst.    USE - Increasing activity of water gas shift reaction of copper-based catalyst (claimed) used in fuel battery system.    ADVANTAGE - The activation process can be carried out under in situ reaction condition.
NOVELTY - Heavily-doped semiconductor waste material is recycled by distilling semiconductor waste material by heating between m.pt. and b.pt. of silicon and impurities of the waste material under different pressures and temperature.    USE - Method of recycling heavily-doped semiconductor waste material (claimed) for producing solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enhances purity of silicon and reduces content of impurities in semiconductor material. It has high efficiency, simple process and low cost.
NOVELTY - Preparation of titanium dioxide plated film involves carrying out electroplating process using mixed aqueous solution in ice water bath, and aggregating titanium dioxide particles on cathode by electric field. The mixed aqueous solution contains titanate substance, organic alcohol and nitric acid in concentration of 0.83-1.65 mass%, 0.15-0.3 mass% and 0.15-0.3 mass%, respectively.    USE - Preparation of titanium dioxide plated film used for photo-anode for flexible dye-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides titanium dioxide plated film having high-efficient photocatalytic activity.
NOVELTY - The battery has electrolyte layer containing non-liquidity electrolyte that includes a colloid electrolyte or a solid electrolyte. The layer and an electrode are formed on an upper side of another electrode. Specific surface area of a filler is greater than 30 meter square per gram. The filler is selected from any one of titanium dioxide, tin dioxide, indium oxide, cadmium sulfide, zinc sulfide, cadmium selenide, gallium phosphide, cadmium telluride, molybdenum diselenide, tungsten diselenide, niobium pentoxide, potassium tantalate, zirconium dioxide, strontium titanate and silicon dioxide.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery utilizes single substrate, thus reducing the manufacturing cost. The method for manufacturing the battery is realized by preparing different components in a laminating way, thus realizing continuous operation and economic benefit.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The former electrode is made of a conducting material that is selected from any one of gold, platinum, gold-platinum alloy, silver, aluminum, carbon, transparent conducting oxide and conducting high molecule. The filler is made of high molecule, which is selected from any one of polyethers, polyacrylonitrile, polyacrylate, polypyridine, polyaniline, polypyrrole, polystyrene, poly-para-benzene, polythiophene, poly-3,4-ethyl-biester thiofuran, 3-isobutyl-4-oxo-tricosanoic phenmethyl ester, poly-vinylpyridine, sulfolane, polyamide branched high molecule, spiro bifluorene, poly-(N-vinyl carbazole), poly-3,4-ethylene dioxy thiophene, polyethylene oxide, polyvinyl difluoride and polyester polyurethane i.e. polyether toluene diamine ester. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing the dye-sensitized solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a dye-sensitized solar battery.
NOVELTY - A multilayer transparent conducting film has substrate (1), n-layer metal copper (2) and m-layer zinc oxide layer (3). The n-layer metal copper and m-layer zinc oxide layer are deposited on the substrate in crossing mode, where both n and m are not smaller than 1.    USE - Multilayer transparent conducting film for photoelectric apparatus e.g. solar battery, plate display with sunlight-shielding infrared reflecting film structure.    ADVANTAGE - Raises photoelectric performance of the multilayer transparent conducting film prepared at indoor temperature.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a preparation method for multilayer transparent conducting film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross sectional view of the multilayer transparent conducting film.    Substrate (1)    N-layer metal copper (2)    M-layer zinc oxide layer (3)
NOVELTY - The manufacturing method involves restructuring cadmium sulfide/cadmium telluride interface by annealing it with cadmium chloride. The nickel back electrode is sputtered on surface of cadmium telluride with magnetron sputter, and then annealed at high temperature to form an ohmic contact. A highly efficient cadmium telluride thin film solar cell is obtained by connecting magnetron sputter and close-space subliming furnace together through gate valve, and then delivering samples by magnetic drive manipulator after inserting it in pre-processing chamber from the glass substrate.    USE - Manufacturing method for cadmium telluride thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Manufactures a highly efficient cadmium telluride thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross sectional view of the cadmium telluride thin film solar cell.
NOVELTY - An electrode forming paste comprises (mass%) aluminum powder (65-75 or 1-10), organic carrier (20-30), inorganic glass powder (0.2-6) and functional additive (0.5-1). The aluminum powder has average grain size of less than 2 mu m.    USE - An electrode forming paste for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The paste provides solar cell with good conductivity, low contact resistance, firm attachment to silicon base sheet, small bending of silicon sheet, high open-circuit voltage, and high photoelectric conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - A lead-free silver conductor paste comprises silver powder, lead-free glass powder, organic carrier and additive. The lead-free glass powder is silicon-boron-bismuth-aluminum-titanium-zinc-oxide (Si-B-Bi-Al-Ti-Zn-O) series glass powder. The organic carrier comprises organic solvent, thickening agent, surfactant and diluting agent. The additive is zinc resinate.    USE - A lead-free silver conductor paste for solar cell electrode.    ADVANTAGE - The paste has excellently improved printing performance and electrical property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Lead-free silver conductor paste comprises (wt.%) silver powder (65-85), lead-free glass powder (2-8), organic carrier (10-25) and additive (0.1-3). The particle size of silver powder is 0.1-10 mu m. The lead-free glass powder is silicon-boron-bismuth-aluminum-titanium-zinc-oxide (Si-B-Bi-Al-Ti-Zn-O) series glass powder. The organic carrier comprises organic solvent (65-85), thickening agent (5-15), surfactant (1-10) and diluting agent. The organic solvent is terpineol, tributyl citrate, turpentine wood oil and/or carbitol. The thickening agent is ethylcellulose, acrylic ester and/or dinitrocellulose. The surfactant is stearate. The diluting agent is ethyl alcohol, acetate or terpene. The additive is zinc resinate. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of preparing lead-free silver conductor paste by smelting (wt.%) silicon dioxide (SiO2, 15-30), diboron trioxide (B2O3, 1-15), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3, 20-60), aluminum oxide (Al2O3, 5-15), titanium dioxide (TiO2, 3-10) and zinc oxide (ZnO, 10-30) at 1100-1400 degrees C to obtain Si-B-Bi-Al-Ti-Zn-O series glass powder, quenching mixed powder with water, ball milling, drying, and sifting to obtain lead-free glass powder having particle size of 1-8 mu m; weighing silver powder, lead-free glass powder and zinc resinate; mixing, and stirring in water bath at 50-80 degrees C to obtain organic carrier; and mixing with prepared solid powder, and grinding.
NOVELTY - The cell has a transparent conductive substrate sequentially laminated with an n-type non-crystalline silicon thin-film, i-type non-crystalline silicon thin-film, and a p-type silicon thin-film i.e. p-type polysilicon micro-powder, from downside to upside. The p-type silicon thin-film is sequentially laminated with a silicon double-junction thin-film solar cell part composed of the i-type noncrystalline silicon thin-film and a transparent conductive thin-film (TCO). A silicon single-junction thin-film solar cell part made from aluminum film is directly formed on the p-type silicon thin-film.    USE - Silicon thin-film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent conductive substrate has wide selection range, high photoelectric conversion efficiency, low deposition temperature and simple processing technique, and is low in cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The transparent conductive substrate is made of fluorine-doped tin oxide conductive glass, indium tin oxide conductive glass, aluminum doped zinc conductive glass or organic flexible transparent conductive plastic. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing a silicon double-junction thin-film solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves obtaining tetraethyl orthosilicate, absolute ethanol, de-ionized water, and organic additive and adding 36.5 percent of hydrochloric acid to the water. A silicon nitride film is formed on a crystalline silicon solar battery substrate. A silicon nitride film is sprayed and coated on the substrate using alkali-catalyzed sol to obtain a silicon dioxide film. Electrodes are printed on front and back sides on the silicon dioxide film. The silicon dioxide film is dried, and sintering operation is performed on the silicon dioxide film.    USE - Method for manufacturing a double-layer anti-reflective film of a crystalline silicon solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The organic additive is selected from one of silane coupling agent potassium hydride-560, cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide, N, N- dimethyl fomamide or polyethylene glycol.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a double-layer anti-reflective film manufacturing method.
NOVELTY - The cell component has a package module formed by laminating a cell element that is enwrapped by an insulating sealing film i.e. polyvinyl butyral or ethylene vinyl acetate film, with a package component. The package module is provided with a package extraction electrode, and the sealing film is sandwiched between the cell element and a package glass. A platform for preventing short circuiting and electric leakage is formed at periphery of the cell element. The package component is laminated on the cell element to form the cell component with a dot structure.    USE - Amorphous silicon solar cell component for use as a photovoltaic building material in a power station.    ADVANTAGE - The cell component avoids the need of frame, so as to save material and reduce cost. The block of glass with a mounting fixture is adhered to a back face of the cell component, so that the cell component can package the solar cell, thus conveniently and quickly mounting the cell component. The cell component is suitable for quick field installation, and has high production efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of an amorphous silicon solar cell component.
NOVELTY - The pattern includes a conducting oil layer formed on surface of one or more films with greater than 30 dyne value, by printing application, where thickness of each film is 3-1000 microns. The film is made of Makrolan (RTM: polycarbonate). The oil layer is provided with plated or chemically plated layer. One surface of one or more films is provided with plated or metal plated layer with thickness of 0.5-12 microns.    USE - Conducting pattern formed on surface of printed circuit board of radio frequency identification (RFID) device, screening grid apparatus, flat display apparatus, touch screen, solar battery, and for use during preparation of chip, and for use in screening material generation field (all claimed), etc.    ADVANTAGE - The conducting pattern can be formed and used in respective fields.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for preparing conducting pattern.
NOVELTY - The compound transparent conductive substrate has a highly conductive gate grid formed on a transparent substrate. A transparent conductive film formed on the transparent substrate completely covers the highly conductive gate grid.    USE - Compound transparent conductive substrate used as electrode in photoelectric converter such as dye-sensitized solar cell, silicon thin-film solar cell, copper-indium-selenium solar cell, compound thin-film solar cell and organic thin-film solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The compound transparent conductive substrate has good corrosion resistance and excellent conductivity, as the conductive gate grid is completely covered by the transparent conductive film. When used in the photoelectric converter such as dye-sensitized solar cell, the preparation process of the battery is simplified, the resistance of the battery substrate is reduced, and the performance and stability of the battery are improved greatly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) compound transparent conductive substrate preparing method; and    (2) application of compound transparent conductive substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the compound transparent conductive substrate.
NOVELTY - A multifunctional composite membrane packaging glass consists of layer of catalytic self-cleaning film, layer of indium tin oxide conducting film and layer of hydrophobic film formed in order on substrate. The substrate is low iron ultra white glass substrate having single coated surface.    USE - Multifunctional composite membrane packaging glass of solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The packaging glass has high light transmittance, excellent surface decomposition resistance, cleaning property and enables to manufacture solar battery with high power and high performance.
NOVELTY - The residual resistivity at p-n junction is measured using resistivity of directionally solidified ingot made with a particular feedstock batch. The p-n transition is calculated by modifying Scheil's equation. The phosphorus to boron ratio in the initial feedback stock is determined by knowing the position of the p-n junction and effective segregation coefficient for boron and phosphorus. (Incomplete specification, abstract based on available information published by the patent office).    USE - Evaluation method of upgraded metallurgical grade (UMG) silicon for production of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The resistivity at p-n junction can be measured precisely.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a calibration curve for determination of boron and phosphorus at p-n junction.
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing a horizontally oriented layer made of a binder (19). Grains (20) are partially introduced into the layer through a surface of the layer such that a portion of each grain is immersed in the layer and a zone of the grain remains above the surface of the layer. The binder is solidified in a curing or cross-linking process.    USE - Method for manufacturing a monograin membrane for a solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The grains are partially introduced into the layer through a surface of the layer such that a portion of each grain is immersed in the layer and a zone of the grain remains above the surface of the layer, and hence ensures improving the production of monograin membranes and solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic representation of a monograin membrane manufacturing method during introduction of grains.    Carrier film (16)    Electrically conductive polymers (18)    Binder (19)    Grains (20)
NOVELTY - The solar PV module has an array of serially interconnected PV solar cells on a common substrate. Each cell has a light absorbing PV film (38) between light-transmissive front electrode and back electrode. The front electrode of a specific solar cell of the array overlies and is connected to the back electrode of the succeeding cell of the array via a portion of PV film which has been modified to have a higher conductivity than the remainder of the PV film.    USE - Solar PV module.    ADVANTAGE - Since the conductivity of the normally light absorbing PV film in the area of desired electrical contact is increased without affecting the thickness or lateral conformation to the flat substrate. The interconnection is accomplished by leaving the film in place, but changing its conductivity instead of removing strips of the active light absorbing film so that an effective series interconnection is made from the front electrode of one cell to the back electrode of the adjoining cell. The electrical resistance of the active semiconductor layer in the area of contact is reduced so as be essentially conductive in the doped areas.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of producing solar PV module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front elevational view illustrating a step by step formation of the solar PV module in which the conductive paths are formed using pre-CIGS deposited narrow dopant strips.    Patterned molybdenum film (30)    Glass substrate (32)    Molybdenum isolation line (34)    Light absorbing PV film (38)    Conductive path (40)
NOVELTY - Organic photosensitive optoelectronic device (I) comprises an anode; an active region comprising a cyclometallated organometallic material; and a cathode, where the device produces a photogenerated current when illuminated with light.    USE - (I) is useful to generate a usable electrical current (e.g. solar cells) or detect incident electromagnetic radiation.    ADVANTAGE - (I) efficiently utilizes triplet exciton, which improves absorption of incident radiation for more efficient photogeneration of charge carriers.
NOVELTY - The transparent conductive layer has lower conductive layer (110) formed on a substrate (100). An upper conductive layer (120) formed on the lower conductive layer, comprises a textured surface and opening exposing the lower conductive layer. The opening diameter is set in a range from 1 mu m to 3 mu m.    USE - Transparent conductive layer for photoelectric device (claimed) such as thin film solar cell and crystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The light scattering in the long wavelength region is increased such that the light absorption is improved and efficiency of the solar cell is enhanced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method of manufacturing transparent conductive layer; and    (2) photoelectric device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the photoelectric device.    Substrate (100)    Lower conductive layer (110)    Upper conductive layer (120)    Rear conductive layer (160)    Semiconductor layer (200)
NOVELTY - The dye-sensitized solar cell (11) has a support (1) that consists of a transparent material. A photoelectric conversion layer (4) consisting of a dye which is adsorbed by a porous semiconductor layer. A catalyst layer (7) is arranged above a counter electrode conductive layer (6) that is positioned above a porous insulating layer (5). The photoelectric conversion layer and porous insulating layer are filled with a carrier transporting material.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell of dye-sensitized solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Since the photoelectric conversion layer and porous insulating layer are filled with carrier transporting material, the peeling of counter-electrode conductive layer is prevented by forming the counter electrode and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method of dye-sensitized solar cell; and    (2) dye-sensitized solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of solar cell.    Support (1)    Photoelectric conversion layer (4)    Porous insulating layer (5)    Counter electrode conductive layer (6)    Catalyst layer (7)    Dye-sensitized solar cell (11)
NOVELTY - Cover glass substrate chemical strengthening involves forming molten glass by fusing silicon dioxide, diboron trioxide, alumina, lithium oxide, sodium oxide, calcium oxide, barium oxide and iron(II) oxide. A base iron pattern glass substrate of 1.5-3.2 millimeter is formed by passing molten glass between two roller intervals. The base iron pattern glass substrate is dipped in a potassium nitrate solution at 410-460 degrees C for 3-5 hours and ion exchange is performed. The sodium ion present on base iron pattern glass substrate surface is substituted with potassium ion.    USE - Method for chemical strengthening cover glass substrate for solar photovoltaic power generation module.    ADVANTAGE - The cover glass substrate chemical strengthening method is cost-effective, improves heat resistance and transmittance, maintains impact strength and improves generation efficiency of solar photovoltaic power generation module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Cover glass substrate is chemically strengthened by forming molten glass by fusing silicon dioxide, diboron trioxide, alumina, lithium oxide, sodium oxide, calcium oxide, barium oxide and iron(II) oxide. A base iron pattern glass substrate of 1.5-3.2 millimeter is formed by passing molten glass between two roller intervals. The base iron pattern glass substrate is dipped in a potassium nitrate solution at 410-460 degrees C for 3-5 hours and ion exchange is performed. The sodium ion present on base iron pattern glass substrate surface is substituted with potassium ion. An annealing process is performed. The resultant base iron pattern glass substrate is cleaned using high pressure cleaning process. The obtained base iron pattern glass substrate is dried.
NOVELTY - A vertical tower (4) is provided in horizontal type reactor (3) which supplies silicon tetrachloride in zinc gas at high temperature and generates silicon and zinc chloride. An obstacle plate is set at a random position about a length direction of reactor, such that turbulent gas flow which is guided to inside of reactor is made to collide and mix with the solid reactive product in the reactor by changing the interval of obstacle plate. The obstacle plate is formed in disc-shape and formed with a notch portion which is adjusted to adjust the interval of obstacle plate.    USE - Manufacturing apparatus of high purity silicon used in solar cell and electronic component.    ADVANTAGE - The crystallization of favorable silicon is abundantly acquired at very quick speed. As the collision of solid reactive product and the zinc gas is continuously performed, the silicon can also be obtained continuously. The yield of product is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The silicon tetrachloride is liquefied and then supplied into the reactor. The temperature of vertical tower is set to 1030 degrees C or less. A cyclone formation is set at connection portion of vertical tower and horizontal reactor, such that the solid silicon is separated from solid-gas mixture, and dropped below. A silicon-melting portion is set below the vertical tower to collect continuously separated solid silicon as a melt. The zinc gas used in the process is obtained by supplying zinc raw material which is temperature-controlled and vaporized in a vaporization unit (9).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of high purity silicon manufacturing apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Zinc gas supply section (1)    Silicon tetrachloride supply unit (2)    Horizontal reactor (3)    Vertical tower (4)    Zinc vaporization unit (9)
NOVELTY - An apparatus carries out modification of carbon dioxide discharged during combustion, concentration, immobilization of retention carbon dioxide in carbon compound by electrochemical method of fuel cell base, and generation of fuel such as biomass.    USE - Apparatus is used for decreasing carbon dioxide and generating fuel.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus sharply decreases discharge of carbon dioxide without affecting the environment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of apparatus for decreasing carbon dioxide and generating fuel.    Apparatus (1)    Exhaust gas (2)    Carbon dioxide (3,5)    Fuel cell (6)    Carbon dioxide concentration apparatus (11)    Fuel storage tank (16)
NOVELTY - The method involves mounting a to-be-treated material such as substrate (Z) in a substrate holder (14), and supplying an electric power of frequency of high frequency (HF)-very high frequency (VHF) band, to the substrate holder. The electric power of frequency less than that of the frequency of electric power supplied to substrate holder, is supplied to the shower electrode (16).    USE - Method for forming optical film using capacitive coupling type plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique. Uses include but are not limited to gas barrier film, protective film, antireflection film, plastic film, fog prevention film and transparent conductive film on surface of semiconductor substrate, glass plate and plastic plate for use in optical element such as optical filter, photoelectric transducer and optical lens for use in semiconductor device, LCD device, organic electroluminescent display device, solar cell and electronic paper.    ADVANTAGE - The damage to the substrate resulting from the heat and reaction gas ion, can be suppressed, and a high quality favorable film can be formed by an efficient coating property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for plasma-CVD apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the plasma-CVD apparatus.(Drawing includes non-English language text)    Plasma-CVD apparatus (10)    Substrate holder (14)    Shower electrode (16)    Shield (18)    Gas supply unit (30)    Substrate (Z)
NOVELTY - A heat-curable silicone resin-epoxy resin composition comprises heat-curable silicone resin; combination of triazine derivative epoxy resin and acid anhydride, or prepolymer obtained by reaction of triazine derivative epoxy resin and acid anhydride; inorganic filler (100-1000 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of combination of first and second components); and curing accelerator. The mass ratio of heat-curable silicone resin to combination of triazine derivative epoxy resin and acid anhydride, or prepolymer is 5:95-95:5.    USE - A heat-curable silicone resin-epoxy resin composition for molding into premolded package used for LED device (claimed) or solar cell. The composition is also useful as underfill material for LED element.    ADVANTAGE - The heat-curable resin composition has excellent curability; and yields uniform cured product that exhibits excellent heat resistance, light resistance and UV light resistance over long periods of time, having good strength, and is resistant to discoloration and particularly yellowing upon heating, thus providing excellent reliability.
NOVELTY - An electroconductive composition contains an aromatic imide compound and an electroconductive conjugated polymer capable of forming stacking stable structure with aromatic imide compound. The absolute value of overlap integral (highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) (HOMO-LUMO) between HOMO of electroconductive conjugated polymer and LUMO of aromatic imide compound in stacking stable structure is 0.008-1.    USE - Electroconductive composition is used for organic transistor and electronic device. Uses include but are not limited to field effect type organic transistor, static induction type organic transistor, light emitting device, photoelectric transducer, transistor element, capacitor element, piezoelectric element, organic solar cell, organic electroluminescent element, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The electroconductive composition has improved electroconductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for measuring carrier mobility of electroconductive conjugated polymer. Time-resolution microwave conductometry and optical transient absorption spectroscopy of electroconductive composition are performed at same geometry. Carrier mobility of electroconductive conjugated polymer in composition is measured using aromatic imide compound as a probe molecule.
NOVELTY - An electrode layer (2), a catalyst layer (3), porous insulating and semiconductor layers (4,5), a translucent electrode layer (6) and tempered glass layer (7) are sequentially laminated on an insulating substrate (1). A sealing section (8) seals the periphery between the substrate and the glass layer. The translucent electrode layer consists of tin oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, zinc oxide and/or indium oxide.    USE - Dye sensitized solar cell used in solar cell module (claimed) installed e.g. on roof of house for power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The porous insulating layer is formed after forming a lamination film consisting of the catalyst layer and the electrode layer. Hence the step difference between the surface of the substrate and the laminated film is minimized. Hence formation defect of the insulating layer is avoided and short circuit between the catalyst and semiconductor layers due to the formation defect is prevented. The weight of the dye sensitized solar cell is reduced, so that the cost reduction of the solar cell module is attained.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method of dye sensitized solar cell; and    (2) solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of the dye sensitized solar cell.    Substrate (1)    Electrode layer (2)    Catalyst layer (3)    Porous insulating layer (4)    Porous semiconductor layer (5)    Translucent electrode layer (6)    Tempered glass layer (7)    Sealing section (8)
NOVELTY - A modifier has a modification portion (10) to modify a fuel for modification to obtain a reformed gas, and a substrate (1) having a shift reaction portion (3) for accommodating a shift catalyst which promotes the shift reaction which reduces carbon monoxide in the reformed gas and a methanation reaction portion (4) for accommodating a methanation catalyst which promotes the methanation reaction which reduces carbon monoxide in the gas. The methanation reaction portion is provided downstream from the shift reaction portion.    USE - Modifier is used for fuel cell system for vehicles, and electrical and electronic device.    ADVANTAGE - The modifier reduces the carbon monoxide in gas in methanation reaction portion. When the temperature of gas discharged from the shift reaction portion is low, the methanation reaction portion is heated with heat transferred from shift reaction portion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A modifier has a modification portion to modify a fuel for modification to obtain a reformed gas, and a substrate having a shift reaction portion for accommodating a shift catalyst which promotes the shift reaction which reduces carbon monoxide in the reformed gas and a methanation reaction portion for accommodating a methanation catalyst which promotes the methanation reaction which reduces carbon monoxide in the gas. The methanation reaction portion is provided downstream from the shift reaction portion, and is heat-transferably provided in the shift reaction portion such that the heat transfer is carried out from the shift reaction portion.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the modifier. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (1)    Shift reaction portion (3)    Methanation reaction portion (4)    Gas heating portion (5)    Modification portion (10)
NOVELTY - Semi-conductive material (I) is new.    USE - (I) is useful as an absorption material in the solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - (I) exhibits high purity and homogenous structure. (I) can be prepared using inexpensive material and low energy, hence economical.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Semi-conductive material of formula ((Me1)2Me21-xMe3xMe4(C11-yC2y)4) (I) is new.    Me1-Me4 = metals from transition metal group;    C1, C2 = a non-metal; and    x, y = 0-1.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) the preparation of (I); and    (2) a solar cell comprising (I), as an absorption material, and obtained by covering the absorption material with a thin film of cadmium sulfide, introducing the absorption material into a thin film of non-hardened polymer, hardening the polymer, coating the obtained polymer with a transparent conductor, which is a good conductive transparent oxide, preferably indium-tin oxide or aluminum doped zinc oxide, introducing the obtained solar cell with one or more back contacts, and contacting the obtained solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a substrate, depositing a seeding layer on surface of the substrate, and depositing an amorphous silicon layer on the surface of the seeding layer. Thermal annealing process is carried out in a high pressure hydrogen atmosphere, and the amorphous silicon layer is changed into a micro-crystalline silicon layer, where temperature of the thermal annealing process is 250-300 degrees centigrade, and annealing time is 1-10 hours. The seeding layer is formed by utilizing mixed gas of hydrogen and silane through plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process.    USE - Method for forming a thin film which is utilized to manufacture a thin film solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method allows forming micro-crystalline silicon through simpler and reliable process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a manufacturing method for a thin film solar cell    (2) a semiconductor structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a semiconductor structure.
NOVELTY - The detector has a device cabinet fixed with a machine vacuum pump with a low initial inlet end, and a macromolecular vacuum pump fixed with a fore machine pump and connected with a vacuum chamber and a leak detection chamber. The macromolecular vacuum pump is provided with an embedded quadruple mass spectrometer connected with the leak detection chamber through the vacuum chamber and a full metal check valve. A control panel of the quadruple mass spectrometer is provided over a machine cabinet. The vacuum chamber is connected with a low temperature pump.    USE - Leak detector for a hydrogen fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The detector has rational configuration, and the parts of the detector are connected in a compact manner. The minimum leak rate can reach 10 to the power of minus 11 Pascal cubic meter per second, thus greatly improving sensitivity of the leak detector by check accumulation.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a leak detector for a hydrogen fuel cell.
NOVELTY - The terminal has a flexible printed circuit board pressed to an anode of a galvanic pile of a fuel cell by a pressing plate for making the anode to be contacted with a conductive terminal, where the printed circuit board is used as a detecting terminal board. The printed circuit board is provided with an output terminal for connecting a voltage collection device. A thermal plastic elastic body material is padded between the printed circuit board and the plate. Terminal surface on the printed circuit board is provided with a compact anti-oxidative inert metal coating or plating layer.    USE - Detecting terminal for a single battery of a galvanic pile (claimed), of a fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The terminal has better changeability effect and stress absorption capability.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a detecting terminal.
NOVELTY - Silver carboxylate amine complex comprises a thermally stable silver carboxylate and a polyamine having one nitrogen atom with higher order reactivity. The distance to a further nitrogen atom of lower reactivity is at least three atoms.    USE - Silver carboxylate amine complex used in the production of semiconductors, solar cells and optical components.    ADVANTAGE - The complex has high thermal resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a vaporizing method for a silver carboxylate amine complex.
NOVELTY - The optoelectronic device (1) has an optical device (3) with an optical structure (4) e.g. periodic structure, including optical elements (4a). A radiation-emitting or radiation-sensitive semiconductor chip (2) e.g. LED, includes a contact structure i.e. contact bar, with contact elements for electrically contacting the chip. The contact structure is vertically spaced apart from the optical structure. The contact elements are arranged in intermediate spaces between the optical elements when the contact structure is projected into a plane of the optical structure.    USE - Optoelectronic device for a detector system and an energy producing system e.g. solar cell and video projector.    ADVANTAGE - The contact structure is vertically spaced apart from the optical structure, thus achieving desired optical effects such as bundling of radiations in the semiconductor chip or bundling of parallel directions of the radiations by the optical structure. The utilization of the contact structure avoids the need for an entire cover for a radiation penetration surface, thus reducing radiation losses caused due to absorption of the radiation at the contact structure. The device avoids shadowing effects by the contact structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of an optoelectronic device with a radiation-emitting or radiation-sensitive semiconductor chip, an optical structure and a concentrator.    Optoelectronic device (1)    Radiation-emitting or radiation-sensitive semiconductor chip (2)    Optical device (3)    Optical structure (4)    Optical elements (4a)    Parabolic concentrator (5)
NOVELTY - Silicon powder with particle diameter of 0.1-100 mu m is compressed into a silicon ingot by cold isostatic pressing or hot isostatic pressing. The silicon ingot is fed into a single crystal furnace or a polycrystalline furnace.    USE - Method for applying silicon powder and silicon ingot in single crystal furnace and polycrystalline furnace utilized in growth of silicon crystal such as single crystal silicon and polycrystalline silicon during manufacture of solar cell and semiconductor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The silicon ingot has better loading properties ands high purity. The silicon ingot has better performance against oxidation and compression. The silicon ingot is inexpensive.
NOVELTY - An electrolyte membrane (14) comprises a polysulfonated fluoropolymer; and a fluorinated acid selected from sulfonic acid and/or imide acid.    USE - Electrolyte membrane for electrochemical devices including fuel cells.    ADVANTAGE - The electrolyte membrane is substantially free of phosphoric acid and includes an acidic polymer and an acid, where the acid is a low-volatility acid that is fluorinated, substantially free of phosphoric acid, and is either oligomeric or non-polymeric. As a result, the electrolyte membrane preserves proton conductivity, and is stable when operated at high temperatures.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a membrane electrode assembly in use with an external electrical circuit.    Membrane electrode assembly (10)    Electrolyte membrane (14)    Anode portion (16)    Cathode portion (18)    Gas diffusion layer (24)
NOVELTY - A pattern comprising self-assembled monolayer with hydrophobic surface characteristics is formed covering the specific area of an unmasked substrate. The composition having functional group suitable for associating with surface of pattern is provided onto pattern of unmasked substrate, to form an amplified pattern. The substrate area which is not covered by the amplified pattern is processed to form surface features (211,221,231) on the substrate, while prohibiting processing of the pattern covered area of substrate.    USE - Process for patterning unmasked substrate. Uses include but are not limited to display device such as plasma display and LCD, communication device such as cellular phone and wireless system, photovoltaic device such as solar cell, and watches, optical systems, motor vehicle, medical devices, optical fibers, output couplers, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The patterning on the surfaces of the unmasked substrate is performed easily and efficiently at low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for process for increasing reaction selectivity between patterned and un-patterned areas of substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the curved surface of substrate.    Curved surface of substrate (200)    Surface features (211,221,231)    Connection points (212,213,222,223,232,233)    Line segments (214,224,234)    Vectors (215,225,235)
NOVELTY - An electrode layer (120), a barrier layer, a copper layer, and an indium layer are sequentially formed overlying a substrate (110), to form a multilayered structure. The multilayered structure is thermally treated in an environment containing a sulfur bearing species, and a copper-indium disulfide material (320) is formed. A window layer (310) is then formed overlying the copper-indium disulfide material, to obtain a thin-film photovoltaic device. The copper-indium disulfide material has a copper-to-indium atomic ratio of 1.35:1-1.6:1.    USE - Formation of thin-film photovoltaic device (claimed) e.g. solar cells and photodiodes.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables formation of thin-film photovoltaic devices having energy conversion efficiency of 10% or more.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An electrode layer is formed overlying the surface region of a transparent substrate. A barrier layer is formed overlying the electrode layer to form an interface region. A copper layer and an indium layer are sequentially formed overlying the barrier layer, to form a multilayered structure. The multilayered structure is thermally treated in an environment containing a sulfur bearing species, and a copper-indium disulfide material is formed. The copper-indium disulfide material has a copper-to-indium atomic ratio of 1.35:1-1.6:1. The interface region is maintained free from metal-disulfide layer having a semiconductor characteristic which is different from the copper-indium disulfide material. A window layer is then formed overlying the copper-indium disulfide material, to obtain a thin-film photovoltaic device. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for thin-film photovoltaic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the formation method of thin-film photovoltaic device.    Substrate (110)    Electrode layer (120)    Window layer (310)    Copper-indium disulfide material (320)    Conductive layer (330)
NOVELTY - An ink composition comprises multi-metallic nanoparticles consisting of a core comprising a first metal, and a continuous shell comprising atoms of a second metal.    USE - An ink composition for a dispersion used in an ink jet cartridge for bubble jet printing or piezo electric printing of a printed pattern. Uses included but are not limited to a flat display device, a solar cell, an electrode, an antenna, an electroluminescent device, a connector in a printed circuit, and a defrosting element in a glass laminate (claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (A) a kit comprising an ink composition, and a reagent for reducing a zeta potential of the multi-metallic nanoparticles to less than plus minus 15 mV in dispersion;    (B) a method of producing a conductive pattern, comprising applying an ink composition to a substrate to form a pattern, and sintering the nanoparticles at lesser than 130 degrees C; and    (C) a method for producing multi-metallic nanoparticles, comprising providing nanoparticles of a first metal in an aqueous solution, and introducing a salt of a second metal to the aqueous solution.
NOVELTY - A substrate (650A-B) processing system comprises processing chambers; substrate carriers (620); drive mechanism enabling the substrate (650A-B) carriers to travel from chamber to chamber; and mask load/unload module for loading masks (670A-B)onto the substrate carriers to obscure part of substrate positioned on the substrate carrier, and unloading masks from the substrate carriers after processing the substrate.    USE - System for processing substrate (claimed) useful as photovoltaic cell.    ADVANTAGE - The substrate processing system has doubled throughput without changing its footprint.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of edge shunt repair in a solar cell fabrication, comprising:    (A) forming solar cell circuitry on a substrate;    (B) supporting the substrate on a holder;    (C) providing a mask made of a solid material and shaped similar to the substrate, but having a circumference that is smaller from the substrate's circumference;    (D) supporting the mask in front of the substrate to expose only the periphery of the substrate; and    (E) performing ion milling over the mask to remove a top conductive layer about the circumference of the substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-section of chamber.    Substrate carriers (620)    Tracks (624)    Substrates (650A-B)    Masks (670A-B)    Sputtering sources (680A-B)
NOVELTY - A polyimide precursor composition contains imidated tetracarboxylic acid (1), diamine and/or isocyanate type-compound, and has viscosity of 100 MPa.second at 25 degrees C.    USE - Polyimide precursor composition is used for manufacture of polyimide coating film used as surface insulating film and interlayer insulation film for printed wiring board used in electronic device (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to semiconductor, electronic circuit, display, solar cell, thin film battery, decorative material, heat resistant-adhesive agent, liquid-crystal alignment film, electric wire and cable insulation film.    ADVANTAGE - The polyimide precursor composition has high concentration and reduced viscosity. The polyimide coating film formed using polyimide precursor composition has excellent adhesiveness, environmental test stability, chemical resistance, flexibility, durability and physical property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A polyimide precursor composition contains imidated tetracarboxylic acid of formula (1), diamine and/or isocyanate type-compound, and has viscosity of 100 MPa.second at 25 degrees C.    R=tetravalent organic group;    R'=bivalent organic group;and    l=0-20.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of cured film, which involves printing micro-pattern with inkjet system on base material using polyimide precursor composition, heating and hardening.
NOVELTY - A fuel cell apparatus (130) comprises modifier (105) which modifies raw fuel, fuel cell (140) which produces electric power using fuel modified with modifier, carbon dioxide absorber (107) which adsorbs carbon dioxide in off gas discharged from fuel cell, and carbon-dioxide supply flow path (157) which connects carbon dioxide absorber and modifier. The carbon dioxide which adsorbed to carbon dioxide absorber is supplied to modifier after modification of modifier for electric power generation.    USE - A fuel cell apparatus for electronic device (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The unreacted fuel gas in modifier or carbon monoxide removal device is purged, and deterioration of catalyst and destruction of catalyst layer are prevented.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an electronic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of electronic device. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Modifier (105)    Carbon dioxide absorber (107)    Fuel cell apparatus (130)    Fuel cell (140)    Carbon-dioxide supply flow path (157)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming transparent conductive oxide layers (3) made of one among indium tin oxide or indium zinc oxide on a surface of a transparent substrate (1). A carbon layer (2) having refractive index of 1.20-1.50 in the wavelength of 550 nm, is formed between the surfaces of transparent conductive oxide layers by the magnetron puttering process. The argon containing carbon dioxide is used as carrier gas for the formation of the carbon layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing transparent conductive film for use in plasma display panel (PDP), electroluminescence (EL) display and LCD for flat panel TV, and for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent conductive film of low resistance and high light-transmittance can be formed efficiently.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the transparent conductive film.    Transparent substrate (1)    Carbon layer (2)    Transparent conductive oxide layers (3)
NOVELTY - The cell has translucent substrate (1), translucent primary electrode layers (2), translucent catalyst layer (3), translucent porous insulating layer (4) having carrier transport material (9), porous semiconductor layer (5), secondary electrode layer (6) and cover (7) which are stacked in order. The circumference portion between substrate and cover is sealed by sealing portion (8). The porous insulating layer on catalyst layer is continued to stack with substrate so that primary electrode and catalyst layers are electrically insulated from secondary electrode layer.    USE - Dye-sensitized solar cell for dye-sensitized solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Since porous insulating layer on catalyst layer is continued to stack with substrate to electrically insulate primary electrode layer and catalyst layer from secondary electrode layer, the generation of internal short circuit is prevented. The photoelectric conversion efficiency of the dye-sensitized solar cell is improved and the manufacturing cost is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method of dye-sensitized solar cell; and    (2) dye-sensitized solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the dye-sensitized solar cell.    Substrate (1)    Primary electrode layer (2)    Catalyst layer (3)    Porous insulating layer (4)    Porous semiconductor layer (5)    Secondary electrode layer (6)    Cover (7)    Sealing portion (8)    Carrier transport material (9)
NOVELTY - The apparatus (100) has an electric power generation portion (3) and a non-electric power generation portion (4) formed adjacently between a transparent electrically conductive substrate (1) and a counter electrode (2). The non-electric power generation portion has a light transmissive wiring protective layer (12) covering a metal wiring (11) formed on the counter electrode. A light reflection-scattering portion is formed on the electrode to reflect or scatter light passing through the protective layer.    USE - Photoelectric conversion apparatus e.g. dye sensitized solar cell. Can also be used in photosensitive sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The light reflected or scattered by the non-electric power generation portion is passed to the electric power generation portion through the light transmissive wiring protective layer. The light passing through the wiring protective layer is used completely and the photoelectric conversion efficiency is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the fragmentary sectional view of the photoelectric conversion apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Transparent electrically conductive substrate (1)    Counter electrode (2)    Electric power generation portion (3)    Non-electric power generation portion (4)    Metal wiring (11)    Light transmissive wiring protective layer (12)    Photoelectric conversion apparatus (100)
NOVELTY - An impurity layer (2) is formed on a silicon substrate (1), and an optical absorption layer containing carbon is formed on a transparent plate. The impurity layer and the optical absorption layer are adhered and the optical absorption layer is irradiated by infrared laser beam along specific direction with respect to the transparent plate. The impurity is introduced into the silicon substrate along the laser irradiation direction.    USE - Method for introducing impurity to semiconductor used for photovoltaic power generation application.    ADVANTAGE - The impurity is introduced into the silicon substrate along the laser irradiation direction and the time required for heating process is reduced so that the through-put can be anticipated and the solar cell manufacturing cost can be reduced while increasing the power output.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the silicon substrate at the time of impurity introduction process. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Silicon substrate (1)    Impurity layer (2)    Carbon film (3)    Glass substrate (4)
NOVELTY - The solar cell module (10) has a solar cell element (16) installed through a sealing resin material (14) on a translucent board (12), and a back surface protective material (18) installed through the sealing resin material on the solar cell element. The end surface of the translucent board is covered with the periphery portion (18a) of the back surface protective material.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Permeation of moisture content from the edge of the solar cell module is suppressed, as the end surface of the translucent board is coated with periphery of back surface protective material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell module manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial sectional view of the solar cell module.    Solar cell module (10)    Translucent board (12)    Sealing resin material (14)    Solar cell element (16)    Back surface protective material (18)    Periphery portion (18a)
NOVELTY - The method involves laminating a sealing resin sheet (12), a solar cell main portion (14), a back surface sealing resin sheet (16) and a back surface protective material (18) on a translucent substrate (10) to form a laminated structure (20). A periphery portion (24a) protruded from the periphery of laminated structure, is excised among the sealing resin materials (24). The laminated structure is heated for bridging sealing resin material. A periphery portion (18a) of back surface protective material, is excised.    USE - Manufacturing method of solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The generation of stains to the end surface of translucent substrate, is prevented during the excision of sealing resin, and the bridging process of sealing resin material can be performed reliably, so that the productivity of solar cell module is improved. The permeation of water content into the solar cell module used in outdoors, can be prevented.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional views illustrating the manufacturing process of solar cell module.    Translucent substrate (10)    Sealing resin sheet (12)    Solar cell main portion (14)    Back surface sealing resin sheet (16)    Back surface protective material (18)    Periphery portion of back surface protective material (18a)    Laminated structure (20)    Sealing resin material (24)    Periphery portion of sealing resin material (24a)
NOVELTY - The zinc oxide film is etched or cleaned in the mixed gas atmosphere containing methane and hydrogen. The supply of methane is stopped from the middle of the etching or cleaning treatment, or decreased in steps or continuously, and the etching or cleaning treatment is performed.    USE - Dry etching method of zinc oxide film used in transparent electrode used as electrode in solar cell, image sensor, flat panel display, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The processing precision and processing speed of the zinc oxide film are improved, by stopping supply of methane in middle or decreasing supply of methane in steps or continuously, and performing etching or cleaning treatment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a time variation chart of the relative methane/hydrogen ratio relevant to the zinc oxide film processing method. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - Preparing lead telluride film and nanometer powder synchronously comprises preparing material, carrying out constant-temperature reacting, washing and drying. The step of preparing material includes adding lead-containing inorganic substance and tellurium-containing compound into the flask loading solvent with an atom ratio of lead to telluride of 1:1; adding alkali and complexing agent; stirring; adding slight excess potassium borohydride or sodium borohydride; fully dissolving, and stopping to stir; and adding substrate to deposit film.    USE - Method for preparing lead telluride film and nanometer powder (claimed) used in thermoelectric device, solar battery, fluorescence device, infrared optical element, infrared film device or semiconductor detector.    ADVANTAGE - The method uses a material that can be easily obtained, is simple, avoids the use of organic solvent during reaction process, and environment-friendly.
NOVELTY - A crucible for growing polysilicon ingot comprises a bottom plate (2) of the crucible that is set with holes (3).    USE - The crucible is useful for growing polysilicon ingot (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The crucible can evidently improve directionality of grain of the poly silicon ingot; where it makes the polysilicon ingot prior in crystal directions, reduces parallel twins caused by crystal surface, and reduces the number of crystal boundary. Moreover, it improves percentage of epsilon 3 shallow level crystal boundary to effectively increases minority carrier lifetime of the silicon chip. Additionally, the solar battery sheet obtained by using the silicon chip has improved conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the crucible for growing polysilicon ingot.    Bottom plate (2)    Holes (3)
NOVELTY - An electrolyte composition comprises polyoxyethylene, polyether polymer and redox electric pairs.    USE - An electrolyte composition for fuel-sensitized solar cell (claimed).
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a package comprising a backing foil (4) with electrically conductive wire patterns (16) having thermally activated adhesive (17). A solar cell array (8) and translucent panel (11) are provided between upper ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) layer (10) and lower EVA layer (6) that is provided on the adhesive. The package is placed and heated in an auxiliary heating station so that the package is fixated and transferred to a main heating station.    USE - Production method of solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - The desired degree of fixation of the components can be obtained and the components can be firmly fixed so that the dislocation of the different components can be prevented effectively.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for semi-product for use in production method of solar panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the package.    Backing foil (4)    EVA layers (6,10)    Solar cell array (8)    Translucent panel (11)    Wire patterns (16)    Adhesive (17)
NOVELTY - Preparation of a substituted tin(IV)-oxide particle in a gas phase process comprises (a) providing one or more suitable precursor compound or preparations and/or (b) upstream process for the preparation of one or more suitable precursor compound or preparations; (c) introducing one or more compounds suitable for the substitution or preparations; and (d) converting one or more suitable precursor compounds with oxygen or a suitable compound or preparation, which release oxygen under reaction conditions.    USE - The substituted tin(IV)-oxide particle is useful: as sensor materials, electrical conductors, optically transparent thermal insulators, and a component of ceramic glazes; and in catalytic processes, solar cells and thin film transistor screens.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) the particle(s) comprising the substituted tin(IV)-oxide, and further one or more substitution element; and    (2) a method for the preparation of core/shell-particle, where the core is from a semimetal- or metal-oxide and the shell is form a substituted tin(IV)-oxide in a gas phase process, comprising carrying out the steps (a)-(c), (d1) providing one or more suitable precursor compounds or preparations to obtain the core, carrying out the step (d), and (e) casing the obtained core with a shell with oxygen or the suitable compound or preparation.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic representation of the apparatus for the preparation of the particle.    Inlet for oxygen tube (1)    Inlet for auxiliary gas, preferably argon (2)    Storage device (5, 10)    Supply pipe (6a, 6b, 6c)    Hot wall reactor. (7, 13)
NOVELTY - The machine has a track above a bracket (8) equipped with an annular roller chain (10) driven by a motor (1). A roller (11) of the annular roller chain is equipped with a glass bracket (9), and an upper side of the bracket is equipped with a vacuum pre-heating chamber (7), a heating chamber (3) and a cooling chamber (2). The bracket in the vacuum pre-heating chamber is equipped with a valve seat with a vacuum hose. The valve seat is equipped with a pressure gauge, and outside of the valve seat is equipped with a joint.    USE - Solar cell vacuum laminating machine.    ADVANTAGE - The machine enables improving the product quality, and has high production efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar cell vacuum laminating machine.    Motor (1)    Cooling chamber (2)    Heating chamber (3)    Vacuum pre-heating chamber (7)    Bracket (8)    Glass bracket (9)    Annular roller chain (10)    Roller (11)
NOVELTY - A conductive substrate is contacted with a solution comprising a precursor of transparent conducting oxide, an oxidizing agent and a halogen-containing compound. A voltage/current is applied to the solution to deposit halogen-doped transparent conducting oxide on the substrate. The substrate on which the transparent and conductive film is deposited is recovered. Wet chemical deposition is enabled and transparent and conductive film comprising transparent conducting oxide doped with halogen, is formed.    USE - Wet chemical deposition of transparent and conductive film on substrate for electronic device (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to solar cell, display, solid state lighting element, window, glass heating, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent and conductive film is economically deposited on substrate with favorable optical and electrical properties at high productivity.
NOVELTY - The panel has a glass substrate layer (1), and a back electrode layer (3) i.e. composite layer, comprising a zinc oxide layer (5), a silver layer (6) and an aluminum layer (7), where the zinc oxide layer is adjacent to a pin layer (2). The silver layer is located between the zinc oxide layer and the aluminum layer, and the aluminum layer is located adjacent to a glass layer (4).    USE - Solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - The back electrode layer comprising the zinc oxide layer, the silver layer and the aluminum layer reflects the sunlight penetrating through the pin layer, so that the sunlight can penetrate through the pin layer again for secondary power generator. The zinc oxide layer and the silver layer can isolate permeation, so that the aluminum molecules are prevented from spreading to the pin junction to affect power generation of the pin layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar panel.    Glass substrate layer (1)    Pin layer (2)    Back electrode layer (3)    Glass layer (4)    Zinc oxide layer (5)    Silver layer (6)    Aluminum layer (7)
NOVELTY - The machine has an elastic laminating film positioned between an upper cover and a work bench. An upper chamber is formed between the elastic laminating film and the upper cover and positioned in a work cavity. A lower vacuum chamber is formed between the work cavity and the elastic laminating film. The work bench comprises a heating plate assembly including a chain-type heating plate and a radian adjusting device connected with the chain-type heating plate. The chain-type heating plate comprises two heating plate units and a hinging piece connected with the heating plate units.    USE - Machine for laminating a solar assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The machine can easily adjust the radian of the heating plate and laminate the solar assemblies in different shapes. The machine is simple and easy to operate, and saves the manufacturing cost and simplifies the work procedure. The machine has wide application range.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The hinging piece is a connecting rod or metal chain.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar assembly laminating machine.
NOVELTY - The arrangement has a chamber (1) in which a silicon solar cell (25) is located and an electric direct current (DC) voltage is applied for generating a glow discharge gap. The ammonia or hydrogen gas is introduced into the chamber by the gas supply tube (14) and the sputter device is arranged in another chamber in which the silicon solar cell for coating is arranged. A transport unit is arranged for transporting the silicon solar cell from the chamber (1) to another chamber.    USE - Arrangement for coating antireflection/passivation layer on crystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The hydrogen containing gas in the plasma in the treatment chamber can remove the oxide formed on the surface of the substrate, since the oxide can prevent the substrate from being adequately passivated and the pretreatment process can improve the efficiency of the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the pretreatment chamber.    Chamber (1)    Gas supply tube (14)    Substrate (15)    Vacuum pump (19)    Silicon solar cell (25)
NOVELTY - Antireflection/passivation layer containing-coating crystalline silicon solar cell arrangement comprises first chamber (1) having silicon solar cell (25), electric direct current (DC) voltage applied for generating glow discharge gap, gas supply (14) for introducing ammonia or hydrogen into chamber, second chamber with sputter device for coating of silicon solar cell, transport unit (21) for transporting silicon solar cell from first chamber into second chamber.    USE - Antireflection/passivation layer containing-coating crystalline silicon solar cell arrangement.    ADVANTAGE - The arrangement omits the use of plasma pre-treatment during or before sputtering and processes more cost-effective pretreatment by glow discharge.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the pretreatment chamber.    First chamber (1)    As supply (14)    Transport unit (21)    Silicon solar cell (25)
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic (PV) module kit (20) comprises PV modules (22) including a photovoltaic laminate, and a frame assembled to the photovoltaic laminate and forming a mounting region; and connectors including a head formed of plastic, male connector (110) having a male fastener extending from a head, and a female connector (112) having a female fastener adapted for engagement with the male fastener and assembled within a head.    USE - A photovoltaic module kit, preferably solar roof tiles.    ADVANTAGE - The kit can be installed in a non-penetrating way to a flat installation surface, and can be rigidly interconnected by hand without the use of a tool.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A PV module kit (20) comprises:    (1) PV modules (22) including a photovoltaic laminate, and a frame assembled to the photovoltaic laminate and forming a mounting region; and    (2) connectors including a head formed of plastic, male connector (110) having a male fastener extending from a head, and a female connector (112) having a female fastener adapted for engagement with the male fastener and assembled within a head.    The kit is configured to provide a mounted array state having a first junction at which the mounting regions of at least two of the PV modules are aligned and interconnected by engagement of the male connector with the female connector. The first junction is electrically insulated.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic exploded view of a portion of a photovoltaic module kit.    PV module kit (20)    PV modules (22)    Male connector (110)    Female connector (112)    Spacer connectors (114)
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic (PV) module (20) comprises PV device (22) including PV laminate (26) maintaining PV cells (30) arranged in rows at front face (32) and frame (24) assembled to maintain PV laminate including first frame unit (104) comprising ledge and spaced fingers, with first perimeter end edge of PV laminate mounted between ledge and fingers and one of fingers aligned with one of column spacings of first row of PV cells at final assembly.    USE - A photovoltaic module (20) of solar roof tiles for energy source.    ADVANTAGE - The PV module is incorporated with drainage features and robust design, has highly cost-effective preparation without requiring secondary operations such as machine cutting and minimized frame-caused shadowing of PV laminate, thus having enhanced ground coverage ratio parameter.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of making PV module (20) comprising providing PV device (22) including PV laminate (26) defining perimeter and front face (32), molding first frame unit (104) from plastic, and assembling PV laminate to frame.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of PV module.    PV module (20)    PV device (22)    Frame (24)    PV laminate (26)    PV cells (30)    Front face (32)    Frame units (104, 106, 108, 110)
NOVELTY - An antimony (Sb)-doped film is new.    USE - An Sb-doped film (I) for fabricating photovoltaic device (claimed) including solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The film (I) has improved grain structure thus improving performance of photovoltaic devices such as improving energy conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An Sb-doped film of formula Cu1-yIn1-xGaxSbzSe2-wSw (I) is new.    x=0-1;    y=0-0.2;    z=0.001-0.02; and    w=0-2.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of fabricating photovoltaic device (100) comprising providing substrate (102) and forming absorber layer (104) comprising compound (I) on substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of photovoltaic device.    Photovoltaic device (100)    Substrate (102)    Absorber layer (104)    Negative-type buffer layer (106)    Transparent conductive contact (108)    Metal grid (110)
NOVELTY - A solar cell structure comprises buffer layer (420) grown on substrate (410), negative (n)-type semiconductor grown on buffer layer, type II band alignment nanostructure layer grown on n-type semiconductor, positive (p)-type semiconductor grown on nanostructure, p-type and n-type areas (440, 460) penetrated into layers, and p-type and n-type metal electrodes (450, 470) coated respectively on p-type and n-type areas.    USE - A solar cell structure.    ADVANTAGE - The structure has improved optical current extraction efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of solar cell structure.    Substrate (410)    Buffer layer (420)    Quantum well absorption area (430)    Positive and negative type areas (440, 460)    Metal electrodes (450, 470)
NOVELTY - Producing (M1) polycrystalline silicon involves contacting silicon particles with thermally decomposable silicon compound in a reaction chamber to cause silicon to deposit onto the silicon particles, the silicon particles increasing in size as silicon is deposited, where portion of the silicon decomposable compound decomposes to produce silicon dust; discharging silicon dust from the reaction chamber; and introducing a portion of the discharged silicon dust to reaction chamber to cause the discharged silicon dust to agglomerate with the silicon particles.    USE - For producing polycrystalline silicon (claimed) useful in integrated circuits and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method converts silicon dust, sold at lower prices than the granular particles, to be sold as part of the agglomerated particle thus improves the profitability of the process.
NOVELTY - A photosensitive material has a support, a silver salt-containing emulsion layer provided on the support, and optional layer(s) formed on the support or formed on the emulsion layer. The emulsion layer or the optional layer contains conductive fine particles and binder, where mass ratio of the conductive fine particles with respect to the binder is 1/33-1.5/1.    USE - Photosensitive material for manufacturing a conductive material (claimed) such as a conductive film used as a planar electrode. Can also be used for liquid crystal television, plasma television, electroluminescent element, solar cell, touch panel, printed circuit board, electromagnetic wave shielding film and transparent heat-generating film.    ADVANTAGE - The photosensitive material provides the conductive material with high conductivity, low resistivity and better translucent and transparent properties.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a conductive material.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a wafer including a surface with set of pyramid shaped valleys that is defined between two pyramid shaped peaks. The wafer is exposed to an etchant so as to form sets of rounded peaks and valleys. The apex surface area of rounded peak is smaller than the apex surface area of pyramid shaped peak. The valley surface area of rounded valleys is smaller than valley surface area of pyramid shaped valley.    USE - Method of coating ink e.g. nanoparticle ink including group IV semiconductor particles and solvent on silicon wafer (both claimed) used for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The light trapping phenomenon is improved by texturing wafer surface with set of etchants. The surface texture of silicon wafer is selectively modified so that conformal coating and pattern retention of ink on textured surfaces are enabled.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating the process of texturing wafer surface.    Step for texturing wafer surface (704)    Step for selecting regions to be printed with nanoparticle ink (706)    Step for using laser to melt portions of textured surface (708)    Step for printing nanoparticle ink on rounded surfaces (710)    Step for applying anti-reflection coating (714)
NOVELTY - A barrier laminate comprises at least one organic layer and at least one inorganic layer, where the organic layer is formed by curing a polymerizable composition comprising a (meth)acrylate having a polycyclic aromatic skeleton consisting of sp2 carbon atoms.    USE - As barrier laminate for gas barrier film and device such as an electronic device comprising organic electroluminescent (EL) device (claimed), liquid-crystal display devices, thin-film transistors, touch panels, electronic papers, solar cells, other electronic devices; for film-sealing of devices; and for sealing up devices that require gas-barrier property and for applying optical members.    ADVANTAGE - The barrier laminate shows higher barrier property; provides gas barrier film which is a film substrate having a barrier layer that functions to block oxygen, water, nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide and ozone.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a gas barrier film comprising a substrate and the barrier laminate on the substrate;    (2) a device comprising the barrier laminate; and    (3) producing a barrier laminate involving forming the inorganic layer by a plasma process, where the barrier laminate comprises at least one of the organic layer and at least one of the inorganic layer.
NOVELTY - A barrier laminate comprises: at least one organic layer, and at least one inorganic layer, where the organic layer is formed by curing a polymerizable composition containing a phosphinoyl compound.    USE - As barrier layer of gas barrier film and for sealing up device such as electronic device, organic electroluminescent (EL) device (claimed), liquid-crystal display device and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The barrier laminate is without coloration and has excellent barrier property and adhesiveness. The barrier laminate can be prevented from yellowing due to hydrolysis. The adhesiveness between the organic layer and an inorganic layer adjacent to the organic layer is enhanced, thereby obtaining a barrier laminate excellent in barrier property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A barrier laminate comprises: at least one organic layer and at least one inorganic layer, where the organic layer is formed by curing a polymerizable composition containing a phosphinoyl compound of formula R1-P(O)(R3)-R2.    R1=acryloyl, methacryloyl, vinyl, substituted alkyl or substituted aryl;    R2 and R3=vinyl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, substituted alkoxy or substituted aryloxy;or    R1+R2+R3=ring.    When R1 is substituted alkyl or substituted aryl, each substituent contains an ethylenic double bond. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a gas barrier film comprising a substrate and the barrier laminate on the substrate; and    (2) a device comprising the barrier laminate.
NOVELTY - A tempered glass has a compression stress layer, which has a beta -OH value of 0.01-0.5/mm.    USE - As tempered glass used as a substrate for a display; as a cover glass of a touch panel display; as a cover glass of a mobile phone; and as a substrate or a cover glass of a solar battery (claimed); as cover glass for digital cameras, portable digital assistants (PDAs), touch panel displays.    ADVANTAGE - The water content of glass, i.e. the beta -OH value of glass has an influence upon the compression stress value and thickness of a compression stress layer and that the ion exchange performance can be improved while devitrification proof is retained when the above value is limited to a predetermined range. The chemical tempering method is a method of introducing alkali ions having large ion radius onto the surface of a glass substrate by ion exchanging at a temperature lower than a strain point of the glass. When a compression stress layer is formed by the chemical tempering method, the ion exchange treatment can be performed successfully even if the plate thickness of the glass substrate is small, and desired mechanical strength can be obtained. The tempered glass is excellent in devitrification proof and has a viscosity property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a glass, comprising (mass.%) silicon dioxide (SiO2) (45-75), aluminum oxide (Al2O3) (3-25), boron trioxide (B2O3) (0-10), sodium oxide (Na2O) (8-20), and potassium oxide (K2O) (0-10), where a beta -OH value is 0.01-0.5/mm;    (2) producing a tempered glass, involving melting a glass raw material which is prepared to comprise (mass.%) SiO2 (45-75), Al2O3 (3-25), B2O3 (0-10), Na2O (8-20), and K2O (0-10), and to have a beta -OH value of 0.01-0.5/mm; forming the resultant into a substrate shape; and performing an ion exchange treatment to form a compression stress layer on the glass.
NOVELTY - A film comprises at least one optically transparent and electrically conductive layer (14) formed using a ribtan material.    USE - Film is used for device e.g. optoelectronic device, touch screen, electromagnetic shield, sensor, and liquid-crystal display (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electrophoretic display, electroluminescent display, electrochromatic display, plasma display panel, light emitting diode, organic light emitting diode, solar cells and microfluidic e.g. electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD).    ADVANTAGE - The ribtan material has high electron mobility and low resistivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for producing at least one ribtan layer on substrate, which applying a solution of at least one pi -conjugated organic compound of formula (I) or its mixture on a substrate, drying with formation of a solid precursor layer, and forming ribtan layer under specific vacuum, pressure of ambient gas, and time dependence of temperature such that predominantly planar graphene-like structure is formed in ribtan layer. At least one graphene-like structure possesses conductivity and is predominantly continuous within the ribtan layer. The thickness of the ribtan layer is 1-1000 nm.    CC=predominantly planar carbon-conjugated core;    A=heteroatomic group;    p,ml-m4=0-8;    S1-S4=substituents;and    ml+m2+m3+m4=1-10.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of silicon solar cell with transparent ribtan electrode.    Optically transparent and electrically conductive layer (14)    Wafer (15)    Aluminum layer (16)    Doped silicon region (17)    Indium contact (18)
NOVELTY - The method involves providing transparent conductive oxide (TCO) coated transparent substrate (1). One or more regions of the TCO surface are masked. A metal oxide layer (2) is formed on the masked TCO surface using atomic layer deposition (ALD) and the mask on the TCO surface is removed.    USE - Method for forming dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC).    ADVANTAGE - Since the metal oxide layer is formed on masked TCO surface using ALD and mask on TCO surface is removed, the deposition of metal oxide on the TCO surface is inhibited.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for preparing dye-sensitized solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the patterned device.    Substrate (1)    Metal oxide layer (2)    Nano-particulate matter (3)    Positive image topcoat (4)
NOVELTY - The transparent conductive film comprises an indium tin oxide (ITO) film formed on a base material by pyrosol process, and a fluorine tin oxide (FTO) film continuously formed on the ITO film. A single portion or all of the crystal structure of the FTO film surface is configured as orthorhombic.    USE - Transparent conductive film for use in transparent electrode board of dye-sensitized solar cell and LCD element.    ADVANTAGE - The heat resistance of the transparent conductive film is made excellent, and the transparent conductive film is manufactured effectively using the ITO/FTO laminated film, at low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of transparent conductive film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graph illustrating the X-ray diffraction result with respect to the transparent conductive film.(Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a micro droplet containing a catalyst metal on a main surface (8a) of a substrate (8). A raw material is supplied towards the substrate by performing sputtering operation such that the micro droplet absorbs the raw material to form a nano-wire on the main surface of the substrate.    USE - Manufacturing method of semiconductor with nano-wire used in electronic component such as FET, thermo-element, parameter RAM (PRAM), solar cell, sensor and light emitting device.    ADVANTAGE - The raw material is supplied towards the substrate such that the micro droplet absorbs the raw material to form the nano-wire on the main surface of the substrate and hence the nano-wire can be manufactured efficiently and uniformly. The productivity of the nano-wire is improved efficiently.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor with nano-wire.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of the manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor with nano-wire. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (8)    Main surface of substrate (8a)    Manufacturing apparatus (10)    Chamber (12)    Control unit (30)
NOVELTY - The single crystal silicon substrate (5) has a transparent conductive film. A base layer (2) having corrugated structures, is formed on the transparent conductive film, by transferring corrugated structure to the base layer using a nanoimprint technique. A transparent electrode layer (4) is formed on surface of the base layer.    USE - Single crystal silicon substrate for thin film photo conversion apparatus (claimed) such as touch panel, plasma display panel optical filter, LCD, electroluminescent display and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - A substrate with excellent characteristics can be obtained. The transmittance of light of wide wavelength range can be improved and the reflectance can be reduced, as corrugated structure can be formed easily on the base layer. The manufacturing cost of the substrate and the thin film photo conversion apparatus can be reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) thin film photo conversion apparatus; and    (2) method for manufacturing substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view explaining the method for manufacturing substrate.    Base layer (2)    Base layer with corrugated structures (2')    Die (3)    Transparent electrode layer (4)    Single crystal silicon substrate (5)
NOVELTY - A back-sheet has cured coating film layer (5) formed on a surface(s) of base material sheet (4). The cured coating film layer contains coating material containing fluorine-containing polymer (A) having repeating unit derived from fluoro-olefin (a), repeating unit derived from cross-linkable group-containing monomer (b) and repeating unit derived from alkyl group-containing monomer (c) in which 2-20C linear or branched alkyl excluding quaternary carbon atom and polymerizable unsaturated group are connected by ether bond or ester bond.    USE - Back-sheet is used for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The lightweight back-sheet has excellent productivity, flexibility and adhesiveness with respect to cured coating film layer and base material. The generation of crack, whitening and peeling is suppressed in the back-sheet.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of back-sheet, which involves coating material containing fluorine-containing polymer (A) and hardening agent on the base material sheet, drying, hardening and forming cured coating film layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows sectional view of solar cell module.    Photovoltaic cell (1)    Sealing material layer (2)    Surface layer (3)    Base material sheet (4)    Cured coating film layer (5)
NOVELTY - A tempered glass has compressive stress layer and beta -hydroxyl value of 0.01-0.5/mm. The tempered glass contains (in mass%) silica (45-75), alumina (0-25), lithium oxide, sodium oxide and potassium oxide (0-30), and sulfur trioxide and chlorine (0.0001-0.5).    USE - Tempered glass used for display board, substrate and cover glass of touch panel display, solar cell and mobile telephone (all claimed). Can also be used for digital camera.    ADVANTAGE - The tempered glass has high mechanical strength and loss of clarity proof property, and is manufactured economically.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) glass; and    (2) manufacture of tempered glass.
NOVELTY - This invention describes an effective way to obtain high photovoltaic efficiency of InxGa1-xN/GaN-based solar cell with an intrinsic layer by applying SiCN/Si substrate. The n+/i/p device with sophisticated structures, including SiCN buffer layer, epitaxially laterally overgrowth (ELOG) GaN on Si substrate, surface roughness, and anti-reflection layer, is disclosed. The ELOG procedure employed in this work are aimed at reducing the stress and defect of GaN and Si substrate to obtain a low threading dislocation density that approaches the ideal value. It was found that the device and fabrication developed in the disclosed structure is applicable to the realization of solar cell with a low leakage dark current and an adjustable the energy bandgap of InxGa1-xN-based diode. This effect increased the solar spectrum response.
NOVELTY - The solar module (100) has photovoltaic solar cells (102) made of crystalline silicon, a substrate element and a cover element. The substrate element comprises a base plate made of a metallic sheet e.g. steel sheet, copper sheet and aluminum sheet, where the substrate element is formed as a self-supporting, frameless assembly. An electrical insulation layer is formed on the base plate. The insulation layer is formed as enamel coating, glass coating, lacquer coating, plastic coating or powder coating on the base plate.    USE - Photovoltaic solar module for use on a building structure.    ADVANTAGE - The solar module is designed with improved stability in relation to mechanical load such as storm or snow. The solar module is manufactured in a simple and cost-effective manner. The electrical insulation layer prevents short-circuit between the individual solar cells, thus improving energy output of the solar module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top perspective view of a photovoltaic solar module.    Photovoltaic solar module (100)    Photovoltaic solar cells (102)    Frame (118)    Fastening holes (120)    Diodes (126)
NOVELTY - This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a target material applied to an absorbing layer of a solar battery. This invention provides an alloy target material obtained by mixing a copper metal with at least one metal element of group IV with the vacuum arc melting method. This invention provides an alloy target material, which is more stable than a conventional metallic target material. When applied to the absorbing layer of the solar battery, the phase and the component ratio of the alloy film may be controlled by sputtering on the target material produced by this invention.
NOVELTY - A method of fabricating a work electrode of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is provided. In the method, a metal oxide film is formed on a transparent conductive substrate, and then a first absorption stage is performed to the metal oxide film by using a kind of metal complex dye. Afterward, a second absorption stage is performed to the metal oxide film by using a kind of organic dye in order to stuff gaps in the metal oxide film. Due to the technique of multi-step absorption to dye according to this method, the adsorption amount of dye on the work electrode of the DSSC can be increased, and thus the conversion efficiency of light to electricity can be arisen.
NOVELTY - A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes the steps of: providing a substrate; depositing a doping layer on the substrate by CVD; and baking the substrate and the doping layer to form a doped region in the substrate and to form an anti-reflection coating on the substrate simultaneously.
NOVELTY - A solar cell with high photon utilization includes a substrate, a passivation layer, an anti-reflection coating (ARC) layer and a transparent conductive oxide layer. The substrate has a front side and a backside and has a first-type semiconductor layer close to the backside and a second-type semiconductor layer close to the front side. The passivation layer is formed on the front side of the substrate. The ARC layer is formed on the passivation layer. The transparent conductive oxide layer is formed on the ARC layer. A method of manufacturing the solar cell with the high photon utilization is also disclosed.
NOVELTY - The invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell according to the invention includes a semiconductor structure combination and a plurality of nano-scaled composite structure. The semiconductor structure combination includes at least one p-n junction and has an illuminated surface for absorbing light. The plurality of nano-scaled composite structure is formed on the illuminated surface of the semiconductor structure combination, and each semiconductor structure combination includes a first nano-scaled layer and a second nano-scaled layer. The first nano-scaled layer is formed on the illuminated surface, and the second nano-scaled layer is formed on the first nano-scaled layer. In particular, the refractive index of the first nano-scaled layer is greater than the refractive index of the second nano-scaled layer.
NOVELTY - This invention provides a ruthenium metal complex dye and a solar cell thereof. The ruthenium metal complex dye is a new ruthenium metal complex based on the coordination structure of benzothiazole and derivatives thereof. The solar cell of the ruthenium metal complex dye includes a cathode layer, a catalyst layer installed at an inner side of the cathode layer, a photocatalyst absorption layer of a ruthenium metal complex dye installed opposite to the catalyst layer, an anode layer installed at an outer side of the photocatalyst absorption layer of the ruthenium metal complex dye, and an electrolyte disposed between the catalyst layer and the photocatalyst absorption layer of the ruthenium metal complex dye. This invented ruthenium complex dye can reduce the manufacturing cost of the dye, while possess a strong absorption characteristic to solar light and therefore reduce the manufacturing cost of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - Disclosed is a fabrication method of solar cells, which deploys two electrode layers on the same side of the wafer, so that the incident sunlight from the other side will not be shielded by the electrode layers, thereby improving the efficiency of electro-optic conversion. Furthermore, each electrode layer is formed by a mask layer for vapor phase deposition process, hence, the method does not require any photolithography or etching process with mask. Moreover, high temperature process is not needed, thereby preventing the wafer quality from being ruined by high temperature.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming electrode (114) and insulating layer (112) on base substrate (110). A photoelectric conversion layer having single-crystal semiconductor layer (124i) and impurity semiconductor layers (122n,126p) is formed. Another photoelectric conversion layer having non-single-crystal semiconductor layer (134i) and electrode (142) is formed. The electrode (142) and photoelectric conversion layers are selectively etched to partially expose electrode (114) so that the connecting electrodes (146) connect the electrodes of adjacent conversion layers.    USE - Method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion device module such as solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion characteristics can be improved and desired power can be efficiently generated. The photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for photoelectric conversion device module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional schematic view of the photoelectric conversion device module.    Base substrate (110)    Insulating layer (112)    Electrodes (114,142)    Impurity semiconductor layers (122n,126p)    Single-crystal semiconductor layer (124i)    Non-single-crystal semiconductor layer (134i)    Connecting electrodes (146)
NOVELTY - The method involves accessing a nanotube net that comprises several nanotubes (12,14). The material for enhancing electrical conductivity is deposited in the portion of nodes (18) of nanotubes. The diameter of the nodes is increased so as to form electrical conductive path among the nanotubes.    USE - Method for adding material to enhance the electrical conductivity in nanotube net (claimed) e.g. carbon nanotube (CNT) net used in solar cell, touch screen, chemical sensor, wearable electronic device, radio frequency identification tags, solid state lighting device, laser, optical communication device, electrodes and still image recorder. Can also be used in silicon nanowire net, germanium nanowire net, boron nitride nanowire net and boron carbide nanowire net.    ADVANTAGE - The electrical conductivity in nanotube net is enhanced easily and efficiently by simple technique.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for nanotube net.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the perspective view of the nodes of two crossed CNTs.    Nanotubes (12,14)    Graphite surface (16)    Nodes (18)
NOVELTY - Thermotropic, mesomorphic, organic semiconductor macromolecular architecture material comprises a semiconductor-type electron donor (D) or electron acceptor (A), which are grafted onto semiconductor type A or D mesogenic functional groups, different from that chosen for macromolecular architecture.    USE - The material is useful in an electronic component, which is organic field-effect transistor, organic light emitting transistors, organic solar cells, organic LED or organic laser (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) an electronic component comprising at least one layer of the material; and    (2) a method of manufacturing the electronic component comprising at least one step of depositing the material on a substrate under conditions favoring tautological-organization of the material.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has P-type semiconductor substrate (12) and diffusion layer (13) having N-type impurity which is diffused on the light incident side of semiconductor substrate. A surface electrode (17) is formed on the diffusion layer. An aluminum diffusion layer (14) is formed in another surface of semiconductor substrate. A back surface silver electrode (18) is formed in predetermined position on diffusion layer. A reflection layer (20) containing aluminum powder or titanium oxide powder, for reflecting light, is formed on aluminum diffusion layer.    USE - Photovoltaic apparatus e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The reflection efficiency of reflection layer can be increased, hence electric power generation efficiency can be improved. The absorption of light can be reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of photovoltaic apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of photovoltaic apparatus.    P-type semiconductor substrate (12)    N-type diffusion layer (13)    P-type diffusion layer (14)    Surface electrode (17)    Back surface silver electrode (18)    Reflection layer (20)
NOVELTY - The power generation plant has a main body installed on a river that comprises a main drum canal. Water from the river flows to the main drum canal that is utilized for directing the water to a water wheel. The main drum canal and the water wheel are mounted on a concrete pavement.    USE - Low head hydro power generation plant.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a low head hydro power generation plant.
NOVELTY - The assembly has a main water wheel connected with a drum canal to rotate. The main water wheel is provided with a main shaft. A multi-stage power transmission system is coupled with the main shaft. The power transmission system is connected with an auxiliary shaft to rotate. Two ends of the auxiliary shaft are connected with a stand. The auxiliary shaft is provided with a driven pulley and a drive pulley. The driven pulley is connected with the drive pulley by an endless belt.    USE - Multi-stage low head hydro power generator assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly adopts the drive pulley to adjust diameter of the multi-stage power transmission system to generate hydro power along water path of a river.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a multi-stage low head hydro power generator assembly.
NOVELTY - The source has a tank (1) installed inside a masonry and a commercial ship. An electric power plant (9) is utilized to feed electric water pumps. Generators (4) are provided with fossil fuel. Conduits are connected to electric water pumps (2) and provided with a connector (8). Water circulates in a water pipeline (7), where the water pipeline is connected to the tank and diameter of the water pipeline ranges from 0 to 48 inches. Electricity is fed into the electric power plant when a hydroelectric turbine (3) starts producing electricity.    USE - Clean and renewable energy source for supplying electricity to a house, a factory, and a commercial ship.    ADVANTAGE - The source produces clean and renewable electric power without polluting environment. The source enables pumping water from one tank to another tank without any water loss.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a clean and renewable energy source.    Tank (1)    Electric water pumps (2)    Hydroelectric turbine (3)    Generators (4)    Water pipeline (7)    Connector (8)    Electric power plant (9)
NOVELTY - The method involves pre-heating a layer, where the layer is collected with another layer under vacuum or inert gas atmosphere. The inert gas atmosphere is realized with an inert gas that is solvable in a plastic layer (4) sealing a photovoltaic layer. The former layer is made of ceramic or glass.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar panel made of layers (Claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method involves pre-heating a layer, where the layer is collected with another layer under vacuum or inert gas atmosphere, and thus ensures improved manufacturing method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a device for manufacturing a solar panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a layer composition of a solar panel.    Solar panel (1)    Base plate (2)    Solar cells (3)    Plastic layer (4)    Layer composition (6)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has an endless track chain (30) wrapped according to multiple walls. A waterway is formed between the walls and connected to the endless track chain. Direction conversion members (10, 20) change a traveling direction, and a power transmission unit delivers power supplied to the endless track chain to a water meter (60). The endless track chain includes a fixing pin that is connected in two sides of a round rod. A guide arm is connected in the round rod. A rotary shaft is connected to a chain gear (50) in the walls.    USE - Pumped-up power generation apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus safely operates the endless track chain, changes a tidal current direction, supplies the tide energy in the waterway and increases the efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a pumped-up power generation apparatus.    Direction conversion members (10, 20)    Endless track chain (30)    Chain gear (50)    Water meter (60)    Generator (80)
NOVELTY - The generator has a power generation shaft installed in an end part of a generator part. The generator part is provided in a pillar that is connected electrically with a surface of a capacitor. Lower part fitting holes and lower part exhaust holes are formed in a lower rotation board. An overhead exhaust ball (132) is provided in a surface of an upper rotary plate (130). A supporting shaft is inserted in a top fitting hole. Rotating blades (180) are provided such that a guide member is inserted in a guide groove.    USE - Impeller type wind power generator for use in a factory and multistorey building and apartment.    ADVANTAGE - The angle of the rotating blades is controlled by centrifugal force, thus preventing strong wind. The generator increases rotation of a ventilation machine, and generates electricity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of an impeller type wind power generator.    Upper rotary plate (130)    Overhead exhaust ball (132)    Rotating blades (180)
NOVELTY - The sensor has semiconductor layer (30) that is formed on transparent electrode on transparent substrate. A photoreception nano particle layer (40) that absorbs near infrared ray and produces electron-hole pair, is formed on semiconductor layer. A hole conducting layer (50) and counter electrode are stacked on nano particle layer. The electrons generated in nano particle layer are moved based on conduction band minimum energy level of semiconductor layer. The holes generated in nano particle layer are transferred to counter electrode via hole conducting layer.    USE - Near infrared ray sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The size of near infrared ray sensor can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of the energy band diagram of semiconductor layer, photoreception nano particle layer and hole conducting layer.    Semiconductor layer (30)    Photoreception nano particle layer (40)    Hole conducting layer (50)
NOVELTY - The battery (1), has an illuminating unit (40) installed at two sides of a photometry fiber (20). The photometry fiber is consecutively arranged in an inner side of a housing (10) in a zigzag manner. A panel (30) is installed between the photometry fiber, and stores light that is radiated from the photometry fiber. A housing lamp glows in the photometry fiber. A diffuse sheet (14) for diffusing light is installed in a side wall of the illuminating unit. A reflecting body (15) is installed at an inner wall of the photometry fiber. A power line (31) is connected with adjacent panels.    USE - Chargeable battery for an electric power system e.g. solar power system and wind power system.    ADVANTAGE - The battery increases the durability. The battery can be easily made with various sizes and installed at any place.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a chargeable battery.    Chargeable battery (1)    Housing (10)    Diffuse sheet (14)    Reflecting body (15)    Photometry fiber (20)    Panel (30)    Power line (31)    Illuminating unit (40)
NOVELTY - An organic optoelectronics device comprises a substrate; an anode layer; a cathode layer; and an organic function layer arranged between the anode layer and the cathode layer, and comprising hole injecting layer, a hole transmitting layer, a lighting layer, an electronic transmitting layer, an electronic injecting layer, an anode buffering layer, an electronic giving body layer, an interface layer, an electronic receiving layer, a cathode buffering layer and magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotube.    USE - An organic optoelectronics device, preferably organic electroluminescence device or an organic solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The device has lower resistance of current carrier transmitting layer; and improved transmitting ability of the current carrier, visible light transmissivity of the current carrier transmitting layer, and photoelectric performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic optoelectronics device comprises:    (A) a substrate;    (B) an anode layer;    (C) a cathode layer; and    (D) an organic function layer arranged between the anode layer and the cathode layer, and comprising hole injecting layer, a hole transmitting layer, a lighting layer, an electronic transmitting layer, an electronic injecting layer, an anode buffering layer, an electronic giving body layer, an interface layer, an electronic receiving layer, a cathode buffering layer and magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotube.    The magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotube is mixed in hole transmitting layer and the electronic giving body layer, or in electronic transmitting layer and the electronic receiving layer. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of an organic optoelectronics device.
NOVELTY - The arrangement has a water containment unit (16) that is arranged at a shaft (12) at a high level of a mine. A reservoir (20) is located at the low level within the shaft. A pump (24) is provided to lift the water from the reservoir to containment unit. A hydroelectric generator (30) is arranged above the reservoir. A conduit unit (26) is provided to connect the containment unit to the hydroelectric generator. The water is delivered to the generator from the containment unit by the conduit unit in such a way that the generator is driven to produce electric power.    USE - Power storage arrangement.    ADVANTAGE - The construction cost of the power storage arrangement can be reduced reliably.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for producing electrical power.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the power storage arrangement.    Shaft (12)    Water containment unit (16)    Reservoir (20)    High capacity pump (24)    Conduit unit (26)    Hydroelectric generator (30)
NOVELTY - The module has a driving shaft (110) equipped on a driving axis line. A penetration hole (120) is formed in a side of an idle flange (200), and a detachment button (130) is formed in another side of the idle flange. A joint (140) is connected to the idle flange, and a pipe through-hole is formed in an actuator part. A bonding groove (210) is formed in the joint, and a connection part is in contact with a body portion. A manipulation part and a striking portion are formed in the detachment button.    USE - Servo-actuator module for a robot that is utilized in an industry, a home and a medical treatment center.    ADVANTAGE - The module is light-weight, and prevents the entry of foreign substances.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a servo-actuator module.    Driving shaft (110)    Penetration hole (120)    Detachment button (130)    Joint (140)    Idle flange (200)    Bonding groove (210)
NOVELTY - The system has a lock gate or a gate structure formed with a tide embankment portion (10) in a marine structure, where the tide embankment portion is formed between a lake side (12) and a sea side (14). A frame structure is provided for supporting a lake side ocean current generator (120), and another frame structure is provided for supporting a sea side ocean current generator (220). An aid dam (200) is formed with a head gate structure (210), and a connection bridge (400) is connected between an aberration structure (102) and the head gate structure.    USE - Marine electric power system for production facility, park, school, hospital, shopping mall, high-rise building and recreation facility (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The system is convenient to maintain and repair, and reduces resistance of the ocean current generation. The system facilitates an artificial marine city construction.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a marine electric power system.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Tide embankment portion (10)    Lake side (12)    Sea side (14)    Aberration structure (102)    Lake side ocean current generator (120)    Aid dam (200)    Head gate structure (210)    Sea side ocean current generator (220)    Connection bridge (400)
NOVELTY - The oxygen supply device has an oxygen cylinder cartridge (5), a solenoid valve (4), a throttle and an electronic controller (3) for controlling flow and pressure. A breathing mask (1) is provided, which is attached to exercise equipment (2) or is directly transported by user.    USE - Oxygen supply device for use with exercise equipment for breathing.    ADVANTAGE - The oxygen supply device has an oxygen cylinder cartridge, a solenoid valve, a throttle and an electronic controller for controlling flow and pressure, and hence ensures improved physical condition of user and comfortable breathing operation.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an oxygen supply device with exercise equipment and user.    Breathing mask (1)    Exercise equipment (2)    Electronic controller (3)    Solenoid valve (4)    Oxygen cylinder cartridge (5)
NOVELTY - Electric power generation method involves decomposing water into hydrogen and oxygen using electrolysis, delivering produced gas to a high position water synthesizing generating device, primary energy generation by releasing energy from the synthesis of water from hydrogen and oxygen and secondary energy generation from the potential energy of synthesized water and kinetic energy of the floating force of the gas.    USE - An electric power generation method.    ADVANTAGE - Easy, efficient and environment friendly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Electric power generation method involves decomposing water into hydrogen and oxygen using electrolysis, delivering produced gas to a high position water synthesizing generating device, primary energy generation by releasing energy from the synthesis of water from hydrogen and oxygen and secondary energy generation from the potential energy of synthesized water and kinetic energy of the floating force of the gas. The method uses a generating system which consists of water body (1), electrolyzing water device (2), gas collecting delivery device (3), high position water synthesizing generating device (4), water collecting guide flow device (5) and low position hydroelectric generating device (6).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the electric power generation method.    Water body (1)    Electrolyzing water device (2)    Gas collecting delivery device (3)    Water collecting guide flow device (5)    Low position hydroelectric generating device (6)
NOVELTY - The driver (1) has a fuse (2) connected to a rectification circuit (3), an intermediate circuit (4) and a tension sensor (5) that senses the tension of slide bars. A switching circuit (6) of a direct current (DC) motor (7) is composed of a pulse modulator (8) and a current sensor (9), where the rectification, intermediate and switching circuits are connected to a power supply (10), a CPU (11) and a control panel (12) for controlling the drive of the DC motor.    USE - Driver for a direct current (DC) motor.    ADVANTAGE - The driver can control the motor effectively without depending on the tension of the slide bars in the motor while driver is simple and convenient to use in a cost-efficient manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a driver of a direct current motor.    Driver (1)    Fuse (2)    Rectification circuit (3)    Intermediate circuit (4)    Tension sensor (5)    Switching circuit (6)    Direct current motor (7)    Pulse modulator (8)    Current sensor (9)    Power supply (10)    CPU (11)    Control panel (12)
NOVELTY - The device has a large array wheel (10) whose water turbine is mounted on a large array wheel water turbine trapezoid base. A bottom part of an air water storing pond is provided with the trapezoid large array wheel water turbine base. The large array wheel is provided with a conic water tank (9). A center axe is sleeved with a magnetizing exciter and a coil of a generator. Two ends of the large array wheel are fixedly connected with a center axial bevel gear and a large gear. An output shaft of a clutch is connected with the generator rotors.    USE - Generating device for a large array wheel water turbine.    ADVANTAGE - The device is strong in generating ability and low in cost, so the device has better economic benefit and comprehensive utilization value.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a generating device.    General axial bevel gear (7)    General shaft (8)    Conic water tank (9)    Large array wheel (10)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a light guide plate (200) in the form of a sheet to induce incoming sunlight. A pattern is formed in a light guiding plate side to condense the sunlight. A light receiving element (400) is arranged in the light guide plate side to receive the sunlight from the light guide plate. The pattern is formed into a Fresnel lens form. The light guide plate is formed with a transparent member. A reflecting mirror (300) is arranged in the lower part of the light guide plate.    USE - Sunlight focusing apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The adherence of the pattern in the light guiding plate side enhances the sunlight collection efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a sunlight focusing apparatus. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Light guide plate (200)    Reflecting mirror (300)    Light receiving element (400)
NOVELTY - The device (1) has a photoelectric conversion circuit operationally provided in an optical sensor and converting light sensed with the optical sensor into a current signal. A coupled current processing circuit processes the current signal, and an optical control projection unit is formed in a transparent cover board (2). The transparent cover board is provided on the optical sensor. A charger circuit is connected to a constant-voltage regulator.    USE - Solar-powered device for a cellular phone battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The device enables a battery cap of a cellular phone housing to be simply separated, and the battery is exposed to proper light source when the user need to charge the cellular phone battery, thus avoiding requirement for a charger or extra battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a cellular phone battery comprising a concave part.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a solar-powered device.    Solar-powered device (1)    Transparent cover board (2)    Cellular phone battery (3)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a motor (112) fixed with a flotation object (118). A lack pinion (107) converts the rotary motion of the motor into a linear motion. A roller link (110) is provided with a bearing (103) in upper end of the flotation object. A rotation pusher is fixed to sides of a roller guide (108). One end of a rotation pusher roller (111) is formed according to the roller guide. Upper side of a solar module board is formed in a space part. The solar module board is formed in a superstructure (127). Upper side of the solar module board is connected with a hinge in the pusher roller.    USE - Aquatic stand sunlight tracking focusing apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus maximizes the collection efficiency by tracing the direction of the sunlight according to the change of the high degree of sun. The apparatus minimizes the cost required for selection of the site, and obtains the generation efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an aquatic stand sunlight tracking focusing apparatus.    Bearing (103)    Lack pinion (107)    Roller guide (108)    Roller link (110)    Rotation pusher roller (111)    Motor (112)    Flotation object (118)    Superstructure (127)
NOVELTY - The massager has a massaging bed (1) and a bed base (2) mounted on a massager base (7), where a section of the massaging bed is concave. The massaging bed is arranged on the bed base. The massager base is provided with a centrifugal wheel (8), a motor (9) and an electric control device that is electrically connected with the motor and a vibration massager (10). A height adjustor (3) is mounted between the bed base and the massager base. The bed base is provided with a fixing belt whose two ends are provided with a flexible buckle for binding.    USE - Intervertebral disk and muscle tendon relaxing massager.    ADVANTAGE - The massager can relax and exercise the intervertebral disk, thus protecting the muscle tendon, soft tissues and muscles at the edge of the intervertebral disk.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an intervertebral disk and muscle tendon relaxing massager in partial section.    Massaging bed (1)    Bed base (2)    Height adjustor (3)    Massager base (7)    Centrifugal wheel (8)    Motor (9)    Vibration massager (10)
NOVELTY - The module has multiple solar cell blocks whose bottom surfaces are fixedly equipped with back films i.e. tedlar-polyester-tedlar, by ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), where surface of the back films is coated with a layer of fluorine material. Surfaces of the cell blocks are equipped with covering films i.e. toughened glasses, and the EVA is arranged between the covering films and the cell blocks.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The surface covering films utilize toughened glasses with high impact resistances and good weather resistances, thus increasing service life of the cell module. The surface of the back films is coated with a layer of fluorine material, so as to obtain insulating effect, and waterproof and anti-ageing effects.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the solar cell module.
NOVELTY - The device has an impeller (1) arranged in a water pipe and communicated with a power generator component (2) via a transmission shaft. An output end of the power generator component is connected to a rectification filter circuit, which is electrically connected to a rechargeable battery. Tap water in the water pipe pushes the impeller to enable the power generator component to generate power after a water tap is opened.    USE - Power generation device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a power generation device. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Impeller (1)    Power generator component (2)
NOVELTY - The machine has a rotary floater rotatably floating on a water surface. A wind-driven device is installed on the rotary floater and driven by wind to rotate the rotary floater. An electricity generation device is fixed relative to the rotary floater, and acts with peripheral velocity of the rotary floater. A standing rope is formed between the rotary floater and a traction platform that is fixed on the water surface. A driving rope is connected between the rotary floater and a motor rotating shaft and driven by the rotary floater to rotate so as to rotate the motor rotating shaft.    USE - Annular water floating cyclone power machine.    ADVANTAGE - The wind-driven device is driven by wind, so as to rotate the rotary floater. The electricity generation device acting with peripheral velocity of the rotary floater is used for generating electricity to output electric energy, and has high electric energy output efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The driving rope is a driving steel rope, a driving belt or a driving chain rope.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an annular water floating cyclone power machine.
NOVELTY - The system has main shaft fixedly coupled with a water skip mill-wheel, where the main shaft is hinged with a bracket by a bearing. A side of the main shaft is fixedly arranged with coaxial gear wheels that are coupled with a dynamo through rotor gear wheels. A water leading pipe is supported by a carriage to connect a water resource and the water skip mill-wheel. A front part of an infall of a water leading pipe is arranged with an intercepting net and a back part is arranged with an overtopped dam. The water skip mill-wheel and a pedestal under breakwater are located with discharge canals.    USE - No-reservoir river generating system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a no-reservoir river generating system. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The device has a micro-water turbine whose water inlet pipe is connected with a water discharge pipe of a solar water heater. A water discharge pipe of the turbine is connected with an indoor water pipe of the heater. The turbine is connected with a micro-generator. A current guide groove is formed in the water inlet pipe and a water turbine chamber of the turbine. An output end of the micro-generator is connected with an energy accumulating device. A spiral current guide groove is formed in the water inlet pipe of the turbine.    USE - Water discharge pipe generating device for a solar water heater.    ADVANTAGE - The water pressure in the high water discharge pipe of the solar water heater is relatively high, so that electricity is generated by driving the micro-generator to rotate through the micro-water turbine. The current guide grooves are formed in the water inlet pipe of the turbine and the water turbine chamber, so that the water discharge pressure of the water discharge pipe of the solar water heater is improved effectively, the stronger mechanical energy is generated, and the water turbine is pushed to rotate so as to realize higher generating amount.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of a water discharge pipe generating device.
NOVELTY - The unit has a lower plunger installed on a fixing column infiltrated into a submarine soil layer. An upper plunger is connected and fixed with the lower plunger by a bracket. A water outlet and an effluent check valve are arranged on ends of the upper and lower plungers. The outlet is connected with an internal channel, and a water discharge pipe is connected with a pressure cabinet provided with a constant pressure valve. An output pipe is connected with a water spray pipe of a water power electricity generator on a shore.    USE - Floating-type power generation unit.    ADVANTAGE - The unit uses a float cylinder to drive a pull rod and a shaking arm to make a cylinder body of a water pumping device to do repeated movement for pumping high-pressure seawater to a pressure cabinet for pressurization and connecting to a spray pipe on the shore to drive the waterpower to generate electricity to apply the tide level to generate electricity during sliding process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a floating-type power generating unit.
NOVELTY - The assembly has photovoltaic cells (4) connected with each other via conductive wires (5) and fixedly mounted on a radiator base plate (6) via the adhesive film (3). The photovoltaic cells are flat-plate photovoltaic cells under normal sunlight exposure condition. A reflecting bracket body (2) is provided with a tight arrangement of reflecting surfaces (11). Each reflecting surface is provided with two symmetrically arranged trapezoidal surfaces with same size. A rectangle formed by short bottom margins of the trapezoids is provided with the photovoltaic cells.    USE - Double inclined plane reflecting spotlighting solar photovoltaic cell assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The two trapezoid forms have long bottom margins that form a rectangle window that is irradiated with sunlight. The light reflected by the reflecting surfaces covers every point of the photovoltaic cell to receive the direct radiation of the sunlight under tracking condition. The surfaces of each photovoltaic cell receives the superimposed radiation formed by the reflecting surfaces so as to provide the spotlighting effect on the photovoltaic cell to improve the photoelectric conversion on the photovoltaic cell. The assembly uses less number of photovoltaic cells in a given power condition, thus reducing the manufacturing cost of the photovoltaic assembly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The photovoltaic cell consists of a silicon cell or a gallium arsenide cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a double inclined plane reflecting spotlighting solar photovoltaic cell assembly.    Reflecting bracket body (2)    Adhesive film (3)    Photovoltaic cells (4)    Conductive wires (5)    Radiator base plate (6)    Reflecting surfaces (11)
NOVELTY - The structure has hollow square or rectangular solar cell frameworks including convex head bodies (2, 5) and concave head bodies (3, 4). A solar cell (1) is arranged in hollow center to compose a flat-type solar cell. Outer side surfaces of the concave head bodies and the convex head bodies are provided with trapezoid-shaped concave tenon grooves (7, 8) and trapezoid-shaped convex tenons (6, 9), respectively. A convex head of one of the convex head body of one of the frameworks is fixed in the groove of the concave head body of the other framework, which combines into the solar cell.    USE - Mounting structure for a combined solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The structure is simple and convenient to combine the solar cell with other solar cells to compose the combined solar cell. The structure is convenient to remove, mount, carry and transport the solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top perspective view of a combined solar cell mounting structure.    Solar cell (1)    Convex head bodies (2, 5)    Concave head bodies (3, 4)    Trapezoid-shaped convex tenons (6, 9)    Trapezoid-shaped concave tenon grooves (7, 8)
NOVELTY - The module has a junction box provided with a diode junction box (3) and a non-diode junction box (4). A solar battery plate (2) and the junction box are in serial connection through an interlinked welding strip (1). The diode junction box and the non-diode junction box are connected with the solar battery plate through a conflux welding strip (5). The diode junction box and the non-diode junction box are interconnected through an external cable wire (6), and the non-diode junction box is connected with a junction box connecting wire (7).    USE - Solar battery module.    ADVANTAGE - The module ensures high output power at lower consumption by adding multiple junction boxes and reducing the length of the welding strip.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar battery module.    Interlinked welding strip (1)    Solar battery plate (2)    Diode junction box (3)    Non-diode junction box (4)    Conflux welding strip (5)    External cable wire (6)    Junction box connecting wire (7)
NOVELTY - The system has a supporting column (2) installed at an upper part of a base (1). A horizontal rotary tracing unit (3) is installed at an upper end of the supporting column. A vertical rotary tracing unit (5) is fixed at an upper part of the horizontal tracing unit. An upper surface of a machine frame (7) is provided with multiple reflecting mirrors. An elastic fixer (14) is connected with lower parts of the reflecting mirrors of each focus. A concentrating generating cavity bracket (11) is fixedly connected with the frame.    USE - Multi-focus elastic disk type concentrating solar electric linking system.    ADVANTAGE - The system effectively improves work condition of a machine set under different air speeds to greatly improve generating ability. The system is high in intensity and light in weight, and improves survival ability of the machine set in typhoon or other strong windy conditions. The system prevents bad influence of high temperature on generating ability and high-density light stream from hurting a concentrating battery. The recycled afterheat can be used for producing heat source at low temperature, thus improving the ecological environment of installed land.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a multi-focus elastic disk type concentrating solar electric linking system.    Base (1)    Supporting column (2)    Horizontal rotary tracing unit (3)    Vertical rotary tracing unit (5)    Machine frame (7)    Concentrating generating cavity bracket (11)    Elastic fixer (14)
NOVELTY - The module has a solar cell film (2) arranged between a top plate (1) and a back plate (3). A back face of the back plate is covered with a layer of a heat conducting body (4) i.e. heat conducting adhesive or heat conducting adhesive plaster. An external surface of the heat conducting body is uneven and provided with a projection (4-1). The adhesive and the plaster are covered on the back plate by a coating mode and bonding.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The module can produce a good heat radiation rate and high working efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top perspective view of a solar cell module.    Top plate (1)    Solar cell film (2)    Back plate (3)    Heat conducting body (4)    Projection (4-1)
NOVELTY - The box has multiple solar energy battery plates (2) arranged on an outer surface of a box body (1). A torch (3) is arranged in a gap between the two solar energy battery plates. The solar energy battery plates are serially connected with a voltage stabilizer and a storage battery through wires. The torch is serially connected to the storage battery.    USE - Solar energy lamp box for shop sign.    ADVANTAGE - The box transfers solar energy into electrical energy such that the electrical energy is saved. The majority of the torch is in the box body such that the torch is not easy to damage.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar energy lamp box.    Box body (1)    Solar energy battery plates (2)    Torch (3)
NOVELTY - The structure has a lower chamber sealing ring (6) arranged to surround a heating work table (1) and matched with an upper chamber sealing ring (5) to seal a vacuum chamber (7). A bottom surface of the chamber is connected with a board of the working table. Multiple through-holes (8) are formed at an inner side periphery of the chamber. An end of one of the through-holes is connected with the other through-holes in the chamber. Another end of the through-hole is connected to a main suction pipe through a vacuum-pumping pipe (9), where the main suction pipe is connected with a vacuum pump.    USE - Vacuum chamber structure for a solar battery laminator.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a vacuum chamber structure in partial section.    Heating work table (1)    Upper chamber sealing ring (5)    Lower chamber sealing ring (6)    Vacuum chamber (7)    Through-holes (8)    Vacuum-pumping pipe (9)
NOVELTY - The technology involves placing a solar cell assembly for packaging into a vacuum room and a top cover in a solar cell assembly laminating machine. The vacuum room is sealed. The vacuum room is vacuumized. A vacuum valve is closed after evacuation, heating and pressing the solar cell assembly placed in the vacuum room under vacuum. The heating and pressing process measures a temperature control point provided in a heating bench and performs thermal compensation according to a feedback result.    USE - Uniform heating technology for a hot plate of a solar cell assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The technology avoids technical flaws of a heating laminating machine that heating temperature is not conformed to requirement due to border heat dissipation or a solar cell assembly is off quality due to large temperature difference.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a laminating machine suitable for the uniform heating technology for a hot plate of a solar cell assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front sectional view illustrating a uniform heating technology.
NOVELTY - The technique involves placing a solar battery assembly in stand by state in a vacuum room composed of a heating bench and an upper cover in a solar battery assembly laminator. The vacuum room is sealed, and vacuum-pumping process is performed for the vacuum room. A vacuum valve is closed after completing the vacuum-pumping process. Heating and pressing processes are performed for the solar battery assembly in the vacuum room in a vacuum environment. Testing temperature for a temperature control point is set in the heating bench, and heat compensation is processed according to feedback result.    USE - Technique for assembling a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The heat compensation technique for processing compensation for edge radiation of the heating bench is combined with solar battery laminating technique such that the heating temperature is set according to request of edge radiating and the solar battery assembly quality is ensured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a laminator used for assembling technique of a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar battery.
NOVELTY - The module has a male electric connecting assembly (100) arranged in a shell. Conductive elements (20, 20') connected with two wire connecting terminals (101, 102). Another two wire connecting terminals (30, 30') are connected with positive/negative poles of a solar panel (1) and extend into another shell via an opening. An elastic female electric connecting piece (40) clamps one of four wire connecting terminals and one of conductive elements together elastically so as to form a stable electric connection between the wire connecting terminal and the conductive element.    USE - Wire connecting module for a building integrated photovoltaic system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a wire connecting module.    Solar panel (1)    Conductive elements (20, 20')    Wire connecting terminals (30, 30', 101, 102)    Elastic female electric connecting piece (40)    Male electric connecting assembly (100)
NOVELTY - The component has a heat-conducting layer configured with a heat-conducting pipe and heat-conducting liquid, and a protection layer for protecting the heat-conducting layer. The heat-conducting layer is close to a back surface of a solar battery board. The heat-conducting pipe guides the collected heat energy to the heat-conducting liquid. Temperature of the back surface of the battery board is kept in a preset range by the heat-conducting liquid. The battery board generates power by the heat energy from the heat-conducting layer. The protection layer is made of double-layer glass.    USE - Photo-voltaic and photo-thermal integrated solar battery component.    ADVANTAGE - The component increases conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a photo-voltaic and photo-thermal integrated solar battery component.
NOVELTY - The system has a hydroturbine (4) connected with a total high pressure pipe (1) by a water inlet sub-pipe (2). An electricity generator is driven by the hydroturbine. A gear box (5) is driven by the hydroturbine and located on two sides of the hydroturbine. The gear box drives an electricity generator group composed of multiple electricity generators (7) connected in series.    USE - High pressure multi-machine set serial connection type hydraulic power electricity generation system.    ADVANTAGE - The system prevents ecological environment and humanistic environment. The system is high in electricity generation efficiency, complete in water resource usage and low in investment. The system does not need to build a dam to store water.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a high pressure multi-machine set serial connection type hydraulic power electricity generation system.    Total high pressure pipe (1)    Water inlet sub-pipe (2)    Hydroturbine (4)    Gear box (5)    Electricity generators (7)
NOVELTY - The generator has a low-pressure gas tank located at top of a windmill. An arm, a rotary valve, a mechanical control valve and a cylinder are combined with a square shaped amplifying motor (9). A cog wheel is combined with an ultra-small pump. An electricity sensing controller is arranged in a motor room. An inverter is adhered with a power source separator. A back wheel is rotated in a chain motor shaft. An internal gear (4) is rotated via air, where the generator is made of iron oxide, rubber, samarium cobalt and neodymium.    USE - Generator for generating electric power using nuclear power, thermal power/geothermal energy, coal power, biomass power, solar energy, hydrogen, wind and water.    ADVANTAGE - The generator has high working efficiency, controls warming effect, is practical to use, low in production cost and durable and avoids malfunction.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an electric power generator.    Internal gear (4)    Square shaped amplifying motor (9)    Cam (10)    Partition wall (17)    Aerating window (35)
NOVELTY - The subassembly has a solar battery (4) arranged below a central area plat lens (1). A lower surface of a crossed lens (2) is provided with a group of optical wedge lines. The group of optical wedge lines reflects and gathers solar light shining on an upper surface of the crossed lens to the battery. A lower surface of a diagonal-direction lens (3) has another group of optical wedge lines that are uniformly placed in a parallel manner. The latter group of optical wedge lines reflects and gathers the solar light shining on an upper surface of the diagonal-direction lens to the battery.    USE - Nine-time solar light-gathering photovoltaic subassembly.    ADVANTAGE - The subassembly has a simple structure, rational design and low manufacturing cost, and is convenient to assemble and use. The subassembly effectively increases the solar energy into 9 times, and gathers light, so as to greatly improve generating efficiency of the solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic perspective view of a nine-time solar light-gathering photovoltaic subassembly.    Central area plat lens (1)    Crossed lens (2)    Diagonal-direction lens (3)    Solar battery (4)
NOVELTY - A poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-60C block copolymer (I) is new.    USE - New poly(hexylthiophene)block copolymer is used for polymer solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The poly(hexylthiophene)block copolymer separates polythiophene and fullerene derivative efficiently.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-60C block copolymer of formula (I) is new.    n,x,y=integer.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for polymer solar battery.
NOVELTY - The system has a water storage reservoir (13) having a set of sides connected with a main water storage pond (15) via a water discharging slope (21). A gate (16) is arranged between a water conveying passage (9) and the main water storage pond. A power generator set (5) is connected with a water pump (10) via a power transmission wire (24). A water storage pond (11) is connected with another power generator set (12). The sides of the water storage reservoir are provided with other multiple power generator sets (14).    USE - Artificial subterranean river water storage power generation system.    ADVANTAGE - The system can realize circulated power generation by accumulated water source, thus solving problem of difficult electricity utilization in rural area and remote area, and providing tremendous profits to an investor. The system has great development prospect.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an artificial subterranean river water storage power generation system.    Power generator sets (5, 12, 14)    Water conveying passage (9)    Water pump (10)    Water storage pond (11)    Water storage reservoir (13)    Main water storage pond (15)    Gate (16)    Water discharging slope (21)    Power transmission wire (24)
NOVELTY - The cell has a conductivity type emitter part placed opposite to another conductivity type emitter part, and an electrode connected to the former conductivity type emitter part. Another electrode is connected to a substrate. Multiple current collecting parts are placed in the substrate, where one of the current collecting parts is connected to the former electrode through a via-hole. A connection part (21) is provided with a conductive tape, where thickness of the substrate is not greater than 160 micrometers.    USE - Solar cell for a solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The cell can be manufactured in an easy and quick manner. The bending of the solar cell is relieved by connecting other solar cells at different direction, so that the inferiority rate of the solar cell module decreases, and hence improving productivity of the solar cell module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell module comprising multiple solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of solar cells connected with each other.    Connection part (21-24)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a mover (7) provided with a female screw (7d) that is adhered to a projection bar. A connection piece is formed with a connection hole (3b) and combined with a cross support board (6). A projection bar is combined with a guideline cross dike (6a), and a bolt (7b) is connected to a projection bar. A screw nut (7c) is formed with a fixing hole (7e), and an upper plate is attached to the mover. A rotation screw (9) is provided with an actuation handle (9a), and a rectangular connection hole is formed in a support frame (1).    USE - Solar cell panel supporting apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus is convenient and safe to use.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar cell panel supporting apparatus.    Support frame (1)    Connection hole (3b)    Cross support board (6)    Guideline cross dike (6a)    Mover (7)    Bolt (7b)    Screw nut (7c)    Female screw (7d)    Fixing hole (7e)    Rotation screw (9)    Actuation handle (9a)
NOVELTY - The clamp has a top main body (31) equipped with a top stopper (33) and combined in an end part of multiple solar panels (12). A lower part main body (32) is equipped with a bottom stopper (34) that is formed corresponding to the top stopper. The solar panels are arranged on a frame (11). A lower edge part of the solar panels is combined in the lower part main body. A bolt (35) is equipped to interconnect the top main body and the lower part main body, where the bolt adjusts gap between the bottom stopper and the top stopper. A recess (36) is formed in the top main body.    USE - Clamp for fixing a solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - The clamp has simple structure. The clamp facilitates width control and combining process of the solar panels. The clamp can easily fix solar panels of various thicknesses.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a clamp.    Frame (11)    Solar panels (12)    Top main body (31)    Lower part main body (32)    Top stopper (33)    Bottom stopper (34)    Bolt (35)    Recess (36)
NOVELTY - The device has a drive shaft combined in a driving part (10), and a driver shaft combined in a driver part (20), where the drive shaft is circulated according to rotation of the driving part, and the driver shaft is circulated according to rotation of the driver part. A solar panel (30) is combined in the driver shaft according to movement of sun (S). A detection sensor is included in one side of the drive shaft. A controller controls the driving part and the driver part according to altitude of the sun, and the solar panel is combined with multiple boards.    USE - Sun track tracking device for use in a home and an industry.    ADVANTAGE - The device can collect maximum solar energy.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a sun track tracking device.    Sun (S)    Driving part (10)    Driver part (20)    Solar panel (30)
NOVELTY - The device has a frame (20) to which multiple solar cells are connected, where an end of the frame is attached with a fixed link (60), and another end of the frame is attached with a support stand (50). A hinge is connected with the support stand, and a bolt is utilized for adjusting angle of a collimator (10) according to up and down movement of the fixed link. A bearing is installed at an end of the support stand, and an opening guide unit is extended along longitudinal direction of the fixed link.    USE - Collimator tilting device for solar power generation application.    ADVANTAGE - The device can conveniently and steadily change the angle of the collimator, prevents falling down of the collimator, and avoids the need for deformation of a coupling apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a collimator tilting device.    Collimator (10)    Frame (20)    Support stand (50)    Fixed link (60)    Opening part (61)
NOVELTY - The bench has a spherical rotary shaft installed at an upper side of a support part (10). A pair of right and left frame portions (31) is arranged in a pair of right and left frame portions faces. A seat part (30) provided with a left plate, which is installed at the rotary shaft in bottom surface between the frame portions. An axis supporting part (20) is horizontally provided in each frame portion. A solar cell (41) supplies electricity to a back of a chair (32), which is installed between backward extension parts (33) of the frame portion.    USE - Multifunctional rotation bench i.e. lamp rotation bench.    ADVANTAGE - The bench is convenient to use and rotated to a desired direction through a sphere rotary shaft.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a multifunctional rotation bench.    Support part (10)    Axis supporting part (20)    Seat part (30)    Frame portion (31)    Back of chair (32)    Backward extension part (33)    Solar cell (41)
NOVELTY - The device has a seal strip (4) wrapped to an outer side of a connecting part of three side plates. A U-shaped body is provided with a component back pressing plate (9). Left and right ends of the component back pressing plate are respectively wrapped with a left upper frame (5) and a right upper frame (8). A front part is provided with a component gasket (10), and a tail end is provided with a component handle (7). A front end of a lower plate corresponding to the component back pressing plate is wrapped with a lower frame (6) of a back side plate (1).    USE - Roof PVC grid-connected photovoltaic device.    ADVANTAGE - The device consumes low energy, and has high environment adaptability and flexible configuration. The device is simple and practical.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a roof PVC grid-connected photovoltaic device.    Back side plate (1)    Seal strip (4)    Left upper frame (5)    Lower frame (6)    Component handle (7)    Right upper frame (8)    Component back pressing plate (9)    Component gasket (10)
NOVELTY - The device has a heat exchanger (2) provided with a sealed heat exchanger shell body (5) and a heat exchange pipe (6) arranged in the heat exchanger shell body, which is provided with a water inlet pipe (7) and a water outlet pipe (8). The heat exchange pipe is provided with an oil inlet pipe (9) and an oil outlet pipe (10) that are extended out of the heat exchanger shell body. The heat exchanger is connected with a heat source via the water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe. The oil inlet pipe and the oil outlet pipe are connected in series with an oil-supply pipe (3).    USE - Diesel-saving device for a vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - The device utilizes waste heat of a diesel engine, so that the device is energy-saving and environment-friendly. The viscosity of the diesel can be greatly reduced, the atomizing degree of the diesel can be improved and the diesel vehicle can be started at low temperature in winter.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic side view of a diesel-saving device.    Heat exchanger (2)    Oil-supply pipe (3)    Sealed heat exchanger shell body (5)    Heat exchange pipe (6)    Water inlet pipe (7)    Water outlet pipe (8)    Oil inlet pipe (9)    Oil outlet pipe (10)
NOVELTY - The device has a main bracket (1) arranged on an upper side of a cement base (7). An upper end of the main bracket is connected with an end of an electric push rod (2). Another end of the electric push rod is connected with a main beam (4) at one side. A main beam base (3) is hinged with a top end of the main bracket. One side of the main beam base is provided with a pitch electromagnetic lock (5). An upper part of a battery platform (8) is provided with a battery plate component (9).    USE - Low cost type parallel network photovoltaic generating biaxial tracing device.    ADVANTAGE - The device is simple in structure and convenient to install, and has better mechanical intensity, reliable operation, wide application range of monitoring system, and high sunshine radiation usage efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a low cost type parallel network photovoltaic generating biaxial tracing device.    Main bracket (1)    Electric push rod (2)    Main beam base (3)    Main beam (4)    Pitch electromagnetic lock (5)    Cement base (7)    Battery platform (8)    Battery plate component (9)
NOVELTY - The bed has a speed reduction motor driven by program control of a pressure sensor, and a solenoid vibrator installed in an acupuncture point. A safety clothing part is set up in mat center. A mat head is formed with a steel plate. A radio frequency shielding heater heats a shielding film. An ankle fixing apparatus is connected to a spring.    USE - Pulling pack bed.    ADVANTAGE - The bed has better weight pulling effect, enhances energy efficiency, stimulates growth of a growth phase teenager and avoids sprain in cartilage of a backbone.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a pack needle part.
NOVELTY - The solar battery has silicon wafer substrate (200) on which p-type semiconductor impurity diffusion region (210) and n-type semiconductor impurity diffusion region (230) are formed alternately. The back contact electrodes (250) are formed on the p-type semiconductor impurity diffusion region and n-type semiconductor impurity diffusion region.    USE - Back contact electrode type solar battery used for electronic watch, radio, unmanned light house, artificial satellite, rocket, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The overlap area between back surface field and emitter can be removed, so that highly efficient, simple and low-cost solar battery can be manufactured. The quality of solar battery can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of back contact electrode type solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view explaining the manufacturing process of back contact electrode type solar battery.    Silicon wafer substrate (200)    P-type semiconductor impurity diffusion region (210)    N-type semiconductor impurity diffusion region (230)    Back contact electrodes (250)
NOVELTY - The barge has a propeller (1) connected to a turbine installation unit, and a duct (3) or conduit connected to a generation unit (2) that generates power by converting the energy for moving water to electric power. A power transmission line (8) is connected to a floater (9) for transmitting power generated from the generation unit. A load (11) is formed above the floater in order to control the force of restitution of the barge. A suspended material is provided in a tank (4) in which water is filled, where the tank is installed at sides of the barge.    USE - Power generating barge.    ADVANTAGE - The barge has increased agitation cycle, and performs power generation in an efficient manner. The barge is environment-friendly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a power generating barge.    Propeller (1)    Generation unit (2)    Duct (3)    Tank (4)    Power transmission line (8)    Floater (9)    Load (11)
NOVELTY - The station has a power generation pipe whose inlet branch is connected with part of a high-level water source. A vacuum water injecting device is arranged at multiple meters away from the inlet branch of the power generation pipe. A let-off pipe opening of the power generation pipe is positioned in a water surface of the water source. A water inlet hydraulic switch is turned off subsequently. A lower end of the power generation pipe generates huge traction power. Strong flow power of vacuum flow drives an impeller, and waterwheel dynamos of continuous-flow type pipe generate power.    USE - Hydroelectric vacuum power station.    ADVANTAGE - The station generates high electric energy by using water and vacuum power under same water resource conditions.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a construction method of the hydroelectric vacuum power station    (2) an application method of a waterwheel dynamo of a continuous-flow type pipe.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a hydroelectric vacuum power station. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The system has multiple pipes (6) filled with water, where the pipes are connected with a water supply part. Multiple rails (9) support a revolving structure (10), a gear system (11), a reduction system (12), a power transmission system (13), a rotor (15), and a generator (16). A pull stud (7) is arranged in a body tank (2), and a rotary structure drives the gear system. An electric motor provides pulling force to a vehicle, and the power transmission system is connected to a rotor of a generator.    USE - Drive system for generating electricity.    ADVANTAGE - The system is economical and safe to use, and reduces environmental impact.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a drive system.    Body tank (2)    Pipes (6)    Pull stud (7)    Rails (9)    Revolving structure (10)    Gear system (11)    Reduction system (12)    Power transmission system (13)    Rotor (15)    Generator (16)
NOVELTY - The lens has a main lens e.g. plane lens and spherical lens, whose surface is provided with multiple small lenses e.g. plane lenses and spherical lenses, by inlaying member, where sizes of small lenses are smaller than size of the main lens. An inner surface of the lens is formed with a curve saw-tooth structure.    USE - Lens for a solar energy cell plate of a solar energy apparatus (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The small lenses on the surface of the main lens further gather the light after gathering the light by the main lens, thus strengthening the gathering degree of the rays and greatly improving the utilize rate to the rays of the lens.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar energy apparatus comprising a solar energy cell plate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a lens.
NOVELTY - The body has a box seat (2) whose front end is formed with a threaded bolt (21) for penetrating a line feeding cable. An internal part of the box seat is provided with a clamping groove (22), a clamping buckle (221), and a decompression hole (24). Periphery of the internal part of the box seat is distributed with a seam allowance (23) for fixing a box cover (1). A bottom surface of the box seat is formed with a concave chamber by sinking towards a box seat chamber. The box seat at two sides of the concave chamber is provided with a ventilating duct.    USE - Shell body for a connecting box used in a solar energy photovoltaic assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The body has high volume, good tightness, good heat dissipation performance, safe usage and long service life, and can meet the requirement of the large power and large current photovoltaic assembly and ensure the tightly combination between the box body and the battery plate of the photovoltaic assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a shell body for a connecting box used in a solar energy photovoltaic assembly.    Box cover (1)    Box seat (2)    Threaded bolt (21)    Clamping groove (22)    Seam allowance (23)    Decompression hole (24)    Clamping buckle (221)
NOVELTY - The device has bolts (9) connected on a cuboid shaped separation blade (7) by a U-shaped fixing plate (8).The separation blade is arranged with a coordinating groove (10). An opposite angle of the separation blade drops downward, and another opposite angle extrudes outward. The coordinating groove is arranged with friction lines.    USE - Fixing device for equipping solar panels.    ADVANTAGE - The device is simple in structure and detachable. The device can fix the solar panels fast, and provides great convenience to fieldwork.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a fixing device.    Cuboid shaped separation blade (7)    U-shaped fixing plate (8)    Bolts (9)    Coordinating groove (10)
NOVELTY - The cell has a cell body (1) whose back part is coated with an aluminum layer (2). A back part of the aluminum layer is equipped with a layer of assisting increased film (3). The assisting increased film is an organic film such as polyvinyl acetate film.    USE - Silicon-base solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The back part of the aluminum layer is equipped with the film so as to enhance the integration of particles on an aluminum-back film to ensure normal performance of a low-thickness silicon crystal cell. The cell reduces dropping of the back film and avoids changes in the property of cell and structures.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a silicon-base solar cell.    Cell body (1)    Aluminum layer (2)    Layer of assisting increased film (3)
NOVELTY - The assembly has single-sheet cells whose identical electrodes are connected together in parallel or in serial and uniformly arranged. The single sheet cells are uniformly distributed. The uniformly distributed cells are stacked and pressed on a back board by a layering pressing machine.    USE - Splicing cell assembly for low-voltage amorphous silicon.    ADVANTAGE - The single-sheet cells on one assembly can be internally connected in parallel or in serial to show current and voltage characteristics completely to make assembly with flexible use.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of a splicing cell assembly.
NOVELTY - The component has single cells and back plates. A cell component consisting of multiple single cells is fixedly mounted on the back plates. Middle shafts of side electrodes are provided with transverse public electrode with the structures of single side. The vertical sides of the side electrodes are provided with junction nodes of the public electrode and the side electrodes. The junction nodes are opposite to the transverse public electrode in transverse direction. The public electrode and the junction nodes are provided with connecting wires and are connected with an external circuit.    USE - Amorphous silicon solar cell component for 12V storage battery i.e. photovoltaic system charge.    ADVANTAGE - The component has high charge efficiency, thus making the configuration and the method of the miniature independent photovoltaic system more flexible.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an amorphous silicon solar cell component.
NOVELTY - The module has two vertical negative converge foil welded belts arranged symmetrically and vertically at both edges of a single battery. Ends of the belts are connected to a horizontal lateral converge foil welded belt having a back plate in the middle equipped with a wiring box that is made of bypass dioxide. The horizontal foil welded belt is converged to a cathode of the wiring box. A mutual positive foil welding belt is arranged at a middle axis part between the negative converge foil welded belts. The positive foil welding belt is converged to an anode of the wiring box.    USE - Amorphous solar battery module.    ADVANTAGE - The module produces two independent single batteries at one piece of single battery of a component, and adopts the parallel internal connection, so that an overall structure of the module has a specific current and voltage characteristics and strongly flexible utilization.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of an amorphous solar battery module.
NOVELTY - The battery has a battery sheet unit formed of connecting multiple battery sheets in series. An ethylene vinyl acetate sheet and a light-transmission film are sequentially arranged and laminated from downside to upside. A power pin of the battery sheet unit is connected to a line of a flexible printed circuit board. Adjacent sides of the adjacent battery sheets consist of gaps. The flexible printed circuit board is more than 100 mm long and 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm in thickness.    USE - Flexible solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery uses the flexible printed circuit board instead of existing lower bottom plate material and replaces the upper cover plate with a light-transmission film layer, thus reducing the weight of the battery and increasing the flexibility of the battery so as to meet the needs of different styles. The battery is popularized easily.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a flexible solar battery.
NOVELTY - The cell assembly has a cell sheet with two positive pole ends and a negative pole end locating between the two positive pole ends. A negative pole end with the positive pole end forms the paralleled cell through a laser reticule. The negative pole end leads out of the negative pole electrode wire and the positive pole ends lead out of the positive pole electrode wires.    USE - Paralleled low voltage amorphous silicon solar energy cell assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The cell assembly reduces the width of the cell, increases the filing factors and improves the transform efficiency by achieving the parallel of the batteries through the laser reticule of the negative pole end.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a paralleled low voltage amorphous silicon solar energy cell assembly.
NOVELTY - The system has a solar battery provided with a photic surface and a backlight surface reversing the photic surface. A hollow shell makes the solar battery to expose the photic surface and the backlight surface and provided with an inner space accommodated with a preset gas and a sloping bottom wall. The backlight surface of the battery faces the inner space of the hollow shell. A split water residual heat recycling device is arranged in the hollow shell for sprinkling water fog towards the inner space of the hollow shell and exchanging heat with the preset gas in the inner space.    USE - Solar energy conversion system.    ADVANTAGE - The system can recycle the residual heat generated by the solar board, and maintain the solar battery work in an environment with an ideal temperature, so that the conversion efficiency of the solar battery is better.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar energy conversion system.
NOVELTY - The table has a vent machine (8), an even air channel (7) and a screen plate (6) mounted below a discharging table board (4) from top to bottom. An air inlet of the air channel is interconnected with an air outlet of the vent machine. An air outlet of the air channel is orientated towards the table board. A screen plate (6) is fixed in the air outlet of the air channel. An opening percent of the screen plate is more than 45 percentage. Air notches of the air channel are evenly distributed in columns longitudinally along the table.    USE - Solar-energy battery component laminated discharging table.    ADVANTAGE - The cooling time of the solar-energy battery component on the discharging table can be lessened to half.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The vent machine is cross-flow vent machine, axial-flow vent machine and centrifugal machine.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar-energy battery component laminated discharging table.    Discharging table board (4)    Machine frame (5)    Screen plate (6)    Even air channel (7)    Vent machine (8)
NOVELTY - The device has a head slanting pipeline installed on a pipeline supporting tower (3). One end of a diversion pipeline (1) is connected with one end of a head slanting pipeline (2). Another end of the slanting pipeline is equipped with one end of a generation mechanism (4). Another end of the mechanism is provided with a pool (5). A connection pipe (6) is installed between the mechanism and the pool. The pool is equipped with a drain pipe (7). Another end of the diversion pipeline is installed in a water source land (8). The generation mechanism is arranged on the pipeline supporting tower.    USE - Pipeline diversion type power generation device.    ADVANTAGE - The device has small projection, little investment, short construction period and small floor area.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a pipeline diversion type power generation device.    Diversion pipeline (1)    Head slanting pipeline (2)    Pipeline supporting tower (3)    Generation mechanism (4)    Pool (5)    Connection pipe (6)    Drain pipe (7)    Water source land (8)
NOVELTY - The board has two weather-resistant layers, two transition layers and a structure reinforcing layer i.e. polyethylene glycol terephthalate layer, where the layers are connected in a sequential manner, and thickness of the structure reinforcing layer is 40-400 micrometers. The transition layers are made of adhesive resin, where thickness of transition layers is 1-50 micrometers. The weather-resistant layers are made of fluorine-contained plastic alloy, where thickness of the weather-resistant layers is 4-40 micrometers.    USE - Solar battery back board.    ADVANTAGE - The board can utilize adhesive resin as transition layer, so as to connect layers of the board without glue in convenient manner. The board is inexpensive, has better structure, and can save production period time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar battery back board.
NOVELTY - The pliers have left and right handles (1, 2) provided with circular arc sections, and a straight handle rod whose bottom end is sleeved with a handle (10). The circular arc section of the left handle is hinged with a stamping mold head (3). The left and right handles are hinged with each other on a crossed point. A bearing plate (4) is wider than an outer side surface of an aluminum frame (7). A left end surface of the stamping mold head is provided with a convex body structure for making an inner side surface of the aluminum frame to form a pressed pit.    USE - Hand-operated engaging pliers for an aluminum frame of a solar battery assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The pliers are convenient to operate, and effectively recovers crack on the aluminum frame of the solar battery assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of hand-operated engaging pliers.    Left handle (1)    Right handle (2)    Stamping mold head (3)    Bearing plate (4)    Aluminum frame (7)    Handle (10)
NOVELTY - The method involves performing corona processing or washing to clear impurity on a surface of a substrate film, and performing plasma processing on the surface of the substrate film. A titanium tetrafluoride material is stirred uniformly, and a rolling coating layer is performed to form a pre-processed substrate film. A film is baked in a coating layer, and a back surface of the coating layer is heated via infrared ray. A molding is reduced by circle cooled wind temperature process via 10m baking box, and the baked film is cooled in a dragging manner.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar photovoltaic assembly back plate.    ADVANTAGE - The method ensures an automatic manufacturing of the solar photovoltaic back plate so as to improve productivity, and to have uniform thickness in coating layer and better performance in adhesive force. The method enables acquiring the product with stable and reliable quality.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar photovoltaic assembly back plate manufacturing method performing device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a solar photovoltaic assembly back plate manufacturing method.
NOVELTY - The device has a lever (2) hinged with an upper end of a pressure bearing post (4) through a pin shaft (6). A piston rod (51) of a pressure exerting cylinder (5) is hinged with a right end of the lever through the pin shaft. A cylinder body (52) is fixed on a steadier plate (1). The pressure exerting cylinder is controlled by a gas circuit control device to work. A convex structure is formed by an inner side surface of an aluminum frame and equipped on a low end surface of a stamping mold head (3).    USE - Pneumatic capsulation occlusion device for an aluminum frame of a solar subassembly.    ADVANTAGE - The device with a long aluminum frame is frapped and occluded by glue after a solar battery subassembly is capsulated with the glue, so that the long and short aluminum frames are fixedly occluded with a zigzag bracket, thus reducing occurrence of crack between the aluminum frames after the long time usage of the solar battery subassembly and improving airtight performance and the connecting firmness of the solar battery subassembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a pneumatic capsulation occlusion device in partial section.    Steadier plate (1)    Lever (2)    Stamping mold head (3)    Pressure bearing post (4)    Pressure exerting cylinder (5)    Pin shaft (6)    Piston rod (51)    Cylinder body (52)
NOVELTY - The method involves cleaning a p-type monocrystal silicon sheet. An aluminum slurry screen printing is performed on a substrate of a monocrystal silicon sheet. An oven is driven for removing an organic matter in aluminum slurry. A pre-dried p-type monocrystal silicon sheet is thermally annealed with a furnace under condition of 700 plus or minus 20 degrees centigrade. Thickness of the monocrystal silicon sheet is 200-220 microns, where an electrical resistivity of the sheet is 1-5 Omega cm. The pre-drying temperature is controlled at 180-210 degrees centigrade.    USE - Preparation method for a noncrystalline silicon/monocrystal silicon heterojunction solar battery aluminum back surface field.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables combining the aluminum slurry screen printing with the fast thermal annealing in a simple and inexpensive manner, thus improving the performance and improving current collecting efficiency, and hence avoiding pollution.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a noncrystalline silicon/monocrystal silicon heterojunction solar battery aluminum back surface field.
NOVELTY - The battery has upper three layers provided with a glass lining ceiling layer (1), a transparent electrically conductive membrane layer (2) and a p-shaped carbonized silicon layer (3), where the glass lining ceiling layer is mixed with rare earth fluorescent powders. An edge of the glass lining ceiling layer is coated with a reflection film. A non-silicon crystal layer (4), a silicon layer (5), three micro crystal silicon layers (6-8), another transparent electrically conductive film (9) and a metal lining bottom layer (10) are arranged after the p-shaped carbonized silicon layer.    USE - Membrane solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery replaces a white glass ceiling top by the glass lining top mixed with the rare earth fluorescent powders, so as to overcome limitations in an original battery structure and material physical property. The battery can efficiently utilize spectrum with wave band of 300-450 nm inside solar spectrum, so that short wave effect of the spectrum is improved, thus increasing light intensity/light current, and hence improving photoelectric conversion efficiency of the battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a membrane solar battery. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Glass lining ceiling layer (1)    Transparent electric conductive membrane layers (2, 9)    P-shaped carbonized silicon layer (3)    Non silicon crystal layer (4)    Silicon layer (5)    Micro crystal silicon layers (6-8)    Metal lining bottom layer (10)
NOVELTY - The bracket has horizontal bracket legs (1) comprising an accumbent beam (1-1), a slanting beam (1-2), a support beam (1-3) and a support piece (1-4). An end of the accumbent beam is fixedly connected to a lower end of the slanting beam. The other end of the accumbent beam is fixedly connected to the support piece. The support beam is fixedly connected between middle positions of the accumbent beam and the slanting beam. An upper part of the support beam is fixedly connected to the support piece. A flat-plate solar battery is fixed by the support piece on the adjacent horizontal bracket legs.    USE - Flat-plate solar battery bracket.    ADVANTAGE - The bracket has simple structure, and protects back of the flat-plate solar battery from being blown by wind. The bracket can be installed firmly without drilling hole on a roof of a building.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a flat-plate solar battery bracket.    Horizontal bracket legs (1)    Accumbent beam (1-1)    Slanting beam (1-2)    Support beam (1-3)    Support piece (1-4)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a heater part i.e. heater (20), provided for determining heat in a glass substrate (30), where shape of surface of the glass substrate is concavo-convex. A concavo-convex region is formed on the surface of the glass substrate by pressurizing process after contacting the glass substrate with a press part i.e. press plate (10). The surface of the glass substrate is processed by etching process, cutting process, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) process and injection molding process.    USE - Glass substrate texturing apparatus for a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus saves fabrication cost, and maintains uniform concavo-convex shape of the glass substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a glass substrate texturing apparatus.    Press plate (10)    Heater (20)    Glass substrate (30)
NOVELTY - The system comprises a water storage tank (1) made of concrete or steel for generating potential energy from seawater. Three cells are equipped for simultaneous filling, storage and emptying of seawater. Water pumps (4) are operated by a weather-related irregular appearance of electrical energy from wind turbines (5) and photovoltaic units (14), with which the cells of the water storage tank are filled with sea water.    USE - System for converting the wind and photovoltaic current into base load network-ready electrical power with constant voltage and frequency by potential energy of the seawater.    ADVANTAGE - The system comprises a water storage tank made of concrete or steel for generating potential energy from seawater, and hence ensures increasing the power generation efficiency of the system in a simple, rapid and space-saving manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a wind and photovoltaic current converting system.    Water storage tank (1)    Water pumps (4)    Wind turbines (5)    Rain water (11)    Photovoltaic units (14)
NOVELTY - The baseboard has a side part provided with multiple concave structures and multiple convex structures. Another side part is provided corresponding to the former side part. The latter side part is provided with multiple convex structures corresponding to the concave structures of the former side part and multiple concave structures corresponding to the convex structures. Multiple groove structures are provided for strengthening the baseboard. Multiple through holes are formed to pass through a locking assembly to fix on a solar chip set on the baseboard. The baseboard is made of aluminum.    USE - Radiating baseboard for a solar battery (Claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The baseboard has high structure strength, and is easy to assemble.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar battery comprising a condenser lens.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a radiating baseboard.
NOVELTY - The module has multiple photovoltaic battery pieces installed on a photovoltaic glass connected in series with a wiring box. Periphery of the photovoltaic glass is embedded with a metal frame, where two sides of the metal frame are equipped with the wiring box. A connecting position of the wiring box and the metal frame is equipped with a gel layer.    USE - Photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The module is better in shape, flexible to operate and easy to install. The module cannot be damaged easily.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a photovoltaic module.
NOVELTY - The structure has wire connecting terminals (2) mounted at two sides of a wire connecting box (1), where the wire connecting box is provided with a box cover (12). The wire connecting box is fixedly mounted on front and rear two pieces of photovoltaic glass by a bump (3). A side of one of the pieces of the photovoltaic glass is provided with a flute (6). The bump and the wire connecting box are integrally formed by an injection molding manner. Faces (31, 32) of the bump contact the photovoltaic glass by the flute.    USE - Photovoltaic subassembly structure.    ADVANTAGE - The structure can increase contact area between the wire connecting box and the photovoltaic glass. The wire connecting box can be placed in directions, thus guaranteeing better fixing effect of the wire connecting box by the flute on the photovoltaic glass.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a photovoltaic subassembly structure.    Wire connecting box (1)    Wire connecting terminals (2)    Bump (3)    Flute (6)    Box cover (12)    Faces (31, 32)
NOVELTY - The battery has a reflection layer provided with cupric aluminum selenide. The cupric aluminum selenide film is in contact with a reflection layer and a metal anode. An interface of the reflection layer and a photoelectric transfer layer is cupric gallium a selenide/ cupric indium gallium selenide interface. An interface of the photoelectric transfer layer and a transparent conductive layer is a cupric zinc indium selenide antimony/cadmium sulfur interface. The photoelectric transfer layer is provided with cupric indium gallium selenide films.    USE - Cupric indium selenide based film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery develops the photoelectric transfer layer and the reflection layer by multiple films and gradient films technology, so as to adjust and control a conductive band and a top part of a valence band of charge migration among layers, and to form a better p-n energy saving band structure, thus improving long wave response of an equipment and collective effectiveness of carrier and promoting photoelectric transfer effectiveness of the equipment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a cupric indium selenide based film solar battery.
NOVELTY - The assembly has an optical receiver provided with number of linearly arranged solar battery chips of a glass substrate. The adjacent solar battery chips are fixed by a metal foil to form a serial connection circuit. Each solar battery chip is adhered to a metal foil period unit through insulated heat glue. A light collecting system is provided with a line focusing light collector formed by a linearly focusing bar lens, a parabolic slot, a combined parabolic face and an auxiliary element that is used for supporting and fixing the line focusing light collector and encapsulating the receiver.    USE - Photovoltaic assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly is inexpensive, and has simple and reliable processing method, stable performance of fabricated modules and high efficiency on light collecting condition, so as to achieve maximum photo-electrical conversion efficiency. The assembly reduces serially connected resistance to decrease difficulty of heat radiation and solar tracking.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a photovoltaic assembly.
NOVELTY - The battery has a self-focusing lens layer arranged between a glass substrate and a pectinate upper electrode. A self-focusing lens is equipped with multiple small focusing lenses assembled according to an array to form large rectangle.    USE - Solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery can separate electric charge, and can easily generate light current, thus improving photoelectric converting efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side sectional view of a solar battery.
NOVELTY - The component has an external frame provided with a sunk section (21) and a convex section (22) located opposite to the sunk section. The sunk section is connected to the convex section. Two terminals of an elastic support component are contacted with the sunk section and the convex section. The convex section is provided with a hollow structure. The elastic support component is arranged in the hollow structure. The external frame is fixed with an arc section (24) for accommodating a solar battery sheet (1).    USE - Photovoltaic component for a building roof (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The component avoids damage of roof weight, and has better water-proof performance and convenient installation, so that installation efficiency is improved, and installation cost is reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a photovoltaic component.    Solar battery sheet (1)    Sunk section (21)    Convex section (22)    Arc section (24)    Horizontal section (25)
NOVELTY - The assembling unit has a left clamping block and a right clamping block that are fixed on a base surface at left and right ends of a top plate. Thicknesses of the left clamping block and the right clamping block are less than height difference between a wood packaging box and a paper packaging box. A lower tray (1) and a top clamping tray (4) are provided with width and length equal to that of a limiting tray (3). The limiting tray is clamped between upper and lower overlapped units (A) to be transported. The top clamping tray is covered on the upper overlapped unit to be transported.    USE - Skid-proof anti-collision transport tray assembling unit for a solar component.    ADVANTAGE - The assembling unit can reduce loss pressure of a solar battery component during a transportation process in an efficient manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side sectional view of a skid-proof anti-collision transport tray assembling unit.    Upper and lower overlapped units (A)    Lower tray (1)    Limiting tray (3)    Top clamping tray (4)    Wood plug (5)
NOVELTY - The assembly has a solar battery plate encapsulated in an opening in a lower end of a concentration reflector that directly reflects sunlight for performing an optical-electricity conversion process. The concentration reflector and the solar battery plate are fixed to a metal basal body. A concentration reflector unit is provided with two symmetric light reflecting faces respectively provided with two adjacent reflecting modules. A lens reflecting membrane is fixed to reflecting faces of each reflecting module by a binder.    USE - High-effective low-concentration photovoltaic assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly has rational design, even light illumination property, high efficiency and better heat radiation effect, and is simple to fabricate, flexible to assemble and easy to popularize, and can be manufactured in an inexpensive manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a high-effective low-concentration photovoltaic assembly.
NOVELTY - The device has a pulse repairing module installed on an interface of a single-chip and provided with switch circuit input and output ends, an optical-coupler, a push-pull circuit, a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor and a Schottky diode. An anode of the Schottky diode is connected with a cathode of a storage battery. An anode of the storage battery is connected with an anode of a solar battery plate, and a cathode of the Schottky diode is connected with a cathode of the solar battery plate by the MOS transistor.    USE - Photovoltaic battery repairing device for a street light controller.    ADVANTAGE - The device reduces maintaining and operation cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a circuit diagram of a photovoltaic battery repairing device.    Resistors (R15, R17, R21, R20)    Transistors (Q3, Q10)
NOVELTY - The device has an inverter circuit (31) fixed in a lower sheet of a solar panel (10). Cells are serially connected to the solar panel. Transparent resin is filled between the upper and lower sheets. A border frame (18) is formed at corner circumference of the upper sheet. An inverter apparatus (30) comprises the inverter circuit for converting the direct current power, which is sent through an input terminal (32) into alternating current power, which is drawn out through an output terminal (33). One end of the inverter circuit is electrically connected inside an external terminal box (20).    USE - Solar device for generating alternating current power in a home.    ADVANTAGE - The device achieves reducing commercial electricity, facilitates easy maintenance and convenient assembly, and prevents malfunction and performance degradation by using a heat radiation pin. The device has improved durability, and prevents generation of electricity among multiple solar panels, so that the power generation loss is minimized and the rest solar panel power generation is stopped. The power generation capacity, malfunction, abnormality, developing state are effectively monitored.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a solar device.    Solar panel (10)    Border frame (18)    External terminal box (20)    Inverter apparatus (30)    Inverter circuit (31)    Input terminal (32)    Output terminal (33)
NOVELTY - The structure has a glass panel placed on a back-sheet. A solar cell is located between the back-sheet and the glass panel. An Acrylic yarn substance is located between the back-sheet and the glass panel to fixedly coat the solar cell. An optical sheet is located on the solar cell. An illuminated surface of the optical sheet is in a forward direction to be provided with a concave-convex structure. A surface of the optical sheet, which directs at the solar cell, is in a backward direction. The optical sheet is provided with forward high penetration and backward high reflection properties.    USE - Packaging structure for a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The structure utilizes a monolith provided with the optical sheet with a geometric structure at a surface layer structure and/or an interface layer structure of a solar cell module to reach effects of anti-reflection and optical trapping of an intensifying module. The structure improves power generation of the solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a packaging structure.
NOVELTY - The machine has a long margin locating block (3) fixed on a working platform and situated on an outer side of an outer side face of an upper long aluminum frame (92). Two locating column holes are formed on an outer side of a lower long aluminum frame (93). A short margin pushing and pressing component (6) is provided with a pushing and pressing plate that is arranged on an extension end of a piston rod of a single piston cylinder. Two double piston rod cylinders, the single piston cylinder and two erecting cylinders are controlled by a control system.    USE - Encapsulating and punching type fastening machine for a solar cell subassembly.    ADVANTAGE - The machine increases secondary punching fastening procedure on the long aluminum frame, so that the machine can finish an encapsulation procedure on a same apparatus. The machine can firmly fasten the long and short aluminum frames with the saw tooth-shaped corners so as to greatly reduce cracks generated on an aluminum frame of the solar cell subassembly after being utilized in an outdoor field for long time. The machine improves sealing property and connecting firmness of the solar cell subassembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of an encapsulating and punching type fastening machine.    Long margin locating block (3)    Lifting locating column (4)    Short margin pushing and pressing component (6)    Upper long aluminum frame (92)    Lower long aluminum frame (93)
NOVELTY - The device has a solar battery assembly (20) installed on a bracket (7), where a lower side of the solar battery assembly is connected with a lower medium housing (18). An inner cavity of the lower medium housing communicates with a lower housing inlet (15) and a lower housing outlet (19), where the inlet and the outlet are installed on the lower medium housing. A lower light-transmission membrane (11) and a lower reflective membrane (9) are equipped in the solar battery assembly, where a sectional part of the solar battery assembly is in the shape of a parabola.    USE - Solar cogeneration device.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery assembly receives the sunlight with spectral wavelength of 0.4-1.1 microns so as to generate electrical power that can be utilized by people. A circulating medium in the lower medium housing can take away the heat that is generated during the electrical power generation by the battery assembly, thus decreasing the working temperature of the battery assembly, improving the service life and providing heat source to people through a circulating system so as to realize cogeneration process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar cogeneration device in partial section.    Bracket (7)    Lower reflective membrane (9)    Lower light-transmission membrane (11)    Lower housing inlet (15)    Lower medium housing (18)    Lower housing outlet (19)    Solar battery assembly (20)
NOVELTY - The system has an oscillating stream heat-tube heat radiator whose one end is provided with an evaporation segment and other end is provided with a condensation segment. A solar battery component and the oscillating stream heat-tube heat radiator are equipped with a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor transmits signals to a mechanical controller. The evaporation segment is etched to form a set of U-shaped micro slots, where the evaporation segment is made of high heat-conduction material. The condensation segment is equipped with a set of capillaries.    USE - Cooling system for a high-power light-concentration solar generating battery component.    ADVANTAGE - The system is simple in structure, inexpensive, and has high valent weight heat conduction, high efficiency and prolonged service life. The system reduces temperature of a high-power light-concentration solar generating battery component and improves photoelectric conversion rate of the high-power light-concentration solar generating battery component.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a cooling system.
NOVELTY - The cell has a diffusion layer (2) covered on a front face, a side face and a partially back face of a silicon chip (1). An upper surface of the diffusion layer on the front face of the silicon chip is provided with an anti-reflecting film (3). An outer surface of the anti-reflecting film and an outer surface of the diffusion layer on the side face and the partial back face of the silicon chip are distributed with fine grids (4). A main grid is vertically intersected with the fine grids, where line amplitude of the main grid is less than or equal to 0.5mm.    USE - High-efficient solar cell for use in a solar battery string of a solar battery subassembly (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The cell improves conversion efficiency of cell plates and reduces manufacturing cost of a cell plate subassembly. The cell plate structure provided by the cell has simple and convenient process while manufacturing the subassembly. The cell increases intensity of the subassembly, and prolongs service life of the battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar battery subassembly made by a solar battery string that adopts soldering paste such as silver paste, palladium-silver paste and platinum-silver paste, for welding connection.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a high-efficient solar cell.    Silicon chip (1)    Diffusion layer (2)    Anti-reflecting film (3)    Fine grids (4)
NOVELTY - The cart has truckles (3) mounted at a bottom part of a metal cart frame (1). A liquid collecting groove (4) and an arc-shaped supporting plate (2) i.e. rectangular plate/wooden plate, are mounted at an end of the cart frame. The arc-shaped supporting plate is close to an end of the liquid collecting groove. A circular arc-shaped side of the arc-shaped supporting plate is made of an elastic soft material. The circular arc-shaped side is provided with a rubber sleeve soft protective layer that resists acid and alkali.    USE - Quartz tube tote cart for dispersing a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The arc-shaped supporting stand stabilizes a quartz tube, and is maintained in an inclined manner by placing on the metal cart frame. The cart prevents the quartz tube from being broken by vibration. The acidic and alkali solution left in the quartz tube is guided to flow inside the liquid collecting groove so as to prevent the chemical solution in the quartz tube from hurting the operator. The cart reduces damage when carrying the quartz tube.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a quartz tube tote cart.    Metal cart frame (1)    Arc-shaped supporting plate (2)    Truckles (3)    Liquid collecting groove (4)
NOVELTY - The method involves overlapping a cambered tempered glass layer, an adhesive material layer, a cell sheet layer and a rear board material layer. The obtained overlapped layer is in an arc shape, and is laminated through a cambered special laminating device. Pressure of a lamination vacuum chamber is about 50 Pa to 60 Pa. Height of the laminated layer is about 25 to 30 mm. Lamination temperature is about 110 to 120 degrees Celsius. A frame is installed at four sides of the obtained half finished product to obtain a cambered solar panel.    USE - Method for producing cambered solar panel of a building.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables fundamentally promoting application of photonic building integration and beautifying external vertical surface of a building, and ensures switching efficiency of the solar panel. The method enables changing an outline of an external vertical surface of the building and realizing effect of photonic building integration.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The adhesive material is made of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) material. The rear board material layer is made of tedlar-polyester-tedlar (TPT) material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a cambered solar panel.
NOVELTY - The layer (1) has micron structure protuberances (1-1) arranged on surfaces between grid figure electrodes (2) on solar battery illuminated faces in an array manner. Nanometer structure protuberances (1-2) are arranged on the micron structure protuberances in the array manner. The micron structure protuberances and the nanometer structure protuberances are 1 to 10micronm long.    USE - Anti-reflection layer i.e. micron and nanometer composite structure layer, for a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The layer has simple structure and strong anti-reflection capacity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing an anti-reflection layer of a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an anti-reflection layer.    Anti-reflection layer (1)    Micron structure protuberances (1-1)    Nanometer structure protuberances (1-2)    Grid figure electrodes (2)
NOVELTY - The film has a basic film (1) including a surface provided with a bionic anti-reflection film (2), and three-dimensional micro-nanometer composite structure of a bionic surface is stimulated and copied. The bionic anti-reflection film is made from basic film material. The bionic anti-reflection film stimulates and copies surface biologic structure forms of cicada's wings, moth eyes and lotus leaves. The bionic anti-reflection film comprises a set of cone stage-shaped heaves (3) including depth less than 200 nm and top size and base size within 1 nm-10 microns.    USE - Solar battery bionic anti-reflection film.    ADVANTAGE - The film is featured with an advanced structure, low preparation process, convenient utilization and better anti-reflection performance with improved solar silicon crystal battery photoelectric conversion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a preparation method for a solar battery bionic anti-reflection film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar battery bionic anti-reflection film.    Basic film (1)    Bionic anti-reflection film (2)    Cone stage-shaped heaves (3)
NOVELTY - The self-reconfigurable cluster of photovoltaic solar cells comprises photovoltaic solar cells, which are connected in series or parallel to photoconductors forming reconfigurable cores for changing the operating point. The values of voltage supplied to the load remain unchanged even with variations of the incident light power in cluster.    USE - Self-reconfigurable cluster of photovoltaic solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The values of voltage supplied to the load remain unchanged even with variations of the incident light power in cluster, and thus enables a constant operating point of the photovoltaic solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a self-reconfigurable cluster of photovoltaic solar cells.
NOVELTY - The generator car has a handle (2) provided with a display (5), and a car frame (1) whose lower part is provided with a step-up box (6). A top part of the step-up box is provided with an intelligent adjuster (7). An output shaft of the step-up box is connected with a generator (8), where an input shaft of the step-up box is connected with front and rear sets of pedal devices (4). A connection device is provided with a one-way overrunning clutch (10), and the generator is connected with an accumulator (9). Bottom of a saddle (3) is provided with a micro switch.    USE - Double body-building generator car.    ADVANTAGE - The generator car is economical and practical to use. The generator car can be used by a single person or two people at the same time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top perspective view of a double body-building generator car.    Car frame (1)    Handle (2)    Saddle (3)    Pedal devices (4)    Display (5)    Step-up box (6)    Intelligent adjuster (7)    Generator (8)    Accumulator (9)    One-way overrunning clutch (10)
NOVELTY - The hydropneumatic power station has a surface power house and a cylindrical surface water tank. The hydropneumatic power station is located inside the surface power house, together with the cylindrical surface water tank. The station comprises a hydraulic turbine with an electricity generator and a pressure pump with an electric motor, a compressor with an electric motor, an electricity generator with an internal combustion engine, an electric control panel (90) and an electric grid post or tower located in the surface power house.    USE - Hydropneumatic power station for use in the field of electricity generation.    ADVANTAGE - The hydropneumatic power station is more efficient than thermal, atomic and hydroelectric power stations.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an electrical control board.    Electric control panel (90)    Sidewall (91)    Interrupter key (97)    Electrical network (100)
NOVELTY - The shielded submerged hydropneumatic power station (1) comprises a hydraulic turbine (10) with a shielded submerged electricity generator (60) and a pressure pump (42) with a shielded submerged electric motor (63) submerged in the body of water, and a compressor (66) with an electric motor (72), an electricity generator (75) with an internal combustion engine (78), a ventilator with an electric motor, an electric control panel (90) and an electric grid post or tower (121) located in the platform.    USE - Shielded submerged hydropneumatic power station for use in field of electricity generation.    ADVANTAGE - The shielded submerged hydropneumatic power station is more efficient then thermal, atomic and hydroelectric power stations due to re-use of water taken from and returned to the natural water reserves.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a hydropneumatic power station.    Shielded submerged hydropneumatic power station (1)    Hydraulic turbine (10)    Pressure pump (42)    Shielded submerged electricity generator (60)    Shielded submerged electric motor (63)    Compressor (66)    Electric motor (72)    Electricity generator (75)    Internal combustion engine (78)    Electric control panel (90)    Electric grid post or tower (121)