NOVELTY - Complex comprising at least one optionally substituted conductive polymer and at least one functionalized polysulfone, is new, where the polysulfone is a polymer containing sulfur dioxide group in its repeating units and in which this sulfone group is linked to two aromatic groups.    USE - The complex is useful for producing transparent, conductive coatings, and hole injection or hole transport layers in organic LED or organic solar cells (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The complex has lower acidity compared to polystyrene sulfonic acid, and increased stability. The complex provides: the coating without time-consuming and costly vacuum process; polymeric intermediate layer which is highly transparent and allows efficient decoupling of light; higher yields in the manufacture of components; and the organic LEDs with improved electrical properties due to the improved injection of the charge carriers from transparent electrode into the organic layers.
NOVELTY - The device has a profile (1) made of hot melt material that is polypropylene or bituminous material, and including a longitudinal housing (13) whose bottom extends into flat, coplanar flaps (11) for thermowelding fixing of the housing to a waterproofing sheet (L) of a waterproofed cover i.e. deck type cover. A metal tubular core (2) is tightly arranged in interior of the housing, and comprises a quadrangular cross-section. The core forms an area for assembly and fixation of a solar installation without screws (T) or fixing elements affecting the sheet.    USE - Device for fixing a solar installation on a waterproofed cover i.e. deck type cover, in a building e.g. industrial facility, sports center and shopping center. Can also be used for fixing an external cladding.    ADVANTAGE - The waterproofing elements of the device prevents passage of water into the cover, thus fixing the installation without damaging the waterproofing sheet or negatively affecting watertightness effect.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a fixing device.    Waterproofing sheet (L)    Screws (T)    Profile (1)    Metal tubular core (2)    Flat, coplanar flaps (11)    Longitudinal housing (13)
NOVELTY - The sealing strip has a heat collector glass panel whose edge portion is place in the flute at the middle portion of a U-shaped sealing strip. The two side walls of the flute are respectively clamped on upper and lower surfaces of the flat plate glass. The inner portion of the convex prism is provided with an air guiding hole whose axial cord is coaxial with that of the convex prism. The one side wall of the convex prism is provided with an incision that stretches to the air guiding hole.    USE - Sealing strip used in flat plate type solar heat collector.    ADVANTAGE - The water vapor in the heat collector is discharged from the air guiding hole through the incision so that the condensed water vapor at the inner side of the flat panel glass can be effectively discharged.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a structural view of the sealing strip.
NOVELTY - An energy charge storage device comprises two electrodes (20) and an electrolyte comprising a printable polyelectrolyte (22).    USE - An energy charge storage device including supercapacitor, hybrid electrochemical capacitor, metal-hydride battery or fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The energy charge storage device uses materials that can act as electrolyte without compromising on the device performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of an energy charge storage device comprising preparing a polymer film made of a printable polyelectrolyte, and arranging the polymer film in between two electrodes.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an energy charge storage device.    Electrodes (20)    Polyelectrolyte (22)
NOVELTY - A battery chamber housing (108) is positioned within hearing aid housing (106) and receives a battery. A battery chamber housing locking mechanism (104) is located over chamber housing and allows or prevents access to the battery. A battery chamber housing locking portion (112) is located over chamber housing. A battery chamber housing locking portion (114) pivotally coupled to battery chamber housing and are arranged such that they overlap with the battery chamber housing locking portion (112) to lock chamber housing and prevent access to the battery.    USE - Hearing aid e.g. behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids, in- the-ear (ITE) hearing aids, in-the-canal (ITC) hearing aids and completely-in-the-canal (CIC) hearing aids.    ADVANTAGE - The hearing aid is provided with a battery chamber housing locking mechanism that increases latching strength and the size and weight of the hearing aid are effectively reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional side view of the hearing aid.    Hearing aid (102)    Battery chamber housing locking mechanism (104)    Hearing aid housing (106)    Battery chamber housing (108)    Battery chamber housing locking portions (112,114)
NOVELTY - A polymer electrolyte comprises first polymeric matrix (11) comprising pores; second polymeric matrix (12) disposed in some of the pores of the first polymeric matrix; and lithium salt disposed in some of the pores of the first polymeric matrix.    USE - Polymer electrolyte for battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electrolyte can be made using simple process with short operation cycles, and with low demands for equipment and environment.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing polymer electrolyte comprising preparing first polymeric matrix (11) comprising pores; applying polymer solution to the first polymeric matrix; removing solvent from the polymer solution to dispose a second polymeric matrix (12) within the pores of the first polymeric matrix; and applying lithium salt solution to dispose lithium salt within the pores of the first polymeric matrix.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a cross-sectional view of polymer matrices.    First polymeric matrix (11)    Second polymeric matrix (12)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a vacuum chamber (10) consisting of a space connected with a vacuum generator. A master mold (20) having a mold pattern on upper surface, is located in lower portion of vacuum chamber. A chuck (30) is located in upper portion of vacuum chamber. The rear surface support is adhered to the stamp or imprint formed in upper surface of master mold while moving the chuck to predetermined state. A controller is provided for moving the chuck for adhesion upwards in the state of removing the rear surface support from vacuum state.    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing imprint used during formation of micro pattern. Uses include but are not limited to manufacture of LCD, organic LED (OLED), plasma display panel (PDP), solar cell, sensor, optical element, electronic machine element, display element and semiconductor.    ADVANTAGE - The imprint having excellent physical properties, pattern shape can be manufactured efficiently, while minimizing generation of pattern defect.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of imprint.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the explanatory views of the imprint manufacturing apparatus.    Vacuum chamber (10)    Master mold (20)    Chuck (30)    Heating apparatus (40a)    Light irradiation apparatus (40b)
NOVELTY - A rod-shaped portion of a leg element made of silicone rubber, chloroprene rubber and polyurethane rubber is protruded in the case element side. The rod-shaped portion of the leg element is inserted in the through-hole formed in the case element (11,12). The bottom and side walls (12a,12c) of the case element (12) contacts with the walls of case element (11).    USE - Case for pack battery used in stabilized power supply, notebook type personal computer and audio speaker.    ADVANTAGE - The detachment of the leg element from the case element is suppressed even when the external force is added to the leg element. The reliable attachment state of the leg element to the case element is maintained. The damage of the core pack is prevented without providing the damper area between the front-end of the core pack and rod-shaped portion. The need for providing the internal storage space resulting from the attachment structure of the leg element by the case element is eliminated.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for pack battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view illustrating the positional relationship of the rubber leg and other component in the pack battery.    Pack battery (1)    Case elements (11,12)    Bottom wall of case (12a)    Side wall of case (12c)    Core pack (20)
NOVELTY - The solar electric torch charger has LED lamp bulb which is arranged on upper cover. A switch is arranged at upper end and a solar panel (1) is installed at middle portion of a front shell. Indicator lamp and output interfaces are arranged on a bottom cover. A circuit board is respectively connected with lithium battery and solar panel in series and is connected with the output interface.    USE - Solar electric torch charger used for lighting at night.    ADVANTAGE - The solar electric torch charger is beautiful in appearance and convenient to carry.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of the solar electric torch charger.    Solar panel (1)
NOVELTY - The generator has a solar battery panel, frame and a focusing plate. The solar battery panel is fixed on a frame. The focusing plate is fixed upon the solar battery panel, and the facula condensed by the focusing plate covers the small solar cell panel array in the solar battery panel.    USE - Focus generator.    ADVANTAGE - The focusing plate is fixed upon solar battery panel, and facula condensed by focusing plate covering small solar cell panel array in solar battery panel. Hence the focus generator that is of simple structure and low manufacturing cost can be designed according to the needs of the consumer and the structure is convenient to mount by the consumer. The structure is easy to popularize in the market. As the focusing plate can condense the facula of the sunlight so as to increase the electrical energy, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the structure is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a focus generator.
NOVELTY - The device has polymer lithium ion battery that is embedded in main case connected with and a heating element e.g. aluminum sheet that is fixed on the surface of main case. A fragrance hole is formed in the main case which is provided with gear button connected with temperature control circuit. The main case is provided with charging or power supply jack e.g. USB jack.    USE - Heating device for under pants and belly band (both claimed), and for use as portable power source for digital products.    ADVANTAGE - The device with health care function can be used effectively by the dysmenorrheal females. Since the polymer lithium ion battery is used in heating device, the weight of the device is reduced, so that device can be carried easily. The device can be used as a portable power source for digital products, as the device is provided with charging and power supply jack.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) underpants; and    (2) bellyband.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the heating device.
NOVELTY - The system (208) has a lever (602) comprising an arm (606) pivotable about a pivot axis (610), and another arm (608) extending away from the former arm, where the latter arm is placed at a position spaced away from the pivot axis. An actuator element (642) e.g. piezopolymer, is coupled to the latter arm via a coupling element (644) e.g. roller. The actuator element pushes the coupling element towards or away from the latter arm on activation of the actuator element such that the coupling element applies pressure on the latter arm and performs sliding movement along the latter arm.    USE - Actuator system for use in a wind turbine blade in a wind turbine (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The arms are stiffened to reduce loss in output displacement caused by elastic deformation of the respective arms. The shape of the wind turbine blade can be easily changed to adapt to varying wind conditions.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a wind turbine blade comprising a blade flap    (2) a wind turbine comprising a data acquistion system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an actuator system.    Actuator system (208)    Levers (602, 604)    Arms (606, 608)    Pivot axis (610)    Actuator element (642)    Coupling element (644)
NOVELTY - The wiring box has an electric connection unit placed in the box main structure having a box cover. The electric connection unit has metal sheet connected with positive and negative electrodes of solar cell board, and an electric connection terminal connected externally with the cable. A sealing region is formed in the box main structure, in which a plastic material is filled. A glue overflow slot is formed at the surrounding of the sealing region.    USE - Wiring box for solar thin film cell.    ADVANTAGE - A wiring box having waterproof property and that can avoid negative influence caused by storage of rain and other mediums in the box main structure under outdoor environment can be easily provided.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the perspective view of the wiring box for solar thin film cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a light transmission substrate made of hard glass material. A molding material is pasted on a mold (2) to form a molding material layer (3), where the molding material is processed through de-voiding in a vacuum chamber. The light transmission substrate is deposed on the layer over the mold to form the molding material layer. The mold is separated from the layer to obtain a lens structure on a surface of the layer to obtain a condenser component i.e. condenser lens, of the substrate coordinated with the molding material layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing a condenser component i.e. condenser lens, of a concentration photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing the condenser component of the concentration photovoltaic module with better hardness and weatherability in an easy and efficient manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The hard glass material is strengthened ultra-white glass. The molding material is polymer plastic and silicone.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view illustrating a method for manufacturing a condenser component of a concentration photovoltaic module.    Mold (2)    Molding material layer (3)    Lens forming area (21)
NOVELTY - An electrical energy storage device comprises a first conductive sheet (110), a second conductive sheet (130) parallel to the first conductive sheet, and a sheet (120) of material placed between first and second conductive sheets. At least one of the first and second conductive sheets is a film comprising carbon nanoparticles arranged adjacent to the sheet of material. The sheet of material is a sheet of porous insulating film imbibing an ionic solution. The conductive sheets and the sheet of material are partially transparent.    USE - Electrical energy storage device used in portable electronic devices and photovoltaic systems.    ADVANTAGE - The device meets both the power requirements and design requirements of portable electronic devices, and is fabricated with simple and low cost processes.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for formation of carbon nanoparticle structure by filtering a suspension of carbon nanoparticles through a filter in vacuum atmosphere to form a carbon nanoparticle layer on surface of filter, disposing a substrate on carbon nanoparticle layer at elevated temperature, and dissolving the filter.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of an energy storage device.    First conductive sheet (110)    Conductive layers (112, 132)    Base layers (114, 134)    Sheet containing ionic solution (120)    Second conductive sheet (130)    Protective sheets (140, 150)
NOVELTY - The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly (10), a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap assembly coupled with the case, and an insulating case positioned between the electrode and cap assemblies. The insulating case comprises a first layer and a second layer surrounding the first layer. A peripheral region of the electrode tab outlet and a remaining region adjacent to the peripheral region in the insulating case are made of a different material. A heat resistance temperature of the peripheral region of the electrode tab outlet is 100-200 degrees C.    USE - The secondary battery is useful as a power source in a high-technology electronic apparatus such as a cellular phone, a laptop computer and a camcorder.    ADVANTAGE - The secondary battery has improved stability, high energy density per unit weight and driving voltage of 3.6 V, cannot be deformed or damaged at high and low temperatures, and prevents the generation of an electric short.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows an exploded perspective view of a secondary battery.    Electrode assembly (10)    First electrode plate (11)    Second electrode plate (12)    Separator (13)    First electrode tab (14)    Second electrode tab. (15)
NOVELTY - The combination has a tracking transmission mechanism connected with a position localization sensor via a rotating spindle (17). The transmission mechanism and the position localization sensor function with sunlight reflection and condensation characteristics. The localization sensor is provided with a sun localization collimation sensor (18) and a sunlight positive emission/reflection converter (12). The positive emission/reflection converter has a drive gear, a driven gear and a reversing gear that are made of hard base wheels and flexible Terylene (RTM: synthetic polyester) belts.    USE - Position localization sensor and tracking transmission device combination for use in a high temperature solar heat-concentration field.    ADVANTAGE - The device has a simple structure, low construction cost, accurate tracking performance and low power consumption. The device is not limited by direction and angle.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a position localization sensor and tracking transmission device combination.    Sunlight positive emission/reflection converter (12)    Sunlight reflection lens (13)    Semicircular drive wheel (16)    Rotating spindle (17)    Sun localization collimation sensor (18)
NOVELTY - The heater has heat-insulation material (2) filled between shell (1) and stainless steel tank (3). The heat-insulation material is foaming plastic filled with inert gas. The low-radiation heat-insulation glass cover (4) is arranged above the tank portion. A solar-absorbing plate (5) is floated on water (6) in water tank. The water inlet (9) and water outlet (10) are located at the bottom of tank. The temperature sensor (8) and water pressure sensor (7) are arranged at bottom of water tank.    USE - Heat-insulation water tank of solar water heater.    ADVANTAGE - The water pressure sensor can calculate water depth based on pressure of water quantity in water tank. The water temperature can be sensed by temperature sensor. The ship floating shape of solar-absorbing plate is floated on water to transfer heat to water. The low-radiation heat-insulation glass cover can effectively shield infrared radiation to increase greenhouse effect. The stainless steel tank can increase the safety of hot water ingredient. The heat-insulation material is foaming plastic filled with inert gas to increase heat-insulation property. The solar water heater is simple in structure and low cost. The efficiency of heater is increased.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the heat-insulation water tank of solar water heater.    Shell (1)    Heat-insulation material (2)    Tank (3)    Low-radiation heat-insulation glass cover (4)    Solar-absorbing plate (5)    Water (6)    Water pressure sensor (7)    Temperature sensor (8)    Water inlet (9)    Water outlet (10)
NOVELTY - The receiver comprises a case (1) which is separated into multiple independent and mutually shielded storehouses (11). The high frequency modules (2) and battery module (3) are mounted in corresponding storehouses. A rubber ring is arranged at corner of case for absorbing shock.    USE - GNSS receiver.    ADVANTAGE - The receiver is designed with simple structure, good shielding effect, and low manufacturing cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the GNSS receiver.    Case (1)    High frequency module (2)    Battery module (3)    Storehouse (11)
NOVELTY - Photovoltaic cell comprises a membrane electrode assembly obtainable by an in situ polymerization between electrodes of monomers to form a polymer, and the incorporation of an ionic moiety so that the membrane electrode assembly can function as a photovoltaic cell.    USE - The photovoltaic cell is useful for converting light energy into electrical energy.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic cell is an improved photovoltaic cell due to the use of hydrophilic polymers in conjunction with a conventional ionic-liquid based photovoltaic electrolyte, which is made via a one-shot production process. It has no volatile components and the electrolyte is a solid, which renders long term stability.
NOVELTY - The wrapped unit has two rubber strips that wrap a wrapped material and the edge and the portion of surface of the bracket. One rubber strip embeds with another rubber strip to form a suit with buffering and waterproof structure. A covering board covers the crossed place of the wrapped materials.    USE - Wrapped unit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the wrapped unit.
NOVELTY - A metal shell (1) is fastened by bolt (2). The pole ear of metal shell is insulated by polytetrafluoroethylene insulating liner base and is composed of two metal plates. Each metal plate is symmetrically provided with grooves whose widths and lengths are matched with monomer battery size. The depth of groove on each metal plate is equal to one half of thickness of monomer battery. A slot is arranged between grooves and wedge-shaped.    USE - Flexibly packaged high power lithium ion battery.    ADVANTAGE - The radiating area of the lithium ion battery can be effectively improved. The radiating performance and the consistency of the lithium ion battery are improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of the high power lithium ion battery.(Drawing includes non-English language text).    Metal shell (1)    Fastening bolt (2)    Square electric core (3)    Insulating base bolt (4)
NOVELTY - An aromatic monomer containing a dihalo biphenyl compound (I) is polymerized in the presence of nickel compound, tricyclohexylphosphine, a metal reducing agent and 2,2'-bipyridine compound (II) or its derivative, and aromatic polymer is manufactured. The nickel compound is bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene) nickel, nickel halide, nickel-2-ethyl hexanoate, nickel acetylacetonate, (dimethoxyethane)nickel chloride and (dimethoxyethane) nickel bromide.    USE - Manufacture of aromatic polymer used as synthetic raw material of polymer electrolyte used for polymer electrolyte fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The aromatic polymer is manufactured by a simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An aromatic monomer containing a dihalo biphenyl compound of formula (I) is polymerized in the presence of nickel compound, tricyclohexylphosphine, a metal reducing agent and 2,2'-bipyridine compound of formula (II) or its derivative, and aromatic polymer is manufactured. The nickel compound is bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene) nickel, nickel halide, nickel-2-ethyl hexanoate, nickel acetylacetonate, (dimethoxyethane)nickel chloride and (dimethoxyethane) nickel bromide.    A1=amino group having 1-20C hydrocarbyl optionally having substituent (G1) or 1-20C alkoxy optionally having substituent (G1);    R1=fluoro, cyano or 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 6-20C aryl, 6-20C aryloxy group or 2-20C acyl (all optionally having substituent (G2));    two R1+C=ring;    X1=chloro, bromo or iodo;    j=0-3;    substituent (G1)=fluoro, 1-20C alkoxy, 6-20C aryl, 6-20C aryloxy, 2-20C acyl or cyano;    substituent (G2)=group (G1) excluding 2-20C acyl;and    R2,R3=H, fluoro, 1-20C alkyl, 6-20C aryl, 1-20C alkoxy, 2-20C acyl, 2-20C alkoxycarbonyl, 1-20C fluorinated alkyl, 2-20C dialkylamino or 2-20C cyclic amino.
NOVELTY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has positive electrode, negative electrode, nonaqueous electrolyte solution and separator. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains an ionic liquid. The negative electrode contains noble negative electrode active material whose lithium occlusion-discharge electric potential is more than 1 volt (vs lithium/lithium+). The negative electrode does contain carbon.    USE - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.    ADVANTAGE - The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has excellent cycle characteristics and heat resistance.
NOVELTY - An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell, comprises: a carbon support; a platinum catalyst or a platinum-alloy catalyst supported on the carbon support; and at least 0.7 mmol of an acid per gram of the electrode catalyst, the acid being present on the carbon support.    USE - The electrode catalyst is useful for a fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electrode catalyst has high performance, efficient and has improved oxygen reduction capability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are:    (1) a method for producing an electrode catalyst for a fuel cell, which comprises a carbon support and a platinum catalyst or a platinum-alloy catalyst supported on the carbon support, characterized by comprising: supporting the platinum catalyst or the platinum-alloy catalyst on the carbon support; and treating the carbon support carrying the platinum catalyst or the platinum-alloy catalyst with an acid, so that at least 0.7 mmol of the acid per gram of the electrode catalyst is present on the carbon support treated with the acid; and    (2) a polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising the electrode catalyst.
NOVELTY - A white reflector (16) is molded as a dispersion of anatase type or rutile type titanium oxide particles (12a,12b) in silicone resin or silicone rubber. The silicone resin or silicone rubber has active silyl group chosen from hydrosilyl containing silyl group, vinyl containing silyl group, alkoxysilyl containing silyl group and hydrolyzable group containing silyl group.    USE - White reflector is used for semiconductor light emitting device e.g. light emitting diode, optical semiconductor package component, electronic circuit board and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The white reflector has excellent chemical stability, mechanical strength, high whiteness, durability and is manufactured easily and economically with improved productivity by a simple process. The white reflector improves the reflecting efficiency and prevents light leakage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the white reflector.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of the semiconductor light emitting device using the white reflector.    Semiconductor light emitting device (1)    Package molded material component (10)    Inner wall (11)    Titanium oxide particles (12a,12b)    White reflector (16)
NOVELTY - Manufacturing an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device forming an anisotropic conductive or dissipative layer comprising a mixture of a non-conductive matrix and conductive particles comprises: (a) applying a layer of the mixture over a first surface of the ESD device; (b) applying an electric field between two alignment electrodes over the layer creating conductive pathways; and (c) changing the viscosity of the layer to a second viscosity.    USE - The method is useful for manufacturing an ESD device such as a conductive film for packaging ESD-sensitive electronics or an ESD gasket. The device is a film for use in batteries or capacitors (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method uses conductive paths of low-cost particles in a curable non-conductive matrix. The method is a cost-effective manufacturing method giving devices, films, and adhesives with uniform conductivity and improved mechanical and optical properties.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Manufacturing an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device forming an anisotropic conductive or dissipative layer comprising a mixture of a non-conductive matrix and conductive particles comprises: (a) applying a layer of the mixture over a first surface of the ESD device, where the mixture has a first viscosity which allows the conductive particles to rearrange within the layer; (b) applying an electric field between two alignment electrodes over the layer, so that a number of the conductive particles are aligned with the field, thus creating conductive pathways; and (c) changing the viscosity of the layer to a second viscosity, where the second viscosity is higher than the first viscosity in order to mechanically stabilize the layer and preserve the conductive pathways. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an ESD device comprising a conductive layer.
NOVELTY - Making a semiconductor structure comprises: (a) depositing a front amorphous semiconductor layer on a front side of a semiconductor substrate; and (b) crystallizing the front amorphous semiconductor layer into a front doped crystalline semiconductor layer by applying heat at a low thermal budget temperature.    USE - The methods are useful for making a semiconductor structure (claimed) such as an optical device or solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method produces a low cost or low thermal budget semiconductor structure in easier and faster steps.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Making a semiconductor structure comprises: (a) depositing a front amorphous semiconductor layer on a front side of a semiconductor substrate, where the front amorphous semiconductor layer has a front amorphous doping and the substrate having a substrate doping; and (b) crystallizing the front amorphous semiconductor layer into a front doped crystalline semiconductor layer by applying heat at a low thermal budget temperature, where the front doped crystalline semiconductor layer has a front layer doping, and where the doping transition region between crystallized semiconductor layer and the semiconductor substrate is less than 100 Angstroms.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow chart for making a semiconductor optical detector.    Semiconductor substrate (505)    Front surface deposition (510)    Back surface deposition (515)    Crystallization (520)    Front passivation (525)    Back passivation (530)    Coating deposition (535)    Pattern opening (540)    Electrode deposition (545)
NOVELTY - The system (100) comprises a solar module (140) which is secured to a support assembly (110), having several polymeric photovoltaic cells. A translucent substrate (150) which is overlaid on an outer surface (142) of the solar module, having graphics printed on a surface of substrate. An electrical storage system and an inverter are connected to the solar module. A lighting system (190) is arranged to direct light to support assembly side opposite to side of solar module is secured.    USE - Outdoor display system for facilitating electric power generation in building (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Backlight illumination is provided as the lighting system is arranged to direct light to support assembly side opposite to side of solar module is secured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method of facilitating generation of electrical power; and    (2) method of installing an outdoor display system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of outdoor display system.    Outdoor display system (100)    Support assembly (110)    Solar module (140)    Outer surface (142)    Translucent substrate (150)
NOVELTY - Optoelectronic device comprises: (a) a first hole-collecting electrode; (b) an optional hole-transporting layer; (c) a layer comprising a mixture of an electron donor material and an electron acceptor material; and (d) a second electron-collecting electrode, where the electron donor material comprises a 1,2,4,5-tetrahydro-pyrrolo(3,4-c)pyrrole compound (I).    USE - The device, such as photovoltaic device is useful in solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The device exhibits excellent photovoltaic properties and excellent power conversion efficiency. The device exhibits improved short circuit current density, open circuit voltage and external quantum efficiency. The electron-donating chromophore has excellent solubility and high thermal stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Optoelectronic device comprises: (a) a first hole-collecting electrode; (b) an optional hole-transporting layer; (c) a layer comprising a mixture of an electron donor material and an electron acceptor material; and (d) a second electron-collecting electrode, where the electron donor material comprises a 1,2,4,5-tetrahydro-pyrrolo(3,4-c)pyrrole compound of formula (I).    X = O or S;    A1, A2, B1 = aryl or heteroaryl (both optionally substituted);    m, n = 1-9;    p = 0 or 1;    E1, E2 = H, (hetero)aryl (optionally substituted) or 1-12C alkyl; and    R1-R4 = H, 1-12C alkyl or -C(=O)-O-1-12C alkyl.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows the architecture of the optoelectronic device.
NOVELTY - The set has air passages that are spaced by air passage spacer plates distributed in circumference of tower base. The heat absorbing material is arranged in air passages under transparent top cover. The electric generator holder is mounted in centre of top of base above air passage outlets. The electric generator is fixed to electric generator holder, impeller is connected to electric generator through a shaft coupling, and transparent top cover is fixed to the base via the air passage spacer plates.    USE - Tower type wind-light generating set.    ADVANTAGE - The power generating efficiency is increased and size of generating set is reduced, hence the generating set with high adaptability, high utilization rate of energy, environmental friendliness is obtained.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for power generation method of wind-light tower type generating set.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the wind-light generating set.
NOVELTY - The water valve has a middle case (6) that is connected between an upper case (1) and a lower case (9). A valve main structure (4) is movably connected with a tapered hole formed in a middle case. A spring (7) is sleeved on guide rod arranged at back end of valve main structure. A lock rod (3) is sleeved in lock hole mounted at front end of valve main structure. The upper and lower cases are internally provided with upper and lower supporting brackets (2,8). A water inlet hole is provided at top of upper case. A water outlet hole is provided at bottom of lower case.    USE - Water valve for solar water heater.    ADVANTAGE - The simple structured water valve is designed easily while improving the service life.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the water valve for solar water heater.    Upper case (1)    Supporting brackets (2,8)    Lock rod (3)    Valve main structure (4)    Middle case (6)    Spring (7)    Lower case (9)
NOVELTY - The double-insulation layer copper flat wire has a copper conductor whose outer surface is provided with a polyetherimide-imide composite paint coating layer and a terylene glass sintering layer. The terylene glass sintering layer is formed by the sintering mixtures of the terylene and glass fiber.    USE - Double-insulation layer copper flat wire for motors and electrical apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The power consumption is reduced while manufacturing the double-insulation layer copper flat wire.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of double-insulation layer copper flat wire.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows cross-sectional view of double-insulation layer copper flat wire.
NOVELTY - The solar photoelectric converter has light concentration system which is formed by matched reflective pillar that is made of alloy aluminum or PTFE material to make light concentration focus on surface of solar battery. The focused sunlight beam is divided into a complete solar spectrum through a lens. The spectrum beam radiates on a light battery that is formed by a group of efficient photosensitive quantum wells of which energy differences and geometrical shapes are just inosculated with solar inosculate beam ejected on the battery.    USE - Light concentration type solar photoelectric converter.    ADVANTAGE - By smart serial and parallel connection of the quantum wells, the matching of the branch current can be realized so as to realize very high photoelectric conversion rate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for receiving and using solar energy.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of the light concentration type solar photoelectric converter.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a battery to be crushed, where the batteries are mechanically crushed. A metal fire protection unit is provided to suppress or decrease firing of the battery. Binding agent is provided to bind acids and/or bases. The metal fire protection unit is provided with water, sodium chloride and/or quartz sand. The binding agent consists of calcium oxide, calcium chloride and/or potassium hydroxide.    USE - Method for safe crushing of a battery e.g. lithium ion cell and lithium ion polymer cell (all claimed), utilized in a passenger car and lorry. Can also be used for lead accumulator, nickel cadmium accumulator, nickel hydrogen accumulator, nickel metal hydride accumulator, lithium ion accumulator, lithium metal accumulator, lithium manganese accumulator, lithium iron phosphate accumulator, lithium titanate accumulator and sodium nickel chloride high temperature battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables destroying of the dangerous batteries in a safe manner, thus preventing danger for humans and environment.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a method for recycling of batteries    (2) a device for crushing batteries.
NOVELTY - Copper-indium-gallium-selenide solar cells manufacturing involves assembling layers on carrier (1) provided on a metallic back contact (2), an absorber layer, a buffer layer, a tunnel junction and a transparent conductor oxide. A substrate is used as carrier, which is made of molybdenum, copper-indium-selenide, copper-indium-gallium-selenide, cadmium sulfide, indium zinc oxide and tin-doped indium oxide or aluminum doped zinc oxide.    USE - Method for manufacturing copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method provides copper-indium-gallium-selenide solar cells with improved efficiency due to special design in a simple manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a thin-film solar cell, which comprises a support and metallic back contact.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a basic structure of a thin film solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Carrier (1)    Metallic back contact (2)    Absorber layer (3)    Cadmium sulfide (4)    Intrinsic zinc oxide (5)
NOVELTY - The photovoltaic module has a carrier disk preferably formed as glass panel, one or multiple layers (4) applied on the carrier disk for generating electric current, one or multiple electrically conductive contacts (6,7,8,9), and a cover layer for covering a partial area of the carrier disk or the entire carrier disk with the current generating layers and the electrically conductive contacts. The cover layer is formed particularly as a melt coating, for whose preparation a free flowing, corned granulate is used. The granules are polyvinyl butyral granules.    USE - Photovoltaic module, particularly thin-film photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic module has a carrier disk preferably formed as glass panel, one or multiple layers applied on the carrier disk for generating electric current, one or multiple electrically conductive contacts, and a cover layer for covering a partial area of the carrier disk or the entire carrier disk with the current generating layers and the electrically conductive contacts, and thus ensures an improved photovoltaic module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of a thin film solar module.    Thin-film photovoltaic module (1)    Boundary area (2)    Marginal zone corner (3)    Layers (4)    Electrically conductive contacts (6,7,8,9)
NOVELTY - The device has discharge pipes, which emits ultraviolet radiation and is arranged in a test environment like in a test room. The polymer material is embedded in a solar cell or a solar module. One of the ends of one of the discharge pipes is arranged in a tempering holder depending on the test environment.    USE - Device for detecting the changes in properties of a material, particularly a polymer material, ehtylenvinylacetate or silicone rubber.    ADVANTAGE - The device has discharge pipes, which emits ultraviolet radiation and is arranged in a test environment like in a test room, and thus ensures improved detecting device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a method for detecting the changes in properties of a material, particularly a polymer material, ehtylenvinylacetate or silicone rubber; and    (2) a holder.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a test room of a detecting device.    Test chamber (10)    Inner space (12)    Surface-emitting diode (14)    Test pieces (16,18)
NOVELTY - Aromatic polyethersulfone block copolymer comprises hydrophilic segment, which exhibits sulfonic acid groups, and hydrophobic segment, which does not exhibits sulfonic acid groups, where the weight proportion of hydrophilic segment amounts to 0.02-0.35.    USE - The aromatic polyethersulfone block copolymer is useful: as a polyelectrolyte for producing fuel cells; and for producing the membranes for water treatment (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The aromatic polyethersulfone block copolymer: exhibits improved application properties, preferably proton conductivity, methanol permeation and moisture absorption properties; and good chemical resistance and resistance to fouling.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for preparing the aromatic polyethersulfone block copolymer, comprising sulfonating an aromatic polyethersulfone block copolymer with concentrated sulfuric acid at 20-70 degrees C.
NOVELTY - A storage battery (3) and lighting lamp (5) are installed in an umbrella handle (2). A key switch (4) is provided on the surface of umbrella handle. The key switch and lighting lamp are connected with the storage battery. The umbrella handle is made of the transparent plastic material.    USE - Light emitting umbrella.    ADVANTAGE - The umbrella can be operated easily. The lighting performance and rain shielding performance of umbrella can be improved. The structure of umbrella is simplified.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the light emitting umbrella.    Umbrella main portion (1)    Umbrella handle (2)    Storage battery (3)    Key switch (4)    Lighting lamp (5)
NOVELTY - The unit (100) has a melt accumulator (122) buffering and transferring a molding material towards a nozzle (127), where the accumulator is connected to a twin screw extruder (102) via a distribution assembly (124). The melt accumulator defines melt accumulation volume to accumulate and hold a volume of molding material after a molten material is molded by the extruder. A melt filter (112) i.e. backflushable filter, removes contaminants from the molding material, such that the molding material is subjected to filtering.    USE - Injection unit for use in an injection molding system.    ADVANTAGE - The melt filter is efficiently positioned on a melt transfer path, so as to reduce size and cost of the filter.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial sectional front view of an injection unit.    Injection unit (100)    Twin screw extruder (102)    Melt filter (112)    Melt accumulator (122)    Distribution assembly (124)    Nozzle (127)
NOVELTY - The collector has a high heat focus point placed in the collector to melt sand/metals or to produce Solar-Methanol. A low heat mirror focus point is cooled by cold water using electricity generating anergy circuit that is connected by rubber/plastic hoses/pipes to heat stored lake water source. Elastic rubber pressure sealing rings are used as thermal isolation between a mirrored water tube/pot in the high heat focus and a surrounding air vacuumed glass tube/pot/cylinder (7). Warmness of a collector mirror (2) is absorbed by a cooling water tube/pipe/pot (6) placed at back of the mirror.    USE - Solar mirror Cassegrain heat focuser and heat collector for use in a house.    ADVANTAGE - The collector has heat gathering efficiency that is increased effectively by thermal isolation so as not to loose thermal energy. The collector is designed such that heat absorbed is not exceeded more than temperature of 99 degrees Celsius by pumping more water out so as to avoid strong water evaporation with respect to boiling point, and cost of thermal isolation material is reduced. The collector is designed such that mirror warmth is additionally absorbed by water pipes through shrinking and expansion so as to reduce parabolic curve deformation so that razing efficiency of the mirror is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a cooling method for aiding a gaseous Anergy circuit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar mirror Cassegrain heat focuser and heat collector.    Collector mirror (2)    Cooling water tube/pipe/pot (6)    Vacuumed glass tube/pipe/pot/cylinder (7)    Heat absorption water pipes/tubes (8)    Hanging and moving cover (10)
NOVELTY - The system (1) has accumulators (3) e.g. nickel metal hydride/lithium-ion accumulators, for storing and releasing power required for self-contained operation of the system. An electric motor (4) e.g. permanent magnet brushless direct current electric motor, generates a rotational movement transmitted by a mechanical transmission for the system. A controller (5) manages control of the motor and the accumulators. A casing (2) directly supports and secures the accumulators, the motor and the controller. The transmission has a plastic pinion and/or a belt that is not-reinforced by metal material.    USE - Self-contained drive system for driving a wheel of a vehicle (claimed) such as a light vehicle e.g. electric or hybrid light vehicle. Can also be used for driving a wheel of an electric truck and an electric power-assisted bicycle.    ADVANTAGE - The mechanical transmission is not provided with metal wear parts, so that the system does not produce filings that cause short-circuits when the metal wear parts are contacted with electrical parts, thus enabling the system to ensure better safety. The system does not contain any internal maintenance element, and is simple to fabricate. The motor does not generate noise during its operation, and has long lifespan.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a self-contained drive system comprising a mechanical transmission and whose rotational axle is formed by an output shaft of a motor.    Self-contained drive system (1)    Casing (2)    Accumulators (3)    Electric motor (4)    Controller (5)
NOVELTY - Tandem polymer photovoltaic device (100), comprises: a first bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layer (102); a second bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layer (104) spaced apart from the first bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layer; and a metal-semiconductor layer (106) between and in contact with the first and second bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layers, where the first and second bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layers have complementary photon absorption spectra.    USE - Used as a tandem polymer photovoltaic device.    ADVANTAGE - The tandem polymer photovoltaic device is highly efficient, when compared to the existing or conventional photovoltaic devices.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for producing the tandem polymer photovoltaic device, comprising: providing a transparent substrate structure comprising a transparent substrate and a transparent electrode; forming a first bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layer in electrical connection with the transparent electrode; forming a metal-semiconductor layer in electrical connection with the first bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layer; and forming a second bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layer in electrical connection with the metal semiconductor layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure illustrates a schematic representation of the tandem polymer photovoltaic device.    Tandem polymer photovoltaic device (100)    First bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layer (102)    Second bulk heterojunction polymer semiconductor layer (104)    Metal-semiconductor layer (106)    Wetting layer (112)
NOVELTY - Flexible structure comprises a substantially crystalline semiconductor lamina (40) having a thickness less than 50 mu , and a polyimide substrate (60) affixed to the semiconductor lamina, where: at least one layer intervene between the semiconductor lamina and the polyimide substrate; the substantially crystalline semiconductor lamina and the polyimide substrate can be jointly flexed; and the polyimide substrate is not affixed to another rigid substrate.    USE - The flexible structure is useful for fabricating photovoltaic cell.    ADVANTAGE - The flexible structure: utilizes polyimide which readily tolerates high temperature; and provides the photovoltaic cells that are flexible and substantially crystalline having better carrier mobility with higher efficiency, when compared to the photovoltaic cells formed of amorphous semiconductor material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a flexible photovoltaic structure comprising the crystalline semiconductor lamina, the polyimide substrate and a photovoltaic cell comprising the semiconductor lamina.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a cross-sectional view of the flexible structure.    Crystalline semiconductor lamina (40)    Polyimide receiver element (poly substrate) (60)
NOVELTY - Solar cell (10) comprises: a photoelectric conversion body (11) having a light receiving surface through which irradiation light enters to the photoelectric conversion body; a light transmission body (14) provided on light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion body, where the light transmission body has a light receiving surface; and an electrode provided on the light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion body, where the electrode has a portion extending to and provided on a part of the light receiving surface of the light transmission body.    USE - Used as a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has low electrical resistance of electrode while reducing the blocking of the irradiation light by the electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a view of the configuration of solar cell.    Solar cell (10)    Photoelectric conversion body (11)    Front collector electrode (13)    Light transmission members (14)    Wiring member (20)
NOVELTY - The battery pack assembly has a lithium battery (1) hinged with a handle (3), comprising a locking device (5) with a sliding base (51) fixed on battery shell, a clamping strip (52) matched with sliding base and an elasticity device to push strip inward. The battery is in unlocking state when strip is pushed inward by elasticity device and is in locked state when strip is outward pushed by a handle, such that its external end stretch out of base and plug in a locking hole on external wall of a battery box when handle is downward pressed.    USE - Battery pack assembly for motor vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - Since the lithium battery can be brought to locked or unlocked state by pushing clamping strip inward or outward of the battery pack assembly, the battery and battery box can be located stably for charging of battery. Hence the long waiting time for vehicle owner can be avoided because of quick change of charged battery in a charging station.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of battery pack assembly.    Lithium battery (1)    Handle (3)    Locking device (5)    Sliding base (51)    Clamping strip (52)
NOVELTY - The locking mechanism has lock mechanism that is driven by an electric motor to judge the switching state of lock via proximity sensor and battery buffering locating mechanism. The battery buffering locating mechanism is provided with a rubber block and a rolling wheel which are respectively arranged on battery box and vehicle beam. An inner side of a lock hook is an envelope curve of the lock motion orbit while the outer side is linear transition. A lock ring is provided with lock ring shaft and a guide wheel of an outer sleeve.    USE - Locking mechanism for battery box used in electric car.    ADVANTAGE - The battery box can be assembled and disassembled easily and rapidly. Battery can be removed manually through bolt after the battery box is unlocked. Durability and reliability of locking mechanism can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the battery box locking mechanism.
NOVELTY - The element (1) has a lower profiled rail (3) overlapping with a bending part of the element that is fastened on a roof or a carrier construction at support rails in a bent position. Back-lateral bars (6-9) are provided for redirecting force acting outward on the lower profiled rail in lateral longitudinal section rails (4, 5) and designed in form of traction force components. A clamping element or a tightener (12) is inserted into the bars or between a fastening point (13) and one of the bars. Holders (10, 11, 17) or the clamping element are made of aluminum, plastic or steel.    USE - Surface element e.g. solar module and photovoltaic module (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The back-lateral bars are provided for redirecting force acting outward on the lower profiled rail in the lateral longitudinal section rails and designed in the form of the traction force components, thus mounting the surface element without additional drilling of module profile strips. The surface element protects the lower profiled rail against snow loads.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a rear view of a surface element in a diagonal position.    Surface element (1)    Lower profiled rail (3)    Lateral longitudinal section rails (4, 5)    Back-lateral bars (6-9)    Holders (10, 11, 17)    Tightener (12)    Fastening point (13)
NOVELTY - The module (10) has a cover element for covering a top side of the module, and a carrier element for accommodating a solar cell (14). A heat guidance element is arranged in a back side of the module for reducing back-side heating of the module. The heat guidance element comprises a heat guidance foil (15) that is located in thermal contact with the solar cell. The heat guidance foil is made of ceramics or thermoplastic polyurethane. A heatspreader foil is arranged on a back side of the heat guidance foil and made of graphite, copper or aluminum.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The heat guidance element comprises the heat guidance foil that is located in thermal contact with the solar cell, so that temperature of the solar cell module is reduced, thus improving efficiency and recycling capacity of the module. The module is produced with less number of components, thus manufacturing the module in a simple manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell module with a heat guidance foil.    Solar cell module (10)    Isolation foil (13)    Solar cell (14)    Heat guidance foil (15)    Edge of module (17)
NOVELTY - The device (100) has a concentrator (10) i.e. groove or trough-shaped mirror, changed from a spherical shape into a slightly parabolic shape. An absorber medium is located within a caustic curve of the concentrator. The absorber medium exhibits a sectional point and/or a contact point with the caustic curve of the concentrator. The absorber medium flows through a liquid tube (20) and heated by concentration of incident light by the concentrator. The tube is attached to a glass plate, acryl glass plate or Plexiglas (RTM: light, transparent, weather-resistant thermoplastic) plate.    USE - Solar heating device for use as a thermo-solar device for heating an absorber medium i.e. liquid (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The concentrator is maintenance-free due to caustic and/or migratory focal point, thus increasing efficiency of heating the liquid by the solar heating device when diffuse light is incident on the concentrator depending on increase of acceptance angle or tolerance angle.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar heating method for heating an absorber medium.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic cross sectional view of a solar heating device with a cover provided in form of a cover plate.    Center point (M)    Concentrator (10)    Liquid tube (20)    Glass cover (30)    Solar heating device (100)
NOVELTY - The assembly has a male connector (4) i.e. mass pion, connected to body (1) of a vehicle, and a female connector (5) equipped with a connecting wire. The male and female connectors have a shape permitting sliding of the male connector in a casing (7) of the female connector. A go or no-go mechanism provided on the female connector stops complete contact of a conductive part (8) of the female connector if the casing is badly engaged. The male connector has a cubical shape, and the casing is made of plastic material.    USE - Electric connection assembly for connecting body of a vehicle i.e. motor vehicle, and a battery and/or electrical apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The go or no-go mechanism provided on the female connector stops the complete contact of the conductive part of the female connector if the casing is badly engaged, thus protecting of the mass pion during electrophoresis bath and painting stage. The assembly enables assembling of components at supplier, so that the female connector arrived at mounting stage is subjected to an operation required by the assembler for being correctly positioned and fixed on the mass pion, thus reducing assembling time. The assembly avoids positioning of costly online unit e.g. enslaved screwdriver, and ensures same quality as that obtained in assembly line in touch up or in customer service.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an electric connection assembly in a not-connected position.    Body (1)    Male connector (4)    Female connector (5)    Casing (7)    Conductive part (8)
NOVELTY - Electroconductive fine particles comprise tungsten oxide, and/or composite tungsten oxide, both having oxygen ion site, in which oxygen ion is substituted by nitrogen ion.    USE - Electroconductive fine particles are used for film-type visible-light transmissive grain dispersion conductor (claimed), and for forming transparent conductive film for components of display and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The electroconductive fine particles have improved light transmittance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Electroconductive fine particles comprise tungsten oxide (WyOz), and/or composite tungsten oxide (MxWy'Oz'), both having oxide ion (O2-) site, in which oxide ion (O2-) is substituted by nitrogen ion (N3-).    M=H, He, alkali metal, alkaline-earth metal, rare-earth metal, Mg, Zr, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Co, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, B, F, P, S, Se, Br, Te, Ti, Nb, V, Mo, Ta, Re, Be, Hf, Os, Bi and/or I;    z/y=2.2-2.999;    x/y'=0.001-1.1;and    z'/y'=2.2-3.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) visible-light transmissive grain dispersion conductor, which comprises electroconductive fine particles having particle diameter of 1 nm or less; and    (2) manufacture of electroconductive fine particles.
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion apparatus has transparent conductive film (11), semiconductor layer (12) and electrically chargeable substance (13) provided between transparent conductive film and semiconductor layer.    USE - Photoelectric conversion apparatus is used for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion apparatus has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of photoelectric conversion apparatus.    Transparent conductive film (11)    Semiconductor layer (12)    Electrically chargeable substance (13)    Electroconductive film (14)
NOVELTY - A raw resin containing polyester resin having terminal carboxylic acid group content of 30 equivalent/ton or less is provided into screw extruder and melt-extruded, such that the filling ratio of raw resin in the screw compression portion is 50-80%, to obtain polyester film. The maximum temperature and melting point of raw resin in the melting process satisfies a specific relation.    USE - Melt film-forming method of polyester film (claimed) used for solar cell component.    ADVANTAGE - The method is carried out with excellent weather resistance and hydrolysis property, and suppressed heat generation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A raw resin containing polyester resin having terminal carboxylic acid group content of 30 equivalent/ton or less is provided into screw extruder and melt-extruded, such that the filling ratio of raw resin in the screw compression portion is 50-80%, to obtain polyester film. The maximum temperature and melting point of raw resin in the melting process satisfies the relation of formula: Tm less than or equal to Tmax less than or equal to Tm+30. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for polyester film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of melt film-forming method of polyester film.
NOVELTY - An electrolytic copper plating film is electrodeposited on a to-be-plated material with large specific resistance, using electrolytic copper plating bath. The plating bath contains soluble copper salt, complex agent and electroconductive salt, and has pH of 3-11. The complex agent is polyamine, aminocarboxylic acid, amino alcohol, hydroxy carboxylic acid, thiourea or polycarboxylic acid. The electroconductive salt is halide of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium sulfate.    USE - Electrolytic copper plating method of copper-electrode template of indium tin oxide film, solar cell panel and barrier layer of silicon wafer (claimed), electrode of glass substrate and panel of flat panel television.    ADVANTAGE - The plating method forms uniform and smooth copper film with high adhesiveness with respect to the to-be-plated material.
NOVELTY - The system has a heating plate (2) whose cross section is provided with pipelines (3) that are evenly distributed. Interiors of the pipelines are provided with U-shaped electrical heating tubes (8). Two tubes of each U-shaped electric heating tube are inserted into the pipelines that are evenly distributed. Two tube pins are extended out of the pipelines. The tube pins are provided with connection columns (7). Exteriors of the columns are sealed using a ceramic pipe and a ceramic pipe cover (6). The U-shaped electric heating tubes are connected by utilizing a parallel connection way in groups.    USE - Electrical heating system for a fully-automatic laminating machine of a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The system has high initial heating speed and reduced heating time by half in comparison with an oil heating way by heating to a process set temperature from normal temperature. The system improves production efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top perspective view of an electrical heating system.    Heating plate (2)    Pipelines (3)    Ceramic pipe cover (6)    Connection columns (7)    U-shaped electrical heating tubes (8)
NOVELTY - A coated lead-free solder alloy has shape of sheet, wire or ball, and has a coating membrane with thickness of 0.05-1.2 mu m and containing silver, gold, copper and/or nickel. The solder alloy contains 50-99.5 %mass of bismuth.    USE - Coated lead-free solder alloy is used for mounting substrate used in apparatus (both claimed) e.g. power semiconductor devices including thyristor and inverter, and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The coated lead-free solder alloy has improved strength and reliability, and is environmentally-friendly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) coating of lead-free solder alloy; and    (2) mounting substrate.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a film washing unit (3) for cleaning film (10). The film winding up unit (5) for winding up the dried film. A drive roll (41) is provided in the film dyer unit (4). The roll surface of drive roll is made of non-metallic porous material consists of granular polymer, porous polymer, porous ceramic and non woven fabric. A decompression device (42) is connected to suction roll such that the drive roll is maintained at negative pressure. A ventilation duct is arranged in warm-air blower (43), to oppose drive roll on both sides of the film.    USE - Apparatus for processing film (claimed) e.g. elongate polymer film used in manufacturing process of electrolytic membrane acid treatment apparatus for fuel cells. Can also be used for obtaining water treatment film, humidification film, brain-electrolysis ion exchange membrane, electrolysis membrane for water electrolysis, ion exchange membrane, secondary battery separator film, optical recording substrate of display device e.g. thin film transistor (TFT) type LCD, super-twisted nematic display (STN) type LCD and plasma display panel (PDP), processing apparatus for substrate on light guide plate, protective film, retardation film, touch panel, transparent electrode substrate, compact disk (CD), magnetic disk, and DVD.    ADVANTAGE - The damage of film and generation of rust on the roll can be avoided. The cleaning efficiency of film washing unit can be improved. The drying of film in the film washing unit can be avoided. The curl, flaw and wrinkle of film generated on the surface of the drive roll can be avoided. The performance and productivity of film can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the apparatus for processing film. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Film washing unit (3)    Film dyer unit (4)    Film winding up unit (5)    Film (10)    Drive roll (41)    Decompression device (42)    Warm-air blower (43)
NOVELTY - Preparing composite film of dye sensitive solar battery comprises cleaning the base material by organic solvent and deionized water under the ultrasonic condition, and drying; placing the base material in a sputtering reaction chamber, heating, introducing the reaction gas and work gas, using the metal titanium as target, controlling the pressure strength at 0.5-2 Pa, sputtering and growing titanium oxide on the base material, obtaining a dense uniform titanium oxide film; and layering a titanium dioxide grain layer on the dense uniform titanium oxide film.    USE - Method for preparing composite film used in dye sensitive solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method can easily control the product quality, reduce the production cost, and obtain uniform dye sensitive solar battery with stronger adhesive force.
NOVELTY - Growing method of single crystal silicon (2) involves heat-melting silicon raw material rod (1) using high-frequency coil (8) in growth furnace by float-zone method. A rectangular formwork (9) is provided in the lower surface side of high-frequency coil and made to contact the melt solution of silicon raw material rod.    USE - Growing method of single crystal silicon having tetragon cross-section used for single-crystal silicon wafer for solar cell panel (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides defects-free single crystal silicon with high growth rate by controlling square-shaped temperature distribution and equalizing in-plane distribution of resistivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for single crystal silicon wafer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic structure of float-zone apparatus.    Silicon raw material rod (1)    Single crystal silicon (2)    Diameter-increase pyramid portion (3)    High-frequency coil (8)    Rectangular formwork (9)
NOVELTY - The apparatus forms a film which is wound on substrate to surrounding surface of a cylindrical drum so as to convey along conveyance direction of substrate. An urging unit urges edge portion vicinity of width direction of substrate on outer side of width direction of the substrate when two urging belts (60a,60b) are in contact with non-product region of substrate, and film is wound on substrate by drum.    USE - Apparatus for forming functional film e.g. optical film such as gas barrier film, protective film, and antireflective film used in display apparatuses such as optical element, LCD and organic electroluminescent display, semiconductor device and thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the edge portion vicinity of width direction of substrate is urged on outer side of width direction of the substrate, the portion for expansion can be extended in width direction by urging force even if the substrate is heated and expanded by film-forming. The portion which receives damage by heat can be prevented, and the quality product without a partial deformation of substrate and deterioration of film resulting from the heat damage of substrate, can be produced stably.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a conceptual diagram for demonstration the urging unit of film-forming apparatus.    Mask exit earth plate (48)    Urging belts (60a,60b)    Belt feed shaft (64)    Belt winding shaft (68)    Belt roller (70)
NOVELTY - A compound (I) is new.    USE - New compound for an organic electric device e.g. organic electro luminescence device, organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor drum, organic thin film transistor, photodiode, organic laser and laser diode, in an electronic device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The compound can effectively perform hole injection, hole transport, electron injection and electron-transport processes in the organic electric device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A compound of formula (I) is new.    R1-R10, X = hydrogen, halogen, 1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkylamine, 6-60C arylamine, 1-60C alkylthio, 6-60C    arylthio, 2-60C alkenyl, 2-60C alkynyl, 3-60C cycloalkyl, 6-60C aryl (optionally substituted with deuterium),    8-60C arylalkenyl (optionally substituted by optionally substituted silane, boron or germanium group), 5-60C    heterocycle (optionally substituted by 6-60C aryl, CN, NO2, 1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkylamine, 6-60C    arylamine, 1-60C alkylthio,2-60C alkenyl, 2-60C alkynyl, 3-60C cycloalkyl, 6-60C aryl optionally substituted with deuterium, or optionally substituted silane, boron or germanium group), 6-60C heterocyclic group (optionally substituted by 5-60C heterocycloalkyl or 4-60C alicyclic group);    n = 1 or 2;    Ar1-Ar2 = optionally substituted 1-60-C aryl or heteroaryl; and    L = optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic electric device comprising an organic layer    (2) an electronic device comprising an organic electric device    (3) a terminal comprising a controller for operating an electronic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an organic electro luminescence device.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has an analysis unit (3) that conducts the spectral analysis of generated light, when the plasma processing is performed. A calculating unit (4) calculates the main component score based on information regarding the emitted light intensity with respect to several wavelengths provided in analysis unit. A determination unit (5) determines the end point of plasma processing based on the calculated main component score.    USE - End point detection apparatus for plasma processing apparatus (claimed) e.g. microwave excitation type plasma processing apparatus used for manufacturing semiconductor device of electronic device e.g. flat panel display and solar cell, manufacture of precision component such as phase shift mask and optical element, manufacture of microstructure used in micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) field and microchemistry field.    ADVANTAGE - The thermal detection accuracy of the end point detection apparatus can be improved. The influence of individual difference of the emitted light intensity in between the plasma processing apparatus can be reduced. The productivity and product quality of plasma processing apparatus can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) plasma processing apparatus; and    (2) and point detection method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic vie of the plasma processing apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Spectral analysis unit (3)    Main component calculation unit (4)    End point determination unit (5)    Processing container (42)    Pressure reduction unit (50)
NOVELTY - Laser scribing apparatus comprises laser beam irradiation unit to irradiate the laser beam, and inspection unit in which the laser beam detects the reflected light reflected by processing surface of the laminated film and determines quality of disconnection. The laser scribing apparatus disconnects laminated film of solar cell substrate with which electrode layer, at least one photoelectric converting layer and transparent electrode layer are laminated by the laser beam which injects from transparent electrode layer side and patterns on substrate.    USE - The laser scribing apparatus is useful for determining whether laminated film of solar cell substrate is patterned.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus determines quality of pattern reliably and simply, is simple in structure and prevents patterning defects. The disconnection process can be done efficiently.
NOVELTY - A compound (I) is new.    USE - Compound for an organic photoelectric device e.g. organic light-emitting device, organic solar cell, organic transistor, organic photo-conducting drum and organic memory device, of a display device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The compound has prolonged service life, high thermal stability, and improves luminous efficiency of the device even in low driving voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A compound of formula (I) is new. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic photoelectric device comprising an anode, a cathode, an organic thin film layer and a monolayer arranged between the anode and cathode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of an organic photoelectric device.
NOVELTY - An organic solar cell has a first electrode and a second electrode formed on a substrate. A photoactive layer comprising electron receptor and hole acceptor materials and a biphenyl compound (I) is formed between the electrodes.    USE - Organic solar cell    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic solar cell has a first electrode and a second electrode formed on a substrate. A photoactive layer comprising electron receptor and hole acceptor materials and a biphenyl compound of formula (I) is formed between the electrodes.    R1, R2=H, 1-30C alkyl, 1-30C heteroalkyl, 1-30C alkoxy, 1-30C hetero alkoxy, 6-30C aryl, 6-30C arylalkyl, 6-30C aryloxy, 2-30C heteroaryl, 2-30C heteroarylalkyl, 2-30C heteroaryloxy, 5-20C cycloalkyl, 2-30C heterocycloalkyl, 1-30C alkylester, 1-30C heteroalkyl ester, 2-30C arylester or 2-30C heteroaryl ester, and    X=electron rich negative ion, electron withdrawing group comprising halogenated (alkyl) compound, OH, amine, cyano, ketone, carboxy or CHO, fluorine, chlorine, iodine or bromine.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of an organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - An aryl ring and acridin derivative condensed compound (1) is new.    USE - New aryl ring and acridin derivative condensed compound for use in an organic electric device such as organic electro luminescence device e.g. organic LED (OLED), organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor (OPC) drum and organic thin film transistor, of a display device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic layer of the device is made of the condensed compound, thus manufacturing the device in a better manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An aryl ring and acridin derivative condensed compound of formula (1) is new.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic electric device, which comprises a base made of condensed compound    (2) a display device, which comprises a terminal and a controller for operating the display device.    A = formula (a);    R1-R7 = hydrogen, halogen, 1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkylamine 1-60C arylamine, 1-60C alkylthio, 6-60C arylthio, 2-60C alkenyl, 2-60C alkynyl, 3-60C cycloalkyl, 6-60C aryl, 6-60C aryl substituted with deuterium, 8-60C alkenylaryl , optionally substituted silane, optionally substituted boron, optionally substituted germanium, and these groups can condense to form a ring; and    Ar = optionally substituted alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic electro luminescence device. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The solar cell (30) has back surface electrodes (32) mutually separated by separating grooves that are formed on insulated substrate (10). A buffer layer (36) is formed on photoelectric converting layer (34) and insulating layer is non-doped zinc oxide (ZnO). A contact layer (46) faced opening groove of photoelectric converting layer, buffer layer and insulating layer is modified by each solar cell unit (54) and is electrically connected back surface electrode and transparent electrode (38). Each solar cell unit is electrically connected in series by contact layer.    USE - Thin film solar cell of thin film solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The electric power generation efficiency can be improved. The cost of thin film solar cell can be reduced. The productive efficiency in the internal serial structure of thin film solar cell can be improved. The manufacturing process of thin film solar cell can be simplified. The durability of thin film solar cell can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of the thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the thin film solar cell.    Insulated substrate (10)    Thin film solar cell (30)    Back surface electrode (32)    Photoelectric converting layer (34)    Buffer layer (36)    Transparent electrode (38)    Contact layer (46)    Solar cell unit (54)
NOVELTY - A coating liquid containing polysilazane is coated and dried on a surface of a base material (B). Ultraviolet light is irradiated to coated film under vacuum. The polysilazane is modified, and a gas comprising gas which does not absorb ultraviolet-light irradiation is injected to modified region to obtain a gas-barrier film. The injection gas temperature, injection gas flow rate, gas injection width and base-material conveyance speed satisfies specific relation.    USE - Manufacture of gas-barrier film used for sealing material for organic photoelectric conversion element e.g. solar cell, electronic device, organic electroluminescent device, and liquid crystal display device.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacture of film having excellent gas-barrier property and durability, and favorable surface roughness, with high yield. The damage of base material is suppressed, during manufacture of gas-barrier film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A coating liquid containing polysilazane is coated and dried on a surface of a base material. Ultraviolet light is irradiated to coated film under vacuum. The polysilazane is modified, and a gas comprising gas which does not absorb ultraviolet-light irradiation is injected to modified region to obtain a gas-barrier film. The injection gas temperature (T) ( degrees C), injection gas flow rate (Q) (m3/minute), gas injection width (W') (m) and base-material conveyance speed (L) (m/minute) satisfies the relation: Tx Q/W'/L is 50-150.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view explaining the manufacture of gas-barrier film.    Unwinding roll (101)    Winding roll (102)    Excimer lamp (132)    Gas supply head (133)    Base material (B)
NOVELTY - Metal paste comprises at least one electrically conductive metal powder including silver, copper or nickel, at least one lead-containing glass frit with a softening point temperature of 571-636 degrees C, comprises lead oxide (53-57 wt.%), silicon dioxide (25-29 wt.%), aluminum oxide (2-6 wt.%) and boron trioxide (6-9 wt.%), and an organic vehicle.    USE - The metal paste is useful for producing the front-side grid electrode, which is useful in the silicon solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The metal pastes provides busbars, which exhibits good solder leach resistance and good adhesion to the front-side, preferably to the ARC layer on the front-side of a silicon solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) producing a front-side grid electrode comprising either: providing a silicon wafer having an antireflective coating (ARC) layer on its front-side, printing and drying the metal paste on the ARC layer on the front-side of the silicon wafer to form two or more parallel busbars, printing and drying a metal paste with fire through capability on the ARC layer to form thin parallel finger lines intersecting the busbars at right angle, and firing the printed and dried metal pastes; or providing a silicon wafer having an ARC layer on its front-side, printing and drying a metal paste with fire through capability on the ARC layer on the front-side of the silicon wafer to form thin parallel finger lines, printing and drying the metal paste on the ARC layer to form two or more parallel busbars intersecting the finger lines at right angle, and firing the printed and dried metal pastes;    (2) a front-side grid electrode produced by the process; and    (3) a silicon solar cell comprising a silicon wafer having an ARC layer on its front-side and a front-side grid electrode.
NOVELTY - The method involves assigning an electrical conductive material (3), which extends between a negative contact terminal (4) at one of solar cells (1) and positive contact terminal (5) at other solar cells (2). An adhering electrical connection is formed between the material and the negative terminal, and between the material and the positive terminal. A contact material is separated in a local area between the conductive material and the contact terminals and in another local area between individual conductors of the conductive material via low-temperature- plasma spraying.    USE - Method for electrical connection of solar cells for a solar module. Uses include but are not limited to a back-contact-solar cell, silicon solar cell, organic solar cell and thin layer solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The contact material is separated in the local area between the electrical conductive material and the contact terminals and in another local area between the individual conductors of the electrical conductive material via low-temperature- plasma spraying, thus avoiding damaging of the solar-cells, during electrical connection of the solar cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The individual conductors are designed as a strand, woven mesh material, expanded metal and punched film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of an arrangement of solar cells for a solar module.    Solar cells (1, 2)    Electrical conductive material (3)    Negative contact terminal (4)    Positive contact terminal (5)
NOVELTY - The space between the inner pipe (3) and the inside pipe (4) which is connected with the space between the inside pipe and the outer pipe (5). The space between the inside pipe and the outer pipe is filled with the steam reforming catalyst. The space between the hydrogen separation film pipe (2) and the inner pipe (3) is filled with the steam reforming catalyst or the shift reaction catalyst.    USE - Membrane separation type reactor of membrane separation type hydrogen production apparatus (claimed) for polymer electrolyte form fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the space between the hydrogen separation film pipe and inner pipe is filled with the steam reforming catalyst or shift reaction catalyst, hydrogen concentration of hydrogen separation film pipe can be increased, and thus the transmission amount of hydrogen can be raised and separation efficiency of hydrogen can be raised. By eliminating the need for pre-reformer, the size of the reactor can be reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) membrane separation type hydrogen production apparatus; and    (2) manufacturing method of hydrogen.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the membrane separation type reactor. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Membrane separation type reactor (1)    Hydrogen separation film pipe (2)    Inner pipe (3)    Inside tube (4)    Outer pipe (5)
NOVELTY - A vacuum chamber (2) is cleaned and etched using plasma generated by discharge between parallel plane electrodes which are arranged opposingly, and plane electrodes are high-frequency electrode (3a) and counter electrode (3b). The etching is carried out in two stages with different etching rates. The etching rate of first stage of cleaning process is more than the etching rate of second stage of cleaning process. A film is deposited on vacuum chamber, and subjected to second stage of cleaning process from first stage of cleaning process.    USE - Plasma cleaning of vacuum chamber used for plasma chemical-vapor-deposition film-forming apparatus (claimed) for forming thin-film silicon nitride on semiconductor element. Uses include but are not limited to thin-film transistor array, solar cell, photoconductive drum and liquid crystal display device.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables plasma cleaning or vacuum chamber within short period of time. The thin-film silicon nitride is efficiently manufactured without contaminations, using the plasma-cleaned vacuum chamber. The deterioration of components in the vacuum chamber is suppressed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for plasma chemical-vapor-deposition film-forming apparatus (1).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the plasma chemical-vapor-deposition film-forming apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Plasma chemical-vapor-deposition film-forming apparatus (1)    Vacuum chamber (2)    High-frequency electrode (3a)    Counter electrode (3b)    Gas supply section (4)
NOVELTY - High-transparency quinary copolymerized fluoride-bearing resin comprises (mol%) ethylene (30-45), tetrafluoroethylene (40-50), vinyl fluoride (1-7), vinylidene fluoride (2-10) and chlorotrifluoro ethylene (3-15). It is prepared by copolymerizing the monomers in the copolymer.    USE - High-transparency quinary copolymerized fluoride-bearing resin for preparing high-transparency solar battery encapsulating film (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The high-transparency quinary copolymerized fluoride-bearing resin has improved light transmittance, flexibility and processing mobility through synergistic effect.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) method for preparing the high-transparency quinary copolymerized fluoride-bearing resin comprising taking tetrafluoroethylene, vinyl fluoride, vinylidene fluoride and chlorotrifluoro ethylene as materials, in microemulsion system composed of dispersant, emulsifying agent, solvent and auxiliary agent, adding initiator, performing free radial microemulsion polybasic copolymerization at 40-100 degrees C and 0.5-4 MPa, separating, purifying, refining, performing post-treatment, and granulating;and    (2) application of the high-transparency quinary copolymerized fluoride-bearing resin.
NOVELTY - Thiophene derivative (I) is new.    USE - Thiophene derivative for an organic electronic device such as organic light emitting devices, organic phosphorescent devices, organic solar cells, organo photoreceptor and organic transistor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The thiophene derivative increases efficiency of the organic electronic device and improves driving voltage and service life of the organic electronic device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Thiophene derivative of formula (I) is new.    R1-R4=4-7C cycloalkenyl, 3-7C cycloalkyl optionally substituted by O, N or S, 1-20C alkoxy in which the carbon atom is optionally substituted with H, halo, OH, mercapto, CN, NO2, carbonyl, carboxyl or formyl, 1-20C alkyl, 2-10C alkenyl, 2-7C alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, 2-10C alkenyloxy, 2-7C alkynyloxy, aryloxy, 1-20C alkylamine, 2-10C alkenylamine, 2-7C alkynylamine, arylamine, alkyl arylamine, 1-20C alkylsilyl, 2-10C alkenyl silyl, 2-7C alkynyl silyl, aryl silyl, alkyl arylsilyl, 1-20C alkylboranyl, 2-10C alkeneboranyl, 2-7C alkynylboranyl, arylboranyl, alkylarylboranyl, 1-20C alkylthio, 2-10C alkenylthio, fluorenyl group, phenyl group, naphthyl group, anthracenyl group, biphenyl group, pyrenyl group, perylene group or Chrysenyl (all optionally substituted);and    n=1-10.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic electronic device comprising an organic layer arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode on a floor, and the thiophene derivative (I).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic light-emitting device.
NOVELTY - A monocrystal silicon solar cell etching liquid comprises alkali, organic acid, isopropanol and deionized water.    USE - Monocrystal silicon solar cell etching liquid.    ADVANTAGE - The size of pyramid formed by etching the monocrystal silicon sheet is small and uniform. The sewage processing cost is low.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the etching liquid which comprises adding deionized water in etching groove, and controlling temperature of deionized water at 76-85 degrees C; adding alkali, and uniformly blending; adding organic acid, and uniformly blending; adding nickel, and uniformly blending; adding isopropanol, and uniformly blending to obtain etching liquid.
NOVELTY - An anthracene substituted compound (I) is new.    USE - New compound for an organic electric device e.g. organic electro luminescence device (OLED), organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor (OPC) drum, and organic thin film transistor (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An anthracene substituted compound of formula (I) is new.    R1, R2 = 6-60C aryl optionally substituted by at least one from deuterium, halogen, 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C, 1-20 alkoxy, 6-20 arylamine, 6-20 aryl, 6-20C arylalkyl, 8-20C arylalkenyl, 5-20C heterocycle, nitrile, or acetylene; and    R3-R6 = hydrogen, deuterium, 1-30C alkyl, optionally substituted by at least one from 6-20C aryl, 6-20C arylamine, nitrile or acetylene, 6-30C aryl optionally substituted by at least one from halogen, 1-20C alkyl, 6-20C arylamine, 6-60C aryl, 8-20C arylalkeny or 5-20C heterocycle.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic electric device. An organic electric device includes an organic layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic electric device.
NOVELTY - Indole quinoline compound (I) is new.    USE - Indole quinoline compound for use as a host material in a hole-transport layer or a light-emitting layer in an organic electric device such as organic electro luminescence device i.e. OLED, organic solar cell, organo photoreceptor drum, organic thin film transistor, photo diode, organic laser, and laser diode, in an electronic device (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Indole quinoline compound of formula (I) is new.    L,R1-R9=1-60C heteroaryloxy, alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkenyl, 1-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C heteroaryl, 1-50C aryloxy (all optionally substituted), H, halo, CN, thiol or heteroatoms of S, N, O, P or Si;    n=1-4.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic electric device comprising an organic layer and a floor including a compound.    (2) an electronic device comprising an organic electric device and a control unit utilized for driving a terminal.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic electro luminescence device containing indole quinoline. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A primary region consisting of a primary material, and a secondary region consisting of a secondary material in which growth start time of carbon nanowall (102) is longer than primary material, are provided on surface of a base material. Selective growth of carbon nanowall is carried out on the primary region, and growth time of carbon nanowall is made into time longer than growth start time of carbon nanowall of primary material and shorter than growth start time of carbon nanowall of secondary material. Thus, selective growth of carbon nanowall is enabled.    USE - Selective growth of carbon nanowall for electronic device e.g. field effect transistor (both claimed), fuel cell and field emitter.    ADVANTAGE - The orientation of carbon nanowall is controlled, and selective growth of carbon nanowall is efficiently enabled.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) electronic device, which has a film (101) containing material in which growth start time of carbon nanowall is shorter than material of base material, located on predetermined region of base material, and carbon nanowall standingly arranged on the film; and    (2) formation of carbon nanowall, which involves laminating primary layer consisting of material (A), secondary layer consisting of material (B) and tertiary layer consisting of material (C), in order. The carbon nanowall has a groove of depth which reaches primary layer from tertiary layer surface.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of carbon nanowall. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (100)    Film (101)    Carbon nanowall (102)
NOVELTY - Indole quinoline compound (I) is new.    USE - Indole quinoline compound for use as a host material in a hole-transport layer or a light-emitting layer in an organic electric device such as organic electro luminescence device i.e. OLED, organic solar cell, organo photoreceptor (OPC) drum, organic thin film transistor, photo diode, organic laser and laser diode, in an electronic device (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Indole quinoline compound of formula (I) is new.    L,R1-R9=1-60C heteroaryloxy, alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkenyl, 1-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C heteroaryl, 1-50C aryloxy (all optionally substituted), H, halo, CN, thiol or heteroatoms of S, N, O, P or Si;    n=1-4.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic electric device comprising an organic layer and a floor including a compound    (2) an electronic device comprising an organic electric device and a control unit utilized for driving a terminal.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic electroluminescence device containing indole quinoline. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A dithienopyrrole derivatives (I) is new.    USE - Dithienopyrrole derivatives for use in organic electric device, such as organic transistors selected from organic light-emitting diode, organic solar cells, and organophotoreceptor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The device has high efficiency, driving voltage, and stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dithienopyrrole derivatives of formula (I) is new.    R1= aryl, heteroaryl, or O, N, S containing heterocyclic or amino (all optionally substituted);and    R2, R3= alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl,aryl, arylamine, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, acetylene, nitrile, heterocyclic (all optionally substituted) or H.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for organic electric device comprising a first electrode and second electrode that are disposed between first organic material layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic light-emitting device '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'.
NOVELTY - A 7H-pyrido(3,4-c)carbazole compound (I) is new.    USE - 7H-Pyrido(3,4-c)carbazolecompound for use as host material or hole-transport layer of a light-emitting layer of an organic electric device such as organic light-emitting diode (OLED), organic solar cell, organo-photoreceptor (OPC) drum, organic thin film transistor, photo diode, organic laser, and laser diode, of a terminal (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The 7H-Pyrido(3,4-c)carbazole compound can be utilized as the host material or the hole-transport layer of different colors of phosphor dopants.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A 7H-pyrido(3,4-c)carbazolecompound of formula (I) is new.    L1, R1-R9=1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy (all optionally substituted), H, halo, CN, thiol, S, N, O, phosphorus or silicon;and    n=1-4.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an organic electric device comprising 7H-pyrido(3,4-c)carbazole compound (I), and an organic layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic light-emitting diode.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The method involves coating conductivity quantum dot on a glass substrate, and exchanging ligand between conductivity quantum dots. The glass substrate is heated at inert atmosphere to a temperature of 40-70 degree celsius. The annealing process is performed on the legend and glass substrate.    USE - Manufacturing method of high-conductivity quantum dot film used in solar cell or electronic component.    ADVANTAGE - High-conductivity quantum dot film can be manufactured simply, such that excellent solar cell with improved performance can be attained.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view illustrating the manufacturing process of quantum dot film. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - An 7H-Indolo(2,3-c)isoquinoline compound (I) is new.    USE - 7H-Indolo(2,3-c)isoquinoline compound for use as host material or hole-transport layer of a light-emitting layer of an organic electric device such as organic light-emitting diode (OLED), organic solar cell, organo-photoreceptor (OPC) drum, organic thin film transistor, photo diode, organic laser, and laser diode, of a terminal (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The compound can be utilized as the host material or the hole-transport layer of different colors of phosphor dopants.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An 7H-Indolo(2,3-c)isoquinoline compound of formula (I) is new.    L1, R1-R9=1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy (all optionally substituted), H, halo, cyano, thiol, sulfur, nitrogen, O, phosphorus or silicon;and    n=1-4.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic electric device comprising an organic layer    (2) a terminal comprising a controller for operating an electronic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic light-emitting diode.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A compound (I) is new.    USE - Compound for use in organic electric device such as organic electro luminescence device, organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor drum and organic thin film transistor of a display device of a terminal (allclaimed).    ADVANTAGE - The compound including benzoanthracene of heterocyclic ring enables fluorescence effect of various colors including red, green, blue and white by utilizing various colors of fluorescent dopants.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A compound of formula (I) is new. The compound of formula (II). INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic electric device comprising an organic layer provided with multiple primary floors including compound    (2) a terminal comprising a controller operating a display device which has an organic electric device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic side view of an organic electro luminescence device.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A compound comprises an alkenyl group of carbon number 1 to 60 of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano group, alkoxy group, thiol group, substituted or non-substituted alkyl group including sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon of carbon number 5 to 60 and arylene group of carbon number.    USE - 5-membered heterocycle and organic electronic element integrated compound.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic electric device comprising organic electroluminescent i.e. LED, organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor drum, organic thin film transistor, photo diode and organic laser and laser diode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a 5-membered heterocycle and organic electronic element integrated compound. (Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - An organic solar cell comprises photoactive layers formed between a cathode and an anode, an electron-receptor, and a hole acceptor, where the photoactive layers comprise perylene derivative (I).    USE - Organic solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic solar cell comprises photoactive layers formed between a cathode and an anode, an electron-receptor, and a hole acceptor, where the photoactive layers comprise perylene derivative of formula (I).    R1-R4=2-30C alkylester, 1-30C heterocycloalkyl, 1-30C cycloalkyl, 2-30C heteroaryloxy, 5-20C heteroarylalkyl, 2-30C heteroaryl, 2-30C aryloxy, 2-30C arylalkyl, 6-30C aryl, 6-30C hetero alkoxy, 6-30C alkoxy, 1-30C heteroalkyl, 1-30C alkyl (all optionally substituted), 1-30C arylester or 1-30C heteroalkyl ester;    R5, R6=2-30C heteroaryl ester, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, 2-30C heteroalkyl, 5-20C alkyl, heteroaryl, aryloxy, 2-30C arylalkyl, 6-30C heteroaryl ester, arylester, heteroaryloxy or 6-30C heteroarylalkyl (all optionally substituted);and    X1, X2=F, Cl, I or Br.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing perylene derivative, which involves synthesizing N(4-n-butoxyphenoxy) phenylene-3,4,9,10-tetra carboxyl D compound by reacting 4-n-butoxyphenol, potassium carbonate, potassium hydroxide and isopropanol, synthesizing N (4-n-butyloxy phenoxy) perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride compound by reacting with distilled water, synthesizing N,N'-1,6,7,12-tetrachloro perylenetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride compound by reacting with the distilled water and propanol mixture-bis-n-profile-1,6,7,12-tetrachloro perylene-3,4,9,10-tetra carboxyl compound, and synthesizing a perylene derivative by reacting quinoline with zinc acetate selected from 4-bromoaniline, 4-bromopyridine, 4-fluoro pyridine or 4-chloropyridine.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a structure of an organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - A graphene manufacturing method involves mixing organic compound and graphite with reaction medium containing poly phosphate and phosphorus pentoxide, where the organic compound comprises a functional group that is chosen from carboxylic acid group, amide group, sulfonic acid group, carbonylchloride group or carbonyl bromide group, and a covalent bond between the organic compound and carbonyl bromide group is replaced to edge location of graphene functional group.    USE - Method for manufacturing graphene. Uses include but are not limited to utilize grahene in a semiconductor, a silicone manufacturing process, a solar cell wafer, an indium tin oxide transparent electrode, a hydrogen reservoir, an optical fiber, and an electrical device.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables preparing graphene with high purity in an easy manner by chemical ablation and mechanical exfoliation processes. The method enables preventing the graphene and graphite from being damaged.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic perspective view illustrating a method for manufacturing graphene. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A copper indium selenide-group colloidal solution manufacturing method involves charging elemental powder for copper indium selenide (CIS) group synthesis of compound and specific solvent in a ball mill machine container. A solution state ball mill process is utilized for manufacturing copper indium selenide group colloidal solution.    USE - Method for manufacturing CIS group colloidal solution that is used for manufacturing copper indium selenide-group compound thin film.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables avoiding residue caused by efficiency drop and usage of explosiveness toxicity solvent so as to make formation of a thin film layer with low price conversion process and simple process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell light absorption layer copper indium selenide group compound thin film manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating a method for manufacturing copper indium selenide-group colloidal solution. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - An anti-reflection coating composition contains organic-inorganic hollow silica particles (A) (in weight parts) (1-50), a photo initiator (0.1-5) and a solvent. Component (A) is obtained by coating hollow silica particles with specific multi-functional silane compound (I).    USE - Anti-reflection coating composition for forming antireflective layer on glass such as base iron glass used for solar cell module (all claimed) for e.g. crystalline silicon type, polycrystalline silicon type, thin film type, a-silicon type, gallium-arsenic type and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell modules.    ADVANTAGE - The anti-reflection coating composition has excellent haze and reflectivity without degradation of light transmission even after a long period of use, by including organic-inorganic hollow silica particles, photo initiator and solvent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An anti-reflection coating composition contains organic-inorganic hollow silica particles (A) (in weight parts) (1-50), a photo initiator (0.1-5) and a solvent. Component (A) is obtained by coating hollow silica particles with a multi-functional silane compound of formula (I).    R1,R2=1-10C aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon;    R3=1-10C aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon optionally containing a hetero atom;    R4,R5=1-15C aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon optionally containing a hetero atom, where R4 and R5 form a cyclic structure;    R6=1-30C aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon optionally containing a hetero atom;    X=7-80C aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon optionally containing a hetero atom and includes 2-10 of (meta)acrylate groups;and    l=integer of 1-3.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) glass, which has antireflective layer formed using the anti-reflection coating composition on its upper side    (2) a solar cell module, which comprises the glass.
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion element consists of semiconductor electrode (70) having porous semiconductor layer (30) adsorbed with pigment (40), counter electrode (60) provided facing the semiconductor layer, and electrolyte (50) containing radical compound with mean molecular weight of 200 or more provided between the semiconductor electrode and the counter electrode. The pigment is organic pigment D149. The radical compound contains 4-acetamide-Tetramethylpiperidinyloxy, 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl imidazolin-1-oxy-3-oxide or galvinoxy free radical.    USE - Photoelectric conversion element for optical sensor and solar cell (both claimed) used as domestic use power supply.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion element has high photoelectric conversion efficiency and durability.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the structure of the photoelectric conversion element.    Semiconductor layer (30)    Pigment (40)    Electrolyte (50)    Counter electrode (60)    Semiconductor electrode (70)
NOVELTY - A semiconductor material comprises quinonoid fluorene compound (I).    USE - Quinonoid fluorene type semiconductor material for use in an organic photoelectric material, polymer solar battery, organic electroluminescent device, organic FET, organic optical storage device, organic nonlinear material and an organic laser device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The material has high solubility and stability and better solar spectrum absorbing capacity and photoelectric conversion efficiency. The material is prepared in a simple and controllable manner with high yield.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A semiconductor material comprises quinonoid fluorene compound of formula (I).    R1, R2, R5, R6=H or 1-20C alkyl;    R3, R4=1-20C alkyl;and    m, n=0-10.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing the quinonoid fluorene type semiconductor material, which involves reacting fluorene compound of formula (II), 2-bromo-thiophene compound of formula (III), thiophene compound of formula (IV) and 2,7-dibromo-9H-fluorene compound of formula (V) in presence of catalyst and organic solvent to obtain thiophene substituted fluorene compound (VI). The fluorene compound (VI) is subjected to bromination reaction in presence of N-bromosuccinimide and organic solvent followed by condensing organic solvent, reacting condensed product with malononitrile in presence of catalyst to obtain semiconductor material.
NOVELTY - Aqueous dispersion system comprises aqueous medium, bismuth hydroxide dispersed in aqueous medium, and surfactant(s) dispersed in the aqueous medium. The concentration of bismuth hydroxide is 0.0001-0.5 mol/L. The surfactants are anionic surfactant and/or nonionic surfactant, where concentration of anionic or nonionic surfactant is 1-5000 ppm based on the total weight of the aqueous dispersion system.    USE - Aqueous dispersion system used for etching polycrystalline silicon film to obtain etched polycrystalline silicon film used for preparing polycrystalline silicon solar cell (claimed) or battery.    ADVANTAGE - The surface of the etched polycrystalline silicon film has average reflection rate of less than or equal to 28, preferably less than or equal to 15% as measured at 400-1100 nm. When silver grid line, which is 25 microns thick, is printed on the surface of the polycrystalline silicon film, the resistance ratio of silver grid line is less than or equal to 1 Ohms when the point distance is 10 mm and less than or equal to 2 Ohms when the point distance is 20 mm.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for etching polycrystalline silicon film comprising providing aqueous dispersion system; putting the polycrystalline silicon film in the aqueous dispersion system; heating at 100-300 degrees C; and etching the surface of the polycrystalline silicon film.
NOVELTY - A spherical nitrogen-doped carbon-supported non-noble metal oxidation-reduction catalyst comprises melamine formaldehyde resin prepolymer, non-noble metal salt and acid. The mass ratio of metal element of non-noble metal salt and carbon element of melamine formaldehyde resin prepolymer is 1:100-25:100.    USE - Spherical nitrogen-doped carbon-supported non-noble metal oxidation-reduction catalyst for fuel battery material.    ADVANTAGE - The catalyst is economical, and has stable performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of spherical nitrogen-doped carbon-supported non-noble metal oxidation-reduction catalyst, which involves uniformly mixing melamine formaldehyde resin prepolymer (in parts weight) (10-100) with pure water (0-10), adding non-noble metal salt, and stirring for 10-60 minutes until the non-noble metal salt is dissolved in the melamine formaldehyde resin prepolymer to form uniform solution, adding acid to the solution, adjusting pH to 1-4, maintaining for 10 minutes to 24 hours, fully curing, decompressing and vacuum-drying to obtain blocked melamine formaldehyde dry gel containing non-noble metal salt, and thermally processing the dry gel at 600-900 degrees C.
NOVELTY - A thiofuran-containing perylene tetracarboxylic diimide copolymer (I) is new.    USE - Thiofuran-containing perylene tetracarboxylic diimide copolymer (I) used in organic battery, organic electroluminescence, organic field effect transistor, organic optical storage, organic nonlinear material and organic laser field (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The compound (I) has good dissolution performance, high carrier mobility, strong absorbency and wide light absorption range, thus it is capable of improving sunlight utilization rate. It can be produced in high yield using simple preparation process which is easy to operate and control.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A thiofuran-containing perylene tetracarboxylic diimide copolymer of formula (I) is new.    n=1-200 integer;    R1-R3=H, 1-15C alkyl, 1-15C alkoxy phenyl, or phenyl;    R4-R5=1-15C alkyl, 1-15C alkoxy, 1-15C alkoxy phenyl, or phenyl; and    R6-R7=H, 1-15C alkyl, 1-15C alkoxy, 1-15C alkoxy phenyl, or phenyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the thiofuran-containing perylene tetracarboxylic diimide copolymer (I).
NOVELTY - A spirofluorene-type compound (I), is new.    USE - New spirofluorene-type compound for preparing azaspiro fluorene compounds used as organic semiconductor material for solar cell and red electroluminescent device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The device using spirofluorene-type compound has excellent efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A spirofluorene-type compound of formula (I), is new.    X1-X4=H or halo;    W'=oxygen, =O, =N-R1, or groups chosen from group of formulae (i)-(vi);    Ar1,Ar2=H, halo, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, amino, hydroxy, carbonyl, carboxy, heteroaryl, or groups chosen from group of formula (vii)-(xxx);and    m=1-10.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of spirofluorene-type compound. 9H-fluoren-9-one, naphthylamine and naphthylamine hydrochloride are reacted to obtain 2'-azaspiro(fluorene-9,13'-pentacyclo(12.8.0.03,12.04,9.017,22)docosane)-1'(14'),3',5',7',9',11',15',17'(22'),18',20'-decaene. Th obtained 2'-azaspiro(fluorene-9,13'-pentacyclo(12.8.0.03,12.04,9.017,22)docosane)-1'(14'),3',5',7',9',11',15',17'(22'),18',20'-decaene is irradiated to obtain 2'-azaspiro(fluorene-9,13'-pentacyclo(12.8.0.03,12.04,9.017,22)docosane)-1',3',5',7',9',11',14',17'(22'),18',20'-decaen-16'-one and 10'-chloro-2'-azaspiro(fluorene-9,13'-pentacyclo(12.8.0.03,12.04,9.017,22)docosane)-1',3',5',7',9',11',14',17'(22'),18',20'-decaen-16'-one as spirofluorene-type compound.
NOVELTY - Molded product comprises at least gas barrier layer formed from material containing silicon atom, oxygen atom, and carbon atom. The surface layer portion of the gas barrier layer comprises (in at.%): silicon atom (18-28), carbon atom (10-28) and oxygen atom (48-66) with respect to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) elemental analysis. The molded product has water vapor permeation rate of 5.3 g/m2/day or less at 40 degrees C and relative humidity of 90% and total light transmittance rate of 90% or more at a wavelength of 550 nm.    USE - The molded product is useful for components used in electronic devices (claimed) chosen from liquid crystal display, solar cell, organic electroluminescent display, inorganic electroluminescent display and electronic paper.    ADVANTAGE - The molded product has excellent gas barrier property, bending resistance, flexibility and transparency, and can be obtained simply and cost-effectively.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing the above-mentioned product, which involves injecting ion on the surface portion of layer containing hydrolysis/dehydration compound of tetrafunctional organosilane compound.
NOVELTY - Protective sheet (20) for solar cell module, comprises a cycloolefin resin layer (13) laminated on one surface of a base material film (11) through a polyolefin resin layer (12). The polyolefin resin layer and the cycloolefin resin layer are formed by co-extrusion molding process.    USE - The protective sheet is useful for solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The protective sheet has excellent adhesiveness with respect to sealing material of the solar cell module, and water vapor barrier property. The solar cell module has high durability and damp proof property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell module, which comprises the protective sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the protective sheet for solar cell module.    Base material film (11)    Polyolefin resin layer (12)    Cycloolefin resin layer (13)    Fluorine resin layer (14)    Protective sheet (20)
NOVELTY - The system (1) has a modifier (2) that generates reformed gas containing hydrogen using modification catalyst (2a). A fuel cell generates electric power in cell portion using reformed gas. A raw fuel introduction apparatus (3) introduces raw fuel into modification catalyst. A control apparatus (5) performs introduced amount reduction control of raw fuel introduction unit and reduces quantity of introduced raw fuel based on acquired unmodified gas-evolution information.    USE - Fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - The fall-off condition of the temperature of modification catalyst can be prevented reliably. The production of unmodified gas can be prevented. The occurrence of damage to the fuel cell during electric power generation can be prevented. The electric power generation amount is controlled with respect to the fuel cell. The balance of the modifier and fuel cell can be maintained effectively.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) modifier system; and    (2) operating method of fuel cell system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of the fuel cell system.    Fuel cell system (1)    Modifier (2)    Modification catalyst (2a)    Raw fuel introduction catalyst (3)    Control apparatus (5)
NOVELTY - Molded object comprises a layer obtained by adding hydrocarbon-type compound to a layer containing polysilazane compound.    USE - The molded object is useful in a unit for electronic devices (both claimed) e.g. LCD, solar cell and electroluminescence (EL) display.    ADVANTAGE - The molded object is inexpensive, and has excellent transparency, workability, gas barrier properties and bending resistance, and reduced weight.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of manufacturing the above-mentioned molded object.
NOVELTY - A nanocrystal-based optoelectronic device (1) comprises a primary conductive-type substrate (10), N number of active layers (14) formed on the substrate, each active layer containing several nanocrystals (142), each nanocrystal is wrapped by a primary passivation layer (144), and a secondary conductive type transparent conductive layer (16) formed on the most-top active layer among the active layers.    USE - Nanocrystal-based optoelectronic device e.g. light-emitting diode, photodetector and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The optoelectronic device has high photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of nanocrystal-based optoelectronic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the nanocrystal-based optoelectronic device.    Nanocrystal-based optoelectronic device (1)    Primary conductive-type substrate (10)    Secondary passivation layer (12)    Active layers (14)    Secondary conductive type transparent conductive layer (16)    Nanocrystal (142)    Primary passivation layer (144)
NOVELTY - An active-energy-ray-curable resin composition (38) containing polymeric compound, polymerization initiator and (poly)oxyethylene alkyl phosphate compound is filled between mold (20) with superfine concave-convex portion having an anodic oxidation alumina on surface, and a base material (42). The active energy ray is irradiated and cured to form cured resin layer (44) with which superfine concave-convex portion is transferred to surface of base material, to obtain an article (40). The surface of mold is processed with mold release agent during transfer start.    USE - Manufacture of article. Uses include but are not limited to reflection prevention article for display device, fog prevention article, antifouling article, hydrophobic article, motor-vehicle meter cover, motor vehicle mirror, motor vehicle window, light extraction-efficiency improvement component for organic and inorganic electroluminescent device, and solar cell component.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables efficient manufacture of article with high yield, by maintaining release property of mold and cured resin layer. The superfine concave-convex portion of mold is efficiently and accurately transferred to base material of article.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the block diagram of the apparatus for manufacturing article.    Mold (20)    Active-energy-ray-curable resin composition (38)    Article (40)    Base material (42)    Cured resin layer (44)
NOVELTY - A polythiophene preparing method involves preparing a thiophene solution by adding thiophene into dichloromethane or chloroform. Iron (III) chloride solution is prepared by dissolving iron (III) chloride in acetonitrile. A mixed solution is prepared by adding the iron (III) chloride solution in the thiophene solution. The mixed solution is polymerized.    USE - Method for preparing polythiophene that is utilized as a catalyst support of a fuel cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing of the polythiophene with better electric conductance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graph illustrating electric conductance characteristic of polythiophene.
NOVELTY - Rare-earth doped nanocrystal precursor is prepared, and ground to obtain doped rare-earth nanocrystalline component (I). The obtained material is heated, and oxide substrate is removed. Nano hydrofluoric acid is ground, and alkali solution, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, and polystyrene or chloroform are added to obtain rare-earth doped nano microcrystalline sol-gel. Wavelength conversion efficiency of fluorescent synergistic film is adjusted to obtain fluorescent synergistic thin film material.    USE - Manufacture of fluorescent synergistic thin film material used for copper indium gallium selenide solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides fluorescent synergistic thin film material having photoelectric conversion quantum efficiency, by simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Rare-earth doped front nanocrystal precursor containing silica, alumina, lead fluoride, cadmium fluoride and rare-earth ion oxide, is prepared. The obtained material is ground to obtain doped rare-earth nanocrystalline component of formula: xSi02-yAl203-zPbF2-(50-z)CdF2:aRe. The obtained material is heated at 480-500 degrees C for 5-8 hours, cooled to room temperature, and oxide substrate is removed by acid etching method. Nano microcorrosion hydrofluoric acid having concentration of 12 mol/L, is ground, and oxide matrix nano microcrystal filter stick is removed. Alkali solution having pH value of 6-7, is adde to the obtained mixture, and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate as surfactant and polystyrene or chloroform are added to obtain rare-earth doped nano microcrystalline sol-gel. The wavelength conversion efficiency of fluorescent synergistic film is adjusted by high-speed throwing process at the throwing speed of more than 2000 r/minute to obtain fluorescent synergistic thin film material.    Re=lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium, europium, terbium, holmium, erbium, thulium and/or ytterbium;    a=0-5;    x=15-50;    y=more than 0 to less than 50;and    z=0-50.
NOVELTY - A metal oxide composition comprises indium, gallium, barium, zinc and oxygen, where atomic ratio of indium-gallium/indium-gallium-barium-zinc is 15-85.    USE - Metal oxide composition for preparing sinter and composite film materials (all claimed) that are utilized in LCD, plasma display, organic light-emitting display, touch panel, electromagnetic wave shielding material, heating element and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The composition has high shrinkage ratio and excellent quality, transparency and conductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a composite film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a scanning electron microscopic picture of a conductive film.
NOVELTY - A hydrogen hydrate comprises water, hydrogen, hydro fluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride as a hydrate promoter.    USE - Hydrogen hydrate for a portable fuel cell in a vehicle and generating power in a hydrogen station.    ADVANTAGE - The hydrate can be stably stored at low pressure and magnified based on climatic change, and is environmentally friendly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing hydrogen hydrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a hydrogen hydrate forming apparatus.
NOVELTY - Invention relates to a catalytic method for vapour conversion of methanol in order to produce a hydrogen-rich gas mixture which can be used in hydrogen power generation, particularly as fuel for fuel cells for various purposes. Described is a catalyst for vapour conversion of methanol, which is copper-cerium oxide deposited on aluminium oxide. Described is a method of preparing the catalyst by treating aluminium oxide in a solution of copper and cerium nitrates taken in the required ratio, followed by drying and calcination in air at 400-450 degrees C. Described also is a method of producing a hydrogen-rich gas mixture by reacting methanol vapour and water vapour at temperature 200-350 degrees C, pressure 1-100 atm, molar ratio H2O/CH3OH=0.5-5, in the presence of the described catalyst.    USE - Chemistry.    ADVANTAGE - High output of hydrogen, obtaining hydrogen-containing gas with low content of carbon oxide with molar ratio water/methanol equal to the stoichiometric ratio (H2O/CH3OH=1), which has technological significance. 7 cl, 4 ex, 5 tbl
NOVELTY - A fork-shaped biphenyl centre-containing compound (I) is new.    USE - New fork-shaped biphenyl centre-containing compound is used for electroluminescence device, organic solar battery and adhesive (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The new fork-shaped biphenyl centre-containing compound has excellent heat resistance and mechanical characteristics, and high solubility with respect to organic solvent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A fork-shaped biphenyl centre-containing compound of formula (I) is new.    R4=-OH, -CN, -C=CH, -CH2-CH=CH2, -NH2, -NCO, -O-CN, or group of formula (i);and    R3=NH, O, or group of formula (ii)-(vii).    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of fork-shaped biphenyl centre-containing compound (I).
NOVELTY - Organic photoelectric material-containing silicon thiophene (I) is new.    USE - Organic photoelectric material-containing silicon thiophene used in manufacturing solar battery device, organic field effect transistor, organic electroluminescence, organic optical memory device, organic non-linear material or organic laser apparatus (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic photoelectric material-containing silicon thiophene has thiophene ring and cyan, wide spectral response, good thermal stability and environment stability. The preparation has simple synthetic route, and low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Organic photoelectric material-containing silicon thiophene of formula (I), is new.    R1, R2, R3=H or 1-20C alkyl;and    m, n=0-10.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a preparation of (I).
NOVELTY - A surfactant containing 1-octadecene, oleic acid, cadmium oxide, trioctylphosphine oxide and 1-hexadecylamine are dissolved, to obtain reaction solution (I). Sulfur is dissolved in tributyl phosphate, to obtain reaction solution (II). The fluorine-doped tin oxide soda-lime glass substrate surface is coated with bismuth catalyst, solution (II) is added to the solution (I), to obtain cadmium sulfide nano wire. The obtained cadmium sulfide nano wire is grown on the fluorine-doped tin oxide soda-lime glass substrate.    USE - Manufacture of cadmium sulfide nano wire (claimed) used for solar cell, gas sensor and light emitting diode.    ADVANTAGE - The method economically provides cadmium sulfide nano wire with excellent crystallinity, density, and optical and electrical characteristics.
NOVELTY - A fuel cell catalyst comprises (wt.%) carbon-carried platinum (Pt, 5-40) and hydrated niobium oxide or dewatered niobium oxide (10-90); or carbon-carried Pt-ruthenium (Ru) and hydrated niobium oxide or dewatered niobium oxide, with mass percent of 4-40%; and carbon (balance).    USE - Fuel cell catalyst used for catalyzing methanol electrochemical reaction.    ADVANTAGE - The catalyst has high catalytic activity and is stable operated in acidic system for long time.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a preparation of fuel cell catalyst comprising uniformly dispersing carbon powder in mixed solvent comprising organic solvent and water to form suspension, with volume ratio of organic solvent to water of 100:5-5:100; respectively adding oxide compound of formula (M2Pt(OH)6), ruthenium(III) chloride (RuCl5) and niobium oxalate into suspension comprising (g/l) platinum (0.01-60), ruthenium (0-60) and niobium (0.01-60); uniformly stirring the solution, regulating pH at 5-12, adding excess reducing agent to suspension, and reducing for 5 minutes to 24 hours at 40-100 degrees C; and filtering reduced product, washing before drying to obtain solid powder, performing hot treatment to solid powder at 100-1000 degrees C in argon for 10 minutes to 10 hours, and preparing carbon-carried Pt or PtRu composite catalyst with hydrated niobium oxide or dewatered niobium oxide as accelerator.    M=H, NH4+, Na or K.
NOVELTY - A dibenzopyrene-type compound (I) is new.    USE - New dibenzopyrene-type compound is used for organic electric device e.g. organic electroluminescent device, organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor drum and organic thin film transistor used for display device (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dibenzopyrene-type compound of formula (I) is new.    Ar1-Ar3,R1-R8=1-50C alkyl, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C heteroaryl, 1-50C alkyl containing S, N, O, P and Si, 5-60C heteroaryl containing S, N, O, P and Si, 5-60C arylene containing S, N, O, P and Si (all optionally substituted), H, halo, cyano, alkoxy or thiol.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electric device, which has an organic layer containing dibenzopyrene-type compound (I); and    (2) terminal.
NOVELTY - A dibenzo-carbazole derivative (I, II or III) is new.    USE - New dibenzo-carbazole derivative is used as dopant or host material in organic layer e.g. light-emitting layer of organic electronic device e.g. organic electroluminescent device used in display device of terminals, and organic solar cells, organophotoreceptors, and organic thin-film transistors (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The new dibenzo-carbazole derivative ensures excellent efficiency, lowers drive voltage, and increases durability and stability when applied to organic electronic device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dibenzo-carbazole derivative of formula (I, II or III), is new.    R1-R14=6-60C aryl optionally substituted by halo, 1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkylamino, 1-60C arylamino, 1-60C alkylthio, 6-60C arylthio, 2-60C alkenyl, 2-60C alkynyl, 3-60C cycloalkyl, 6-60C aryl optionally substituted by deuterium, 8-60C arylalkenyl, optionally substituted silyl, optionally substituted boranyl, optionally substituted germanyl, or optionally substituted 5-60C heterocyclyl, optionally substituted 5-60C heteroaryl optionally substituted by halo, CN, NO2, 1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkylamino, 1-60C arylamino, 1-60C alkylthio, 2-60C alkenyl, 2-60C alkynyl, 3-60C cycloalkyl, 6-60C aryl optionally substituted by deuterium, optionally substituted silyl, optionally substituted boranyl, optionally substituted germanyl, or optionally substituted heterocyclyl;and    L=(hetero)arylene or trivalent aliphatic hydrocarbyl (both optionally substituted).    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electronic device consisting of organic layer(s) containing compound (I); and    (2) terminal including a display device comprising the organic electronic device, and a controller for operating the display device.
NOVELTY - Biphenyl compounds (I and II) are new.    USE - New compound for use as a light-emitting host material in a light emitting layer or a hole injection layer of an organic electroluminescent device such as organic LED, organic solar cell, organic photo conductor (OPC) drum, and organic thin film transistor, of an electronic display device (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Biphenyl compounds of formulae (I) and (II) are new.    R1-R3 = 6-20C aryl optionally substituted with at least one of hydrogen, halogen, amino, nitrile, nitro, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 1-20C alkylamine, 1-20C alkyl thio, 6-20C aryl, C8-20C arylalkenyl, silane, boron, germanium, and C5-20C heterocyclic group; and a 6-20C aryl thio optionally substituted with at least one of hydrogen, halogen, amino, nitrile, nitro, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 1-20C alkylamine, 1-20C alkylthio, 6-20C aryl, C8-20C arylalkenyl, silane, boron, germanium, and C5-20C heterocyclic group.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic electric device i.e. organic electroluminescent device, which comprises an organic layer and a first layer including a compound (I) or (II); and    (2) an electronic display device which comprises an organic electric device and a controller for operating the electronic display device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic electro luminescence device containing a compound. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A fused ring thiophene organic photovoltaic material (I) is new.    USE - A fused ring thiophene organic photovoltaic material used for manufacturing organic solar battery devices, organic field effect transistors, organic electroluminescence devices, organic light storage devices, organic nonlinear materials, and organic laser device (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The material is matched with an emission spectrum of the sunlight, and has high photoelectric conversion efficiency, better thermal stability and environment stability, simple preparation method, and low technology demand.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - New fused ring thiophene organic photovoltaic material is of formula (I).    R1-R4=H or 1-20C alkyl; and    m, n=0-10, preferably 0-2.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a method for preparation of fused ring thiophene organic photovoltaic material;    (2) a organic solar battery device comprising a glass layer, an indium tin oxide layer, a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) composite layer, an active layer having electron donor materials (fused ring thiophene organic photovoltaic material) and the electron acceptor material, and aluminum layer;    (3) an organic electroluminescence device comprising a substrate, an anode, a light emitting layer made of fused ring thiophene organic photovoltaic material, a buffer layer, and a cathode; and    (4) an organic field effect transistor comprising a substrate, an insulation layer, octadecyltrichlorosilane layer, an organic semiconductor layer made of fused ring thiophene organic photovoltaic material, a source, and a drain.
NOVELTY - A diamine derivative (I) is new.    USE - Diamine derivative is used for organic layer e.g. hole implant layer, hole transport layer, light emitting layer, electron injection layer and electron transport layer for organic electronic device e.g. organic light emitting device, organic solar cell, organic photoreceptor and organic transistor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic electronic device having organic layer containing the diamine derivative has low drive voltage, and excellent stability and durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A diamine derivative of formula (I) is new.    R1-R8=H, deuterium, OR, -SR, -SeR, -TeR, -BRR', -AlRR', -SiRR'R", -GeRR'R", -SnRR'R", cyano, or 1-20C alkyl, 6-30C aryl, 3-25C cycloalkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 5-25C aryloxy, 6-20C aryl thiophene, 5-20C heterocyclyl, 8-20C arylalkenyl, or 5-20C arylamine (all optionally substituted);    R',R"=H, 1-20C alkyl, 3-20C cycloalkyl, 6-20C aryl or 5-20C heteroaryl;    Ar1-Ar4=1-20C alkyl, 6-30C aryl, or 5-20C heterocyclyl (all optionally substituted);and    or adjacent Ar1-Ar4=ring.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of diamine derivative; and    (2) organic electronic device, which has anode, cathode and organic layer containing the diamine derivative between anode and cathode.
NOVELTY - A carbazole derivative (I), is new.    USE - New carbazole derivative is used for organic layer e.g. light-emitting layer for organic electric device e.g. organic light-emitting diode, organic solar cell, organic photo conductor drum, organic thin field transistor, photodiode, organic laser, and laser diode (all claimed), and used as host material for phosphor dopants having various colors.    ADVANTAGE - The organic electric device having the layer containing the carbazole derivative has excellent luminance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A carbazole derivative of formula (I), is new.    R1-R10=H, halo, cyano, alkoxy, thiol, sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, or 1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkoxy, 1-60C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 1-50C alkyl, 1-60C heteroaryl or 1-60C hetero aryloxy (all optionally substituted);and    Ar1=H, sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, or 1-60C alkyl, 1-60C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 1-50C alkyl, 1-60C heteroaryl or 1-60C hetero aryloxy (all optionally substituted).
NOVELTY - A titanium dioxide film is prepared by preparing stable titanium precursor solution, coating titanium precursor solution on substrate in spinning or dip-coating manner to form humid titanium dioxide film, and drying to obtain titanium dioxide film.    USE - Method for preparing titanium dioxide film (claimed) used in photocatalysis and the sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The precursor solution is stable in water phase, thus avoiding using organic solution; and can be stored for a long time at room temperature. The titanium dioxide film has anatase phase high-temperature stability.
NOVELTY - A multilayer graphene consists of dopant in interlayer of graphene.    USE - Multilayer graphene used in transparent electrode of display device (all claimed) and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The multilayer graphene having improved electrical property and conductivity is manufactured using reduced amount of dopant.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of multilayer graphene.
NOVELTY - Heteroleptic complex production involves dissolving ligands (I-XI) containing imidazole fragment in organic solvent at 20 degrees C. Alkylation of imidazole fragment is performed with alkylating agent.    USE - Method for producing heteroleptic complex of ruthenium, iridium, rhodium, tungsten, iron and osmium used in solar cells and photo-catalysts for water hydrolysis for producing hydrogen and oxygen (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method produces the heteroleptic complex of ruthenium, iridium, rhodium, tungsten, iron and osmium in a simple and cost-effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Heteroleptic complex production involves dissolving ligands of formulae (I-XI) containing imidazole fragment in organic solvent at 20 degrees C. Alkylation of imidazole fragment is performed with alkylating agent.    R1-R5=H, halogen or 10-30C alkyl group, which is replaced with linear or branched, saturated, unsaturated or polyunsaturated fatty acid, carboxylic acids, acetyl, ester, amides, amines, anhydrides, ether or alcohol residue;    Z=H or methyl group;    X=anions capable of forming liquid or solid salt; and    W=N or O.
NOVELTY - Methane production involves electrolyzing water stream resulting in hydrogen and reacting with carbon dioxide produced from biomass pyrolysis. The biomass source is selected from a group consisting of natural biomass, waste biomass and energy crops or their mixture. The biomass is pretreated an initial stage.    USE - Method for producing methane for preparing methanol used in fuel cells (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method produced methane in simple manner by using renewable sources of carbon dioxide and hydrogen.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing methanol from methane, which involves oxidizing the obtained methane.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic representation of the methane and methanol production method.    Cyclone separator (3)    Mixing equipment (4)    Hydrogen storage tank (5)    Compressor (6)    Electrolysis reactor (8)
NOVELTY - Preparation of a cobalt oxide powder with fiber type nanowire structure comprises carrying out two temperature and time sections by hydrothermal reaction using cobalt nitrate, hexamethylenetetramine, and ammonium oxalate in carbinol medium.    USE - Method for the preparation of a cobalt oxide powder used as a solid oxide fuel cell positive pole film material (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The cell has good electric catalyzing performance and carbon accumulating resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing a solid oxide fuel cell positive pole film material, comprising:    (A) mixing a zirconia powder stabilized via yttria, a starch forming material, ammonium polyacrylate, polyacrylamide, polyethylene glycol, and water by ball mill, removing gas, and casting to form a positive pole plain blank film sheet;    (B) mixing, removing gas, and casting to an electrolyte plain blank film sheet;    (C) thermally pressing and overlapping the electrolyte plain blank die and the positive pole plain blank film to obtain a positive pole supporting type-thin layer electrolyte composite plain blank film sheet; and    (D) stripping plastic and roasting.
NOVELTY - A zinc oxide-based desulfurizing agent is obtained by forming a solid desulfurizing agent into a slurry and spray-drying the slurry. The solid desulfurizing agent comprises (in wt.%) active component (30-60), support (30-60), regenerating agent (5-15), and inorganic binder (5-15).    USE - Zinc oxide-based desulfurizing agent is used for removing sulfur compound e.g. hydrogen sulfide in synthetic gas. Uses include but are not limited to fuel cells, electric-power generation, hydrogen production, chemical raw material production, and transportation fuel production.    ADVANTAGE - The zinc oxide-based desulfurizing agent has excellent strength and abrasion resistance, and can be used at 350-650 degrees C. Generation of secondary pollutants is prevented during manufacture of zinc oxide-based desulfurizing agent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of zinc oxide-based desulfurizing agent.
NOVELTY - A solar-cell emitter formation composition comprises phosphosilicate glass, phosphate supply sources, an agent for forming silanol-based compounds or silica hydrate-based compounds, and organic vehicles.    USE - Composition is used for forming emitter layers in manufacture of solar cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composition enables simple and economical manufacture of solar cells with high productivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of solar cell, which involves preparing a semiconductor layer, forming an antireflective layer on one side of the semiconductor layer, and forming an emitter layer on the semiconductor layer using the composition.
NOVELTY - The system has a devulcanizer (200) which removes hydrogen sulfide component contained biogas. A heat exchanger (100) removes moisture of biogas supplied. A filter (400) removes fine dust and impurity contained in biogas. A siloxane remover (700) removes siloxane component of biogas, when the temperature of the biogas is increased over the prescribed temperature.    USE - System for purifying biogas for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The siloxane and hydrogen sulfide of the biogas can be removed effectively. The heat transfer efficiency of the fuel cell can be improved effectively. The cost and time required for purifying the biogas for fuel cell can be reduced effectively. The production yield of the fuel cell can be improved effectively. The maintenance cost of the fuel cell is reduced and the service lifetime of the fuel cell can be prolonged.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for purifying biogas for fuel cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the biogas purification system for the fuel cell.    Heat exchanger (100)    Devulcanizer (200)    Compressor (300)    Filter (400)    Siloxane remover (700)
NOVELTY - The pyrite heterojunction thin film photovoltaic device comprises a conductive bottom substrate acting as an electrical contact, a pyrite thin film, a semiconductor window layer (130) to form a junction with the pyrite layer for creating a photovoltaic effect, a transparent top contact, an encapsulation layer encapsulating the photovoltaic device, and current-collecting structures. The substrate comprises a flexible metal foil. The pyrite thin film comprises colloidal pyrite nanocrystals, and chemical vapor deposited pyrite.    USE - Used as a pyrite heterojunction thin film photovoltaic device such as solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The pyrite heterojunction thin film photovoltaic device can be economically manufactured with high energy conversion efficiency, stability and density.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a method for producing pyrite thin films; and    (2) a method of synthesizing colloidal pyrite nanocrystals.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a schematic view of a p-n junction pyrite solar cell system.    P-n junction pyrite solar cell system (100)    Substrate layer (110)    P-type pyrite thin film (120)    Window layer (130)    Top surface contact. (140)
NOVELTY - The method involves spraying a spray liquid that is prepared by dissolving and/or dispersing a solute in a solvent to form liquid droplets. The liquid droplets are concentrated by vaporizing the solvent. The concentrated liquid droplets are deposited on a substrate (C2) or a layer formed on the substrate. The liquid droplets with lower solid content concentration are deposited after depositing liquid droplets with higher solid content concentration.    USE - Method of forming thin film for electroluminescent device, solar battery, reflecting plate and polarizer plate.    ADVANTAGE - The dissolution of lower layer caused by depositing liquid droplets containing large amount of solvent on lower layer can be prevented and the degradation of smoothness of grown layer caused by depositing the dried and aerosolized liquid droplets containing minimal amount of solvent is eliminated, so that excellent surface smoothness can be achieved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of forming stacked film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view illustrating method of forming thin film.    Dual fluid nozzle (12)    Chamber (14)    Regulator (18)    Gas bomb (20)    Substrate (22)
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic device comprises an inorganic semiconductor oxide doped with 10 wt.% of niobium, an organic semiconductor and niobium oxide. A layer of transparent conductive oxide is also provided in the photovoltaic device.    USE - Photovoltaic device used for manufacturing solar cells for manufacturing space equipment, electronic devices, chargers, hybrid organic light emitting diode and hybrid field-effect transistor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic device provides solar cells, which are stable in inert atmosphere, preferably nitrogen or argon.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing photovoltaic device, which involves preparing solid oxide and doped inorganic semiconductor, where organic semiconductor is deposited on inorganic semiconductor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic X-ray diffractogram of titanium dioxide. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - A conductive material includes a polymer and a single layer comprising a covalently attached nanostructured conductive material. The covalent bond of the conductive material is comprised of a group selected from amide, hydroxylamine, secondary amine, imine or thiourea. The conductive material is a carbon nanomaterial.    USE - Conductive material used for manufacturing electrochemical or optical sensor, solar cells, fuel cells or super capacitors (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The conductive material can be manufactured without modifying optical properties of polymer.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing conductive material, which involves oxidizing polymer and functionalizing oxidized polymer with reactive amino groups, halogen, aldehyde, thiol, epoxy or isothiocyanate group.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the optical absorption spectrum absorption of a sample of PDMS before and after being functionalised by carbon nanotubes.
NOVELTY - A sulfonated poly(arylene ether)copolymer (I), is new.    USE - New sulfonated poly(arylene ether) copolymer is used for forming polymer electrolyte membrane and cation-exchange resin for cation exchange membrane for fuel cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The sulfonated poly(arylene ether) copolymer has excellent physical properties, hydrogen ion conducting ion-exchange capability and metallic ion-adsorption ability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A sulfonated poly(arylene ether)copolymer of formula (I), is new.    Ar1=group chosen from groups of formulae (i)-(v);    Ar2=group of formula (vi) or (vii);    E1-E4=single bond, O, S, C(=O), S(=O), S(=O)2, C(CH3)2, C(CF3)(CH3)2, P(=O)CH3 or C(=O)NH;    Z1-Z6=H, 1-4C alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl;    R1-R4=H or aromatic group optionally substituted by SO3H or SO3M;    M=potassium, sodium, lithium or magnesium;    x=0.1-1;and    n=10-800.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of sulfonated poly(arylene ether)copolymer (I).
NOVELTY - A carbazole compound (I), is new.    USE - New carbazole compound is used for organic electronic device e.g. organic electroluminescent device, organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor drum, organic thin-film transistor, photodiode, organic laser and laser diode, and terminal (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic electronic device containing the carbazole compound has excellent durability and luminous efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A carbazole compound of formula (I), is new.    R1,R2=H, or 1-50C alkoxy, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 1-50C alkyl optionally including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon, 5-60C heteroaryl including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon, or 5-60C heteroaryloxy including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon (all optionally substituted);    R3-R5=H, halo, cyano, alkoxy, thiol, or 1-50C alkoxy, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 1-50C alkyl optionally including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon, 5-60C heteroaryl including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon, or 5-60C heteroaryloxy including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon (all optionally substituted);    a,b=0-4;and    c=0-3.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electronic device; and    (2) terminal.
NOVELTY - A 5-membered heterocyclic compound (I), is new.    USE - New 5-membered heterocyclic compound is used for organic electric device e.g. organic electroluminescent device, organic solar cell, organic photoreceptor, organic thin film transistor, photodiode, organic laser device and laser diode for terminal (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic electric device containing the 5-membered heterocyclic compound has excellent luminous efficiency and durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A 5-membered heterocyclic compound of formula (I), is new.    R1-R12=H, halo, cyano, alkoxy, thiol, or 1-50C alkyl, 1-50C alkoxy, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 1-50C alkyl including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon, 5-60C heteroaryl including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon or 5-60C heteroaryloxy including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon (all optionally substituted);    X=sulfur, oxygen or silicon;    Y'=H, halo, cyano, alkoxy, thiol or 1-50C alkyl, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 1-50C alkyl including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon, 5-60C heteroaryl including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon or 5-60C heteroaryloxy including at least one of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon (all optionally substituted);and    n=1-3.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electric device; and    (2) terminal.
NOVELTY - The device has a cover plate provided with a reformate gas exhaust pipe. A fuel supply pipe is connected to an air supplying source with an air supply pipe. A bottom plate is connected with a waste gas discharging pipe, and an air preheating part is provided with a laminated reforming plate. A reformate reaction part is provided with a reforming plate and installed at a lower part of an upper water path isolation plate. A micro channel is connected to a lower-part of an upper side of a heating plate.    USE - Hydrocarbon reforming device.    ADVANTAGE - The device can manufacture hydrogen efficiently.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a hydrocarbon reforming device.
NOVELTY - The reformer (22) has a combustor (23) increasing temperature of a reformer part. The reformer part is supplied with reactant, which is supplied to a fuel cell stack (24). An inlet port (222) passes through two sides of the fuel cell stack. A main body (224) passes through an inner side of the combustor, which is adjacently installed in the inlet port. An outlet port (226) is supplied with the reactant that passes through the main body to the fuel cell stack. The inlet port is inserted in an upper stream of the reformer.    USE - U-shaped reformer for use in a fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - The reformer improves high thermal efficiency. The reformer improves high temperature at 500-1000 degree Celsius, and can be integrated with the combustor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a U-shaped reformer.    U-shaped reformer (22)    Combustor (23)    Fuel cell stack (24)    Inlet port (222)    Main body (224)    Outlet port (226)
NOVELTY - The reformer has an oxygen dispersion input tube inserted within a reactor. An oxygen supply tank fold valve is provided with oxygen and dispersed in an activation catalyst layer of the reactor. An infrared (IR) camera takes a photograph of the reactor with thermal IR and measures temperature distribution of the reactor. A target temperature is analyzed according to location of oxygen dispersion input tube. A controller controls input of oxygen and transmits a feedback control signal to the oxygen supply tank fold valve to control the oxygen dispersion input tube.    USE - Fuel reformer.    ADVANTAGE - The reformer prevents catalytic deactivation of oxygen by providing multiple oxygen dispersion input tubes within the reactor, and increases life span and hydrogen production of the reformer.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a fuel reforming method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of a fuel reformer.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The station has a carbon monoxide analyzer analyzing carbon monoxide concentration of gas. A natural gas compressor condenses natural gas to supply methane. A steam reformer reforms the methane and produces hydrogen to a conversion reactor vehicle. A pressure swing adsorption unit (PSA) separates the gas that is generated in a conversion reactor according to the hydrogen. A tail gas unit performs filtering process so as to remove sulfur compound of the natural gas. Hydrogen is stored in a container in a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.    USE - Hydrogen refueling station.    ADVANTAGE - The station is eco-friendly and easy to maintain, and has high profitability and high safety.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for controlling a hydrogen refueling station.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a hydrogen refueling station.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - Manufacture of graphene involves forming carbon-dissolved metal thin film on a substrate, and forming laminate structure on a substrate by thermal-treating carbon-dissolved metal thin film.    USE - Manufacture of graphene used for photoelectric cell, solar cell and optical detector.    ADVANTAGE - The graphene is manufactured efficiently with suppressed defects by simple methods.
NOVELTY - A graphene producing method involves forming a graphite catalyst thin film (230) on a substrate (210) using gaseous carbon source. The graphite catalyst thin film is thermally treated, and a graphene layer is formed on upper and lower portions of the graphite catalyst thin film to form a laminate structure having a graphene layer (243), the graphite catalyst thin film, and graphene layer (245) on the substrate.    USE - Method for producing graphene that is utilized for a photoelectric cell, a solar cell and an optical detector.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables producing the graphene in an efficient and a simple manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic illustration of a method for producing graphene. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Substrate (210)    Graphite catalyst thin film (230)    Graphene layers (243, 245)
NOVELTY - The system has a chamber formed with a vacuum furnace. Another chamber is fixed in the former chamber, where height of the latter chamber is less than height of the former chamber. A directional solidification part coagulates metal silicon. A heating part heats a directional solidification furnace. The metal silicon is fused at the vacuum furnace while the vacuum furnace is rotated at a vertical direction. A transport unit controls on and off operation of the directional solidification furnace.    USE - System for purifying a metal silicon utilized to manufacture a solar cell such as a crystalline solar cell and a thin film type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The metal silicon fused into the directional solidification at the vacuum furnace is directly delivered, so that broken off problem of the metal silicon in interval is resolved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a system for purifying a metal silicon.
NOVELTY - A mixed catalyst comprises platinum-based catalyst and copper-based catalyst.    USE - Mixed catalyst is used for steam reforming reaction of hydrocarbon in polymer electrolyte fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The mixed catalyst reduces generation amount of carbon monoxide, which poisons the platinum catalyst of fuel cell, during steam reforming reaction.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graph illustrating relationship between production gas flow rate and temperature during methanol reforming reaction in presence of mixed catalyst.
NOVELTY - A copper-indium-gallium-selenium (CIGS) layer manufacturing apparatus has CIGS material source arranged on the bottom of a vacuum chamber having a substrate, an electronic gun for scanning an electronic beam to CIGS material source, a magnetic field generating device arranged between the electronic gun and CIGS material source, and a shutter for blocking an evaporation source to the substrate and installed on the top of CIGS material source.    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing copper-indium-gallium-selenium layer.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of copper-indium-gallium-selenium layer.
NOVELTY - A trinary aluminum alloy contains an electrochemical noble element and an element weakening aluminum film, distributed into aluminum.    USE - Trinary aluminum alloy for producing hydrogen used for fuel cell used as power supply for mobile telephone, notebook personal computer, personal digital assistant, portable electronic equipments and vehicles (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The ternary aluminum alloy accelerates corrosion in an alkaline solution, and safely produces hydrogen at high speed through hydrolysis.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of trinary aluminum alloy; and    (2) use of trinary aluminum alloy.
NOVELTY - A porous nickel metal support is formed using nano nickel powder. The porous nickel metal support is fine-polished and plasma-surface-modified. A palladium layer and a metallic layer with saturation composition weight fraction are formed on the porous nickel metal support by controlling the thickness ratio of palladium/copper in a high-temperature sputtering process. The palladium layer and metal layer are reflow-heat-treated at a low temperature for a long time to form saturated composition of palladium alloy separation membrane.    USE - Manufacture of palladium-copper-nickel alloy hydrogen-separation membrane (claimed) for use in carbon dioxide capture and storage applications, integrated gasification combined cycle, and integrated coal gasification fuel cell combined cycle.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacture of palladium-copper-nickel alloy hydrogen-separation membranes having excellent high-temperature durability, adhesiveness with respect to support and coated layer, chemical stability, and hydrogen-penetration property.
NOVELTY - A carbazole group polymeric compound (I) is new.    USE - New carbazole group polymeric compound for an organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The compound has high solubility, high stability and better sunlight absorption capacity. The compound can be used for conversion of sunlight into electric power in a better manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A carbazole group polymeric compound of formula (I) is new. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic solar cell comprising a buffer layer made from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), polyaniline, polypyrrole, conductive metal, cupric oxide, nickel oxide, molybdenum oxide, or conductive material i.e. tungsten oxide, plastic substrate as transparent substrate made from polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polyethersulfone, aromatic polyester or polyimide, glass substrates or quartz substrate, a bottom electrode made from indium-tin-oxide, fluorine tinoxide, antimony tin oxide, tin dioxide- Antimony trioxide, gallium tinoxide, zinc oxide-gallium(III) oxide or zinc oxide-aluminum oxide phosphorus, and an upper electrode made from conductive metal and alloy of metal, metal oxide or conductivity polymer including aluminum, gold and silver.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graph representing a UV-visible spectrum of solution of polymer. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A hydrophobic surface material comprises a hydrophobic thin film formed on the surface of a polymer material having micro pores and nano pores.    USE - Hydrophobic surface material is used for seawater desalination filter, fuel cell and secondary battery (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of hydrophobic surface material, which involves forming nano pores on a polymer material having micro pores through plasma etching, forming a micro and nano hybrid porous structure on the polymer material and forming a hydrophobic thin film on the surface of the polymer material.
NOVELTY - A titanium dioxide microball comprising nanorod and nanoparticle is prepared by adding titanium source into organic solvent with stirring at room temperature, and continuously stirring; transferring stirred mixed solution to a reaction kettle, putting in an oven after sealing, and performing solvent heat reaction; centrifugally separating to obtain microball intermediate comprising nanobelt; and thermally processing the microball intermediate to obtain the titanium dioxide microball.    USE - Method of preparing titanium dioxide microball used for a sensitized solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method can obtain titanium dioxide microball has photoelectric converting efficiency improved by 28%.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a sensitized solar cell comprising titanium dioxide microball; and    (2) preparation of sensitized solar cell, comprising forming dense layer of optical electrode by spinning titanium dioxide sol solution on clean conductive substrate at rate of 500-3000 revolutions/minute; and forming second layer of optical anode by coating the slurry on the conductive substrate through silk print or scalpel method.
NOVELTY - The solar cell has primary electrode that is formed on a transparent substrate (110). A hole-transport layer (130) is formed on the primary electrode. A photoelectric conversion layer (140) is formed on the hole-transport layer. An electron-transport layer (150) is formed on the photoelectric conversion layer and surfactant is added in the electron-transport layer. A secondary electrode (160) is formed on the electron-transport layer.    USE - Organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - By using surfactant in the electron-transport layer, the surface morphology of the electron-transport layer is improved. The efficiency of the organic solar cell is improved. By increasing fill factor, the short circuit current density and open circuit voltage of the organic solar cell can be improved. The cost of the solar cell is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of organic solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the organic solar cell.    Substrate (110)    Hole-transport layer (130)    Photoelectric conversion layer (140)    Electron-transport layer (150)    Secondary electrode (160)
NOVELTY - A polyarylate ionomer comprises phenolic compound, aromatic dicarboxylic acid and aromatic dicarboxylic acid halide. An organic acid base is obtained by performing polymerization between the phenolic compound and the aromatic dicarboxylic acid or the aromatic dicarboxylic acid halide.    USE - Polyarylate ionomer for manufacturing a flexible substrate of a flexible display and a flexible solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The ionomer has low thermal expansion coefficient, high transparency, high isotropy and high glass transition temperature.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a chemical structure of a polyarylate ionomer.
NOVELTY - An encapsulating material composition comprises a reaction product of a silicon compound (I) and organometallic compound (II), crosslinking agent comprising silicon compound (III) and a catalyst.    USE - Encapsulating material composition for use in a hardened film that is utilized as a protective film for an optical element of an organic LED, LCD, plasma display apparatus and a solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composition prevents light blockage and deterioration of optical element, and maintains light emittance property of the optical element for a long period of time.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An encapsulating material composition comprises a reaction product of a silicon compound of formula (R1-(Si(R)(R)-O)m-(Si(R)(CH=CH)-O)n-Si(R)(R)-R2) (I) and organometallic compound of formula (MR4) (II), crosslinking agent comprising silicon compound of formula (R-O-(Si(R)(R)-O)-(Si(R)(R)-O)-(Si(H)(R)-O)-R) (III) and a catalyst.    R=alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl;    R1, R2, R4=hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl;    M=Al, Ga, In, La or Y;    R3=methoxy, ethoxy, butoxy, methoxyethyl, cyclohexyloxy, octyloxy, 2-ethylhexyloxy, decyloxy, lauryloxy, myristyl oxy, cetyl oxy, isostearyl oxy, isobornyl oxy, polyoxyalkylene monoalkylester, polyoxyalkylene monoalkyl ether, polyoxyethylene mono lauryl esteroxy, polyoxyethylene monomethyl ether, polyoxypropylene mono butyl ether and polytetrahydrofuran monomethyl ether;    m=5-1000;and    n=2-400.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a hardened film comprising the encapsulating material composition.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a hardened film attached with an organic LED device.
NOVELTY - A donor-acceptor type conducting polymer comprises 5-95 mole % of aromatic monomer (I-III).    USE - Donor-acceptor type conducting polymer for an organic solar cell arranged in an organic photoelectric device (all claimed). Can also be used for an organic light sensor, an organic light-emitting diode, and an organic thin film transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The polymer enables improving the structure and energy conversion efficiency of the organic photoelectric device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A donor-acceptor type conducting polymer comprises 5-95 mole % of aromatic monomer of formula (I-III).    R1, R2, R4, R5=1-20C alkyl, 1-20C heterocycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl;    R3=1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 3-20C cycloalkyl, 1-20C heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, CN, C(O)R or C(O)OR;    R=1-20C alkyl, 1-20C heterocycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic photoelectric device comprising a substrate, a first electrode, a buffer layer, a photoelectric transformation layer and a second electrode. The photoelectric transformation layer is indicated as chemical formula, and is made of C60 fullerene derivative or photoelectric conversion material in which C70 fullerene derivative is mixed to an electron-receptor.
NOVELTY - A polymeric compound (I) is new.    USE - Polymeric compound for manufacturing an organic polymer thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The polymeric compound allows manufacture of the organic polymer thin film solar cell in a simple manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A polymeric compound of formula (I)is new.    D=cyanide substituted diphenyl compound of formula (II)or cyanide substituted diphenyl compound of formula (III);    n=integer; and    R1,R2=linear of C or branched alkyl.
NOVELTY - Method for manufacturing light emitting device, involves coating a light emitting element with curable resin composition, and heating the light emitting element. The curable resin composition comprises (a) siloxane polymer obtained from a silane compound containing a compound (I), (b) metal oxide particles, and (c) organic solvent.    USE - The method is useful for manufacturing light emitting device. The light emitting device is chosen from semiconductor laser, photodiode, photo-transistor, electroluminescence device, charge-coupled device and complementary metaloxidesemiconductor (CMOS) image sensor. The curable resin composition is used as a material for forming cured film on the surface of the light emitting element, and used as an anti-reflective film of an optical element and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The resin composition has high refractive index, excellent transparency, heat resistance, light resistance and crack tolerance. The light emitting device has excellent luminous efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method for manufacturing light emitting device, involves coating a light emitting element with curable resin composition, and heating the light emitting element. The curable resin composition comprises (a) siloxane polymer obtained from a silane compound containing a compound of formula: (R1)pSi(X)4-p (I), (b) metal oxide particles, and (c) organic solvent. The content of the component (b) is 50-2000 parts mass with respect to 100 parts mass of the component (a).    R1=2-12C polymerizable organic group;    X=hydrolyzable group;and    p=1-3 (integers).    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) curable resin composition coating the light emitting element; and    (2) method for preparing the above-cited resin composition, involves mixing the components (a), (b) and (c).
NOVELTY - Method for growing zinc-oxide thin film involves preparing precursor containing water and zinc-containing material, and growing thin film using precursor by changing the injection rate of water and zinc-containing material.    USE - Method used for growing zinc-oxide thin film for forming solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The zinc-oxide thin film is manufactured efficiently with excellent reproducibility and surface characteristics.
NOVELTY - An organic solar cell has sequential lamination of secondary electrode, transparent hole-transport layer, photoactive layer, electron transport layer, transparent electron transport layer and primary electrode, on substrate. The transparent electron transport layer is formed on primary electrode by coating titanium oxide solution on primary electrode. The transparent hole-transport layer is formed by depositing tungsten oxide on the photoactive layer.    USE - Organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The organic solar cell has high power conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic solar cell has sequential lamination of secondary electrode, transparent hole-transport layer, photoactive layer, electron transport layer, transparent electron transport layer and primary electrode, on substrate. The transparent electron transport layer is formed on primary electrode by coating titanium oxide (TiOx) solution on primary electrode. The transparent hole-transport layer is formed by depositing tungsten oxide on the photoactive layer.
NOVELTY - A solar cell sealing film has a functional film comprising (in wt.%) functional compound (0.009-0.988), organic peroxide crosslinking agent accelerator and antiaging functional compound, where the functional compound is resin and a refractive index of the functional film is n greater than or equal to 1.55. The functional compound comprises 2-Propenylium, 2-methyl-1-oxo- copolymer and ethylenevinyl acetate copolymer.    USE - Solar cell sealing film for use in a solar battery assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The sealing film improves transmittance effect by adding acid absorbent with inorganic particles and improves light transmission rate. The film has durable effect, reduced corrosion, steady performance, better photoelectric conversion efficiency and prolonged service life.
NOVELTY - The device comprises a fuel cell with proton conducting membrane and multiple fans for cooling the fuel cell. Hydrogen is used as a fuel source, which is received from an auxiliary system and then stored in fuel tank. The fuel tank is connected through a power supplying line.    USE - Device for generating energy for operating appliances.    ADVANTAGE - The device efficiently generates electrical energy by direct current converter.
NOVELTY - Method of making catalytic material for a fuel cell involves simultaneous deposition of graphite and platinum onto a substrate, removing the obtained composite layer from the substrate in form of powder, mixing said powder with carbon nanotubes in weight ratio 1:(1-2), adding isopropanol to the obtained solid mixture in amount of 0.1-0.3 ml per 1 mg of the solid mixture and nafion in amount of 1 mg per 2.3-4.0 mg of the solid mixture and homogenisation of the obtained catalytic material in an ultrasonic bath.    USE - Physics.    ADVANTAGE - High efficiency of catalysis in a catalytic layer and high specific power of the fuel cell. 8 cl, 4 dwg, 4 ex
NOVELTY - The solar cell structure has glass portion that is provided with outer glass (G2), inner glass (G1), middle glass (G3) and spacer (10). The spacer is provided for bonding outer glass, inner glass and middle glass. An air layer (A2) is formed between outer glass and middle glass. An air layer (A1) is formed between inner glass and middle glass. The air flown from air layer under relatively high pressure is moved to air layer under relatively low pressure through through-path structure when pneumatic pressures of air layers are different.    USE - Building integrated solar cell structure.    ADVANTAGE - Since the air layers are maintained under a constant pressure, the damage caused to the glass is prevented. The power generation efficiency of the solar cell is increased.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of building integrated solar cell structure.    Spacer (10)    Air layer (A1,A2)    Inner glass (G1)    Outer glass (G2)    Middle glass (G3)
NOVELTY - Preparation of absorption coating on plastic solar collector involves preparing a conductive layer, a transition layer and an absorption layer. The conductive layer is prepared by polishing the solar collector, removing oil on the surface of the collector, carrying out hydrophilic treatment, coarsening, neutralizing, pre-soaking, activating and chemically plating nickel or nickel-phosphorus. The transition layer is prepared by electroplating a metallic layer by the plating method. The absorption layer is prepared by electroplating or composite plating method.    USE - Preparation of absorption coating on plastic solar collector.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides absorption coating on plastic solar collector having excellent corrosion resistance. The solar collector has high absorption rate and low emissivity.
NOVELTY - The nano-structure array is provided with silver nano-particle arranged on the surface of the substrate. The array super structure line or one dimensional bar silver nano-line structure is provided with one-dimensional necklace like silver nanometer. The substrate is made of silicon material. The positive resistive agent is made of polymethyl methacrylate material.    USE - Silver nano-structure array for use in solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The silver nano-structure array can enhance the spectroscopic detection. The silver nanometer is featured with high sensitivity and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection effect.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method for preparing silver nano-structure array; and    (2) application of silver nano-structure array.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view illustrating the silver nano-structure array.
NOVELTY - An immersion pre-processing liquid comprises (in weight%) trichloroethylene (1-8), dibasic acid (1.5-3), organic amine hydrochloride (0.5-2), complexing agent (1-3), binary fatty alcohol (1-9), organic solvent (70-80), and deionized water (2-10).    USE - Immersion pre-processing liquid is used for removing oxide layer, oil dust and other impurities on substrate for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell using the immersion pre-processing liquid has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of immersion pre-processing liquid.
NOVELTY - The method involves heating polyethylene glycol which is mixed with silicon carbide stirring device. The upper portion of heat exchange device is provided with hot water outlet. The water inlet and the water outlet are respectively connected with heat source device which is connected with upper portion of heat exchange device. The bottom of heat exchange device is provided with a polyethylene glycol discharge port which is connected with the stirring device.    USE - Method for preparing solar battery silicon chip.    ADVANTAGE - The viscosity of the polyethylene glycol can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the solar battery silicon chip preparing device.
NOVELTY - A glass sealing material comprises (in mole parts) boron trioxide (0-10), alumina (0-5), silica (25-60), quicklime (10-25), strontia (10-25) and gallium trioxide (5-25).    USE - Glass sealing material is used for solid oxide fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The glass sealing material is economically and easily manufactured, and has high thermal resistance and chemical stability. The diffusion of chromium ion from stainless steel electrode into sealing glass is prevented due to the addition of gallium element in sealing glass.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) preparation of glass sealing material, which involves mixing raw materials containing boron trioxide, alumina, silica, quicklime, strontia and gallium trioxide, smelting, quenching the smelted glass liquid, crushing the obtained glass smelting block, grinding or milling and sieving obtained product; and    (2) usage of glass sealing material, which involves mixing glass sealing material, binder, dispersing agent and solvent, to form slurry, milling in milling machine, scattering uniformly, casting, performing curtain coating, drying naturally and cutting, to form blank component with required shapes, placing the blank component in sealing position, heating in a furnace at 400-500 degrees C, increasing temperature to 750-850 degrees C, performing crystallization, and reducing the temperature to working temperature of solid oxide fuel cell, to finish sealing.
NOVELTY - An inorganic adhesive contains (in %mass) silica (10-20), strontium oxide (5-15), bismuth oxide (25-40), boric oxide (20-30), alumina (5-15), sodium oxide (2-5) and potassium oxide (1-4).    USE - Inorganic adhesive is used for silicon-based solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The inorganic adhesive has high density, low expansion coefficient and low softening point, and has favorable adhesiveness with silicon chip.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of inorganic adhesive. Silica, strontium oxide, bismuth oxide, boric oxide, alumina, sodium oxide and potassium oxide as raw materials are uniformly mixed, transferred to a porcelain crucible, smelted at 900-1100 degrees C for 2-3 hours, quenched using water, dried, ground and filtered, to obtain an inorganic adhesive having average particle size of 0.5-1.5 mu m.
NOVELTY - The method involves depositing the first silicon nitride film on the front side of crystalline silicon solar cell. The double-layer silicon nitride anti-reflecting film is prepared by depositing second layer silicon nitride film on the first layer silicon nitride film. The flow rate of ammonia gas and silane is in the range of 3 to 5:1.    USE - Double-layer silicon nitride anti-reflecting film preparation method.    ADVANTAGE - The reflecting film can make the sunlight to effectively reflect. The conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved. The solar battery is featured with lower reflectivity and higher conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - Diamond-wire cut silicon wafer is washed, and cleaned using mixed acid solution of sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid, hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid. The concentration of sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and phosphoric acid is 98%, 49%, 63% and 85%, respectively. The silicon wafer is then immersed in an alkali etching solution, washed using deionized water, then immersed in hydrochloric acid-hydrofluoric acid solution, washed with deionized water and dried. Thus, diamond-wire cut silicon wafer is processed.    USE - Processing of diamond-wire cut silicon wafer used for battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method reduces the reflectivity of silicon wafer to 6%. The battery efficiency is improved using the silicon wafer.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Diamond-wire cut silicon wafer is washed, and cleaned using mixed acid solution of sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid, hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid for 30-70 seconds. The volume ratio of sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid, hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid is 2-10:1-4:1-4. The concentration of sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and phosphoric acid is 98%, 49%, 63% and 85%, respectively. The silicon wafer is then immersed in an alkali etching solution for 10-30 seconds, washed using deionized water, then immersed in hydrochloric acid-hydrofluoric acid solution for 30-120 seconds, washed with deionized water and dried. Thus, diamond-wire cut silicon wafer is processed.
NOVELTY - The method involves depositing thin films on bottom layer conductive film by preparing copper indium gallium selenium/sulfur film as sputtering gas, copper indium gallium selenium/sulfur alloy as target material. The bottom layer conductive film is placed in heat treatment chamber.    USE - Method for preparing absorbing layer of copper indium gallium selenium/sulfur solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The high compactness and high uniformity of the absorbing layer of copper indium gallium selenium/sulfur solar battery can be obtained.
NOVELTY - Hydrogen and ammonia production involves introducing ammonia gas in water for forming ammonium ions. The formed ammonium ions are passed through a filter filled with iron at an electrical potential (2) of 12 volts. The ammonium ions produce ammonia gas and hydrogen gas.    USE - Method for producing hydrogen and ammonia from ammonia used in hydrogen fuel cells for recharging batteries and producing electricity for electric motors.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables to produce hydrogen and ammonia in an eco-friendly and cost-effective manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic representation of the hydrogen and ammonia production method. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Reservoir (1)    Electrical potential (2)    Hydrogen fuel cell (3)    Batteries (4)    Electric motor (5)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming back electrode and copper indium gallium selenium light absorbing layer in sequence on substrate to form sample. Ethanolamine is added to zinc acetate dehydrate dissolved in anhydrous ethanol, and is heated to form sol. The sample is dried after soaking in sol for 5-10 s, such that sample is formed with zinc oxide thin film. The sample is placed in selenylation room to anneal in hydrogen sulfide atmosphere, so that zinc oxide thin film is converted into zinc sulfide buffering thin film. A block layer and a window layer are formed on film in sequence.    USE - Method of manufacturing cadmium-free copper indium gallium selenium thin film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The crystallizing quality of the copper indium gallium selenium thin film is improved.
NOVELTY - The method involves heating (S300) outer wall of a sealed chamber at preset thin film forming temperature. A sample and a specimen with selenium element are mounted on a susceptor at room temperature. The susceptor with the sample and the specimen is loaded (S310) on the heated chamber. The specimen and selenium element are rapidly heated (S320) by driving a heat source under the susceptor. The heating temperature of the selenium element and specimen is controlled so that selenium element is not congealed during heating process.    USE - Method for manufacturing light absorbing layer of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The production cost of the copper indium gallium selenide light absorbing layer is reduced, the manufacturing process is simplified, high productivity is obtained and high efficiency copper indium gallium selenide light absorption layer is obtained.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating the process for manufacturing light absorbing layer of solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Step to heat outer wall of sealed chamber at preset thin film forming temperature (S300)    Step to load susceptor with sample and specimen on heated chamber (S310)    Step to heat specimen and selenium element by driving heat source under susceptor (S320)
NOVELTY - An optoelectronic device packaging method involves coating the device with a film encapsulated layer. The film layer is composed of laminate containing alternate layers of thin inorganic film packaging material containing layer and an UV light curing resin layer. The UV light curing resin comprises (in mass%) epoxidation octadecyl carbon conjugated triallyl-9, 11, 13-tri acid glyceride (75-90), reaction thinner (5-15) and sulfur triaryl phosphorus hexafluorophosphate salt (5-10).    USE - Method for packaging an optoelectronic device such as organic electroluminescent diode, inorganic LED, organic solar cell, inorganic solar battery, organic film transistor, inorganic thin film transistor and light detector (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables protecting the device from oxygen and water and improving stability and service life of the device in a simple and economical manner.
NOVELTY - A photoelectrode manufacturing method involves synthesizing a conductive polymer monomer by a solid phase thermal polymerization of the polymer. The conductive polymer monomer is dissolved with a solvent to permeate a dye in the porous metal oxide thin film layer. The dye is absorbed in the porous metal oxide thin film layer, to obtain the photoelectrode.    USE - Method for manufacturing photoelectrode that is utilized in a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing photoelectrode with excellent efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating a method for manufacturing a photoelectrode. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - An organic solar cell has a photoelectric transformation layer arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode. An organic layer is formed between a light absorption layer and the second electrode, where the organic layer contains phosphine derivative compound.    USE - Organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is easy to manufacture by solution process. The solar cell has better thermal stability and high efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing an organic solar cell, which involves coating an upper side of the light absorption layer with coating composition and forming dry organic layer including phosphine derivative compound and polar solvent.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of an organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - A solar cell has a solar cell portion that generates electricity by absorbing sunlight, a surface processing layer formed among upper and lower sides of the solar cell portion, a compound provided with a functional group and alkoxy group, and unshared electrons formed in the functional group, and a metal electrode layer combined with the functional group of the surface processing layer.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has high energy conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar cell has a solar cell portion that generates electricity by absorbing sunlight, a surface processing layer formed among upper and lower sides of the solar cell portion, a compound provided with a functional group (-Y1) and alkoxy group (-OR), and unshared electrons formed in the functional group, and a metal electrode layer combined with the functional group of the surface processing layer. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar cell, which involves forming a solar cell portion that generates electricity by absorbing the sunlight, forming a surface processing layer among upper and lower sides of the solar cell portion, providing a compound with the functional group (-Y1) and an alkoxy group (-OR), and forming a metal electrode layer on the surface processing layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - A target is provided on backing plate, to obtain corroded target. The coating powder material is sprayed on obtained corroded target.    USE - Sputtering target repair method used for solar cell and semiconductor.    ADVANTAGE - The sputtering target repair method is efficiently enabled.
NOVELTY - A buffer layer manufacturing method involves utilizing zinc precursor and selenium precursor in an atomic layer deposition method to obtain a buffer layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing a buffer layer of a thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables reducing fabrication cost and formation time of the buffer layer and improving the productivity of the buffer layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a deposition apparatus utilized during buffer layer manufacturing.
NOVELTY - An amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon laminated solar battery has laminated structure having a substrate, a transparent conductive film (TC0), P-type doped window layer (P1), amorphous silicon/intrinsic layer (Ipn)-type microcrystalline silicon transition area close to doped amorphous silicon layer (NpP), doped-type window layer (P2), micro-crystalline silicon intrinsic layer (I2), n-shaped doping layer, zinc oxide layer, aluminum layer, ethylene vinyl acetate layer and back plate layer.    USE - Amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon laminated solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon laminated solar battery has excellent light absorption coefficient and high stability, and reduced compact structure light decay, and can be manufactured by simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon laminated solar cell.
NOVELTY - A tin dioxide-carbon nitrogen composite material is prepared by adding nanosized tin dioxide into water; supersonic dispersing; adding pyrrole monomer at a weight 1-10 times of the tin dioxide and surfactant at a weight 0.1-5 times of the tin dioxide; adding 5-30 wt.% oxidant solution; reacting at 0-50 degrees C for 1-20 hours; pumping; washing; drying to obtain tin dioxide-carbon nitrogen composite precursor; and treating for 2-12 hours at 200-1000 degrees C in presence of tin dioxide-carbon nitrogen composite precursor, under protection of nitrogen gas to obtain tin dioxide-carbon nitrogen composite material.    USE - Method for preparation of a dioxide-carbon nitrogen composite material used in the preparation of fuel battery catalyst, as a carrier (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composite material and nanosized particles generate the synergistic function to help catalytic oxidization of small molecular fuel together. The catalyst, prepared by dioxide-carbon nitrogen composite material as carrier supporting nanosized particles, has better catalytic activity and catalytic stability than the catalyst using carbon carrier, and good anti-intoxication performance.
NOVELTY - Polymer with high refractive index and high transmittance prepared using polymerized initiators, which are bisphenol fluorine derivative monomer containing 2,2'-(4,4'-(9H-fluorene-9,9-diyl)bis(4,1-phenylene))bis(oxy)diethanol compound (I) and a diisocyanate monomer, is new.    USE - The polymer is useful in optical element in optoelectronic device, which is a light emitting diode, a solar cell, a semiconductor device or a display device (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Polymer with high refractive index and high transmittance prepared using polymerized initiators, which are bisphenol fluorine derivative monomer containing 2,2'-(4,4'-(9H-fluorene-9,9-diyl)bis(4,1-phenylene))bis(oxy)diethanol compound of formula (I) and diisocyanate monomer.    R = H, 1-8C alkyl, 1-8C alkoxy, carboxy or halo; and    i, j = 0 or 1-5.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for preparing the polymer.
NOVELTY - Perylene tetracarboxylic acid imidodicarbonic diamide-fluorene-thieno-(3, 4-b) pyrazine conjugated polymer (I), is new.    USE - (I) is useful for polymer solar battery, organic electroluminescence, organic field-effect transistor, organic optical storage, organic nonlinear material, and organic laser field.    ADVANTAGE - (I): has simple preparation method, easy operation and control, a good dissolubility, strong absorbance and wide absorbing range when used in organic solar battery; can extend into the near infrared region and improves the use ratio to the sunlight.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Perylene tetracarboxylic acid imidodicarbonic diamide-fluorene-thieno-(3, 4-b) pyrazine conjugated polymer of formula (I), is new.    x+y = 1, x and y are not equal to 0;    n = 1-100;    R1R2R3 = H, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxyphenyl or phenyl; and    R 4-R9 = 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 1-20C alkoxyphenyl or phenyl    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for preparing (I).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic representation of the use of polymers as the active layer of organic solar battery.
NOVELTY - A graphene-cadmium selenide nanobelt heterojunction has graphene film and cadmium selenide nanobelt.    USE - Graphene-cadmium selenide nanobelt heterojunction is used for preparation of parallel component of solar battery (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The component formed using the graphene-cadmium selenide nanobelt heterojunction is compact and has excellent stability for long period of time.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) solar battery;    (2) preparation of solar battery;    (3) parallel component; and    (4) preparation of parallel component.
NOVELTY - A fuel battery catalyst preparation method involves obtaining chloroplatinic acid hexahydrate, and taking glycol as solvent to prepare solution. Chloroplatinic acid solution is added to a container, where the glycol is utilized as the solvent. Metal oxide carbon nanotube and metal oxide carbon catalyst carriers are utilized. Secondary de-ionized water is utilized to remove chlorine ion in reactant solution. The container is dried in a vacuum drying box to obtain platinum metal oxide carbon nanotube and platinum metal oxide carbon catalyst.    USE - Method for preparing metal oxide carbon nanotube and metal oxide carbon catalyst for fuel battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A fuel battery catalyst preparation method involves obtaining 1 gram of chloroplatinic acid hexahydrate, and taking glycol as solvent to prepare 100 ml of solution. Potassium hydroxide is weighed and glycol is taken as solvent to prepare 0.8 moles per liter of potassium hydroxide solution. Chloroplatinic acid solution is added to a container, where glycol is utilized as the solvent. The obtained mixture is ultrasonically stirred for 1 hour to uniformly disperse the mixture, where moles per liter potassium hydroxide solution is added to the mixture during stirring and pH of the solution is maintained at 8. Metal oxide carbon nanotube and metal oxide carbon catalyst carriers are utilized. The obtained mixture is stirred for 30 minutes to uniformly disperse the mixture. The container is placed in a microwave oven to heat. The microwave oven is heated for 30 seconds and is stopped after heating for 30 seconds. Reactant solution is cooled and filtrated. Secondary de-ionized water is utilized to remove chlorine ion in the reactant solution. The container is dried for 24 hours at 80 degrees C in a vacuum drying box to obtain platinum metal oxide carbon nanotube and platinum metal oxide carbon catalyst.
NOVELTY - A sealing material comprises binder and sealing filling material in the weight ratio of (0.2-0.6):(0.8-0.4). The binder is prepared using sodium silicate and ZS-1071-type refractory inorganic adhesive in the weight ratio of (0.4-0.6):(0.6-0.4). The sealing filling material is prepared using zirconia fiber/powder, mica powder, glass powder and glass fiber in the weight ratio of 1:(0.2-1.05):(0.4-1.2):(0.4-1.2).    USE - Sealing material is used for molten carbonate fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The sealing material is prepared without sealing of cell units and blocking of pores of bipolar plates by fused salt. The molten carbonate fuel cell using the sealing material enables high-power generation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of sealing material, which involves mixing sodium silicate and ZS-1071-type refractory inorganic adhesive at room temperature and adding distilled water to obtain viscous binder having concentration of 70-90% through agitating, evenly grinding zirconia fiber/powder, mica powder, glass powder and glass fiber into powder having particle size of 0.1-5 mu m in presence of absolute ethyl alcohol to obtain sealing filling material, mixing the binder and sealing filling material, grinding with grinding power of 1.1 kW-3 kW/380 V for 1-2 hours, drying, rotating at a speed of 450 r/minute, pressing into a seal sheet in rolling machine and cutting into desired shape.
NOVELTY - Method for fabricating solar cell, involves heating substrate, forming first layer on substrate by spraying solution containing poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS), forming second layer by spraying solution containing component e.g. phenyl-71C-butyric-acid-methyl ester (PCBM), and forming cathode layer on the second layer.    USE - The method is useful for fabricating solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is fabricated with layers which provide excellent photoactive property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method for fabricating solar cell, involves heating substrate, forming first layer on substrate by spraying solution containing poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS), forming second layer by spraying solution containing phenyl-71C-butyric-acid-methyl ester (PCBM), poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV), poly 3-octylthiophene (P3OT), poly((9-(1-octylnonyl)-9H-carbazole-2,7-diyl)-2,5-thiophenediyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl-2,5-thiophenediyl) (PCDTBT), and poly(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl(4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta(2,1-b:3,4-b')dithiophene-2,6-diyl)) (PCPDTBT), and forming cathode layer on the second layer.
NOVELTY - A multiple junction solar battery has an indium-gallium-phosphide layer, gallium-arsenide layer, germanium layer containing isobutylgermane, and back surface field layer.    USE - Multiple junction solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The multiple junction solar battery has reduced reversed phase interface defect which is generated in the solar battery interlayer interface.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of multiple junction solar battery.
NOVELTY - A copolymer (I) containing anthracene and benzene and secondary acid is new.    USE - Copolymer containing anthracene, benzene and secondary acid used in organic photoelectric material, polymer solar battery, organic electroluminescence, organic field effect transistor, organic optical storage, organic nonlinear material and/or organic laser field (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The copolymer has low gap, high carrier mobility, and wide spectrum absorption range, thus improving photoelectric conversion efficiency. It has simple preparation method which is high in yield, and easy to operate and control.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Copolymer containing anthracene and benzene and secondary acid of formula (I) is new.    R1, R2=-H, CN, halo, or optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl, or 1-40C alkyl;    R3, R4=-H, CN, or optionally substituted 1-40C alkyl, 1-40C alkoxy, 6-40C aryl, or 6-40C aralkyl;    n=1-500;and    Ar'=provided with electronic property of organic group.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing the copolymer.
NOVELTY - An ethylene vinyl acetate composite sheet has a base material layer consisting of ethylene vinyl acetate, and a stiffening layer formed on two sides of the base material layer.    USE - Ethylene vinyl acetate composite sheet for a photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The sheet increases stability of a silicon solar cell in a photovoltaic module, and has a stable shrinkage ratio about heat generated in a lamination process of the photovoltaic module. The sheet improves the durability of the photovoltaic module, and has high cross-linking rate,, so that the yellowing effect does not occur when the photovoltaic module is exposed to UV ray for a long time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of an ethylene vinyl acetate composite sheet.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a catalytic oxidizer (10) that comprises an inlet tube (11) and an exhaust pipe (13). A reformate reaction unit (20) arranged around the outer side of the catalytic oxidizer, includes an input tube (21) and an exhaust pipe (23). A heating portion (30) arranged around the outer side of the reformer reaction portion, includes a flue gas exhaust pipe (33). The heating source (40) is installed at the inner side bottom of the heating portion.    USE - Fuel conversion apparatus of hydrogen fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - The thermal efficiency and fuel reforming efficiency of the fuel conversion apparatus can be improved. As the reformate reaction unit surrounds the catalytic oxidizer, the hydrothermal area can be maximized and mutual heat exchange of the reformate reaction unit can be performed, and the fuel conversion apparatus can be made compact. The exhaust gas can be reduced by reducing the use amount of the hydrocarbon fuel, and startup of the fuel cell system can be performed stably. The temperature distribution of the fuel conversion apparatus can be stabilized and heat loss of the fuel conversion apparatus can be minimized.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for operating method of fuel conversion apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the fuel conversion apparatus.(Drawing includes non-English language text)    Catalytic oxidizer (10)    Inlet tube of catalytic oxidizer (11)    Exhaust pipe of catalytic oxidizer (13)    Reformate reaction unit (20)    Input tube of reformate reaction unit (21)    Exhaust pipe of reformate reaction unit (23)    Heating portion (30)    Flue gas exhaust pipe (33)    Heating source (40)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a tubular reformate reaction unit (20) that includes inlet tube (21) and exhaust pipe (23), and surrounds the outer side of a cylindrical catalytic oxidizer (10). A heating unit (30) with a flue gas exhaust pipe (33) encloses the reformate reaction unit. A heating source (40) is installed at the inner side of the heating unit.    USE - Fuel conversion apparatus of hydrogen fuel cell system.    ADVANTAGE - Thermal efficiency of the fuel conversion apparatus used in the small scale power generation hydrogen fuel cell system can be maximized and fuel reforming efficiency can be improved. As the reformate reaction unit surrounds the oxidizer, the hydrothermal area and thermal transfer efficiency can be maximized and mutual heat exchange of the reformate reaction unit can be performed hence the apparatus can be made compact. Usage amount of the hydrocarbon fuel can be reduced and startup of the fuel cell system can be performed stably. The temperature distribution of the fuel conversion apparatus can be stabilized and heat loss of the fuel conversion apparatus can be minimized.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for driving method of fuel conversion apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the fuel conversion apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Catalytic oxidizer (10)    Reformate reaction unit (20)    Inlet tube (21)    Exhaust pipe (23)    Heating unit (30)    Flue gas exhaust pipe (33)    Heating source (40)
NOVELTY - A silver paste composition comprises (in wt%) silver powder (65-75), glass frit (0.01-10), organic vehicle solution (20-34.8) and compound, salt or hydrate of group III element (0.1-5), where average diameter of silver particle is in a range between 0.3-1.5 micro-meters.    USE - Silver paste composition for a back contact electrode of a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The average diameter of the silver particle is in range between 0.3-1.5 micro-meters, such that inner void of a back contact electrode of a solar cell can be minimized. The composition improves adhesion force of a silicon substrate and resistance of an electrode wiring, thus improving efficiency and solderability of the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - A silver paste composition comprises (in wt.%) silver powder (65-75) and a glass frit (0.01-10) that is formed of lead dioxide, bismuth trioxide group or vanadium trioxide group, where average particle diameter of the silver powder is 0.3-1.5 mu m and composition of a solar cell back electrode includes organic vehicle solution (20-34.9 wt.%).    USE - Silver paste composition for a back electrode of a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The average particle diameter of the silver powder is 0.3-1.5 mu m, so that adhesion of the silicon substrate is improved while minimizing an inner void of the back electrode, thus improving efficiency of the solar cell and minimizing resistance of an electrode wiring. The glass frit is formed of the lead dioxide, bismuth trioxide group or vanadium trioxide group, thus avoiding the environment problem generation of the glass frit, preventing the waterproofing depreciation of the aluminum layer at the silver aluminum reiteration region of the back electrode of the cell and improving durability of the module and solderability during a solar cell module manufacturing process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a photographic representation of a water-resistant test result of an electrode formed into a silver paste composition.
NOVELTY - An energy-saving type thin film display device has an organic solar cell formed on an upper part of a substrate. A transparent anode is equipped at one side of the substrate. A light-emitting layer and a photoactive layer are formed on the transparent anode. A cathode electrode is formed on the photoactive layer.    USE - Energy-saving type thin film display device.    ADVANTAGE - The device can recycle electric power. The design of the device allows absorbing part of light of the device even when daylight is not available.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing an energy-saving type thin film display device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of an energy-saving type thin film display device.
NOVELTY - An electrode manufacturing method involves dissolving an electron donor type organic material and an electron acceptor type organic material in a solvent. A photoactive layer is formed on a glass substrate. A transparent electrode is formed in the glass substrate.    USE - Method for manufacturing an electrode that is utilized in a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables effectively forming the photoactive layer in a solar cell in a simple manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a scanning electron microscopic view of a photoactive layer.
NOVELTY - An organic/inorganic solar cell has an organic polymer layer acted as a cathode and an electron donor, an inorganic material layer acted as an electron acceptor, a photoactive layer acted as an anode, and an ionic liquid layer formed on the inorganic material layer.    USE - Organic/inorganic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell diversifies interfacial energy level between the organic and inorganic layers and improves open circuit voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for fabricating an organic/inorganic solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic/inorganic solar cell.
NOVELTY - A multi-color photoluminescence thin film structure has optical active ion doped gadolinium oxychloride nano-sheet layers aligned on a surface of a substrate in a parallel manner.    USE - Multi-color photoluminescence thin film structure for use in a display, a lighting device and a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The structure can precisely control luminescence color and thickness of the laminated nano-sheet layers, and has multi-color photoluminescence effect, strong adhesive property and appropriate transparency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a multi-color photoluminescence thin film structure manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a multi-color photoluminescence thin film structure manufacturing method.
NOVELTY - An aluminum-polyethylene glycol complex nano-powder comprises oxidation resistance polyethylene glycol coated on an outer side of aluminum nano-powder.    USE - Aluminum-polyethylene glycol complex nano-powder for use in an electrode material of a solar cell and an organic LED (OLED), and metal solid fuel.    ADVANTAGE - The aluminum nano-powder synthetic reaction can be performed within short time by utilizing generated heat energy. The polyethylene glycol is coated on the outer side of the aluminum nano-powder at single process so as to improve productivity. The anti-oxidation of the aluminum complex nano-powder can be improved so as to ensure high electrical characteristic and burning behavior when the nano-powder is utilized as electrode material or metal solid fuel and improve combustion efficiency of the metal solid fuel, so that the nano-powder has reduced processing time and high production efficiency. The nano-powder can be utilized as polyethylene glycol polymeric precursor without additional expense.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing an aluminum-polyethylene glycol complex nano-powder.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an electron micrograph view of an aluminum-polyethylene glycol complex nano-powder.
NOVELTY - A tandem organic electronic device manufacturing method involves forming a lower part organic electronic device unit. A link layer is formed on the lower part organic electronic device unit. An organic film of a top part organic electronic device unit is formed on the link layer by utilizing stamp lithography, a thermal transfer process and a laser induced thermal imaging process.    USE - Method for manufacturing a tandem organic electronic device e.g. organic light-emitting device, organic memory device and organic solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables forming the organic film on the top organic electronic device unit on the link layer so as not to affect the link layer and the lower part organic electronic device unit, thus improving property of the organic electronic device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a tandem organic electronic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graph illustrating relationship between current density and voltage of an organic electronic device.
NOVELTY - An active layer composition is prepared by mixing electron donor material, electron acceptor material and triphenylamine derivative.    USE - Active layer composition for an organic solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composition improves electron mobility in an organic solar cell, and enables the organic solar cell to convert light energy into electric power in an efficient manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic solar cell comprising a bottom electrode layer    (2) a method for manufacturing an organic solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block circuit diagram of an organic solar cell. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A silicon powder is pressed, molded, and pelletized. The pre-process phase is pre-processed and dissolved with pelletized silicon powder. Thus, silicon material is manufactured.    USE - Manufacture of silicon material used for solar cell for solar power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The method economically provides high-purity silicon material having excellent performance.
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive film has an ink composite containing silver coated silica, and a nanowire i.e. nanosilver wire, coated on a polyester substrate.    USE - Transparent conductive film. Uses include but are not limited to plasma display panel, optical filter, electromagnetic wave shielding, organic LED, solar cell, LCD, touch screen, and electroluminescent keypad of a cell phone.    ADVANTAGE - The film has high optical transmittance rate, surface resistance and conductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a transparent conductive film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a transparent conductive film with silver coating silica and a nanowire coated on a polyester substrate.
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive film has a nanowire and ink composite containing hollow silver coated on a substrate.    USE - Transparent conductive film. Uses include but are not limited to a plasma display panel, an electromagnetic wave shielding material, an optical filter, an organic LED, a solar cell, an LCD, a touch screen and an electroluminescent keypad for a cellular phone.    ADVANTAGE - The film has improved optical transmittance rate, surface resistance and conductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a transparent conductive film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a transparent conductive film.
NOVELTY - A monovalent copper ion and trivalent aluminum ion are substituted by divalent metallic ion in predetermined ratio, in reactive oxygen partial pressure to obtain single impurity containing p- and n-type copper-aluminum oxide. The divalent metallic ion is beryllium ion, magnesium ion or calcium ion.    USE - Manufacture of single impurity containing p- and n-type copper-aluminum oxide. Uses include but are not limited to plasma display panel, liquid crystal display, light emitting diode, organic electroluminescent element, touch panel, solar cell, transparent electromagnetic wave shielding film, heat reflection film, and glass pane of window glass of automobiles and buildings.    ADVANTAGE - The single impurity containing p- and n-type copper-aluminum oxide is manufactured within a short period of time.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A monovalent copper ion and trivalent aluminum ion are substituted by divalent metallic ion, in reactive oxygen partial pressure to obtain single impurity containing p- and n-type copper-aluminum oxide. The substitution is carried out such that the composition ratio of Cu1+:Al3+:M2+ is 1:(1-x):x.
NOVELTY - A substrate is placed in an aqueous solution containing cadmium and sulfur, and ultrasonically processed by sonochemical synthesis method to form cadmium sulfide thin film.    USE - Formation of cadmium sulfide thin film for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cadmium sulfide thin film is efficiently formed by ultrasonic method.
NOVELTY - A phenanthrene-type compound (I), is new.    USE - New phenanthrene-type compound is used for organic photoelectric device e.g. organic electroluminescent device, organic light emitting device, organic solar cell, organic transistor, photoconducting drum and organic memory device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The phenanthrene-type compound has high thermal stability, and suppresses crystallization. The organic photoelectric device using phenanthrene-type compound has excellent durability, and low drive voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A phenanthrene-type compound of formula (I), is new.    Ar1=aryl, arylamine, heterocyclyl, heteroarylamine or cycloalkyl (all optionally substituted);    L=arylene or heteroarylene (both optionally substituted);    Q1-Q13=N or CR1-CR13;    R1-R4=H or aryl, heteroaryl or alkyl selected (all optionally substituted), in which R1 or R4 is not hydrogen simultaneously;    R5-R13=H or alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl or amino (all optionally substituted), or SiR';and    R'=1-6C alkyl.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic photoelectric device, which contains phenanthrene-type compound has electron-injection material; and    (2) organic electroluminescent device.
NOVELTY - A spectrum converter is formed using an organic polymer, a resistive carbon nano tube and an inorganic fluorescent substance. The resistive carbon nano tube is uniformly distributed on the organic polymer. The nano sized inorganic fluorescent substance absorbs an infrared radiant ray.    USE - Spectrum converter for increasing parameter efficiency of solar cell such as polycrystal silicon solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The spectrum converter improves efficiency of polycrystal silicon solar cell by coating with complex material spectrum converter.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a polycrystal silicon solar cell.
NOVELTY - Method for manufacturing doped zinc oxide powder involves preparing zinc nitrate or zinc acetate as a starting material. A dopant solution is added to the starting material, to obtain a precursor solution. Zinc oxide powder is produced in spraying pyrolysis reaction furnace using the precursor solution.    USE - Method for manufacturing doped zinc oxide powder (claimed) used for e.g. transparent electrode, target electrode, indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode, photoresist for electrophotography, and transparent oxide conductive sputtering target used as electrode material of thin film transistor (TFT)-LCD, plasma display panel (PDP), organic OLED and solar cell. Can also be used in application requiring semi-conductivity, conductivity, piezoelectricity and fluorescent properties.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing doped zinc oxide powder with reduced specific resistance and improved material characteristics of zinc oxide by using heterogeneous metal elements as dopants.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a doped zinc oxide powder.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a method for manufacturing aluminum and gallium doped zinc oxide powder. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - The separation device has a reactor (100) for producing poly-silicon, and membrane portion with membrane. A mixed gas pipe (101) discharges mixed gas of hydrogen gas and monosilane gas from the reactor. A hydrogen separating module (110) separates the hydrogen gas. A hydrogen gas pipe (102) discharges the separated hydrogen gas from the hydrogen separating module. A residual gas pipe (103) discharges the residual gas.    USE - Separation device of hydrogen gas and monosilane gas for producing poly-silicon for solar cell and semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - The hydrogen gas and monosilane gas can be separated economically and effectively during the production process of poly-silicon.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for separation method of hydrogen gas and monosilane gas.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the separation device.    Reactor (100)    Mixed gas pipe (101)    Hydrogen gas pipe (102)    Residual gas pipe (103)    Hydrogen separating module (110)
NOVELTY - Thermal plasma jet is created using a mixture of nitrogen and argon gas. Composite powder of tin dichloride and indium hydroxide is injected in the thermal plasma jet and vaporized, oxygen is injected and reacted to obtain gas-type indium-tin oxide. The gas-type indium-tin oxide is cooled to obtain indium-tin oxide nanopowder.    USE - Preparation of indium-tin oxide nanopowder (claimed) used for liquid crystal display, touch panel and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides indium-tin oxide nanopowder using thermal plasma of high temperature, through a single process. The content of tin in the prepared powder is easily controlled in order to change the phase of indium-tin oxide according to the tin content. The indium-tin oxide nanopowder has high electrical conductivity.
NOVELTY - The method involves supplying waste to processing chamber by material supplier (1) and stirring waste by agitator (201). The processing furnace is heated to 100-300 degrees C by burner (203) in heating chamber (202). The waste is supplied into heat-decomposing furnace (200) through a discharging hole (204) for heat-decomposing the waste at 100-300 degrees C. The waste is discharged to heat-decomposing furnace (300) by screw feeder (205) and is decomposed at 400-500 degrees C. The mixed gas from gasifier (400) is passed through reforming unit (404) of purifier (403) to obtain hydrogen.    USE - Continuous processing method for recycling waste into fuel.    ADVANTAGE - The productivity of fuel from waste can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view illustrating the continuous processing method for recycling waste. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Material supplier (1)    Heat-decomposing furnaces (200,300)    Agitator (201)    Heating chamber (202)    Burner (203)    Discharging hole (204)    Screw feeder (205)    Gasifier (400)    Purifier (403)    Reforming unit (404)
NOVELTY - An adhesive sheet composition contains silicon-containing compound (I), organic peroxide and ethylene copolymer resin.    USE - Composition is used for forming adhesive sheet for solar cell (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The adhesive sheet has excellent adhesiveness, heat resistance and water resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An adhesive sheet composition contains silicon-containing compound of formula (I), organic peroxide and ethylene copolymer resin.    R=CH3 or CH2CH3;and    Y'=CH=CH2, OCOCH=CH2 or OCOCH(CH3)=CH2.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) adhesive sheet; and    (2) solar cell.
NOVELTY - A catalyst comprises a carbon support formed with a mixture of multi-walled carbon nano-tube and carbon black.    USE - Metal complex catalyst for a fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The catalyst optimizes surface property of the carbon support for metal deposition, controls the size and deposition rate of the catalyst metal, and improves electrical catalyst activation of platinum.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyzed result of a carbon support.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - An organic and inorganic hybrid solar cell manufacturing method involves forming an electrode on a substrate. A semiconductor layer including titanium dioxide is formed on the electrode. Metal carbonate is added on a surface of the semiconductor layer. Metal salt is precipitated in a dipped solution containing metal carbonate and an acid blend of the semiconductor layer. Dye is introduced on the semiconductor layer. Another electrode is formed, where the latter electrode faces the former electrode. An electrolyte is introduced between first and second electrode.    USE - Method for manufacturing an organic and inorganic hybrid solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing the solar cell with high photoelectric conversion efficiency in a simple manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a semiconductor layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an organic and inorganic hybrid solar cell.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A transparent electrode material manufacturing method involves ball-milling titanium oxide powder and group 5 transition metal chosen from niobium, tantalum and vanadium oxide powder. The mixture is dried. The dried mixture is successively treated with a calcination process. The calcinated mixture is subjected to ball milling. The milled mixture is pressure-molded and sintered at hydrogen atmosphere to make pressure-molded powder compact.    USE - Method for manufacturing a transparent electrode material. Uses include but are not limited to utilize a transparent electrode material in a flat panel display, a solar cell, a touch panel, an LED light and an optoelectric device.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing the transparent electrode material with excellent conducting property and optical characteristics. The transparent electrode material can enhance competitive power of a device having the transparent electrode and increase carrier concentration of the transparent electrode through doping of metal material. The method enables reducing fabrication cost of a flat panel display, a solar cell, a touch panel, an LED light and an optoelectric device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a transparent electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating a method for manufacturing a transparent electrode material. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A hole-transport layer composition comprises poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), poly(styrene-sulfonate) and functional group.    USE - Hole-transport layer composition for a carbon nanotube mixed organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The composition efficiently moves the hole-transport layer, and enhances electric power production efficiency of the organic solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic solar cell manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graphical representation of an organic solar cell manufacturing method. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive film has a polymer substrate film made of polyester group, polycarbonate group, polyether sulfone group or polyacrylo-nitrile, where the conductive film comprises carbon nanotube and graphene.    USE - Transparent conductive film for a display transparent electrode of a solar cell and a display device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The transparency and conductivity of the transparent conductive film are improved. The transparent conductive film can be manufactured through surface coating process and wet thin film coating process in a simple manner, so that the manufacturing cost of the transparent conductive film can be reduced, and the adhesive force of the transparent conductive film and the polymer substrate film is excellent. The transparent conductive film improves the performance of a display device and a solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a transparent conductive film.
NOVELTY - A monolithic catalyst comprises a honeycomb ceramic carrier having pore path internal surface coated with an aluminum oxide layer which uniformly carries the active components of nano noble metal.    USE - Monolithic catalyst for hydrolyzing hydroboron, particularly alkali metal hydroboron or alkaline-earth metal hydroboron to prepare hydrogen (claimed) which can be used in, e.g. fuel cells.    ADVANTAGE - The monolithic catalyst has a structure which is favorable for mass transferring of the reactant and the product during hydrogen production, and which effectively solves the problems associated with bunching up of nano metal catalyst and difficulty in separation of catalyst thus, making it suitable for continuous production of pure hydrogen which can be directly used by fuel cells via a continuous reaction.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the monolithic catalyst, comprising (A) pre-processing the honeycomb ceramic carrier by soaking in dilute nitric acid with volume concentration of 5-20% for 2-10 hours, washing to neutral by deionized water, drying for 2-12 hours at 110 degrees C and roasting for 2-10 hours at 800-1000 degrees C; (B) coating alumina sol on the pre-processed honeycomb ceramic carrier, drying and roasting to generate aluminum oxide (Al2O3) coating, repeating the process of step (B), coating for 1-3 times; (C) loading the noble metal on the Al2O3-coated carrier by dipping, conducting post-processing by vacuum drying and roasting to obtain a presoma of the monolithic catalyst; and (D) restoring the presoma of the monolithic catalyst under pure hydrogen to obtain the monolithic catalyst loaded with the noble metal. The Al2O3 coating is 50-150 mu m thick, and the alumina sol in step (B) is a commercial alumina sol or an alumina sol prepared by pseudo-boehmite.
NOVELTY - Impurities are removed during manufacture of metal silicon by removing quartz, charcoal and coke from raw materials, ultrasonically cleaning the raw materials, drying the raw materials, and magnetically removing iron from the raw materials.    USE - Removal of impurity during manufacture of metal silicon for use in semiconductors and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables continuous removal of impurities. Since iron is separated from the belt used for drying, the belt can be reused.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for impurity-removing apparatus consisting of a water tub for washing quartz, charcoal and coke, an ultrasonic generator, a belt dryer, and a magnet.
NOVELTY - A mesoporous nickel-alumina composite catalyst is obtained by condense-heating a cationic surfactant as structure-directing agent, aluminum precursor and nickel precursor. The atomic ratio of nickel and aluminum is 0.01-1. The mesoporous nickel-alumina composite catalyst has average porosity of 2-10 nm and active surface area of 1-100 m2/g.    USE - Mesoporous nickel-alumina composite catalyst is used for manufacturing hydrogen (both claimed) used as fuel for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The mesoporous nickel-alumina composite catalyst has high catalytic activity and stability, and can be manufactured economically, by a simple process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of mesoporous nickel-alumina composite catalyst; and    (2) manufacture of hydrogen.
NOVELTY - Transparent electrode (100) comprises carbon nanotube film (110) formed on a transparent substrate.    USE - The transparent electrode is useful for thin film solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electrode increases adhesive force between insulating material and glass substrate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the transparent electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the transparent electrode.    Transparent electrode (100)    Carbon nanotube film (110)    Transparent conductive film (120)
NOVELTY - Manufacturing platinum/graphene nano electro-catalyst, comprises: (a) ultrasonically dispersing graphite oxide nanosheet in weak reducing agent, then adding chloroplatinic acid solution, completely mixing and ultrasonically obtaining mixture of graphite oxide nanosheet with chloroplatinic acid, adjusting pH to 13 by sodium hydroxide, reducing at 70-160 degrees C for 1-5 hours; and (b) then adding strong reducing agent into the mixture, reducing for 1-15 hours at room temperature to -120 degrees C, cooling, regulating pH to 3 by hydrochloric acid, drying the precipitate, filtering, washing and freezing.    USE - The nano-electro catalyst is useful in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method maintains the small particle size of platinum, and produces the catalyst having high concentrated particle size distribution, platinum particles showing lower chemical valence and high electrochemical catalytic activity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Manufacturing platinum/graphene nano electro-catalyst, comprises: (a) ultrasonically dispersing graphite oxide nanosheet and reducing in 20-200 ml weak reducing agent, then adding chloroplatinic acid solution, completely mixing and ultrasonically obtaining mixture of graphite oxide nanosheet with chloroplatinic acid, where the capacity of platinum in the platinum/graphene catalyst is 10-40 wt.%, adjusting pH value to 13 by sodium hydroxide, reducing at 70-160 degrees C for 1-5 hours, where the weak reducing agent is ethylene glycol or formaldehyde; and (b) then adding 100 mu g-100 mg strong reducing agent into the mixture, reducing for 1-15 hours at room temperature to -120 degrees C, cooling, regulating pH value to 3 by hydrochloric acid, drying the precipitate, filtering, washing and freezing to obtain platinum/graphene nano electro-catalyst, where the strong reducing agent is sodium borohydride or hydrazine hydrate.
NOVELTY - A production system comprises a baking device, a directional crystal growth device, a cutting device, a detection device, a cutting device, a polishing device, a chamfer angle and a slicing device. The baking device comprises oven, crucible, heating bar and vacuum pump. The directional crystal growth device comprises a furnace body, a crucible, a heater and a reflecting screen. The cutting device comprises working table, motor, fixing device and steel wire mesh.    USE - Production system for preparing solar cell polycrystalline silicon.    ADVANTAGE - The system has continuous flow, saves energy and reduces pollution, and has safe production, stable and reliable product quality.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A production system comprises a baking device, a directional crystal growth device, a cutting device, a detection device, a cutting device, a polishing device, a chamfer angle and a slicing device. The baking device comprises oven, crucible, heating bar and vacuum pump. The directional crystal growth device comprises a furnace body, a crucible, a heater and a reflecting screen. The cutting device comprises working table, motor, fixing device and steel wire mesh. The detection device comprises transmitting device, receiving device, rotary table and imaging system. The cutting device comprises working table, clamp and band saw. The polishing device comprises machine tool, sliding guide rail, pressing device and grinding wheel. The chamfering device comprises worktable, grinding wheel and fixing device. The cutting device comprises motor, sheet, clamping device and cooling device.
NOVELTY - Preparation of mono-crystal texture surface comprises depositing discrete metal particles on surface of silicon wafer; etching silicon wafer with deposited metal particles by mixed solution of hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen peroxide solution; and forming texture structure on surface of silicon wafer.    USE - Preparation of mono-crystal texture surface, e.g. matte structure, used for solar energy battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method effectively reduces incident light reflection loss of texture surface and improves forming speed of texture surface.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a process for preparing mono-crystal texture surface (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - The assembly has a glass substrate (1) arranged on a laser scribing transparent conductive oxide film (2), an amorphous silicon thin film (3), a composite back reflecting electrode (9), a polyvinyl butyral film (7), a back glass (8) and a junction box (10), where the electrode is provided with a transparent electric conductive oxide film (4), a metal silver layer (5) and a metal titanium layer (6). A battery piece (11) is provided with the polyvinyl butyral film and the back glass. The oxide film, the silicon thin film, the electrode and the battery piece are connected in series.    USE - Amorphous silicon thin film solar battery assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly has high conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an amorphous silicon thin film solar battery assembly.    Glass substrate (1)    Laser scribing transparent conductive oxide film (2)    Amorphous silicon thin film (3)    Transparent electric conductive oxide film (4)    Metal silver layer (5)    Metal titanium layer (6)    Polyvinyl butyral film (7)    Back glass (8)    Composite back reflecting electrode (9)    Junction box (10)    Battery piece (11)
NOVELTY - A quantum dot film solar cell is obtained by depositing a primary electrode layer, an optical active layer and a secondary electrode layer on a substrate in order, and forming several quantum dots. The quantum dot material is substance chosen from lead sulfide, gallium antimony, indium antimony, indium arsenide, and cadmium indium sulfide, substance chosen from indium phosphide or cadmium sulfide, and substance chosen from titanium dioxide, zinc oxide and tin oxide, when the gap of dot is in visible light or ultraviolet region, visible light, and ultraviolet regions, respectively.    USE - Quantum dot film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The quantum dot film solar cell has improved interface adhesive characteristics between optical active layer and quantum dot.
NOVELTY - A solar polycrystalline silicon is produced by heating sodium fluosilicate to generate silicon tetrafluoride gas and sodium fluoride as by-product, cooling sodium fluoride into solid, and heating to produce steam comprising sodium and silicon tetrafluoride gas; and transporting steam to a steam collector to obtain high purity silicon powder, transporting to another collector to collect sodium fluoride and unreacted deposition, transporting the other mixed gas to a third collector to collect silicon tetrafluoride, and recycling sodium.    USE - Method of producing solar polycrystalline silicon for solar photovoltaic industry.    ADVANTAGE - The method does not have toxic discharge, has easy to obtain raw materials, and saves production cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar polycrystalline silicon is produced by:    (A) heating sodium fluosilicate at 300-800 degrees C for 1-5 hours to generate silicon tetrafluoride gas and sodium fluoride as by-product, cooling sodium fluoride into solid, and heating at 800-1000 degrees C to produce steam comprising sodium and silicon tetrafluoride gas having a weight ratio of 1:4; and    (B) transporting steam to a steam collector controlled at 1000-1600 degrees C to obtain high purity silicon powder, transporting to another collector controlled at 800-1000 degrees C to collect sodium fluoride and unreacted deposition, transporting the other mixed gas to a third collector controlled at 0-10 degrees C to collect silicon tetrafluoride, and recycling sodium.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a method of producing solar polycrystalline silicon. Drawing includes non-English language text.
NOVELTY - A polycrystalline silicon wafer of 4N level is prepared, primarily cleaned, heat-treated at 500-1000 degrees C for 5-15 hours, secondarily cleaned, and dried to obtain a solar polycrystalline silicon wafer.    USE - Preparation of solar polycrystalline silicon wafer for solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method purifies silicon wafer of 4N level to polycrystalline silicon wafer of 6N level. The method is simple and economical, consumes less energy, reduces equipment demand, and enables completion of felting of silicon simultaneously during purification.
NOVELTY - Zinc acetate dihydrate and barium chloride dihydrate are added to distilled water, and stirred. Polyvinylpyrrolidone K-30 is added and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Sodium hydroxide solution (5 mol/L) is added to mixture. The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 5 minutes, and white liquid is provided to a hydrothermal reactor with lining of polytetrafluoroethylene. The liquid is reacted at 100-200 degrees C for 1-24 hours, separated, washed and dried to obtain micron barium-doped zinc oxide.    USE - Preparation of micron barium-doped zinc oxide used for fuel battery, photoelectric conversion material and chemical sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The micron barium-doped zinc oxide having high purity is economically prepared within short period of time by simple method, without environmental pollution. The photoelectric conversion material containing the micron barium-doped zinc oxide has excellent external appearance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Zinc acetate dihydrate and barium chloride dihydrate are added to distilled water, and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Polyvinylpyrrolidone K-30 is added and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Sodium hydroxide solution (5 mol/L) is added to mixture, and the mass ratio of polyvinylpyrrolidone K-30, zinc acetate dihydrate, barium chloride dihydrate, sodium hydroxide solution and distilled water is 1:0.3658-33.97:0.1017-20.36:25:625. The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 5 minutes, and white liquid is provided to a hydrothermal reactor with lining of polytetrafluoroethylene. The liquid is reacted at 100-200 degrees C for 1-24 hours, separated, washed and dried to obtain micron barium-doped zinc oxide.
NOVELTY - An adhesive sheet manufacturing method involves molding mixture comprising ethylene copolymer and an additive containing a silane coupling agent and an UV-absorbing agent. A cross-linking agent is coated on an ethylene copolymer sheet and dried at 30-50 degrees C for 120 seconds. The coated cross-linking agent is mixed with organic solvent.    USE - Method for manufacturing an adhesive sheet of a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables effective manufacture of the adhesive sheet with improved productivity and physical property, production of the asystole product with high durability and without using the annealing equipment, prevention of the gelation phenomenon during manufacture of the sheet and suppression of the shrinkage ratio.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating an adhesive sheet manufacturing method. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - Etching method of new polycrystalline silicon texture involves using electrochemical corrosion method and chemical acid etching method.    USE - Etching method of new polycrystalline silicon texture used for solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently etches new polycrystalline silicon texture having high stability. The solar battery using polycrystalline silicon texture has low reflectivity and high photoelectric conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - A high temperature liquid phase solar battery material nanocrystalline synthesizing method involves adding tin diethyldithocarbamic acid in organic solvent according to concentration of 1:150-8:150 g/ml, and uniformly stirring the mixture. The temperature of the solvent is slowly increased to 300-360 degrees C, and the reaction is maintained at the temperature for 10-60 minutes. The solvent is naturally cooled to room temperature to obtain solar battery material sediment. The battery material sediment is cleaned and separated to form a product.    USE - Method for synthesizing high temperature liquid phase solar battery material nanocrystalline.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables providing simple operation, utilizing the environment-friendly solvent without generating toxic substance, and providing large scale solar battery material nanocrystalline, thus providing high efficiency and low cost thin film solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a photographic representation of a high temperature liquid phase solar battery material nanocrystalline.
NOVELTY - A superhydrophobic-material PTFE thin film fabricating method involves making a chamber with vacuum. A substrate is attached inside the chamber. The substrate is cooled. A catalyst body is spaced from the substrate. Feed gas is injected inside the chamber. A catalyst chemical vapor deposition technique is utilized by controlling partial pressure of the injected feed gas, temperature of the substrate and temperature of the catalyst body, and evaporating the substrate to form a thin superhydrophobic material film.    USE - Method for fabricating a superhydrophobic-material PTFE thin film in a large area display and a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables fabricating the PTFE thin film with a superhydrophobic surface and self-cleaning effect at low temperature in an inexpensive manner. The chemical vapor deposition technique does not require complex environment and complex process. The substrate's temperature can be reduced to protect radiant heat of a metal filament.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a thin superhydrophobic material film manufacturing equipment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a thin superhydrophobic material film manufacturing equipment. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A nitrogen-containing thiophene organic photoelectric material (I) is new.    USE - Nitrogen-containing thiophene organic photoelectric material used in manufacturing solar battery device, organic field effect transistor, organic electroluminescence, organic optical memory device, organic non-linear material or organic laser apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The organic photoelectric material has thiophene ring and cyan, wide spectral response, good thermal stability and environment stability. The preparation has simple synthetic route, low cost and is suitable for industrial production.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A nitrogen-containing thiophene organic photoelectric material of formula (I), is new.    R1, R2, R3=H or 1-20C alkyl;and    m, n=0-10.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a preparation of (I).
NOVELTY - An organic photoelectric material-containing condensed nucleus thiophene (I) is new.    USE - Organic photoelectric material-containing condensed nucleus thiophene used in producing solar battery device, organic field effect transistor, organic electroluminescence device, organic light storage device, organic non-linear material or organic laser device.    ADVANTAGE - The organic photoelectric material has good heat stability and environment stability, and is good in matching with emission spectrum of sunlight; and the preparation has simple synthesis route, low cost and is suitable for industrial production.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic photoelectric material-containing condensed nucleus thiophene of formula (I), is new.    R1-R4=H or 1-20C alkyl;and    m, n=0-10.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a preparation of (I).
NOVELTY - Preparation of cadmium-telluride (CdTe) quantum point comprises dissolving amino acid and sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide in water, dissolving carbon bisulfide in methanol or ethanol, reacting, and drying; dissolving sodium borohydride or potassium borohydride and tellurium powder in water, and reacting for 7-30 hours; and adding cadmium salt or oxide, hydroxide or water-soluble aminodithioformic acid aqueous solution in super pure water, injecting tellurium source in cadmium source solution, reacting at low temperature, and adding mercaptoacetic acid or mercaptopropionicacid solution.    USE - Method for preparing cadmium telluride (CdTe) quantum point in water phase (claimed) used as solar cell sensitive material or photocatalysis material.    ADVANTAGE - The method has low reaction temperature, utilizes easily raw material, is low cost, saves energy and protects environment and is suitable for industrial production. The diameters of prepared CdTe quantum points are uniform and good dispersion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Preparation of cadmium-telluride (CdTe) quantum point in water phase comprises dissolving amino acid and sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide in water, dissolving carbon bisulfide in methanol or ethanol, reacting at room temperature, and drying in vacuum to obtain potassium dithiocarbamate or sodium salt; dissolving sodium borohydride or potassium borohydride and tellurium powder in water, and reacting for 7-30 hours to obtain sodium hydrogen telluride or potassium hydrogen telluride (KHTe) solution; and adding cadmium salt or oxide, hydroxide or water-soluble aminodithioformic acid aqueous solution in super pure water to obtain cadmium source, adjusting pH to 7-12, injecting tellurium source in cadmium source solution, reacting at low temperature, and adding mercaptoacetic acid or mercaptopropionicacid solution in prepared CdTe quantum point.
NOVELTY - A cathode material comprises complex oxide (I) containing rare earth metal, alkaline earth metal element, barium and cobalt.    USE - Cathode material for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel battery.    ADVANTAGE - The cathode material has high conductivity, low heat expansion coefficient and excellent compatibility with electrolyte material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A cathode material comprises complex oxide of formula: Ln1-xAxBaCo2O5+d (I).    Ln=rare earth metal chosen from praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium and yttrium;    A=alkaline earth metal element chosen from calcium and strontium;    x=0-0.5;and    d=not defined.    N.B. d is not defined. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the cathode material, which involves grinding and mixing rare earth metal oxide, calcium carbonate or strontium carbonate, barium carbonate and cobalt oxide (Co2O3 or Co3O4) for 1 hour, pressing and molding obtained mixture, calcining molded product at 1000-1050 degrees C for 10-15 hours, grinding calcined product using anhydrous ethanol as grinding medium, pressing, molding and calcining ground product at 1050-1100 degrees C for 10-15 hours, grinding, pressing, molding and sintering at 1100-1150 degrees C for 10-20 hours.
NOVELTY - A high purity poly-silicon collecting method involves etching a surface layer of a solar cell at room temperature using alkaline solution. A mixture is produced by mixing (in wt.%) ultra-pure water (20-80), chelating ligand (0.1-10), ammonium fluoride (0.1-5) and phosphoric acid (10-50). The mixture is utilized as an etchant for removing organic compound and oil component from the surface layer of the solar cell.    USE - Method for collecting high purity poly-silicon from a solar cell in a semiconductor processing industry.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables collection of the high purity poly-silicon from the solar cell in an effective manner and prevention of re-adsorption of the phosphoric acid, the ammonium fluoride and the chelating ligand, thus reducing wastewater generation and discoloration amount during collecting the high purity poly-silicon while improving surface layer removal efficiency of the solar cell.
NOVELTY - A stacked high molecule solar cell has a photoactive layer (I) laminated and positioned on a conductive substrate. An intermediate layer having surface roughness of less than 50 nm in 1 square micron area is equipped between the layer (I) and another photoactive layer (II). The intermediate layer contains high dispersion metal oxide nanoparticle comprising an electron that is delivered to the layer (I) and a recombination layer. A hole is formed in the recombination layer for uniting the layer (II) and the recombination layer. A drain electrode is arranged on the intermediate layer.    USE - Stacked high molecule solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell can be manufactured in a simple manner with high surface smoothness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a stacked high molecule solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a stacked high molecule solar cell.
NOVELTY - An organic device comprises doped organic semiconductor and derivatives of organic semi-conducting polymers.    USE - Organic device e.g. organic solar cell, organic transistor or organic diode device (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The device enhances charge mobility and improves efficiency of the organic devices.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an organic device.
NOVELTY - An absorbent is a calcium oxide/foam carbon composite compound prepared by dispersing calcium carbonate and phenolic resin, soaking high polymer foam in excessive dispersion, curing and carbonizing.    USE - Absorbent is used for removing trace sulfur dioxide in fuel battery oxidizer for fuel battery.    ADVANTAGE - The absorbent is environmentally-friendly and lightweight, and is manufactured by efficient process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of absorbent, which involves dispersing calcium carbonate powder in phenolic resin solution, soaking high-polymer foam in excessive dispersion, curing and carbonizing under inert gas.
NOVELTY - A matte conductive glass comprises glass substrate plated with a transparent conductive film. The upper surface of the transparent conductive film is provided with U-shaped matte having thickness in nm/ mu m range.    USE - Matte electroconductive glass is used for solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The conductive glass has excellent repeatability and uniformity, and is manufactured economically.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of matte electroconductive glass, which involves forming transparent conductive film on the glass substrate by magnetic control sputtering/plating method, preparing nm/ mu m sized-suspension, regulating pH value of the suspension to 3-7, soaking conductive glass into suspension for 2-15 minutes, washing by using water, forming nm/ mu m-sized spheres as mask on obtained glass by magnetron sputtering plating such that the thickness of the plating is not more than the radius, and total thickness of the transparent conductive film is 100-5000 nm, and cleaning ultrasonically to remove the transparent conductive film deposited on the surface of the nm/ mu m-sized spheres.
NOVELTY - A silicon/copper-indium-selenium solar battery structure consists of upper solar cell containing copper-indium-selenium cell deposited on lower cell containing silicon cell. The solar battery consists of back electrode containing p-silicon deposited with n-silicon.    USE - Silicon/copper-indium-selenium solar battery structure.    ADVANTAGE - The silicon/copper-indium-selenium solar battery structure has high photoelectric conversion efficiency, high stability, improved lifetime, and is manufactured economically.
NOVELTY - Preparing ethylene-vinyl acetate adhesive film containing quantum dot comprises modifying the surface of the semiconductor quantum dot with modifier in hydrophilic or oleophilic way, uniformly dispersing the modified semiconductor quantum dot into solvent to form semiconductor quantum dot ink, mixing the semiconductor quantum dot ink, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and adjuvant, molding by hot pressing or extruding to obtain the ethylenevinyl acetate adhesive film containing quantum dot.    USE - A method for preparing ethylene-vinyl acetate adhesive film containing quantum dot used for solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method is simple, has good controllability is good, strong operability, and suitable for industrial production. The adhesive film effectively improves the operating factor of the solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for ethylene-vinyl acetate adhesive film containing six quantum dots prepared by the above method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic diagram illustrating the ethylene-vinyl acetate adhesive film.
NOVELTY - A module consists of upper polyvinyl butyral film (20), solar cell (30), intermediate polyvinyl butyral film (40), insulating film (50), lower polyvinyl butyral film (60) and backsheet (70) laminated in order on substrate (10). The insulating film contains polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polytrimethylene terephthalate, polyether-ether ketone, polyimide or polyether sulfone. The backsheet contains aluminum, copper, brass, steel sheet or stainless steel metal plate.    USE - Module for solar power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The module has excellent insulation property, durability and dimensional stability even at high heat desorption temperature.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the structure of the module.    Substrate (10)    Polyvinyl butyral films (20,40,60)    Solar cell (30)    Insulating film (50)    Backsheet (70)
NOVELTY - A fuel cell power generating device comprises anode (1), cathode (2), lead (5) and a resistor (12). The anode is connected with one end of the lead, and the other end of which is connected with the cathode. Two ends of the lead are further connected with the resistor. The device further comprises a cathode frame (3) and the anode frame (7). Anode box of multiple parallel carbon plates (1-1), where each carbon plate outer surface has a carbon coating (8) of the cathode material.    USE - A fuel cell power generating device used for water treatment in industrial sewage disposal area.    ADVANTAGE - The device solves the problems that anode biological affinity and conductivity is bad and the anode needs expensive catalyst to improve the reaction speed and it cannot be applied to the water treatment in the industrial sewage disposal area.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A fuel cell power generating device comprises anode (1), cathode (2), lead (5) and a resistor (12). The anode is connected with one end of the lead, and the other end of which is connected with the cathode. Two ends of the lead are further connected with the resistor. The device further comprises a cathode frame (3) and the anode frame (7). The cathode frame is arranged on the anode frame and is detachably connected. The anode is arranged in the anode frame, and a cathode column on the cathode frame. Anode box of multiple parallel carbon plates (1-1), where each carbon plate outer surface has a carbon coating (8) of the cathode material which is chromium-nickel-molybdenum nitride (00Cr17Ni12Mo2N), 00Cr17Ni13Mo2N, sus316 or sus316L.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of the fuel cell power generating device.    Anode (1)    Carbon plate (1-1)    Cathode (2)    Cathode frame (3)    Lead (5)    Anode frame (7)    Carbon coating (8)    Resistor (12)
NOVELTY - A polyester film comprises 2 skin layers and a core layer below them. The core layer comprises (wt.%) polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polyester slices (60-100), and polyethylene naphthalene (PEN) polyester slices (0-40). The skin layer comprises (wt.%) PEN polyester slices (92-98), nucleating agent (0.2-2)and nucleating modifier (1-6).    USE - High-barrier property polyester film used as back material of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The film is simple to prepare; and has better gas barrier property, heat resistance and radiation resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation method of polyester film comprising:    (A) placing PEN polyester slices, nucleating agent and nucleating modifier in a mixer to mix to prepare skin layer PEN parent block, and pre-crystallizing the prepared skin layer PEN parent block;    (B) placing PET polyester slices and PEN polyester slices to a mixer to mix to prepare core layer polyester parent block, and recrystallizing the prepared core layer polyester parent block;    (C) respectively drying the core layer polyester parent block and skin layer PEN parent block;    (D) respectively adding the dried skin layer PEN parent block and core layer polyester parent block in double-screw extruder, filtering fused materials, preparing them into a 3-layer composite cast piece;    (E) preheating the 3-layer composite cast piece, sending it to a far infrared heating area, and obtaining film piece;    (F) pre-heating the longitudinally starched film piece, and transversely stretching it; and    (G) shaping the transversely stretched film piece and coiling.
NOVELTY - A proton exchange membrane has surface-modified nanoparticles (0.5-50 wt. %) and proton exchange resin e.g. perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin and sulfonated polybenzimidazole, as the balance.    USE - Proton exchange membrane.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method of preparing a proton exchange membrane.
NOVELTY - The battery system has vehicle mounted fuel container that stores fuel for fuel battery. Cooling medium delivery system transmits cooling medium for radiating fuel battery. Pipeline communicates cooling medium from fuel battery to heat exchanger. Current converter is placed between energy storage battery and fuel battery, and controller. Voltage sensor output a signal, when electric energy storage capacity of energy storage battery is reduced to set value. Controller responses to signal to start up fuel battery for charging energy storage battery.    USE - Battery system for electro-mobile e.g. electric motor car.    ADVANTAGE - Since the controller responses to signal to start up fuel battery for charging energy storage battery, the electric energy storage of the energy storage battery can be ensured easily, and the running efficiency of the electro-mobile can be increased, due to which the consumption of the electric energy storage of the energy storage battery can be avoided, and heat for the energy storage battery can be preserved, hence expected torque and acceleration can be obtained easily.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of the battery system for electro-mobile.
NOVELTY - A solar battery silicon sheet cleaning agent comprises (mol.%): sodium hypochlorite (5-15), sodium tripolyphosphate (5-10), sodium phosphate (1-5) and water (10-100).    USE - Solar battery silicon sheet cleaning agent.    ADVANTAGE - The cleaning agent effectively removes surface grease generated from linearly cutting monocrystalline silicon, metal impurity inside silicon sheet and dust and other particles on surface of silicon sheet, thus utilization rate of battery sheet assembling component is more than 97%. It improves conversion efficiency of battery sheet to more than 18.2%,. The open-circuit voltage of cleaned battery sheet is more than 632 Mv.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for using method for cleaning agent which comprises placing cut monocrystalline silicon sheet to cleaning agent and ultrasonic-wave cleaning for 5-20 minutes, where cleaning temperature is 40-60 degrees C.
NOVELTY - An indium (In), niobium (Nb) co-doped zinc oxide (ZnO)-based transparent conductive film comprises In, Nb co-doped ZnO ceramic target deposited on substrate using a pulsed laser deposition device.    USE - An indium (In), niobium (Nb) co-doped zinc oxide (ZnO)-based transparent conductive film for solar cells and photoelectric apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - In, Nb-doped ZnO-based transparent conductive thin film has good photoelectric property, lowest resistivity of 8.5x 10-4 Omega .cm, and average visible light transmittance of greater than or equal to 87%.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of In, Nb co-doped ZnO-based transparent conductive film which involves preparing In, Nb co-doped ZnO target as indium(III) oxide (In2O3), niobium(V) oxide (Nb2O5), and ZnO powder, press forming, sintering at 1000-1400 degrees C, depositing In, Nb co-doped ZnO ceramic target on cleaned quartz substrate or glass substrate by pulsed laser deposition in a growth chamber, wherein distance between target and substrate is 3-6 cm, growth chamber is pumped to vacuum pressure of less than or equal to 8x 10-4 Pa, temperature of substrate is 200-600 degrees C, oxygen in growth chamber is 99.99% pure, and oxygen partial pressure is 5-10 Pa, opening laser at frequency of 5 Hz, performing laser beam ablation on surface of target, forming plume, depositing on substrate at deposition time of 40 minutes under vacuum, annealing at 400 degrees C for 1 hour, and cooling to room temperature.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the In, Nb co-doped ZnO-based transparent conductive film. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - A perylene tetracarboxylic imidodicarbonic diamide copolymer comprises cyclopentadienedithiophene unit (I).    USE - Perylene tetracarboxylic imidodicarbonic diamide copolymer is used for organic photoelectric material, polymer solar battery, organic electroluminescent device, organic field effect transistor, organic optical memory and organic laser device.    ADVANTAGE - The perylene tetracarboxylic imidodicarbonic diamide copolymer is efficiently prepared with improved solubility, flexibility and utilization rate of sunlight by simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A perylene tetracarboxylic imidodicarbonic diamide copolymer comprises cyclopentadienedithiophene unit of formula (I).    n=1-100;    R1-R3=H, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy benzene or phenyl;and    R4=1-20C alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of perylene tetracarboxylic imidodicarbonic diamide copolymer, which involves providing bromine-containing compound of formula (II) and thiophene-type compound of formula (III), and performing Stille coupling reaction in presence of catalyst and organic solvent.
NOVELTY - A conductive slurry comprises a solid powder dispersed in an organic carrier. The solid powder comprises conductive silver powder and glass powder. The conductive silver powder is sheet-shaped silver powder, and contains conductive silver solid powder (92-99 wt.%) and conductive silver paste (35-60 wt.%).    USE - Conductive slurry for solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The conductive slurry has reduced silver content and favorable electric characteristics. The slurry provides solar battery with high photoelectric conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - The method involves arranging silicon dioxide mask layer on a surface of a grow bushing part to form a graphical bushing surface. A semi-conductor sacrificial layer is extended out form the graphical bushing surface. A buffering layer is adhered on the semi-conductor sacrificial layer. A semi-conductor material layer is covered on the buffering layer of a converse solar energy battery. A supporting substrate is bonded with the semi-conductor material layer. A wet corrosion method is utilized for optionally removing the silicon dioxide mask layer and the semi-conductor sacrificial layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing a converse solar energy battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables separating multiple layers of the converse solar energy battery so as to form the grow bushing part in a convenient manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The semi-conductor material layer is made of a germanium arsenide material or a gallium arsenide material. The supporting substrate is made of a silicon sheet material. The semi-conductor sacrificial layer is made of an indium gallium phosphide material or an aluminum gallium arsenide material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a converse solar energy battery.
(ES2350357-A1)   NOVELTY - Photoactive composition comprises zeolite and metal oxide semiconductors. The zeolite is a natural or modified zeolite. The modified zeolite comprises an electrolyte or other components.    USE - Photoactive composition used in dye-sensitized solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - This composition provides solar cells having improved stability and durability in various configurations.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing photovoltaic cells, which involves:    (A) preparing dough photoactive composition;    (B) depositing layer of the micron paste on a conductive transparent electrode as anode;    (C) sintering the paste layer at 450 degrees C for 30 minutes;    (D) cooling the electrode at 60-700C;    (E) immersing the electrode in a dye solution in acetonitrile or tert.-butanol for 12 hours; and    (F) washing the electrode in acetonitrile.
NOVELTY - A silica-based thin film solar cell has silicon nitride anti-reflection layer (9), fluorine-doped tin oxide film layer (6), p-type silicon substrate (5), i-type silicon substrate (4), n-type silicon substrate (3), boron-doped zinc oxide film layer (8), aluminum-doped zinc oxide film reflecting back plate layer (2) and aluminum film layer (1) on glass substrate (7).    USE - Silica-based thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The silica-based thin film solar cell has high light absorption property and conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of silica-based thin film solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text) (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Aluminum film layer (1)    Aluminum-doped zinc oxide film reflecting back plate layer (2)    N-type silicon substrate (3)    I-type silicon substrate (4)    P-type silicon substrate (5)    Fluorine-doped tin dioxide film layer (6)    Glass substrate (7)    Boron-doped zinc oxide film layer (8)    Silicon nitride anti-reflection layer (9)
NOVELTY - Organic photoelectric material containing a thiophene/fullerene binary system (fullerene-containing D-A type bifunctional organic photoelectric material) (I) or (II) is new.    USE - (I) or (II) is useful for a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - (I) or (II) dissolves in frequently-used solvents, and thus it is loaded to a substrate of a battery by a spraying manner to avoid problems of easy appearing of heat decomposition during evaporation process of a light emitting material and bad anti-crystallization performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Organic photoelectric material containing a thiophene/fullerene binary system (fullerene-containing D-A type bifunctional organic photoelectric material) of formulae (I) or (II) is new.    R = 1-12C alkyl, benzyl benzene, alkoxyl benzyl benzene, alkoxyl benzene, naphthalene, ferrocene, indole or quinoline;    ring (A) = fullerene; and    n = greater than 4.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for preparation of (I) or (II).
NOVELTY - An aluminum slurry comprises (in wt.%) glass powder (1-3), aluminum powder (A) (45-60), aluminum powder (B) (20-35), aluminum powder alloy (1-10), organic carrier (C) (15-20), organic carrier (D) (21-5), dispersing agent (0.1-0.5), defoaming agent (0.1-0.5) and metal oxide (0-1).    USE - Aluminum slurry for a silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The aluminium slurry has strong adhesive force, and prevents silicon wafer from being warped.
NOVELTY - The membrane has a nanometer bionic membrane made of polymer material for building a three-dimensional gradient nanometer bulges array structure. The three-dimensional gradient nanometer bulges array structure and a three-dimensional gradient nanometer pore array structure are formed by connecting a vertical base. Size of the vertical base is gradually increased or reduced. Two dimension nanometer bulges and a nanometer pore are orderly arranged and combined with each other. Refractive index of nano bionic membrane is gradually changed from refractive index of a lens and a substrate.    USE - Wide spectrum anti-reflection and high-molecular nanometer biomimetic membrane for an electronic device. Uses include but are not limited to a flat panel display device, a photoelectric device, an optical element and a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The membrane has better wide spectrum wide-angle anti-reflection, wide application prospect, simple preparation process, easy operation, high efficiency, wide application range and low manufacturing cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a wide spectrum wide-angle antireflection and high-molecular nanometer biomimetic membrane preparing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graphical representation of a wide spectrum anti-reflection and high-molecular nanometer biomimetic membrane preparing method.
NOVELTY - The method involves moving semi-finished product by utilizing a cart after laminating adhesive by glass, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), battery sheet, tedlar (RTM: polyvinyl fluoride) -polyester- tedlar (RTM: polyvinyl fluoride) (TPT) material to working. An A-shaped turnover is carried out. An assembly product is transferred by machine processing to a next process by a vertical movement. The A-shaped turnover is transferred. A packaging base plate is packed with a film for dust-removing dust in a clean room. A packaging base is provided with a plate base. A bottom supporting rod (4) is provided with a rubber sheet layer.    USE - Method for eliminating a subfissure of a solar battery component.    ADVANTAGE - The method solves the fissure problem in producing solar battery subassembly with simple technique and low cost, and eliminates the solar battery component subfissure in a convenient and quick manner, improves the efficiency, and effectively protects the battery assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a solar battery component.    Traveling wheel (1)    Rectangular frame base (2)    Bottom supporting rod (4)    Supporting rod (5)    Connection rod (6)
NOVELTY - A packaging material comprises (in parts weight) high-molecular resin (100) and inorganic filler (20-100). The inorganic filler is in form of plate. The thickness of packaging material is 1.5-50. The average grain size of packaging material is 1.0-5 microns.    USE - Packaging material is used for high-blocking organic electronic device e.g. optical sensor, organic electroluminescent element, biosensor, electronic paper, organic transistor, organic solar battery, organic semiconductor memory device and communication device.    ADVANTAGE - The organic electronic device formed using the packaging material has excellent durability, thermal stability and corrosion resistance, and reduced energy consumption.
NOVELTY - Blue fluorescent material, comprising a lanthanide alkali earth metal complex is new.    USE - The blue fluorescent material is useful for increasing light utilization rate of solar cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Blue fluorescent material, comprising a lanthanide alkali earth metal complex of formula (Eu(1-x-w) MaxMbwMgMc10O17) (I), is new.    Ma = Yb, Sn, Ce, Tb or Dy;    x = greater than 0 and less than 0.5;    Mb = Ca, Sr or Ba;    w = not less than 0 and not greater than 0.5; and    Mc = Al, Ga, Sc and/or In.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a white light emitting device, comprising the blue fluorescent material and an activating light source, where the light source wavelength is 200-400 nm of ultraviolet light or 400-420 nm of blue light; and    (2) a solar cell, comprising a transparent substrate, an anode and a cathode, which are located on the lower surface of the transparent substrate, and a semiconductive layer located between the anode and the cathode, where the transparent substrate upper surface contains the blue fluorescent material.
NOVELTY - The system has a pre-processor pre-processing a biomass to iron ion containment solution. A fuel cell portion stores the iron ion containment solution. The pre-processor generates another iron ion containment solution that is made to flow into a cathode chamber of the fuel cell portion. The fuel cell portion is provided with the cathode chamber, a cathode, a proton exchanging membrane, an anode and a bipolar chamber. A power of hydrogen (pH) range of the iron ion containment solution is 3 to 5. An openable partition wall separates the pre-processor and the cathode chamber.    USE - Bio mass pretreatment system.    ADVANTAGE - The system generates electricity in a better manner. The mass fabrication process reduces iron ion trivalency, so that the system preprocesses the biomass in a better manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a biomass pretreating method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a bio mass pretreatment system.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - Transparent conducting oxide film comprises zinc oxide thin film (200) and a tilted thin film (300). The zinc oxide thin film adheres to a transparent substrate (100). The tilted thin film is formed by evaporating zinc oxide and gallium(III)oxide to the zinc oxide thin film and the tilted thin film. The gallium(III)oxide of the tilted thin film has concentration gradient in a thickness direction.    USE - The transparent conducting oxide film is used in anode for organic LED and window layer for solar cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The film is inexpensive, and has improved optical characteristics, electrical conductance, reliability, chemical stability, and long service life. The method is simple and cost-effective. Injection barrier between N-type absorber and window layer are lowered due to high light transmission and low resistance and work function modulation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing the transparent conducting oxide film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic view of the transparent conducting oxide film.    Transparent substrate (100)    Zinc Oxide thin film (200)    Tilted thin film (300)
NOVELTY - Preparing V-shaped groove surface on monocrystalline silicon solar cell comprises: (a) orderly depositing silicon, copper-zirconium alloy films, and pure copper film, obtaining copper/copper-zirconium alloy film/silicon monocrystalline silicon composite membrane based system; (b) quenching the composite membrane; (c) placing the quenched composite membrane into a mixed liquid, ultrasonically vibrating; (d) washing, removing copper silicon compound formed on the monocrystalline silicon surface and drying to obtain V-shaped groove structure with high density and regular shape.    USE - The method is useful for preparing V-shaped groove surface on monocrystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method: produces V-shaped groove with regular shape, and surface structure, which reduces light reflection; lowers the preparation cost by 10-15% and improves the quality and yield by 30%.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Preparing V-shaped groove surface on monocrystalline silicon solar cell comprises: (a) orderly depositing silicon, copper-zirconium alloy films, and pure copper film on monocrystalline silicon, obtaining copper/copper-zirconium alloy film/silicon monocrystalline silicon composite membrane based system; (b) quenching the composite membrane at 100-800 degrees C in 1x 10-3 vacuum for 5-10 minutes; (c) placing the quenched composite membrane into a mixed liquid containing acetone, ethanol, or dilute hydrochloric acid (1-25 vol.%) and hydrofluoric acid (1-50 vol.%), ultrasonically vibrating for more than 5 minutes; (d) washing with anhydrous ethanol and deionized water, removing copper silicon compound formed on the monocrystalline silicon surface, drying, obtaining V-shaped groove structure with high density and regular shape on the monocrystalline silicon surface base body.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing precursor solution containing copper nitrate and indium nitrate. The precursor solution is mixed with alkaline solution, to obtain mixed colloid. The mixed colloid and adhesive agent is mixed in ethanol to obtain precursor slurry. The precursor slurry is subjected to film forming process, drying process and annealing process to obtain pre-prepared film. The pre-prepared selenium is subjected to obtain copper indium selenide film.    USE - Method for preparing copper indium selenide film for solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The copper indium selenide film can be prepared easily at high speed and high efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the graph illustrating the process for preparing copper indium selenide film for solar battery. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - Laminar composite polyvinyl butyral (PVB) adhesive film (C1) comprises upper PVB layer, core layer, and lower PVB layer. The core layer is polyethylene glycol terephthalate core layer, polytrimethylene terephthalate core layer, polyterephthalic acid-1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol core layer, polyethylene naphthalate core layer, or polycarbonate core layer.    USE - Adhesive film (C1) used for packaging solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Compared with the common PVB film, the adhesive film (C1) has ideal transparency and aging resistance, better physical mechanical property, and less than 0.5% shrinkage rate. The adhesive film (C1) improves the production efficiency of solar battery and product quality; and reduces defective rate and cost.
NOVELTY - The method involves removing protective film which is left on surface of semiconductor substrate (210). The impurity is injected into semiconductor substrate front board to form emitter layer (220). The reflection barrier layer (230) is formed on the emitter layer. The formed front electrode (240) is connected to the emitter layer through the partial domain of the reflection barrier layer. The back contact electrode (250) is formed in the back side of the semiconductor substrate, while the front contact electrode is formed in opposite side of semiconductor substrate.    USE - Manufacturing method of solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell can be realized with texturing structure having uniform reflectivity. The solar cell can be manufactured effectively at low cost, so that the efficiency of the solar cell can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view illustrating the manufacturing process of solar cell.    Semiconductor substrate (210)    Emitter layer (220)    Reflection barrier layer (230)    Front electrode (240)    Back contact electrode (250)
NOVELTY - An organic copolymer (I), is new.    USE - New organic copolymer used as organic optoelectronic material, material for organic solar battery device, organic field effect transistor device, organic electroluminescent device, organic optical storage device and organic laser (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic copolymer has excellent light and heat stability, film forming property, carrier transmission property and wide sunlight adsorbing range.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic copolymer of formula (I), is new.    n=1-200;    R1,R2=H, halo, cyano, 1-40C alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl;    R3,R4=H, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 6-20C aryl, 6-20C aralkyl, 6-20C aryl alkoxy;and    R5,R6=H, cyano, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 6-20C aryl, 6-20C aralkyl or 6-20C aryl alkoxy.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the organic copolymer.
NOVELTY - The module (100) has a buffer element (20) which is formed in lower portion of transparent substrate (10). A solar cell (30) is positioned on lower portion of buffer element. A lower-shock absorber (40) is positioned in lower portion of solar cell. A graphite sheet (50) is formed in lower-shock absorber. A coating layer (60) is formed in graphite sheet. A sun light reflection layer (70) is attached to vacuum metallization film.    USE - Solar power generating module.    ADVANTAGE - The durability of the graphite sheet can be improved effectively. The power generation efficiency of the solar cell can be improved. The service life of the solar power generating module can be prolonged. The heat dissipation efficiency of the solar cell can be enhanced effectively.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar power generating module.    Transparent substrate (10)    Buffer element (20)    Solar cell (30)    Lower-shock absorber (40)    Graphite sheet (50)    Coating layer (60)    Sun light reflection layer (70)    Solar power generating module (100)
NOVELTY - The battery has a planarization layer (300) that is filled with the air gap of grains between the back surface electrode layers (200) that is formed on a substrate (100) where the planarization layer is made of material that is selected from group consisting of molybdenum, silver, copper, tantalum, indium, tin, aluminum, gold and rhodium. A light absorption layer (400) is formed on planarization layer. A buffer layer (500) is formed on the light absorption layer. A front electrode layer (700) is formed on the buffer layer.    USE - Solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The contact resistance of a rear electrode layer is reduced, and the efficiency of a solar battery is increased. The electrical characteristic of the back surface electrode layer is improved. The portability of the flowing current or the electric charge to the white contact of the copper indium gallium selenide solar battery is improved. The conductivity of the solar battery is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view illustrating manufacturing process of solar battery.    Substrate (100)    Back surface electrode layer (200)    Planarization layer (300)    Light absorption layer (400)    Buffer layer (500)    Front electrode layer (700)
NOVELTY - The method involves etching, diffusing and edge separating of silicon chip. The pre-processed silicon sheet is arranged in sintering furnace of about 300 to 900 degrees C. Plating is performed in low concentration of hydrofluoric acid acid solution and ammonium fluoride mixed solution to finish laser scanning thin grid slot opening of semi finished product battery chip. The specific amount of silver is deposited and annealing process is performed to form nickel silicon alloy to finish battery sheet of front electrode.    USE - Method for improving electroplating quality of solar cell front electrode.    ADVANTAGE - The plating process in the medium film quality is effectively improved. The cost of the battery is reduced. The problem of prevalent adhesion on the solar battery electrode main grid line is prevented.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of battery sheet surface.
NOVELTY - A thieno (3,4-b) pyrazine-containing fluorene copolymer (I), is new.    USE - A thieno (3,4-b) pyrazine-containing fluorene copolymer (I) used for organic photoelectric material, polymer solar battery, organic electroluminescence, organic field effect transistor, organic light storage, organic nonlinear material, and/or organic laser (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The copolymer (I) has high stability, high dissolubility, high light absorbability, wide light absorption range, and increased utilization rate of sunshine. It is prepared using simple method with high yield, easy operation, and control.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A thieno (3,4-b) pyrazine-containing fluorene copolymer of formula (I), is new.    R1-R10=H and/or 1-25C alkyl;    x+y=1;    x, y=not equal to 0;    n=1-500;    Ar1=one or more of 7 groups containing thiophene unit, preferably group of formulae (i)-(iii); and    m=1-20.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing (I).
NOVELTY - A diazosulfide-containing porphyrin copolymer (I), is new.    USE - A diazosulfide-containing porphyrin copolymer (I) used for organic photovoltaic materials, solar cell devices, organic field effect transistors, organic electroluminescent devices, organic light storage devices, organic nonlinear materials, or organic laser devices (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The porphyrin copolymer (I) has fluorenyl porphyrin structure and diazosulfide unit, thus having excellent photostability and thermostability, and an expanded optical spectrum response range of the polymer is expanded.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A diazosulfide-containing porphyrin copolymer of formula (I), is new.    R1-R6=1-32 (preferably 8-16) C alkyl; and    n=1-200 (preferably 10-100).    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing (I).
NOVELTY - A dithienythiolol-quinoxaline conjugated polymer (I), is new.    USE - A dithienythiolol-quinoxaline conjugated polymer (I) used in organic photoelectric material, polymer solar cell, organic electroluminescence, organic field effect transistor, organic light storage, organic non-linear material, and/or organic laser (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The conjugated polymer (I) has low energy gap, improved crystallizing property, and improved transportation property of the charge. It is prepared using simple method with high yield and is easy to operate and control.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dithienythiolol-quinoxaline conjugated polymer of formula (I), is new.    x+y=1;    x= greater than 0 but less than or equal to 0.5;    n=greater than 1 but less than or equal to 200;    R1=1-20C alkyl; and    R2-R5=-H, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, alkyl or alkoxy thienyl (e.g. structures of formulae (i)-(iii)), alkyl-containing fluorene group, alkyl-containing carbazole group, or alkyl-containing benzene ring group.    R7- R12=1-20C alkyl and/or 1-20C alkoxy.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing (I).
NOVELTY - A dithienyl silole-containing conjugated polymer (I), is new.    USE - A dithienyl silole-containing conjugated polymer (I) used in an organic photoelectric material, polymer solar battery, organic electroluminescence, organic field effect transistor, organic photomemory, organic nonlinear materials, and/or organic laser area (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The polymer (I) has low energy gap, widens band width of absorption band, strengthens reduction potential, and improves the transmission properties of the electric charge. The polymer (I) is prepared using simple method with high productivity and easy operation and control.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dithienyl silole-containing conjugated polymer of formula (I), is new.    x+y=1;    x= greater than 0 but less than or equal to 0.5;    n=greater than 1 but less than or equal to 150;    R1, R2=1-15C alkyl; and    R3, R4=H, 1-15C alkyl, 1-15C alkoxy, thiophene group containing alkyl and/or alkoxy (e.g. structures of formulae (i)-(iii)), fluorine group containing alkyl, carbazole group containing alkyl, or benzene ring group containing alkyl.    R5-R10=1-15C alkyl and/or 1-15C alkoxy; and    R11, R12=1-20C alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing (I).
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a light absorption layer on a substrate. Aqueous solution of a sodium component is supplied on a surface of the light absorbing layer. A coating film is formed in the surface of the light absorbing layer. The aqueous solution on the surface of the light absorption layer is dried. The coating film is removed. The light absorption layer is made of copper, indium, and selenium. A thermal process is diffused to the light absorption layer. The aqueous solution is made of one among sodium sulfide, sodium fluoride and sodium selenide.    USE - Method for fabricating a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables facilitating modulation of the sodium component within the light absorption layer in a uniform manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow chart illustrating a solar cell fabricating method.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The cell has a front transparent electrode including a transparent conductive film welded onto a side of a PN junction semiconductor layer. A back plate is welded onto another side of the PN junction semiconductor layer. The PN junction semiconductor layer is made of a crystalline form wafer. The transparent conductive film is made from material selected from a group consisting of aluminum doped zinc oxide, aluminum doped indium oxide, magnesium oxide, indium-tin-oxide, gallium doped strontium titanate or zinc doped tin oxide.    USE - Transparent electrode integrated solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent electrode is provided with the transparent conductive film, so that the electrode does not obstruct the incident of light, thus improving light absorption efficiency of the cell. The contact area of the wafer and electrode is broad, so that the constant resistance of the intra-wafer and electrode is reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a transparent electrode integrated solar cell.
NOVELTY - A large area and high efficiency organic solar cell has a transparent substrate (110), an electrode (I) (120), a high conductivity complex buffer layer (130), an optical conversion layer (140) and an electrode (II) (150). The complex buffer layer comprises nanoparticles containing metal nanoparticles.    USE - Large area and high efficiency organic solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The large area organic solar cell has high energy conversion efficiency and current density by increasing an optical absorption via plasmon resonance effect and adopting a highly conductive complex buffer layer, and is manufactured economically since the thin film is formed by simple process of inkjet printing, screen printing or gravure printing.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing large area and high efficiency organic solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an organic solar cell.    Transparent substrate (110)    Electrodes (120,150)    High conductivity complex buffer layer (130)    Optical conversion layer (140)
NOVELTY - A proton transferring compound film is obtained using ammonium polyphosphate and/or ammonium polyphosphate compound and sulfonated polyarylene ether ketone or sulfonated ether polymer solution. The sulfonated polyarylene ether ketone or sulfonated polymer solution is sulfonated polyarylene ether ketone or sulfonated ether polymer dissolved in polar solvent. The concentration of sulfonated polyarylene ether ketone or sulfonated ether polymer solution is 5-85 volume%. The concentration of ammonium or ammonium polyphosphate compound in the polymer solution is 10-95 %mass.    USE - Proton transferring compound film is used for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The proton transferring compound film is efficiently prepared with high proton conductivity, and excellent mechanical resistance and strength.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of proton transferring compound film, which involves mixing ammonium polyphosphate and/or ammonium polyphosphate compound with sulfonated polyarylene ether ketone or sulfonated ether polymer solution, casting and pressing.
NOVELTY - An antireflection film single surface comprises glass substrate (1), transparent conductive film (5) and anti-reflection film (6). The transparent conductive film comprises metal oxide conductive layer (2) and a second metal oxide (4). The metal oxide conductive layer and second metal oxide conducting layer are clamped between metal layer. Anti-reflection film, metal oxide conducting layer, metal layer and second metal oxide conducting layer are orderly arranged on the glass substrate on one side of the surface.    USE - Antireflection film single surface for solar cell conductive glass.    ADVANTAGE - The single surface has good conductivity and low cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic diagram illustrating an antireflection film single surface.    Glass substrate (1)    Metal oxide conductive layer (2)    Second metal oxide (4)    Transparent conductive film (5)    Anti-reflection film (6)
NOVELTY - A double-face glass curtain wall solar battery assembly comprises a common toughened glass (1), an ethylene vinyl acetate layer (2), a battery sheet (3), ethylene vinyl acetate layer, and a super embossing toughened glass (4) arranged in stacked.    USE - A double-face glass curtain wall solar battery assembly for roof or building.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly generates energy power and brings beautiful effect to building.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a double-face glass curtain wall solar battery assembly.    Common toughened glass (1)    Ethylene vinyl acetate layer (2)    Battery sheet (3)    Super embossing toughened glass (4)
NOVELTY - Porphyrin compound (I) is new.    USE - New porphyrin compound used for organic photoelectric materials, organic solar cell devices, organic field-effect transistor devices, organic electroluminescent devices, organic light storage devices, or in organic laser devices (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The porphyrin compound has excellent energy conversion efficiency and wider sunlight absorption range.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Porphyrin compound of formula (I) is new.    n=1-100;and    R1-R4=1-32C alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of porphyrin compound (I).
NOVELTY - The LED has a buffer layer formed on a substrate. A contact layer is formed on top of the buffer layer. An active layer emits light according to an electric signal applied to the LED provided on top of the contact layer. A sacrificial layer is formed between the contact layer and the active layer to protect the buffer layer from UV ray. The sacrificial layer has band gap energy lower than band gap energy of the buffer layer. The active layer is provided with indium gallium nitride. A glass layer is formed with cerium oxide to absorb the UV ray.    USE - Vertical type nitride system LED for use in a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The LED has increased efficiency and power.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a vertical type nitride system LED.
NOVELTY - A mono-crystalline silicon has crystal orientation of less than 100, resistivity of 1-20 ohm.cm, minority carrier lifetime of more than 1000, iron content of less than 5\1013 atoms/cm2, copper content of less than 20\1013 atoms/cm2, interstitial oxygen content (Phi) of 17.5 ppma or more and substitutional carbon content of 0.5 ppma or more.    USE - Mono-crystalline silicon is used for solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The mono-crystalline silicon is economically and efficiently prepared.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of mono-crystalline silicon, which involves providing N-type solar silicon single crystal rod as raw material, polishing mechanically and chemically hydrofluoric acid with nitric acid for 3-6 minutes, cutting, degumming silicon chip by lactic acid solution (30-60%), cleaning silicon wafer at 50 plus minus 5 degrees C for 20-40 minutes and drying. The ratio of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid is 1:6.
NOVELTY - Reactive gas is introduced into vacuum reaction chamber with crystalline silicon material under preset pressure, and high-frequency power is applied to reaction chamber. The reactive gas is oxygen, nitric acid gas, elementary halogen gas, sulfur hexafluoride gas, and/or alkali metal hydroxide gas. Thus, etching method of crystalline silicon material is carried out.    USE - Etching method of crystalline silicon material used for solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The crystalline silicon material improves photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar battery, and is economically manufactured without acid and alkali solution, waste discharge, and environmental pollution.
NOVELTY - Polyamide porous nanofiber web comprises aggregated form of fiber with average molecular weight of 30000-500000 g/mol and porosity of 50% or more.    USE - The polyamide porous nanofiber web is useful as separation film for electrolyte film which is used in fuel cell and secondary battery.    ADVANTAGE - The polyamide porous nanofiber web has controlled porosity, excellent chemical resistance and heat resistance as it has high melting point, excellent tensile strength and physical property, and high stability, and does not dissolve in normal organic solvent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing the polyamide porous nanofiber web, which involves melting polyimide precursor having molecular weight of 30000-500000 g/mol in organic solvent to obtain spinning solution, subjecting the solution to electrospinning and imidizing the product.
NOVELTY - Polybenzimidazole porous nanofiber web comprises aggregated form of fiber having glass transition temperature of 420-440 degrees C and porosity of 50% or more.    USE - The polybenzimidazole porous nanofiber web is useful as separation film for electrolyte film which is used in fuel cell and secondary battery.    ADVANTAGE - The polybenzimidazole porous nanofiber web has controlled porosity, dimensional stability at high temperature, high glass-transition temperature, and high humidity, and is suitable for long-term use.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing the polybenzimidazole porous nanofiber web, which involves melting polybenzimidazole precursor having molecular weight of 30000-500000 g/mol in organic solvent to obtain spinning solution and subjecting the solution to electrospinning process.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a back surface electrode layer on a bearing substrate. A light absorption layer is formed on the back surface electrode layer. An active layer is formed with a surfactant on the light absorption layer. A buffer layer is formed on the active layer. A window layer is formed on the buffer layer. The surfactant is made of sodium palmitate, polyoxyethylene, alcoholethoxylate and fatty acid ethoxylate.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables improving an electrical property of the light absorption layer by the surfactant, thus improving performance of a solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell comprising a buffer layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a refrigerator part (3) provided at an inlet port (8) of a cooling plate (4). A cooling medium (2) is ejected by convection current through a vent part (7). A cooling unit (3) is equipped with an inlet port (1). The vent part is formed in a top end portion of a solar energy power generation module (6), which is installed in an inclination angle. The cooling plate is in contact with the solar energy power generation module. The cooling medium is selected from one among air, water, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethyleneglycol and nanosilver colloid dispersed glycerol.    USE - Solar energy power generation module cooling apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus can be cooled by geothermal, thus improving solar energy generation efficiency. The apparatus is environment-friendly, and reduces economical charge.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar energy power generation module cooling apparatus.    Inlet port (1)    Cooling medium (2)    Refrigerator part (3)    Cooling plate (4)    Solar energy power generation module (6)    Vent part (7)    Inlet port (8)
NOVELTY - A steel wire comprises metal wire and amorphous alloy coating formed in the outer surface of metal wire containing solid particles.    USE - Steel wire is used for cutting solar silicon wafer.    ADVANTAGE - The steel wire is economically and efficiently manufactured with excellent strength, wear resistance, hardness, corrosion resistance and quality.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of steel wire, which involves adding amorphous alloy and solid particles in the electric arc furnace in presence of inert gas atmosphere under vacuum degree of less than 2x 103 Pa, casting copper mold master alloy, providing compound of amorphous alloy and metal wire into high frequency heating quartz furnace, heating and melting master alloy, fasting metal wire through the quartz furnace extrusion port of amorphous alloy in molten state, covering metal wire outer surface with alloy liquid, cooling alloy liquid and covering uniformly metal wire surface with amorphous alloy composite layer.
NOVELTY - The module has multiple battery cells arranged between a top layer pad and a bottom layer pad. A reactive oligomer is formed in the battery cells. An intervening space of the battery cells and a photoinitiator are filled by UV-curable resin. The reactive oligomer is selected from polyamic acid oligomer and urethane acrylate oligomer. The top layer pad and the bottom layer pad are formed with a tempered glass.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The module improves light transmission speed and protection efficiency of the battery cell, and ensures prolonged service life. The module improves solar cell efficiency and battery manufacturing speed by filling the UV-curable resin.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell module manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded top perspective view of a solar cell module.
NOVELTY - The screen has an elastic polyester net part connected with a screen frame part and a printing part i.e. net-shaped metal thin plate. The net-shaped metal thin plate is provided with multiple meshes that are uniformly arranged in matrix shape or honeycomb shape. The meshes are in quadrangular, round or polygonal shape. The net-shaped metal thin plate is made of aluminum alloy or nickel alloy, where thickness of the net-shaped metal thin plate is 40 microns.    USE - Printing screen for a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery utilizes the metal electrode in the process of producing solar battery, thus improving service life of the screen and reducing the production cost. The needed pattern of the solar battery printed by screen printing process hold deformation is formed so as to accurately control width of the electrode to improve the product quality.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for producing a solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a printing screen for a solar battery.
NOVELTY - Porous metal sheet comprises coating layer comprising sintered colloidal layer containing 5-15% of oxidized metal powder having particle size of 0.03-0.25 mu m and average granularity of 0.08-0.13 mu m.    USE - The porous metal sheet is useful as core material for electrode, environmental contamination filter for purification, catalyst carrier, and heat exchange media of fuel cell and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The porous metal sheet has uniform pore size, excellent thermal stability and oxidation resistance property, and is stuffy and cost-effective.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of manufacturing the porous metal sheet.
NOVELTY - A heat conduction material comprises (pts.wt.) thermosetting resin (15-50); curing agent (10-40); filler (20-70); flexibilizer (3-20); diluent (2-10); and accelerator (0.2-2).    USE - Heat conduction material for solar energy photoelectric-thermal transfer equipment.    ADVANTAGE - The heat conduction material has high thermal conductivity, strong cohesiveness and good insulation performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing a heat conduction material comprising:    (A) weighing filler; drying in a vacuum oven at 60-80 degrees C for 24 hours; putting the dried filler and acetone solution into a stirring container according to the proportion of 3-6:1; stirring at rotation speed of 2000-2500 revolutions/minute (rpm) for 0.5-1 hour; weighing the coupling agent of 0.5-3% of the filler; putting into the stirring container; after stirring, carrying out ultrasonic dispersing for 1-2 hours to obtain the slurry; filtering the slurry and putting the solid powder into the oven; cooling to the room temperature in a drying pool at 100-120 degrees C;    (B) adding the filler with the surface modification treatment into the mixed proportion system of thermosetting resin, flexibilizer and diluent; stirring with the rotation speed of 1600-2000 rpm; adding the curing agent and stirring for 30 minutes; adding the accelerator and stirring for 10-20 minutes to obtain the dispersed and uniform mixture; and    (C) packaging the mixture between a cell panel and absorber plate; curing at 30-100 degrees C for 2-4 hours to mold the heat conduction material.
NOVELTY - The solar cell has a graphene layer arranged between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode. A photo reactive layer is formed at an interface part of a semiconductor layer and the graphene layer. The graphene layer comprises a graphene unit layer. The graphene layer is doped with inorganic material and organic compound. The semiconductor layer is made from one among silicone, organic semiconductor material, gallium arsenide, cadmium and copper with cadmium sulfide.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell easily controls the open circuit voltage by controlling occurrence of the graphene unit layer in the graphene layer.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - A nonpolar gallium nitride epitaxial wafer has a nonpolar gallium nitride film having buffer layer containing aluminum-gallium-nitride formed on a sapphire substrate by metal organic chemical vapor phase deposition system.    USE - Nonpolar gallium nitride epitaxial wafer is used for light-emitting diode, laser and solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The nonpolar gallium nitride epitaxial wafer has excellent quantum efficiency and light-emitting efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A nonpolar gallium nitride epitaxial wafer has a nonpolar gallium nitride film having buffer layer containing aluminum-gallium-nitride (Al0.15Ga0.85) formed on a sapphire substrate by metal organic chemical vapor phase deposition system. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of nonpolar gallium nitride epitaxial wafer.
NOVELTY - A photoanode quantum dot sensitive solar cell has a photoanode, a photocathode, an opposing electrode facing the photoanode, and an interposed electrolyte comprising porosity hole transmissive semiconductor particle layer, which is formed in an upper portion of the transparent conductive electrode. The conductive electrode is equipped with a photoreception quantum dot. The light hole is generated with sunlight in the photoreception quantum dot, and moves to the opposing electrode through the electrolyte and the photoanode semiconductor particle layer.    USE - Photoanode quantum dot sensitive solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is sensitive, and has better optical characteristics.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a photoanode quantum dot sensitive solar cell.
NOVELTY - A method for manufacturing a solar cell involves simultaneously forming an organic film (102) and an electrode (I) (104) on a substrate (101) with an irregular surface, and sequentially forming a semiconductor layer (106) and another electrode (II) (110) on the former electrode (I). The former electrode (I) is made of inorganic materials. The organic film is made of an organic compound.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing solar cell in a simple and economical manner since etching of electrode (I) using an acid is unnecessary. The solar cell has improved light efficiency by increasing a light path in a solar cell through electrode (I), which is formed along the organic layer with an uneven shape.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Substrate (101)    Organic film (102)    Electrodes (104, 110)    Semiconductor layer (106)    Reflection barrier layer (108)
NOVELTY - A solar cell has an emitter layer (103), a reflection barrier layer (105) and a front electrode (109) sequentially formed on a silicon semiconductor wafer (101) as substrate. The front electrode is connected to the emitter layer through the reflection barrier layer, and contains silver powder and nano powder. The nano powder contains metal and/or metal oxide, and is fumed silica.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has improved efficiency by increasing the aspect ratio of front electrode to lower the resistance of the front electrode.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a paste for a front electrode of a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell.    Silicon semiconductor wafer (101)    Emitter layer (103)    Reflection barrier layer (105)    Back contact electrode (107)    Front electrode (109)
NOVELTY - A textured structure (120) of transparent electrode forming method involves saturating glass bead in hydrofluoric acid, spraying the obtained solution on a surface of a glass substrate (100) at fixed pressure, and etching the substrate by hydrofluoric acid.    USE - Method for forming a transparent electrode textured structure that is utilized for a thin film solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables forming the transparent electrode textured structure in a simple manner. The textured electrode has improved optical transmittance rate and haze. The electrode enables economically producing the thin film solar cell with high quantum efficiency, since manufacturing cost is reduced by using inexpensive electrode.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an electrode    (2) a thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of a thin film solar cell.    Substrate (100)    Textured surface (120)    Transparent conductive film (200)    Photoelectric transformation layer (300)    Back contact electrode (500)
NOVELTY - A semiconductor device has a substrate (150) and an organic layer (140) including multiple micro lenses (140a) formed on the surface with materials including refractivity similar to the substrate. The organic film is formed using a liquid polymer precursor containing (in wt.%) hydroxy ethyl methacrylate (5-10), (ethoxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate (20-40), hexanediol diacrylate (30-45), trimethylol propane triacrylate (1-5) and photoinitiator (1-3).    USE - Semiconductor device for e.g. solar cell, organic light emitting device (all claimed) such as organic LED display.    ADVANTAGE - The device has high transmittance, heat resistance and optical efficiency since the semiconductor device has refractivity similar to the substrate, transmissivity of 95% or more and thermal decomposition temperature of 350-380 degrees C.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device.    Electrodes (110, 130)    Organic light emitting layer (120)    Organic layer (140)    Micro lenses (140a)    Substrate (150)
NOVELTY - An organic photoelectric device (500) manufacturing method involves dissolving 0.5 wt.% of a compound (A) for a first low molecular organic photoelectric device in a solvent (I) at room temperature. The compound (A) is not dissolved in a solvent (II). A layer is wet-coated by using the resulting solution to form an organic film (I) (105). 1 wt.% of a compound (B) for second low molecular organic photoelectric device is dissolved in the solvent (II) at room temperature. A layer is wet-coated using the resulting solution to form an organic film (II).    USE - Method for manufacturing an organic photoelectric device such as organic LED (OLED), solar cell and transistor, used for a display device (all claimed) such as flat panel display.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing the organic photoelectric device with high efficiency. The display device produced using the organic photoelectric device has improved durability and luminous efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an organic photoelectric device obtained by above manufacturing method    (2) a display device comprising an organic photoelectric device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a five layer-type organic photoelectric device.    Organic film (105)    Cathode (110)    Light emitting film (130)    Hole-transporting organic film (140)    Organic photoelectric device (500)
NOVELTY - A vapor deposition film has a base film, an undercoat layer provided on surface of the base film and silicon oxide vapor deposition layer provided on surface of the undercoat layer. The vapor deposition film has turbidity (haze) of 4% or less and breaking strength of 35-40 N/15 mm, before pressure cooker test. The vapor deposition film has turbidity (haze) of 15% or less and breaking strength of 27 N/15 mm or more, after pressure cooker test at 120 degrees C, relative humidity of 100%, and 2 atmosphere for 24 hours.    USE - Vapor deposition film is used for panel for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The vapor deposition film having excellent mechanical strength and favorable turbidity is economically manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A vapor deposition film has a base film, an undercoat layer provided on surface of the base film and silicon oxide vapor deposition layer provided on surface of the undercoat layer. The vapor deposition film has turbidity (haze) of 4% or less and breaking strength of 35-40 N/15 mm, before pressure cooker test. The vapor deposition film has turbidity (haze) of 15% or less and breaking strength of 27 N/15 mm or more, after pressure cooker test at 120 degrees C, relative humidity of 100%, and 2 atmosphere for 24 hours. The undercoat layer is subjected to surface treatment. The vapor deposition of silicon oxide is carried out by vacuum evaporation method. The steam is introduced to atmosphere, when vacuum degree is 8x 10-3 Pa. The introduction amount of steam is predetermined quantity such that the vacuum degree is 2x 10-3-6x 10-3 Pa. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of vapor deposition film.
NOVELTY - Alloy comprises aluminum (Al) and indium (In). It is prepared by vacuum smelting, semicontinuous casting, thermal treatment, and pressure processing using production device, which comprises semicontinuous casting device.    USE - Alloy used for manufacturing and production of coatings. Uses include but are not limited to high-speed rotating bearings, liquid crystal plates, solar batteries, nuclear power regulators, photocells, and transistors.    ADVANTAGE - The alloy has high quality, uniform and stable components, good service performance, and high production efficiency.
NOVELTY - A LED board (20) illuminates inside and outside of the building and includes LED module (21) which unites with photovoltaic module (11) of solar cell panel (10) used for solar power generation. A charging apparatus (40) supplies the working electric power generated by photovoltaic module to LED module. A power line (70) delivers the working electric power to LED module from the charging apparatus.    USE - Blind apparatus installed at window and awning of building (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The waste of the electric power is minimized in daytime, and LED module is supplied with electricity from photovoltaic module in night time. The advertisement effect is achieved using blind apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an schematic diagram of the bind apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Solar cell panel (10)    Photovoltaic module (11)    LED board (20)    LED module (21)    Charging apparatus (40)    Power line (70)
NOVELTY - The module has solar cells (1) connected to front sides of respective sections of an electrically conductive heat conductor (4) via rear sides of the solar cells. The heat conductor is connected to base plates (6, 7) via a heat-conducting and electrically insulating layer (5). Frontsides of the solar cells are electrically connected to the front sides of one of the sections of the conductor using a fillet (11) by wedge bonding. The insulating layer is made of epoxy resin. The solar cells are covered by a glass plate. Two-component resin is filled in a space between the cells and the plate.    USE - Photovoltaic module for use in offshore application on high sea and in desert areas, for producing electrical current.    ADVANTAGE - The module can be reliably cleaned, and has uniform electrical characteristics. The module is durable and efficient, and ensures optimal thermal transmission. The module permits durable and stable complete connection of the solar cells with the base plates without the need for accommodating contacting wires on the rear sides. The module is not thermally loaded due to minimally applied heat, and avoids the need for flux material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a connection using a fillet.    Solar cells (1)    Electrically conductive heat conductor (4)    Heat-conducting and electrically insulating layer (5)    Base plates (6, 7)    Conductive adhesive (10)    Fillet (11)
NOVELTY - Perylenetetracarboxylic diimide copolymer compound (I) is new.    USE - New perylenetetracarboxylic diimide copolymer compound used in organic photoelectric material, polymer solar cell, organic electroluminescence device, organic field effect transistor, organic optical storage device and/or organic laser (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The copolymer compound (I) has good solubility, strong absorbance, wide absorption range that can extend to near infrared area, has good charge transmission performance, and improves solar utilization rate. It has simple preparation, and easy to operate and control process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Perylenetetracarboxylic diimide copolymer compound of formula (I) is new.    n=1-100;    R1-R3=H, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy benzene, or phenyl;and    R4, R5=1-20C alkyl or 1-20C alkoxy.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of perylenetetracarboxylic diimide copolymer compound (I).
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing a plating-film-coated substrate (102,122) on a non-plating zone (104) in a coating process. A metal shield (112) from the film of an upper substrate is removed. The metal shield is made of aluminum. A non-coating area is located around a substrate process, so that the coating film and the substrate external environment are electrically insulated. A plasma auxiliary chemical vapor, low pressure chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition or sputtering processes are included in the coating process.    USE - Plating film method for manufacturing thin film solar cell used in space industry.    ADVANTAGE - Since the mask is used to cover the non-covered area of the solar cell in the plating film process, the generation of the film on the upper surface of the cell is avoided, and the electrical material in the coating process is removed.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating the plating film process for manufacturing the thin film solar cell.    Substrates (102,122)    Non-plating zone (104)    Metal shield (112)
NOVELTY - A nozzle (110) sprays conductive ink (I) on substrate (S). A power supply unit (130) supplies power to pattern block (120) positioned in bottom surface of substrate. A pattern block transport unit (140) moves the pattern block, and includes slider (142) which moves the holder (141) fixed in pattern block. A nozzle transport unit (150) moves the nozzle and includes nozzle slider (152) which moves the nozzle holder (151). The electronic component is patterned by conductive ink according to the shape of conductivity guide (122) of pattern block.    USE - Apparatus for patterning printed electronic component such as organic solar cell, organic light-emitting device, and organic transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The quick patterning is made possible through the spray amount control of the nozzle about the large sized substrate. The printed electronic component can be patterned at low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for patterning printed electronic component.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the printed electronic component patterning apparatus.    Nozzle (110)    Pattern block (120)    Conductive guide (122)    Power supply unit (130)    Pattern block transport unit (140)    Holder (141)    Slider (142)    Nozzle transport unit (150)    Nozzle holder (151)    Nozzle slider (152)    Conductive ink (I)    Substrate (S)
NOVELTY - Water-phase synthesizing copper-zinc-tin-selenium nanoparticles are prepared by dissolving copper salt, zinc salt, and tin salt in water at a molar ratio of 1-2:0.5-5:0.5-1 to prepare solution (0.05-0.15 mol/liter), adding protecting agent at 1-20 times of total mole of salt, regulating pH to 12-13 by alkali, adding aqueous solution of selenosulfate (0.01-1 mol/liter) at ratio of 1:1-4, refluxing for 0.5-24 hours, separating, and cleaning precipitate by ethyl alcohol or acetone for 3-5 times. The precipitate is copper-zinc-tin-selenium nanoparticles that can be re-dispersed in water or glycol.    USE - Method for preparing water-phase synthesizing copper-zinc-tin-selenium nanoparticles (claimed) and used in fields of solar battery and electronic industry.    ADVANTAGE - The method is reasonable in design, simple in operation, easy to control reaction, good in repeating property, and easy to produce in large scale. The nanoparticles can be dispersed in water or glycol as the nano ink.
NOVELTY - Organic solar cell with a photoactive region comprises at least one organic donor material in contact with at least one organic acceptor material, where the donor material and the acceptor material form a donor-acceptor heterojunction and where the photoactive region comprises at least one substituted perylene.    USE - The substituted perylene is useful as electron donor material in organic solar cells (claimed). The organic solar cell is useful in photovoltaic applications.    ADVANTAGE - The invention provides organic solar cells with improved efficiency and improved properties.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Organic solar cell with a photoactive region comprises at least one organic donor material in contact with at least one organic acceptor material, where the donor material and the acceptor material form a donor-acceptor heterojunction and where the photoactive region comprises at least one substituted perylene of formula (I).    R1 and R4=independently selected from hydrogen and in each case unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or oligo(het)aryl; and    R2 and R3=independently selected from hydrogen and in each case unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or oligo(het)aryl, where in each case at least two adjacent radicals, selected from R1, R2, R3 and R4 radicals, together with the carbon atoms of the benzene ring to which they are bonded, may also be a fused ring system having 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 further rings, and together with the carbon atoms to which it is bonded is a fused monocyclic, dicyclic, tricyclic, tetracyclic, pentacyclic or hexacyclic ring system having at least one exocyclic keto group, where the ring system optionally bears one or more substituents bonded via a single bond.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is a substituted perylene of formula (I).
NOVELTY - A tetrahydropyranyl compound (I) is new.    USE - New tetrahydropyranyl compound is used for organic photoconducting material and organic charge transport material for electronic component e.g. organic electrophotographic photoconductor, organic electroluminescent device, organic thin film transistor and organic solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The new tetrahydropyranyl compound has excellent film forming property, and compatibility with respect to polymer material such as polycarbonate and other monomers, and low crystallinity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A tetrahydropyranyl compound of formula (I) is new.    X=(un)substituted alkyl, O or (un)substituted aromatic hydrocarbyl;    R1-R6=H, methyl or ethyl;and    n=1-4.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of tetrahydropyranyl compound (I).
NOVELTY - Manufacture of a crystalline silicon solar cell electrode comprises preparing a crystalline silicon solar battery, crystalline silicon solar cell printing of an electrode thin grid wire width of 10-90 mu m and a height of 1-15 mu m, coating a scaling powder on front and back of the battery, horizontally passing a cell piece through a tin alloy melt area, and plating a tin layer on the electrode.    USE - Method for the manufacture of a crystalline silicon solar cell electrode (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method reduces use amount of silver electrode slurry on the surface of solar battery, and avoids residue of electroplating liquid light-induced electrodeless electroplating in the electrode.
NOVELTY - A solar battery module back plate structure comprises a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) base material, a polyethylene (PE) film attached to one surface of the PET base material, and first coating layer(s) on the other surface of the PET base material. The first coating layer comprises Teflon (RTM: PTFE) paint.    USE - Solar battery module back plate structure.    ADVANTAGE - The plate structure provides a solar battery with good weather resistance, electrical insulation and mechanical strength properties, improved solar utilization efficiency and improved stability.
NOVELTY - Packaging material comprises (pts.wt.) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (80-99.5) and photoluminescence polymer (0.5-20). The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and photoluminescence polymer (I) are uniformly mixed.    USE - Packaging material used for packaging solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The packaging material has good UV property and thermal cracking resistance. It improves light utilization rate of solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Packaging material comprises (pts.wt.) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (80-99.5) and photoluminescence polymer (0.5-20). The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and photoluminescence polymer are uniformly mixed. The photoluminescence polymer is of formula (D-R4-(O-CH=O-(CR1R2)m)n-OR3) (I).    D=photoluminescence group;    R1-R3=H or hydrogen or optionally 1-6C alkyl;    R4=1-6C alkylene with substituent;    m=1-5;    n=10-10000.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of solar battery packaging module.
NOVELTY - The sputter has a substrate that is arranged in a sputtering region of a chamber where substrate is sputtered using a target material. Several magnetic elements are formed on the back surface of the target material. The sputtering atoms are generated by depositing the target material on the surface of the substrate so that the high uniformity and high quality sputtered film is formed. The magnetic element is a permanent magnet or a conductive coil.    USE - Magnetic control sputter used during manufacture of thin film solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An independent claim is included for magnetic control sputtering method used for manufacturing thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the magnetic control sputter used during manufacture of thin film solar cell.
NOVELTY - The deposition evaporation source has heating plate which is provided in the heating device. The evaporation material is provided in the heating plate. The channels are passed through the heating plate. The groove is formed in the heating plate. The heating plate is composed of silicon carbide, quartz, and boron nitride.    USE - Deposition evaporation source used in sublimation/ deposition device for obtaining deposition film of solar battery (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric characteristic of the deposition film can be ensured. The quality of the deposition film can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) sublimation/deposition device;    (2) deposition film;    (3) solar battery; and    (4) working environment simulation system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the deposition evaporation source of sublimation/deposition device.
NOVELTY - A filter structure comprises a tank body; front cover; and a rear cover. The front end and the rear end of the tank body are packaged with the front cover and rear cover, respectively. The front cover having a cavity is provided with a hydrogen gas inlet. The rear cover is opened with a hydrogen gas outlet. The rear cover and the tank body are provided with a filter core material layer and a molecular sieve material layer from the front to the rear. The inner cavity of the hydrogen gas outlet is provided with a gas translucent film.    USE - Filter structure for purifying hydrogen gas.    ADVANTAGE - The filter structure is capable of removing sodium borate liquid slurry in hydrogen gas so that the generated hydrogen reaches the standard of pure hydrogen to ensure the service life of the proton exchange film fuel battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a perspective view of a filter structure.
NOVELTY - Producing load type platinum catalyst comprises dispersing the carrier in the deionized water to obtain first turbid liquid; adding chloroplatinic acid and formic acid to the first turbid liquid, and ultrasonically dispersing to obtain the second turbid liquid; and heating the second turbid liquid at 10-40 degrees C, washing and drying to obtain the load type platinum catalyst.    USE - Method for producing load type platinum catalyst used in fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method is convenient to operate and has mild condition.
NOVELTY - The method involves etching surface of transparent conductive thin film for obtaining textured structure with relatively large size. A boron doped zinc oxide (BZO) transparent conductive thin film is deposited for obtaining textured structure with relatively small size by regulating deposition parameter of BZO thin film so that integral transparent electrode is provided with double-structure textured structure. The obtained product is applied to a thin-film solar cell so as to realize effective light scattering according to visible light and near infrared light.    USE - Method for preparing double structure textured transparent conductive electrode for manufacturing thin film solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The complete utilization of the cell on the solar spectrum can be widened.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view illustrating the process of preparing double structure textured transparent conductive electrode.    Transparent front electrode (5)    Silicon film photoelectric conversion layer (6)    Back electrode transparent conductive film (7)    Back reflecting layer (8)    Back plate (10)
NOVELTY - The module has surface layer (1), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer (2), a laminated solar cell module layer (3), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer (4) and a back layer (5) that are orderly overlapped from top to bottom and encapsulated. The surface layer and back layer are made of waterproof cloth. The laminated solar cell module layer has laminated solar cells (31) that are arranged in the foldable metal wire (32) in a rectangular array.    USE - Foldable solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The module has high using efficiency, long service life and can be carried conveniently.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation method of foldable solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of the Foldable solar cell module.    Surface layer (1)    Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer (2,4)    Laminated solar cell module layer (3)    Back layer (5)    Laminated solar cell (31)    Foldable metal wire (32)
NOVELTY - Solar battery pack comprises front packaging glass (1), first film adhesive layer (2), crystal silicon chip (3), second glue connecting layer (4), substrate glass (6), glass cement (8), crystal glass elbow (9), and toughened glass (10). The crystal silicon chip is embedded in second glue connecting layer and fixed on first film adhesive layer. The crystal glass elbow is connected with substrate glass through glass cement. The toughened glass and substrate glass are set around hollow aluminum strip (11) by polysulfide glue on hollow aluminum strip edge coating (12).    USE - Solar battery pack.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery pack is building-integrated-photovoltaic hollow solar battery pack. It displays colored pattern decoration product, has better sunlight shielding, and has better heat insulation and filtering effect.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of solar battery pack by selecting package glass; locating heat conducting coefficient of first coating adhesive layer on front packaging glass; arranging crystal silicon wafer; selecting second glue connecting layer covered on crystal silicon chip; covering second glue connecting layer with toughened glass to form composite laminated component; adhering glass cement on laminated assembly of back side of silicon sheet to form glass elbow, such that coated crystal silicon chip corresponds with crystal glass elbow; sealing toughened glass by glass glue; and fixing aluminum strip in toughened glass and substrate glass through polysulfide to form integrated assembly on hollow aluminum strip.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of solar battery pack.    Front packaging glass (1)    First film adhesive layer (2)    Crystal silicon chip (3)    Second glue connecting layer (4)    Substrate glass (6)    Glass cement (8)    Crystal glass elbow (9)    Toughened glass (10)    Aluminum strip (11)    Edge coating (12)
NOVELTY - Preparation of solar cell film comprises etching and dispersing raw material silicon pieces; plating silicon nitride anti-reflective film by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition device; filling fifth U-shaped groove with hydrogen at gas flow rate of 200-300 sccm, such that when film thickness is controlled at 20-40 nm, 40-60 nm, and 100-120 nm, yellow, red, and green film is obtained, respectively; printing; sintering; testing; and classifying cell film to obtain crystal silicon solar cell film.    USE - Preparation of solar cell film used for buildings.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides solar cell film that achieves requirement of integrating photovoltaic products with buildings. It increases yield, saves flows of ammonia, silane, and hydrogen. It improves production efficiency and saves cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Preparation of solar cell film comprises etching and dispersing raw material silicon pieces, in which etching depth is controlled at 0.2-1.0 mu m and dispersion is controlled at 0.1-0.2 mu m; plating silicon nitride anti-reflective film by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) device, in which flow ratio of ammonia (NH3) and silane (SiH4) entering from front four U-shaped grooves of PECVD device is 6:5, and flow ratio of NH3 and SiH4 entering from last four U-shaped grooves of PECVD device is (3:1)-(4:1); filling fifth U-shaped groove with hydrogen at gas flow of 200-300 sccm, such that when film thickness is controlled at 20-40 nm yellow film is obtained, or when film thickness is controlled at 40-60 nm red film is obtained, or when film thickness is controlled at 100-120 nm green film is obtained; printing; sintering; testing; and classifying cell film to obtain crystal silicon solar cell film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a process for preparing solar cell film (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - Fluorene, anthracene and diazosulfide-containing copolymer (I) is new.    USE - Fluorene, anthracene and diazosulfide-containing copolymer (I) used in organic photoelectric material, polymer solar battery, organic electroluminescent device, organic field effect transistor, organic optical storage device, organic nonlinear material or/and organic laser device (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The compound (I) has good performance, high carrier mobility, strong absorbency, and wide light absorption range, and improves utilization rate of sunlight. The method has simple technique and high yield, and is easy to operate and control.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Fluorene, anthracene and diazosulfide-containing copolymer of formula (I) is new.    n=1-500;    x, y=real value; or    x+y=1;    R1, R2=H, halo, CN, optionally substituted 1-4C alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, or optionally substituted heteroaryl; and    R3=H, CN, optionally substituted 1-40C alkyl, optionally substituted 1-40C alkoxy, optionally substituted 6-40C aryl, optionally substituted 6-40 aralkyl, or optionally substituted 6-40 aryl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the compound (I).
NOVELTY - The generator has gas collecting cover that is installed in the gas generation tank. The bottom portion of cover is connected with bottom portion of the gas generation tank. The material chamber is embedded in gas collecting cover. The gas pressure-regulating hole is installed at the top portion of gas generation tank, and is located between the top portion of side wall of the gas collecting cover and the gas generation tank. The gas outlet is installed at the top portion of the gas generation tank, and is located above the gas collecting cover.    USE - Dynamic self-balancing gas generator for power generation device.    ADVANTAGE - The gas generator is featured with simple design, small volume, light weight, good sealing performance and fast reaction speed. The gas can be produced immediately, so that the performance of the gas generator can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for using dynamic self balancing gas generator.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of the dynamic self-balancing gas generator.
NOVELTY - The method involves adhering curved surface nozzle unit (8) to side portion of a deposition chamber (3). A curved surface exhausting unit (10) is instituted and organized in curved surface nozzle group. A curved substrate (2) is pre-processed in preprocessing chamber (1) and moved to deposition chamber. The curved substrate is moved to post-processing chamber (11) and is coated with FTO film.    USE - Manufacturing method of curved surface F-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film used in solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The FTO thin film can be mass produced by simple process. The rise of resistance value due to grain damage of FTO thin film is prevented.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the curved surface FTO coating system. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Preprocessing chamber (1)    Curved substrate (2)    Deposition chamber (3)    Curved surface nozzle unit (8)    Curved surface exhausting unit (10)    Post-processing chamber (11)
NOVELTY - An I-II-IV-VI semiconductor nanoparticle manufacturing method involves mixing I, II, IV and VI group raw materials in a solvent, and heating the mixture. The heated mixture is subjected to ultrasonic wave treatment and dried to obtain the I-II-IV-VI semiconductor nanoparticle.    USE - Method for manufacturing I-II-IV-VI semiconductor nanoparticle such as copper zinc tin sulfide nanoparticle and copper zinc tin selenide nanoparticle, for a thin film type solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing the I-II-IV-VI semiconductor nanoparticle in an inexpensive and eco-friendly manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a thin film type solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow chart illustrating a method for manufacturing I-II-IV-VI group semiconductor nanoparticle. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A bank-shaped solar cell manufacturing method involves mounting a flexible substrate (101) on a spin coater. A hydrophobic material (102) is coated on the substrate. A shadow mask (103) of desired shape is installed in a hydrophobic film substrate. An UV ray is projected on the hydrophobic film substrate to form hydrophilic film substrate (102a), and a transparent aluminum-doped zinc oxide is formed on the hydrophilic film substrate by an atomic layer deposition.    USE - Method for manufacturing a bank-shaped solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing the bank-shaped solar cell in an efficient manner by performing direct printing.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration a process for manufacturing a bank-shaped solar cell.    Flexible substrate (101)    Hydrophobic material (102)    Hydrophilic film substrate (102a)    Shadow mask (103)    Photoelectric conversion accelerated substance (105)
NOVELTY - Thiophene derivative (I) is new.    USE - (I) or (II) is useful in the optoelectronic devices (claimed), e.g. organic solar cells as light absorber.    ADVANTAGE - (I) or (II) is vaporizable in vacuum, opens up new application areas over conventional solar cells; needs no high temperatures during the manufacturing process; produces inexpensive large-area flexible plastic films.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Thiophene derivative of formula (I) is new.    U1 = N-R7, SiR7R8 or CR7R8;    R7, R8 = 1-30C alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl (all optionally substituted), acyl(COM), COOM, OM or H;    R2, R3 = 1-30C alkyl, 1-30C alkenyl, 1-30C alkynyl, 3-10C aryl or 1-8C heteroaryl (all optionally substituted), OM, SM, SiM3, NM2, halo or H;    X = O, NM, S or Se;    Y1 = N or CR9;    Z = N or CR10;    R9, R10 = 1-30C alkyl, 1-30C alkenyl or 1-30C alkynyl (all optionally substituted), OM, SM, SiM3, NM2, halo or H;    R1, R6 = H, 1-30C alkyl, 1-30C perfluoroalkyl, 3-10C aryl or cyanide (CN);    W1 = O, C(CN)2 or C(CN)COOM1;    M1 = 1-10C alkyl, 1-10C aryl or 1-8C heteroaryl; and    M = 1-30C alkyl, 3-10C aryl or 1-8C heteroaryl.    Where R9 and R10 form a ring, preferably 5 or 6 membered ring. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a new thiophene derivative of formula (II); and    (2) an optoelectronic device with an electrode and a counter electrode and at least an organic photosensitive layer between both the electrodes, where the organic photosensitive layer comprises at least one compound of formula (I) or (II).    U2 = N-R7, SiR7R8 or CR7R8;    R2-R5 = 1-30C alkyl, 1-30C alkenyl, 1-30C alkynyl, 3-10C aryl or 1-8C heteroaryl (all optionally substituted), OM, SM, SiM3, NM2, halo or H; and    n = 0 or 1.
NOVELTY - The battery has front electrode (12) and back electrode (13) that are provided at top and bottom of a battery unit laminated structure (A). The laminated structure comprises an upper battery unit (10) laminated and connected with top of a bottom battery unit (11). The battery units comprise substrate (3), extension layers (2,4) made of indium gallium arsenide phosphide, anti-reflection film made of magnesium fluoride and Zinc sulfide, metal welding plate made of gold germanium, nickel, gold and titanium, and metal ball made of indium and tin.    USE - Solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The working efficiency of solar battery can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view illustrating the manufacturing process of solar battery.    Extension layers (2,4)    Substrate (3)    Upper battery unit (10)    Bottom battery unit (11)    Front electrode (12)    Back electrode (13)    Battery unit laminated structure (A)
NOVELTY - Manufacturing carbon composite material containing metal nanoparticle preparation, involves (a) reacting sodium alginate solution with high valent metal chloride acid solution to obtain solution, (b) stirring solution, and centrifuging and separating solution to obtain gel, (c) drying gel, and (d) heating dry gel, and maintaining heated material.    USE - The method is useful for manufacturing carbon composite material, which is used as catalyst in direct methanol fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The nanoparticle has excellent electro-catalysis property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method for manufacturing carbon composite material containing metal nanoparticle preparation, involves (a) reacting sodium alginate solution with high valent metal chloride acid solution to obtain a solution, (b) stirring the solution for 18-36 hours, preferably 18-24 hours, and centrifuging and separating the solution to obtain gel, (c) drying the gel to obtain dry gel, and (d) heating the dry gel under nonoxidizing atmosphere at 350-1500 degrees C (increased at a rate of 1-10 degrees C/minute), and maintaining the heated material for 1-4 hours at room temperature to obtain metal nanoparticle preparation. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for carbon composite material containing metal nanoparticle, which is manufactured by the above-cited method.
NOVELTY - The method involves welding two different substrates (201,205) made of different materials. The poly-silicon (203) is deposited on substrate (201) made of aluminum-nitride, beryllium oxide, gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, germanium, indium phosphide, lithium-niobate or lithium-tantalate. The substrate (205) made of silicon, silicon carbide or silicon-germanium is welded on deposited poly-silicon.    USE - Method for manufacturing bonded substrate used for LED device, solar cell, optical sensor, power device and electronic device.    ADVANTAGE - The quality of substrate can be improved with reduced process procedure and process cost. The crack generation of the bonded substrate can be prevented irrespective of difference of coefficient of thermal expansion of substrates.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional views illustrating the manufacturing process of bonded substrate.    Substrates (201,205)    Poly-silicon (203)
NOVELTY - A method for electro-oxidation of an organic compound involves providing an anion exchange membrane fuel cell having an electrolyte, a catalyst, an anode, and a cathode where the electrolyte comprises the organic compound and a metal co-catalyst dissolved in the electrolyte, the metal co-catalyst capable of forming oxidation states +2 and +4, both of which remain soluble in the electrolyte; and oxidizing the organic compound in the fuel cell, where a voltage is generated between an anode and a cathode of the fuel cell.    USE - For the electro-oxidation of an organic compound selected from methanol and ethanol (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The metal co-catalyst, as enhancer vastly improves the rate of ethanol oxidation and promotes oxidation of the C-C bond to CO2. The progress improves the electro-oxidation of ethanol through the development of more efficient catalysts. Therefore improves the specific activity of dehydrogenation and C-C bond cleavage during the ethanol oxidation process. The process provides significant enhancements for direct-ethanol fuel cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) fuel cell electrolyte (E1) comprising a soluble form of a metal co-catalyst capable of forming oxidation states +2 and +4 which remain soluble in the electrolyte;    (2) fuel cell comprising the electrolyte (E1); and    (3) preparing (P1) the electrolyte (E1) involving adding to a fuel cell electrolyte solution a salt of a metal capable of forming oxidation states II and IV which remain soluble in the electrolyte solution.
NOVELTY - The structure has a lower mold provided with a pressurization plate. A stepped pulley groove is formed at edge portion of the pressurization plate that pressurizes carbon-resin compound powder. A sealing surface is formed in inner side of the lower mold, and contacts with edge portion of an upper mold. The upper mold comprises a pressurization plate whose edge portion is formed with a stepped pulley part protrusion, where another sealing surface is formed in inner side of the upper mold.    USE - Mold structure for manufacturing a fuel cell separator.    ADVANTAGE - The structure has high electric conduction, and enables manufacturing a fuel cell separator with even density. The structure has excellent dimensional stability, and improves the quality of the fuel cell separator.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a mold structure for manufacturing a fuel cell separator.    Stepped pulley part groove depth (Gh)    Stepped pulley part protrusion widths (Gw, Pw)    Stepped pulley part protrusion height (Ph)    Separator thickness (Sh)    Separator width (Sw)
NOVELTY - Texturing agent comprises ammonia water, inorganic ammonium salt, hydrogen peroxide and deionized water.    USE - The texturing agent is useful for surface treating single crystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The agent forms pyramidal structures uniformly on the surface of the single crystalline silicon, controls shape and size of each pyramidal structure, and reduces light reflection on the surface of the single crystalline silicon.
NOVELTY - The solar cell silicon production device has a titanium nitride protective film layer that is arranged in inner chamber of furnace main portion.    USE - Solar cell silicon production device used in furnace.    ADVANTAGE - The energy consumption of the device is reduced and inner chamber of furnace main portion can be cleaned effectively.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar cell silicon production device used in furnace.
NOVELTY - Synthesis of zinc oxide with hexagonal pyramid structure, involves mixing zinc nitrate, ammonium acetate and ammonium nitrite, adding deionized water, grinding into a colloidal material, where the molar ratio of deionized water to ammonium acetate is 1:1, performing ultrasonic dispersion of colloidal material with an ultrasonic processor of 150 W power and 20 kHz frequency for 5 minutes, heating obtained dispersion in a muffle furnace at 550-650 degrees C to obtain orange powder, grinding and annealing at 400-700 degrees C for 3 hours to form loose yellow powder of zinc oxide.    USE - Synthesis of zinc oxide with hexagonal pyramid structure, used in microelectronic device, solar battery and optical device.    ADVANTAGE - The zinc oxide is prepared in high yield at low temperature, by a simple process in short period, with reduced energy consumption.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Synthesis of zinc oxide with hexagonal pyramid structure, involves mixing zinc nitrate, ammonium acetate and ammonium nitrite in a molar ratio of 1:3-7:0.1-1.5, adding deionized water, grinding into a colloidal material, where the molar ratio of deionized water to ammonium acetate is 1:1, performing ultrasonic dispersion of colloidal material with an ultrasonic processor of 150 W power and 20 kHz frequency for 5 minutes, heating obtained dispersion in a muffle furnace at 550-650 degrees C to obtain orange powder, grinding and annealing at 400-700 degrees C for 3 hours to form loose yellow powder of zinc oxide.
NOVELTY - A polyelectrolyte solution is introduced to an electrospinning device, and an electric field of 850-3500 V/cm is applied, to form nanofiber. The obtained nanofibers are aggregated, to obtain a nanoweb.    USE - Manufacture of nanoweb (claimed) used for fuel cell and solar battery. Uses include but are not limited to porous electrolyte membrane, secondary battery membrane, filter, artificial blood vessel and semiconductor membrane.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides thin nanoweb having improved porosity, performance, degree of integration, workability, heat resistance and chemical resistance.
NOVELTY - A plastic substrate is coated with inorganic barrier layer containing inorganic material having thermal expansion coefficient of 0-3 ppm/ degrees C.    USE - Plastic substrate is used for flexible display device and solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The plastic substrate has excellent rigidity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of plastic substrate.
NOVELTY - A resin composition comprises an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer has melt index of 30-50 g/minute, molecular weight distribution of 3-4 and average weight molecular weight of 45000-65000. The vinyl acetate content of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer is 25-40 wt.%. The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having weight molecular weight of less than 10000 is 15-20%. The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having weight molecular weight of more than 100000 is 10-15%.    USE - Resin composition is used for sealing solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell module formed using resin composition has excellent adhesive property, heat resistance, stability, transparency and ultraviolet stability.
NOVELTY - Copper-indium-gallium mixed source is dissolved, and polypropylene carbonate is added to the dissolved solution, to obtain ink. The ink is applied or printed on the upper side of a substrate. The ink-applied substrate is thermally processed under an insert gas atmosphere, to form a copper-indium-gallium thin film layer. Selenium or selenium compound in a solution state is applied or printed on the copper-indium-gallium thin film layer, dried and thermally processed, to form copper-indium-gallium selenide-based optical absorbing layer.    USE - Manufacture of copper-indium-gallium-selenium-based optical absorbing layer used for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently and economically forms copper-indium-gallium-selenium-based optical absorbing layer without generating toxic gases.
NOVELTY - The method involves local irradiation of a texture (14) with laser radiation that is partially penetrated through a silicon oxide layer applied on the texture of a silicon substrate. The texture is locally melted and subsequently recrystallized (16) by the laser radiation by adjusting the intensity of the laser radiation. Recrystallized regions of the texture are removed (18) by performing an etching step using a corrosive medium, where the silicon oxide layer of the recrystallized regions is used as a corroding mask against the corrosive medium.    USE - Method for local removal of a silicon oxide layer applied on a texture of a texturized substrate for manufacturing a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The recrystallized regions of the silicon oxide layer are used as the corroding mask against the corrosive medium, so that no texture material is removed. The method allows for producing a solar cell with improved efficiency in a cost-effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell comprising a solar cell substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating a method for local removal of a silicon oxide layer.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Step for texturing silicon substrate (10)    Step for forming a silicon oxide layer on a silicon substrate (12)    Step for local irradiation of a texture with laser radiation (14)    Step for locally melting and subsequently recrystallizing the texture (16)    Step for removing the recrystallized regions of the texture (18)
NOVELTY - The substrate has a sunlight semiconductor (100) whose anode and cathode are formed in opposite side of a light receiving part. The light receiving part is mounted on the semiconductor. A back sheet (200) is arranged in a lower part of the semiconductor. A circuit (300) is electrically connected with the anode and cathode of the semiconductor. A polyethylene terephthalate layer is made of polyester material. The polyethylene terephthalate layer is laminated on a poly vinyl fluoride layer, polyvinylidene fluoride layer, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene layer and silicon dioxide.    USE - Substrate for a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The circuit is electrically connected with the back sheet without using a bus. The substrate is convenient to assemble, and has improved productivity and improved photo conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a substrate manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a substrate.    Sunlight semiconductor (100)    Pipe through-hole (110)    Conductive material (120)    Back sheet (200)    Circuit (300)
NOVELTY - The battery has a metal back electrode located at back of crystal silicon, and a black silicon layer located at the crystal silicon. An amorphous silicon film is located at the black silicon layer, and a conductive film i.e. transparent indium-tin oxide conductive film, is located at the amorphous silicon film. A metal grid electrode is located at the conductive film. The silicon film is composed of N-type amorphous silicon film and an intrinsic amorphous silicon film.    USE - Hetero-junction solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The hetero-junction solar battery is manufactured by forming the amorphous silicon film on the black silicon layer, which has increased open circuit voltage and short-circuit current, for achieving higher conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method of manufacturing a hetero-junction solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a hetero-junction solar battery.
NOVELTY - The sailboard (2) is designed in form of a surface of a rigid inflatable unfolding satellite (1) and composed of a flexible solar battery sheet or rigid solar battery sheet. The satellite includes a supporting pipe located between a satellite core and a housing. Back part of the flexible or rigid solar battery sheet is adhered with a surface of the housing of the satellite, where the satellite refers to a sphere. An antenna position (3) is formed at a lower side of the satellite, where the antenna position refers to a parabola structure or plane structure.    USE - Solar battery sailboard.    ADVANTAGE - The sailboard has same form as the surface of the rigid inflatable unfolding satellite such that the sailboard is taken as an external satellite accessory, thus increasing the area of the sailboard and improving the whole structural rigidness of the satellite and vibration base frequency while improving first-order vibration base frequency with 5-10 times and promoting the whole dynamics of the satellite.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The supporting pipe and the housing are made of thermoplastic resin soaked fabric, where the thermoplastic resin soaked fabric refers to carbon fiber enhanced epoxy resin soaked fabric, aramid fiber enhanced epoxy resin soaked fabric or composed material of the carbon fiber enhanced epoxy resin soaked fabric and aramid fiber enhanced epoxy resin soaked fabric.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a bottom perspective view of a solar battery sailboard.    Rigid inflatable unfolding satellite (1)    Solar battery sailboard (2)    Antenna position (3)
NOVELTY - The battery array has several soft film solar batteries. A transparent assembling layer of high transmissivity is coated on the surface of soft thin film solar cell. The soft film solar battery, substrate layer, reinforcing layer and insulating layer are bonded through glue layer. The solar batteries are connected with positive and negative ends of solar battery through conductive chains. The substrate layer is made of metal foil rigid substrate or polyester soft substrate.    USE - Solar battery array for mobile power generating application.    ADVANTAGE - The volume of the battery is reduced and is very thin. The battery is light weight and easy to manufacture. The stability and reliability of the battery is improved. The durability of the battery is improved. The material and energy involved during the manufacturing process is reduced. The battery can be bent according to the shape of the mounting surface.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing solar battery array.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar battery array.
NOVELTY - The photovoltaic wall has crystal silicon battery sheet (6) which is covered with photovoltaic (PV) glass (5). The bottom layer of crystal silicon battery sheet is ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) (7). A V-shaped heat collecting metal plate which is welded with a heat-pipe (3). The V-shaped heat collection metal plate and insulating oil contacting surface (1) which is dimethyl silicon oil are coated with solar selective absorbing coating. The edge of the solar battery plate and heat collection plate are filled with sealing layer (4) and aluminum alloy frame (10).    USE - Combined heat and power battery plate of photovoltaic wall.    ADVANTAGE - The structure of the wall is simple. The production cost is reduced. The comprehensive efficiency is improved. The building can be integrated and the energy is saved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the photovoltaic wall.    Insulating oil contacting surface (1)    Heat-pipe (3)    Sealing layer (4)    Glass (5)    Battery sheet (6)    EVA (7)    Aluminum alloy frame (10)
NOVELTY - The method involves putting a polyimide substrate into ethanol solution. A silver and zinc oxide conductive film layer is formed on the polyimide substrate as a back electrode using a magnetron sputtering device. A silicon-based thin film adsorption layer is formed on a back electrode film layer. An indium tin oxide front electrode is provided on the adsorption layer. A silver grid line is printed on a front electrode film layer, and silver paste is filled in a notch groove. An anode and a cathode of a battery are lead out from an integrated inline assembly.    USE - Method for preparing an integrated inline assembly of a flexible substrate silicon-based thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method improves production and reliability of the integrated inline assembly, and reduces cost of the integrated inline assembly. The method increases open-circuit voltage of a large-area battery, and reduces complexity of the integrated inline assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow chart of an integrated inline assembly preparing method.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The method involves driving a solar battery substrate (2) to perform a uniform linear motion by a horizontal transmission device, so as to uniformly coat superfine silicon powder from a powder supplying device on the substrate. The substrate is radiated by high-energy laser beam, so as to melt the silicon powder on the surface of the substrate during movement process of the substrate when the substrate passes through a radiating region of high-energy laser beam. The light beam region is moved out, and is recrystallized to form the silicon thin film on the surface of the substrate.    USE - Method for preparing a solar battery silicon thin film.    ADVANTAGE - The light beam region is moved out, and is recrystallized to form the silicon thin film on the surface of the substrate, thus ensuring simple operation of the solar battery with less pollution, low energy consumption and low labor intensity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a device for preparing a solar battery silicon thin film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar battery silicon thin film. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Horizontal transmission device (1)    Solar battery substrate (2)    Powder feeding device (4)    High-energy laser light source (5)
NOVELTY - An organic solar cell with photoactive region comprises at least one organic donor material in contact with at least one organic acceptor material, where the donor material and the acceptor material form a donor-acceptor heterojunction, and the photoactive region contains at least one substituted perylene compound (I).    USE - As an organic solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic solar cell provides improved efficiency of energy conversion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic solar cell with photoactive region comprises at least one organic donor material in contact with at least one organic acceptor material, where the donor material and the acceptor material form a donor-acceptor heterojunction, and the photoactive region contains at least one substituted perylene of formula (I).    R1-R4 = alkyl, hetero(aryl) or oligo(het)aryl (all optionally substituted) or H; or    at least two adjacent radicals of R1, R2, R3 and R4, together with the carbon atoms of benzene ring = a fused ring system having 1-8 further rings; and    A' together with carbon atoms = fused monocyclic, dicyclic, tricyclic, tetracyclic, pentacyclic or hexacyclic ring system having at least one exocyclic keto group (where the ring system optionally bears at least one substituent bonded via a single bond).    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for new substituted perylene compound (I), excluding the compound (I) in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are all hydrogen, A' is a radical of formula -C(=O)-N(R23)-C(=O)- (i) in which R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each hydrogen, and R23 is 2,6-diisopropylphenyl.
NOVELTY - A solar cell (20) comprises a transparent texture layer (21), a transparent conductive layer (22), a photoelectric conversion layer (23), a back electrode layer (24), and a substrate. The transparent conductive layer, the photoelectric conversion layer, and the back electrode layer are scribed to form a laser scribing region (26) and a photoelectric conversion active region (27). The transparent texture layer has a concave portion (211) to concentrate the incident light on the photoelectric conversion active region.    USE - A solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has improved photo utilization efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar cell (20) comprises a transparent texture layer (21), a transparent conductive layer (22), a photoelectric conversion layer (23), a back electrode layer (24), and a substrate stacked in a sequence from an incident light side, where the transparent conductive layer, the photoelectric conversion layer, and the back electrode layer are being scribed to form a laser scribing region (26) and a photoelectric conversion active region (27). The transparent texture layer has a concave portion (211) opposite to the laser scribing region to concentrate the incident light on the photoelectric conversion active region. An area ratio of the laser scribing region to the laser scribing region plus the photoelectric conversion active region has a value of 0.08-0.17.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a sectional view of the solar cell.    Solar cell (20)    Transparent texture layer (21)    Transparent conductive layer (22)    Photoelectric conversion layer (23)    Back electrode layer (24)    Laser scribing region (26)    Photoelectric conversion active region (27)    Concave portion (211)
NOVELTY - Photovoltaic cell comprises a 1,4-fullerene derivative (A), where the fullerene can either be fullerene C60, C70, C84 or higher.    USE - Used as photovoltaic cell and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - (A) has a structure that allows for straightforward functionalizations to tune their properties in terms of solubility and LUMO energy levels. (A) provides photovoltaic cells having very high open circuit voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Photovoltaic cell comprises a 1,4-fullerene derivative (A) of formula (I) or (II), where the fullerene can either be fullerene C60, C70, C84 or higher.    R1-R10, R12-R21 = H, alkyl, aryl, amino, oxo, thio, alkyl, halo or silanes; and    R11 = H or alkyl.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a composition comprising (A);    (2) tuning the solubility of a compound for a photovoltaic cell comprising arylating a fullerenol with a long alkyl chain group to produce a compound, and determining whether the compound is soluble in a solvent;    (3) tuning the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level of a fullerene derivative for a photovoltaic cell comprising arylating a fullerenol with an electron withdrawing group to lower the LUMO level of the derivative, or an electron donating group to raise the LUMO level of the derivative, and determining the LUMO level of the compound; and    (4) producing a photovoltaic cell device comprising forming a layer of the device with (A).
NOVELTY - Degrading biomass involves using peroxide in presence of metal catalyst.    USE - For degrading biomass useful for building materials; and as a cofactor for enhancing activity of enzymes used to digest biomass. The method is useful to generate pressure used for mechanical work and electricity generation; gasify biomass to generate fuel gases, such as methane or hydrogen, where the fuel gases are used directly as a source of energy or for applications, e.g. fuel cells; for degradation and removal of solid biomass and/or organic waste; for extracting chemicals and biochemicals from the biomass waste; and in combination with UV light. The sugar extracted in the method is useful for feed stock (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method allows one to treat a starting biomass material to not only obtain glucose (for ethanol production), but also obtain heat (an additional source of energy) and pressure. This method can be used to gasify biomass very cheaply, under ambient conditions. Also, continuation of the same treatment can result in the removal of the remaining waste.
NOVELTY - A two-component curable epoxy resin composition contains (in parts mass) epoxy resin (a) (100) excluding epoxy polyol resin having hydroxyl value of 40-330 mg potassium hydroxide/g and epoxy methacrylate, vinyl monomer and/or (meth)acrylate monomer (b) (10-75) excluding epoxy methacrylate, modifying agent (c) (0-50), epoxy (meth)acrylate (d) (0-50), and curing agent (e) (15-45) excluding organic peroxide, ultraviolet ray initiator and electron beam initiator.    USE - Two-component curable epoxy resin composition is used for forming layer for laminate (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to protection coat for glass windows, solar cell module component, display component and electronic component sealing material.    ADVANTAGE - The two-component curable epoxy resin composition has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance, flexibility, adhesiveness with respect to to-be-adhered component, moldability and water resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for laminate, which comprises layer (A) formed using two-component type curable epoxy resin composition, and layer (B) made of glass, polycarbonate, acrylic resin, polyester-type resin, hard vinyl chloride resin, soft polyvinyl chloride resin or styrene resin.
NOVELTY - The method involves cleaning bell-jar (1) using water. The pressure in the inside of bell-jar is lower than vapor pressure of the water so as to remove water content. The atmospheric pressure inside the bell-jar is set to 1000 Pa or less using the vacuum pump (7) with vacuum attainment capability of 200 Pa or less. Highly purified inert gas is introduced with respect to inside of bell-jar.    USE - Cleaning method of bell-jar used for manufacturing polycrystalline-silicon for semiconductor device and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The water content can be removed efficiently by lowering the pressure inside bell-jar to below the boiling point of water. The cleaning process of bell-jar can be performed reliably within short time. Hence, the purity degree of bell-jar inner surface can be raised so as to manufacture highly purified polycrystalline silicon.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method of polycrystalline silicon, which involves cleaning the bell-jar used for precipitation of the polycrystalline silicon. The time required for water cleaning process to completion of drying process is set to 0.8 or less hour. The drying process is terminated when 5 minutes passes after the atmospheric pressure inside the bell-jar is set to 1000 Pa or less; and    (2) apparatus for drying bell-jar used for polycrystalline-silicon manufacture, which has vacuum line for pressure-reducing the atmospheric pressure in the airtight space while forming airtight space by mounting the bell-jar. The dried-gas line is provided for returning the atmospheric pressure in the airtight space to normal pressure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of apparatus for drying bell-jar.    Bell-jar (1)    Baseplate (2)    Vacuum gage (4)    Gas introduction line (5)    Vacuum pump (7)
NOVELTY - A film mirror has a resin base material and a silver reflection layer on the resin base material. The silver reflection layer contains silver complex compound obtained by reacting silver compound (I) and amine compound.    USE - Film mirror is used for solar power generation reflective apparatus (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The film mirror having excellent weather resistance and light resistance, and high reflectance is economically manufactured, with high yield. The solar power generation reflective apparatus comprising the film mirror is lightweight.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A film mirror has a resin base material and a silver reflection layer on the resin base material. The silver reflection layer contains silver complex compound obtained by reacting silver compound of formula: AgnX and amine compound.    X=oxygen, sulfur, halo, cyano, cyanate, carbonate, nitrate, nitrite, sulfate, phosphate, thiocyanate, chlorate, perchlorate, tetrafluoroborate, acetylacetonate, carboxylate or their derivative;and    n=1-4.
NOVELTY - A laminated film (20) is obtained by sequentially laminating anchor layer (24) formed of hardened polymerizable composition containing vinyl monomer and/or prepolymer, barrier layer (23) containing metal or metal compound, etching protective layer (22) having acid- or alkali-resistance, and transparent electroconductive layer (21) formed from inorganic compound on one surface of base film (25) formed from transparent resin. The vinyl monomer and/or prepolymer contain silicon (meth)acrylate monomer and/or prepolymer.    USE - Laminated film is used for electronic device (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electronic paper, organic electroluminescent display, liquid crystal element and thin film solar cell element.    ADVANTAGE - The laminated film has excellent water vapor barrier property, transparency, and optical characteristics, and high total light transmittance. Deterioration and damage of barrier layer are suppressed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of laminated film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic cross-sectional view of electronic paper.    Laminated film (20)    Transparent electrode (21)    Etching protective layer (22)    Barrier layer (23)    Anchor layer (24)    Base film (25)    Glare-proof layer (26)
NOVELTY - A solar cell module has a silicon ribbon (11) produced directly from nitrogen-containing silicon melt solution (12), and a photovoltaic cell produced using silicone ribbon, electrically connected in series. The nitrogen concentration of the silicon ribbon is more than 1x 1016 atoms/cm3 and less than 5x 1016 atoms/cm3.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The reverse direction leakage current of photovoltaic cell is reduced, and yield of solar cell module is improved. The silicon ribbon and spherical silicon are economically manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of silicon ribbon, which involves producing nitrogen-containing silicon melt solution, and growing silicon ribbon from melt solution on a substrate by immersing substrate (14) in melt solution at growth rate of 75-140 mu m/second; and    (2) manufacture of spherical silicon, which involves growing spherical silicon from melt solution by dropping nitrogen-containing silicon melt solution at growth rate of more than 20 mu m/second.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of growth apparatus of silicon ribbon.    Silicon ribbon (11)    Nitrogen-containing silicon melt solution (12)    Substrate (14)    Heater (21)    Crucible (22)
NOVELTY - A solar cell module has a vinyl chloride base material (5), on which a power generating component (4) covered with a sealing material (3), and a weather-resistant layer (2) are laminated sequentially, and an adhesive layer (6) between vinyl chloride base material and power generating component. The adhesive layer is a single layer, and contains resins.    USE - Solar cell module is used for building material (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to motor vehicles, railways, boats, ships, aircrafts, spacecrafts, household appliances, mobile phones and toys.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell module has improved workability. The deterioration of adhesion between base material and sealing layer is not generated even if module is exposed in outdoor environment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the solar cell module.    Weather-resistant layer (2)    Sealing material (3)    Power generating component (4)    Vinyl chloride base material (5)    Adhesive layer (6)
NOVELTY - An organic thin film solar cell comprises a gas barrier film substrate (1), an organic power generating laminate (2) containing a positive electrode, an organic photoelectric conversion layer, a metal oxide layer and a negative electrode containing a metal nobler than iron, in order, and a gas barrier layer (5).    USE - Organic thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The organic thin film solar cell has high durability, aging stability and photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic view of organic thin-film solar cell.    Gas barrier film substrate (1)    Resin film (1a)    Gas barrier layer (1b,5)    Organic power generation laminate (2)
NOVELTY - A weather-proof back sheet (4) has a cured coating film layer (6) containing crosslinked material of the coating composition containing hydroxyl-containing fluorine polymer and silicon-oxide particles having average primary particle diameter of 0.1-30 mu m formed on at least one surface of a water-impermeable sheet (5).    USE - Weather-proof back sheet is used for solar cell modules for solar cell panel (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The weather-proof back sheet has excellent adhesiveness, usability, concealability, chemical resistance, blocking resistance and moisture resistance. The compression-bonding phenomenon of weather-proof back sheet is suppressed, during manufacture.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell module, which is obtained by laminating sealing agent layer (2) containing ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer which seals the photovoltaic cell (1) inside, and the back sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic sectional view of solar cell module.    Photovoltaic cell (1)    Sealing agent layer (2)    Surface layer (3)    Weather-proof back sheet (4)    Water-impermeable sheet (5)    Cured coating film layer (6)
NOVELTY - A heat-conductive composition containing a polymer, an anisotropic heat conductive filler (1), and a filler (2) is extruded with an extruder, and the extrusion molding (AA) in which the filler is orientated along the extrusion direction (D) is molded. The molding is cured and cut to preset thickness in the orthogonal direction with respect to the extrusion direction using an ultrasonic disc cutter, to obtain a thermally conductive sheet.    USE - Manufacture of thermally conductive sheet (claimed) to be interposed between heat source e.g. central processing unit, transistor, laser diodes, solar cells, batteries, capacitors, and LED, and radiation component, and for heat piping of heat exchanger and floor-heating apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides thermally conductive sheet which has cut surfaces with low surface roughness and hence shows reduced thermal resistance at the interfaces, and high thermal conductivity in the thickness direction. Efficiency and durability of device are improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for thermally conductive sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an explanatory view of the orientation state of the anisotropic heat conductive filler during extrusion molding. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Anisotropic heat conductive filler (1)    Filler (2)    Extrusion molding (AA)    Extrusion direction (D)
NOVELTY - A thin film solar cell has a transparent microlens array (MLA) layer comprising array of lenses having cross-section of 1-1000 mu m deposited or formed on flat transparent surface of transparent electrode, such that 60% or more of the flat surface is occupied by the lenses.    USE - Thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The thin film solar cell has improved light absorption efficiency and solar energy conversion efficiency, and reduced reflection loss.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) formation of transparent MLA layer, which involves forming an array of lenses comprising a photocurable transparent resin on flat transparent surface of solar cell and curing the transparent resin by irradiation of electromagnetic radiation; and    (2) formation of solar cell having light proximal transparent MLA, which involves molding array of lenses on a face of a transparent substrate and depositing transparent electrode on face of the transparent substrate opposite the MLA.
NOVELTY - A double-side embossing of a solar battery packaging film comprises a glue film main body (1) set with rectangle shape strips (2), and grinding ripples (3).    USE - A double-side embossing of a solar battery packaging film.    ADVANTAGE - The packaging film can be cut conveniently, does not generate bubbles easily, has process component laid in chip that is not easy to shift, has pattern having good damping effect, and can be easily make into a battery chip.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a double-side embossing of a solar battery packaging film.    Glue film main body (1)    Rectangle shape strips (2)    Grinding ripples (3)
NOVELTY - The battery has a polyvinyl butyral (PVB) lower layer (2) connected with the upper portion of the glass supporting sheet (1). A solar crystal silicon battery set (3) is provided in the middle of the PVB lower layer. The crystal silicon battery set is provided with an upper PVB connecting layer (4). The PVB connecting layer is provided with a ultra-white glass layer (5). The glass supporting sheet is the hard coat glass.    USE - Dual component battery.    ADVANTAGE - The heat energy of crystal silicon dual component battery can be reflected.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the dual component battery.    Glass supporting sheet (1)    PVB lower layer (2)    Solar crystal silicon battery set (3)    PVB connecting layer (4)    Ultra-white glass layer (5)
NOVELTY - A double layer film comprises double middle layer film that is adjacent to front surface of a silicon substrate layer comprising a silicon oxide or silicon nitride and carbon-containing silica compound having carbon atom content of 5-10%.    USE - A double layer film for preventing plating for silicon solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the double layer film comprising cleaning and diffusing front surface of silicon substrate woven cashmere, diffusing, cleaning, depositing silicon oxide or silicon nitride layer, drying at 200 degrees C for 30 seconds, spin coating a dielectric solution, annealing at 400-500 for 30-60 minutes, and cooling.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a double layer film.
NOVELTY - Amorphous silicon film is deposited in solar cell production by heating a buffer chamber inside a heating chamber of a tunnel-type structure amorphous silicon film depositing equipment at 60 degrees C, 120 degrees C, and 180 degrees C; and transporting the buffer chamber to all the layer deposition chambers simultaneously to deposit amorphous silicon film.    USE - A deposition method of amorphous silicon film in solar cell production.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Amorphous silicon film is deposited in solar cell production by:    (A) adopting a tunnel-type structure amorphous silicon film depositing equipment comprising a sheet table set at both ends of the amorphous silicon film depositing equipment main body, a discharge table, a buffer chamber, a heating chamber, a phosphorus-layer deposition chamber, phosphorus iodide-layer deposition chamber, iodine-layer deposition chamber, a nitrogen-layer deposition chamber, a vacuum system located below amorphous silicon film depositing equipment main body, a vacuum pipeline, a valve, a buffer chamber, and a heating chamber;    (B) heating the buffer chamber inside the heating chamber at 60 degrees C, 120 degrees C, and 180 degrees C; and    (C) transporting the buffer chamber to all the layer deposition chambers simultaneously to deposit amorphous silicon film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a tunnel-type structure amorphous silicon film depositing equipment.
NOVELTY - A dye-sensitized-type photoelectric conversion element is obtained by opposingly arranging a semiconductor electrode (6) to which a pigment (4) and semiconductor are adsorbed, and a counter electrode (8) through a charge transferring layer on an electroconductive support. The charge transferring layer contains electron-donating group-containing compound (I).    USE - Dye-sensitized-type photoelectric conversion element e.g. solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The dye-sensitized-type photoelectric conversion element has excellent flexibility, durability and photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dye-sensitized-type photoelectric conversion element is obtained by opposingly arranging a semiconductor electrode to which a pigment and semiconductor are adsorbed, and a counter electrode through a charge transferring layer on an electroconductive support. The charge transferring layer contains electron-donating group-containing compound of formula (I).    Ar1=optionally substituted arylene or bivalent heterocyclic group;    Ar2,Ar3=optionally substituted aryl or heterocyclic group;    n=0-4;    R1,R2=H, halo, cyano, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, aryl, amino or heterocyclic group, where R1 and R2 are not H simultaneously;    X=electron-donating group;and    or R1+R2+X=cyclic structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the dye-sensitized-type photoelectric conversion element.    Substrate (1)    Pigment (4)    Semiconductor layer (5)    Semiconductor electrode (6)    Counter electrode (8)
NOVELTY - The mold manufacturing method involves patterning a resist (20) by a fixed shape pattern on the surface of a monocrystal substrate (10). The resist is peeled after etching the substrate. A diamond (40) is formed in a film on the substrate by performing treatment with ultrasonic waves using alcohol solution containing diamond paste. The substrate is separated from the diamond using fluoro nitric acid. Platinum with ionization tendency that is greater than the ionization tendency of polycrystalline silicon, is formed on the surface of the diamond which contacts the workpiece.    USE - Mold manufacturing method e.g. for solar cell wafer.    ADVANTAGE - Transfer of uniform texture structure to workpiece is effectively performed.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross sectional view illustrating the process flow of mold manufacturing method. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Monocrystal substrate (10)    Resist (20)    Mask (30)    Diamond (40)
NOVELTY - The method involves injecting the washed cover glass plate (100) in the solar cell inline production process equipment connected to the laminator apparatus, coating a fluid silicon sealant (200a) on the glass plate, and forming a transparent adhesive layer (200b) on the silicon sealant which is coated on the glass plate, by solidification process. A silicon bonding layer (200) is formed on the solar cell module, and the solar cell module with bonding layer is discharged out of the laminator apparatus.    USE - Lamination method of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - A long time stable thin film type solar cell module can be manufactured efficiently and the solar cell efficiency can be improved, while improving the sunlight permeability in the visible light area and shortening the manufacturing time of the solar cell module. Mass productivity of the solar cell module is enabled.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic sectional views explaining the manufacturing process of a CIGS solar cell module.    Cover glass plate (100)    Silicon bonding layer (200)    Silicon sealant (200a)    Transparent adhesive layer (200b)    Element substrate (300)
NOVELTY - The back sheet has three of which upper and lower base material layer are made from weather-ability property PET while middle base material layer is made of insulating property PET. Encapsulating material is provided to one of base material layer made of weather-ability property PET.    USE - Back sheet for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The reliability and efficiency of solar cell module are improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of back sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the block flow diagram illustrating the process for manufacturing back sheet for solar cell module. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - Microbial fuel cell, comprises Pseudomonas putida, and P.alcaliphila (MBR CGMCC No: 2318) as anode catalyst.    USE - The microbial fuel cell is useful for generating electricity.    ADVANTAGE - The microbial fuel cell is simple and inexpensive.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of preparing the above-mentioned fuel cell, which involves (a) constructing battery device, (b) preparing Pseudomonas strain acted as microorganism cell, (c) obtaining anode solution and cathode solution, and (d) selecting operation mode, power generating detection and anode liquid chemical oxygen demand (COD).
NOVELTY - The condensing type solar cell module has a solar cell (30) that arranged on a circuit board (20). A focusing apparatus (40) focuses sunlight to a direction facing the solar cells. An Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) sheet (100) is laminated on the upper side of the circuit board.    USE - Condensing type solar cell module for producing electric power from sunlight.    ADVANTAGE - EVA sheet ensures quality and durability by protecting the solar cell from external influence such as penetration of foreign substance e.g. dust and moisture. EVA sheet is easily laminated at predetermined temperature in which bubble is not generated.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross sectional view of the condensing type solar cell module.    Radiator (10)    Circuit board (20)    Solar cell (30)    Focusing apparatus (40)    EVA sheet (100)
NOVELTY - A porous nano-fiber web has a porous compound layer (20) adhered on side(s) of a web-shaped hydrocarbon porous scaffold (10). The porous compound layer has ion conductance of 0.01-0.15 S/cm.    USE - Porous nano-fiber web for an electrolyte film that is utilized for a fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The nano-fiber web is light in weight, achieves improved physical property, thin-film property and sustained ion conductance, and provides an electrolyte film with high efficiency and chemical resistance in normal organic solvent.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a porous nano-fiber web.    Hydrocarbon porous scaffold (10)    Porous compound layer (20)
NOVELTY - A dilute oxide semiconductor film solar battery has a functional layer/transitional layer/substrate PIN structure composed of zinc selenide, especially low oxygen content of zinc selenide.    USE - Dilute oxide semiconductor film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery has high photoelectric conversion efficiency. The battery ensures collection and utilization of the sunlight in an effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dilute oxide semiconductor film solar battery has a functional layer/transitional layer/substrate PIN structure composed of zinc selenide, especially low oxygen content of zinc selenide (ZnSe1-xOx), where x is greater than 0 and less than 0.1.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a dilute oxide semiconductor film solar battery.
NOVELTY - A solar cell electrode comprises (in weight%) glass frit (2-3) having dilatometer softening temperature at 520 degrees C, silver powder (75-84), ethylcellulose (3-4), organic solvent (10-15), and additive (1-2).    USE - Solar cell electrode is used for manufacturing paste (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell electrode has excellent conductivity. The solar cell electrode provides paste having improved thixotropy.
NOVELTY - An electrode-material composition comprises (in parts weight) polyacrylate (100), carbon nanotubes (7-23) and solvent (60-100).    USE - Composition is used for counter electrode for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electrode-material composition is safely manufactured, by simple method. The counter electrode containing the composition has large surface area, and excellent abrasion resistance. The solar cell comprising the counter electrode has excellent photoelectric conversion rate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of electrode-material composition; and    (2) solar cell, which has counter electrode containing mixture of polyacrylate (50-70 wt.%) and carbon nanotubes (30-50 wt.%).
NOVELTY - A crystalline silicon solar battery antireflective film comprises a sol which contains zinc acetate, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and monoethanolamine. The concentration of zinc acetate in the sol is 0.3-0.5 mol/L. The ratio of monoethanolamine and zinc acetate is 1:1.    USE - Antireflective film is used for crystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The antireflective film has high transmissivity, low electrical resistivity, high photon-generated carrier mobility, refractive index near to the refractive index of silicon nitride and durability, and is economically prepared by simple process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for formation of crystalline silicon solar battery antireflective film, which involves pre-treating silicon wafer, coating the sol on the surface of the pre-treated silicon wafer by soaking-lifting, rotational coating or spraying method, drying, solidifying at 70-90 degrees C and thermally treating at 500-550 degrees C for 30-60 minutes.
NOVELTY - The method involves carrying out electrochemical attack of crystalline silicon assisted by polyoxometalate. A crystalline silicon substrate is used as an anode, where an electrolyte contains an aqueous solution, a polar solvent, polyoxometalate compound and glycerin. Luminescent emission is carried out at room temperature in a visible spectral region.    USE - Method for producing luminescent photonic structures of porous silicon used in light-emitting diodes, lasers, waveguides or solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method involves carrying out electrochemical attack of crystalline silicon assisted by polyoxometalate, and hence ensures improving the luminescence efficiency of the light-emitting diodes, lasers, waveguides, solar cells, and photochemical sensors.
NOVELTY - A high density zinc oxide nanoparticle is prepared by using diethyl zinc steam diluted by inert gas and steam of hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution as reaction precursor, and using atomic layer deposition device to generate high density zinc oxide nanoparticles in atom layer deposition mode. The reaction precursors are placed into the reaction cavity in pulse mode alternately, and blown and washed with inert gas.    USE - Method for preparing high density zinc oxide nanoparticles (claimed) used for the photoelectric conversion material in solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method has simple working procedure and low production cost. The size of the nanoparticle can be controlled precisely. The high density zinc oxide nanoparticles have average gain size of 5-25 nm, height of 2-10 nm and density of 1x 1010 to 1x 1011/cm.
NOVELTY - A hypothermal crystallization method for titanium oxide nanotubes array or titanium oxide nanotubes powder comprises oxidizing metal titanium pieces at positive pole to obtain uniformed titanium oxide nanotube array or titanium oxide nanotubes powder in water-based solution; soaking uniformed titanium oxide nanotube array or titanium oxide nanotubes powder, heating to 60-200 degrees C and keeping temperature for 1 to 50 hours; and separating mixed solution to obtain sample and washing with deionized water to dry at below 100 degrees C and obtain desired nanotubes array or powder.    USE - Hypothermal crystallization method for titanium oxide nanotubes array or titanium oxide nanotubes powder (claimed) for photocatalysis and solar energy photovoltaic device.    ADVANTAGE - The method is simple, energy saving and environmental friendly as compared with traditional craft of high-temperature calcinations crystallization.
NOVELTY - A conductive polymer containing 1-(4-hydroxythiophen-3-yl)ethanone or 1,6-dioxa-6a-thiapentalene is dissolved and mixed with a templating agent containing zinc oxide/zinc hydroxide. An ammonium persulfate as an oxidizing agent is added to mixed solution to obtain polymer reaction. The reaction mixture is filtered to form reaction product. The reaction product is washed and dried. The templating agent in dried reaction product is removed using diluted acids, to obtain mesoporous conductive polymer.    USE - Manufacture of mesoporous conductive polymer. Uses include but are not limited to transparent electrode for manufacturing biosensor, organic solar battery, organic light-emitting diode, supercapacitor and flexible transparent device.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides component having large surface area.
NOVELTY - The cell (100) has a transparent glass substrate (10) protecting a stack of layers (30) and comprising a photovoltaic film (5) incorporating a material made of cadmium with photovoltaic properties, and lower and upper electrode layers (3, 6) forming electrodes on one of two sides of the film. The lower electrode layer is formed of transparent conductive oxide, and an aluminum nitride layer (4) is formed between the lower electrode layer and the film. The aluminum nitride layer is optionally and partially substituted by gallium, with physical thickness of less than 10 nanometers.    USE - Photovoltaic cell.    ADVANTAGE - The stack of layers is such that the optical and electrical conduction properties of the transparent conductive oxide layer are affected by the heat treatment phases during the deposition of layers of cadmium telluride/cadmium sulfide and by the successive heating during manufacturing of the photovoltaic cell while preventing the efficiency of the solar cell from being degraded.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of a photovoltaic cell.    Lower electrode layer (3)    Aluminum nitride layer (4)    Photovoltaic film (5)    Upper electrode layer (6)    Transparent glass substrate (10)    Layers (30)    Photovoltaic cell (100)
NOVELTY - The substrate has a scattering layer (2) made of a transparent conductive oxide deposited on a support surface (1), and a spherical particles layer (3) made of a material chosen from dielectric and transparent conductive oxides. The spherical particles layer comprises diameters belonging to two populations of different diameters, where the spherical particles layer is coated with transparent conductive oxide layer. The transparent conductive oxide layer has constant thickness.    USE - Substrate for a hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The design of the substrate enables variable size of the dielectric particles, thus ensuring optimum efficiency of the diffused and transmitted light quantity on wide range of wavelengths of 350 to 1500 nanometers.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The transparent conductive oxide is selected from aluminum-doped zinc oxide, zinc oxide, boron-zinc oxide, zinc oxide, gallium doped zinc oxide, tin oxide, indium oxide, indium tin oxide and indium molybdenum oxide. An INDEPNEDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a structure of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cell in a superstrate configuration.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Support surface (1)    Scattering layer (2)    Spherical particles layer (3)
NOVELTY - The vehicle has a motor (11) acting on a vehicle advancing unit (12). A power supply supplies hydrogen and oxygen provided by a hydrogen supply system (20) and a pure oxygen supply system (30) to a fuel cell (13). The pure oxygen supply system comprises a Sodium Chlorate (NaClO3) tank (31) and a NaClO3 decomposition reactor (32) that is arranged in fluid communication with the NaClO3 tank and connected to the fuel cell to supply pure oxygen to the fuel cell after decomposition of NaClO3. The hydrogen supply system comprises a low pressure tank (21) for storing gas using metal hydrides.    USE - Electric motor vehicle. Uses include but are not limited to underwater vehicle, aircraft, car and motor bike.    ADVANTAGE - The NaClO3 decomposition reactor is arranged in fluid communication with the NaClO3 tank, and is connected to the fuel cell to supply pure oxygen to the fuel cell after decomposition of the NaClO3, so as to avoid storage of hydrogen with high pressure, thus enhancing safety and output of the vehicle in an ecological and economic manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The NaClO3 decomposition reactor is selected among wheel, propeller, turbine and blade.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an electric motor vehicle comprising a low pressure hydrogen tank.    Motor (11)    Vehicle advancing unit (12)    Fuel cell (13)    Hydrogen supply system (20)    Low pressure tank (21)    Pure oxygen supply system (30)    NaClO3 tank (31)    NaClO3 decomposition reactor (32)
NOVELTY - The method involves transporting a substrate to be processed e.g. silicon wafer (14), by a production line in an etching bath (18), and detecting lattice distortion on the substrate using an image analysis by a CCD camera (22). The substrate is removed from the etching bath prior to conducting further process steps in the production line when the distortion is determined on the substrate. Surface area (20) other than the surface detected with disturbed area of the substrate is processed and separated depending on disturbed area of the structure on the production line.    USE - Method for performing quality control on a substrate i.e. silicon wafer, during manufacture of a semiconductor component i.e. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The lattice distortion is detected using the image analysis, and the surface detected with the disturbed area of the substrate is separated depending on the disturbed area of the structure on the production line, so that the lattice distortions in the production lines can be recognized accurately at earlier stage.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view illustrating a section of a production line for manufacturing a solar cell.    Wafer stack (10)    Handling device (12)    Silicon wafer (14)    Etching bath (18)    Surface area (20)    CCD camera (22)
NOVELTY - The method of reducing metal contamination of a silicon wafer, comprises: contacting the wafer with a liquid medium, which comprises compounds that bind the metal contaminations in complexes, complex-forming acids or salts or chelators; and applying an electrical voltage to the wafer, which is connected as anode. The liquid medium acts as an electrode for the deposition of metal contamination. The electrical contacting of the wafer is performed by transport rollers and a carrier in which the wafer is contacted itself with the liquid medium.    USE - The method is useful for reducing metal contamination of a silicon wafer, which is useful in solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method is capable of effectively reducing metal contamination of the silicon wafer with good durability and high defect density.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The method of reducing metal contamination of a silicon wafer, comprises: contacting the wafer with a liquid medium, which comprises compounds that bind the metal contaminations in complexes, complex-forming acids or salts or chelators; and applying an electrical voltage to the wafer, which is connected as anode. The liquid medium acts as an electrode for the deposition of metal contamination. The electrical contacting of the wafer is performed by transport rollers and a carrier in which the wafer is contacted itself with the liquid medium. The transport rollers transport the wafer through the liquid medium. The wafer is simultaneously illuminated to increase a conductivity of the wafer. A magnetic field and an ultrasound act on the liquid medium and the wafer. The magnetic field is variable in time. The method is performed in combination with wet chemical steps of etching, cleaning or flushing during the processing of the silicon wafer. The liquid medium is an etching-, texturing-, cleaning- or flushing medium.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a semiconductor substrate (201) e.g. p-type or n-type-silicon substrate, and forming a boron-doped region (202) in the substrate, where a part of a surface of the substrate is arranged in the boron-doped region. Dielectric sheets (204, 205) are formed on the part of the surface of the substrate. A borosilicate glass layer (202A) is formed on the surface of the boron-doped region such that the dielectric sheets are in direct contact with a part of the borosilicate glass layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing a passivated boron-doped region in a solar cell e.g. n-type solar cell. Can also be used in interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cell, metallization wrap-through (MWT)-solar cell and emitter wrap-through (EWT) solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The borosilicate glass layer is formed on the surface of the boron-doped region such that the dielectric sheets are in direct contact with the part of the borosilicate glass layer, so that passivation of the boron-doped region is improved efficiently, thus increasing lifetime of minority carriers produced during operation of a solar cell, and hence enhancing yield of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The borosilicate glass layer is formed by a thermal oxidation method in atmosphere containing carbon dioxide or water. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell comprising a semiconductor substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of an n-type solar cell.    Solar cell (200)    Semiconductor substrate (201)    Boron-doped region (202)    Borosilicate glass layer (202A)    Dielectric sheets (204, 205)
NOVELTY - The method involves simultaneously diffusing phosphorus dopant on front and back surfaces of a crystalline silicon substrate (101) to form front side and rear side phosphorus diffusion regions (201,203) having similar diffusion depth on the front and back surfaces respectively. The phosphorus silica glass layers (204) are formed on the phosphorus diffusion regions and a dielectric sheet (305) is formed on the back surface of substrate. The substrate is heated to specific temperature such that the phosphorus diffusion regions expand to a preset depth.    USE - Method for manufacturing back contact solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the front and back surfaces of silicon substrate are simultaneously diffused to form phosphorus diffusion regions, manufacturing process of the solar cell can be simplified and manufacturing cost of the solar cell can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the back contact solar cell during manufacturing process.    Silicon substrate (101)    Front side phosphorus diffusion region (201)    Rear side phosphorus diffusion region (203)    Phosphorus silica glass layer (204)    Dielectric sheet (305)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a p-doped region (302) i.e. boron-doped region, and an n-doped region (303) i.e. phosphorus-doped region, in a semiconductor substrate (301), where a part of a surface area of the substrate belongs to the n-doped region. Dielectric sheets (304, 305) are formed on the part of the surface area. Two sets of metal contacts (306, 307) are electrically connected with the p-doped region and the n-doped region, respectively. The metal contacts are made of silver and aluminum, and the semiconductor substrate is made of p- or n-type silicon.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar cell that is utilized for converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical power.    ADVANTAGE - The metal contacts are electrically connected with the p-doped region and the n-doped region, respectively, thus manufacturing the solar cell with improved contacting properties in a cost-effective manner, and hence increasing efficiency of the solar cell even with high sheet resistance of the n-doped region.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell comprising a semiconductor substrate and metal contacts.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell.    Semiconductor substrate (301)    P-doped region (302)    N-doped region (303)    Dielectric sheets (304, 305)    Metal contacts (306, 307)
NOVELTY - The container has a heating plate (1) designed as a sleeve with a heating coil (2). The heating plate is provided with a shunt cone (3).    USE - Underwater electromagnetic valve container for a fuel cell system heating device.    ADVANTAGE - The container has high heating efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of an underwater electromagnetic valve container for a fuel cell system heating device.    Heating plate (1)    Heating coil (2)    Shunt cone (3)
NOVELTY - The machine has a solar cell plate feeding table (1) that is arranged on the main machine (2). The sides of the main machine are provided with the vertical nut structure or ball nut structure. The secondary nut mechanism of screw nut (4) is connected with the box portion (3). The sides of the screw rod (5) are provided with the transmission mechanism of the electric motor. The horizontal bevel gear box and the vertical bevel gear box are arranged at the sides of the transmission mechanism.    USE - Machine for laminating solar cell component.    ADVANTAGE - The fall of box can be prevented, since the sides of the main machine are provided with the vertical nut structure or ball nut structure. The structure of the laminating machine can be simplified. The safety and the reliability of the laminating machine can be improved. The lifetime of the laminating machine can be improved. The laminating machine can be maintained conveniently. High rate of finished products can be achieved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the laminating machine.    Solar cell plate feeding table (1)    Main machine (2)    Box portion (3)    Screw nut (4)    Screw rod (5)
NOVELTY - A chemical vapor deposition reactor system comprises sequence of fixed process zones with each pair of adjacent zones separated by gas inflow isolator coupled via gas dual flow path to exhaust ports of process zones, and transport apparatus which has multiple movable substrate carriers holding multiple substrates to be sequentially processed by moving carriers with corresponding substrates through sequence of fixed process zones. The process zone(s) perform reactant gas deposition process.    USE - Chemical vapor deposition reactor system for solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The total flow rate requirement for back-flow isolation is reduced. Much narrower gap for isolation than growth zone is provided.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) chemical vapor deposition system; and    (2) chemical vapor deposition reactor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the chemical vapor deposition reactor.    Chemical vapor deposition reactor (10)    Reactor lid assembly (20)    Wafer carrier track (30)    Wafer carrier track support (40)    Heating lamp assembly (50)
NOVELTY - The cell has a bottom electrode installed on a lower part of a p-n junction layer. A transparent electrode is arranged on an upper part of the p-n junction layer, where sunlight passes through the transparent electrode. Multiple nano particles are arranged on the transparent electrode, where diameter of the nano particles is 10-70 nanometers. The nano particles comprise a metal selected from gold, silver, copper or platinum. An oxide film is formed between the transparent electrode and the nano particles, where the oxide film is made of silicon oxide or zirconium oxide.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell improves optical absorption amount and photoelectric efficiency by changing maximum optical absorption wavelength to long wavelength according to wavelength of the sunlight.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The p-n junction layer is made of impurity doped silicon material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - The structure has a film (11) e.g. silver film or aluminum film, and a periodic structure (14), which is provided as a double-layer structure composed of an oxide conductive film (12), an ultrathin film (13) and a layer of oxide conductive film (17).The double-layer structure is repeatedly provided for 1-5 times. A thickness of silver film or aluminum film ranges from 200 to 1000 nanometers. The silver film or aluminum film is prepared by an electron beam evaporation, magnetic sputtering or vacuum heating evaporation method.    USE - Multi-layer back reflector structure for a thin-film solar cell made of amorphous silicon, microcrystalline silicon, nanometer silicon, amorphous silicon, germanium, copper-indium-gallium selenium and cadmium telluride.    ADVANTAGE - The reflector structure has high reflectivity in visible light and near infrared wavebands. The solar cell obtains a high short-circuit current.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing a multi-layer back reflector structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a multi-layer back reflector structure.    Film (11)    Oxide conductive film (12)    Ultrathin film (13)    Periodic structure (14)    Layer of oxide conductive film (17)
NOVELTY - The component has independent cell battery units located on a flexible substrate that is selected from one of a polyurethane film substrate and a polyimide film substrate. Encapsulation layers are formed on a surface of the independent cell battery units. The independent cell battery units are electrically connected in series and parallel. The encapsulation layers are made of flexible material. A solar cell unit includes a transparent front electrode layer, a thin-film silicon layer and a back electrode layer from top to bottom.    USE - Flexible thin-film solar cell integrated component.    ADVANTAGE - The component is flexible and convenient to carry, and has wide application range. The component is simple and easy to manufacture.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a flexible thin-film solar cell integrated component manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a flexible thin-film solar cell integrated component.
NOVELTY - The process involves printing silicon ink on a silicon sheet. Oxygen is supplied into a diffusion furnace, a silicon chip and a surface of the silicon ink to form a silicon dioxide layer. Phosphorus is supplied into the diffusion furnace for diffusion. A heavy doping region is formed on the chip by printing the silicon ink. A lightly doped region is formed on the silicon chip by not printing the silicon ink. An elevated temperature is maintained so that high temperature is redistributed in the silicon chip after phosphorus oxychloride is supplied in the diffusion furnace for diffusion.    USE - Disposable diffusion process for a selective emitter crystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The process is cost-effectively performed in a large scale industrial production using simple method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating a disposable diffusion process for a selective emitter crystalline silicon solar battery.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The method involves manufacturing, washing and drying crystalline silicon sheet. The obtained crystalline silicon sheet is covered by mask plate (1) and is provided into magnetic control sputtering chamber. The mask plate is made of molybdenum sheet. The crystalline silicon sheet is sputtered in diffusion furnace tube after removing mask plate. The phosphorosilicate glass is removed from crystalline silicon sheet through etching. The silicon nitride film plated crystalline silicon sheet is sintered to obtain selective emitter crystalline silicon solar cell.    USE - Selective emitter crystalline silicon solar cell preparation method.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell can be manufactured at low cost. The conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the selective emitter crystalline silicon solar cell preparation method.
NOVELTY - Manufacture of a solar cell comprises preparing a bottom substrate including sequentially stacked first and second portions, each of the first and second portions including grains, where the maximum grain size of the second portion is less than the minimum grains size of the first portion; exposing the first portion of the bottom substrate by removing the second portion of the bottom substrate; and forming a photovoltaic conversion layer on the first portion of the bottom substrate.    USE - Method for the manufacture of a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has improved photovoltaic energy conversion efficiency, and is highly-reliable.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a sectional view of the solar cell.    Solar collector optic system (10)    Fresnel Optics (12, 20A-D)    Concentrators (16, 16A-D)    First concentrator (16A1)    Focal line (50)
NOVELTY - A thin film solar cell (21A) comprises a thin film-like substrate (1); an electrode (3) on the substrate; a photoelectric conversion layer (5A) stacked on the electrode; a transparent conductive film (8) on the photoelectric conversion layer; diffraction recessed portions provided periodically on a photoelectric conversion layer-side surface of the electrode; and reflection preventing recessed portions (8h, 8h1-8h11) provided periodically on a photoelectric conversion layer-side surface of the transparent conductive film.    USE - A thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has an enhanced absorptance over wide wavelength range of solar light spectrum.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing a thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a sectional view of the thin film solar cell.    Thin film-like substrate (1)    Electrode (3)    Photoelectric conversion layer (5A)    I-type silicon layer (5Ai)    N-type silicon layer (5An)    P-type silicon layer (5Ap)    Transparent conductive film (8)    Reflection preventing recessed portions (8h, 8h1-8h11)
NOVELTY - Hydrogen production comprises: providing a gas mixture comprising methanol and oxygen; conducting gas mixture to flow through a catalyst at an ambient temperature lower than 100 degrees C, where the catalyst is a member comprising e.g. manganese/zinc oxide and copper/manganese oxide catalysts; catalyzing and initiating a partial oxidization of methanol (POM) process, where the POM process supplies heat energy itself; and generating a hydrogen rich gas (HRG) at less than or equal to 200 degrees C, where HRG contains less than or equal to 4 vol.% carbon monoxide, and the POM process generates greater than or equal to 1.8 moles hydrogen per 1 mole methanol consumed.    USE - The process is useful in petroleum industry and fuel cell technology.    ADVANTAGE - The process: eliminates the need of external heat for initiating the POM process; provides high hydrogen yield; and is economic.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Hydrogen production comprises: providing a gas mixture comprising methanol and oxygen; conducting the gas mixture to flow through a catalyst at an ambient temperature lower than 100Q, where the catalyst is a member comprising manganese/zinc oxide, copper/manganese oxide, copper/cerium oxide, copper-cerium/zinc oxide and copper-manganese/zinc oxide catalysts; catalyzing and initiating a partial oxidization of methanol (POM) process, where the POM process supplies heat energy itself; and generating a hydrogen rich gas (HRG) at less than or equal to 200 degrees C, where the HRG contains less than or equal to 4 vol.% carbon monoxide, and the POM process generates greater than or equal to 1.8 moles hydrogen per 1 mole methanol consumed.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a diagram schematically illustrating a POM process.    Reactants (100)    Reduced catalyst (200)    Fixed bed reactor (201)    Mixing chamber (202)    Reaction products (300)
NOVELTY - A fuel cell system (100) for a portable computing device comprises a fuel cell stack (102) which converts fuel to electrical power; a fuel source (104) for the fuel cell stack; a controller which controls operation of the fuel cell system; and an interface to the portable computing device, where the interface comprises a power link that provides power to the portable computing device, and a bidirectional communication link that provides bidirectional communication between the portable computing device and the controller for the fuel cell system. The fuel source is a fuel cartridge.    USE - As a fuel cell system for portable computing device (claimed) to provide electrical power.    ADVANTAGE - The system is portable and cost-effective fuel cell system for a portable computing device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) controlling a fuel cell system for a portable computing device, involving controlling the fuel cell system from the portable computing device through the interface; or sending fuel cell state information from the fuel cell system to the portable computing device, where the fuel cell state information is sent to the portable computing device through the interface, receiving fuel cell control information from the portable computing device through the bidirectional communication link in the interface, and using the received fuel cell control information to control the fuel cell system; and    (2) a portable computing device that controls a fuel cell system, comprising a processor; a memory; and an interface to the fuel cell system, where the portable computing device is configured to control the fuel cell system through the bidirectional communication link.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows view of internal structure of fuel cell system.    Fuel cell system (100)    Fuel cell stack (102)    Fuel source (104)    Battery (108)    Filter (236)
NOVELTY - Fabricating solar cell involves etching a first layer (110) comprising copper selective to a topmost metallic layer comprising tin of the solar cell. The topmost metallic layer provides solderable metallic surface for electrically coupling the solar cell to an external electrical circuit.    USE - Fabricating solar cell (claimed) useful for converting solar radiation to electrical energy.    ADVANTAGE - The etching provides not only allow selectivity to materials found in solar cells, but also have relatively high etch capacity, are cost-effective, and are easily replenished and controlled; hence advantageously employed to etch a single layer of material or a stack of materials in solar cell fabrication processes.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for etching a layer of material of a solar cell involving etching a first copper layer (110) selective to a tin layer (112) of the solar cell, where the tin layer is a topmost metallic layer and configured to provide a solderable metallic surface and to protect a second copper layer between the tin layer and the first copper layer during the etching of the first copper layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a sectional view of the fabrication of a solar cell.    Silicon substrate (100)    Silicon dioxide layer (102)    Aluminum layer (104)    Titanium-tungsten layer (106)    Copper layers (108, 110)    Tin layer (112)
NOVELTY - Method (I) of forming a conductive electrode pattern, comprises either: forming a lower metal layer by applying a conductive ink on a substrate, and forming an upper metal layer having a different metal of the transition metals from that of the lower metal layer on the lower metal layer; or forming a hetero-metal layer stacking structure formed of metal layers made of different metals on a substrate for forming a solar cell.    USE - The method is useful for forming a conductive electrode pattern which is used as an electrode wiring for manufacturing a solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method reduces the costs for manufacturing conductive electrode pattern, and maintains or improves their electrode characteristics. The conductive electrode pattern has excellent electrical conductivity. The pattern having a structure capable of preventing the damage of a substrate at the time of forming the conductive electrode pattern.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for method (II) of manufacturing a solar cell, comprising preparing a substrate (S110) that includes a first region on which a conductive electrode pattern is formed and second regions other than the first region, and forming a conductive electrode pattern having a heterometal layer stacking structure on the first region of the substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a flow chart for manufacturing the solar cell.    Preparing substrate (S110)    Forming first metal layer on a substrate (S120)    Forming second metal layer on the first metal layer using the first layer as a seed layer (S130)    Forming third and fourth metal layer on second metal layer (S140)
NOVELTY - A group III-V solar cell consists of a substrate (11), amorphous silicon layer (12) provided on the substrate, an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer (13) provided on layer (12), amorphous silicon layer (14) arranged on intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, and a group III-V polycrystalline semiconductor layer (15) arranged on layer (14).    USE - Group III-V solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The group III-V solar cell has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency by the direct energy gap of group III-V material, and can be manufactured economically.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of group III-V solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the group III-V solar cell.    Substrate (11)    Amorphous silicon layers (12,14)    Intrinsic amorphous silicon layer (13)    Polycrystalline semiconductor layer (15)
NOVELTY - A multi-cavity injection molding method for fabricating solar lenses involves providing a mold set (10) including a female mold (12) and a male mold (14) corresponding to the female mold, where the female mold has a receiving recess, and where the male mold has several lens cavities (18) each having a lens pattern and connected with a cold runner (20); placing a glass substrate inside the receiving recess; injecting a silica gel to all the lens cavities via the cold runners; and heating the mold set to cure the silica gel to form several silica-gel lenses on the glass substrate.    USE - As a multi-cavity injection molding method for fabricating solar lenses (claimed) used in solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method prepares several lenses in a single fabrication process, thus shortens the fabrication time and promote the alignment precision of lenses effectively; improves the deterioration-resistance, UV-resistance and impact-resistance of solar lenses; and provides fast mass-fabricate solar lenses having fine lens alignment and superior environment resistance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows view of structure of a mold set.    Mold set (10)    Female mold (12)    Male mold (14)    Lens cavity (18)    Cold runner (20)
NOVELTY - Preparing a conductive transparent film comprises: (a) preparation of an organic solution of carbon nanotube salts; (b) vacuum filtration of the solution on a membrane making a film on the filter membrane; and (c)transfer of the film, the filter membrane on a transparent substrate.    USE - The film is useful in the areas of light-emitting diode, image sensors, solar cells, touch screens and liquid crystal displays (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The process is cost effective for preparing film having better electrical properties (transmittance (greater than 20-99%, preferably 40-99%)) than those obtained conventionally using films from aqueous dispersions of carbon nanotubes and having improved mechanical properties.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for the conductive transparent film containing single-walled carbon nanotube having metallic character of an average length of greater than 1 mu m, and ranging up to several hundred mu m on a transparent substrate.
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing (S211) a lower substrate. The material selected from silicon, aluminum-nitride, beryllium oxide, gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, germanium, indium phosphide, lithium-niobate and lithium-tantalate, of the upper substrate is deposited (S212) on the lower substrate. The upper substrate is contacted (S213) to the lower substrate with respect to the deposited material.    USE - Method for manufacturing bonded substrate used for solar cell, optical sensor, power device and light emitting device for display device of electronic device.    ADVANTAGE - The bonded substrate can be manufactured easily with high quality and low cost. The crack generation of the bonded substrate can be prevented.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating the process for manufacturing bonded substrate. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Preparing lower substrate (S211)    Depositing material of upper substrate on lower substrate (S212)    Contacting upper substrate to lower substrate (S213)
NOVELTY - The waterproof breathable filter (1) has a non-porous resin film (2) that is provided with several through holes (21). A process layer (3) having hydrophobic and oil repellency is formed on one of the two surfaces of the resin film along thickness direction so that an opening (31) is formed corresponding to the through holes. A cyclic double-sided tape (4) is formed on both surface of the process layer and is stuck to peripheral portion of one of the surface of resin film along thickness direction.    USE - Waterproof breathable filter for electrical appliances such as electrical control unit of motor vehicle, motor, sensor, electric tooth brush, shaver, mobile phone and solar cell. Can also be used in lamps such as outdoor lamps and electric train.    ADVANTAGE - Since cyclic double-sided tape is formed on both surface of the process layer and is stuck to the peripheral portion of one of the two surface of the thickness direction of the resin film, the double-sided tape and the process layer can be attached easily with sufficient adhesive force. The double-sided tape is maintained firmly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the waterproof breathable filter. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Waterproof breathable filter (1)    Resin film (2)    Process layer (3)    Double-sided tape (4)    Through holes (21)    Opening (31)
NOVELTY - The film mirror (1) is provided with reflection layer (3), protection coating layer (4), and polymer film base material (2) made of acrylic resin film or polyolefin resin film. A silver coating is applied on side of mirror into which the sunlight is injected, and the reflection layer is coated with coating liquid containing silver complex compound that are baked and formed.    USE - Film mirror for reflecting sunlight, used in solar power generation reflective apparatus (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The film mirror having high regular reflectance, outstanding weather resistance, fretting resistance, and adhesiveness can be manufactured with simple production facility.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of the film mirror. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Film mirror (1)    Polymer film base material (2)    Reflection layer (3)    Protection coating layer (4)
NOVELTY - A high-molecular compound (A) having structural units (I) is reacted with a cyano compound (II) or (III) under microwave irradiation to form a high-molecular compound (B) having structural units (IV).    USE - Manufacture of high molecular compound used as electron donor compound and electron accepting compound for active layer of photoelectric conversion element for solar cell module and image sensor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The high molecular compound is manufactured at high yield.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A high-molecular compound (A) having structural units of formula: -(CC)- (I) is reacted with a cyano compound of formula (II) or (III) under microwave irradiation to form a high-molecular compound (B) having structural units of formula: -(C(=A1)-C(=A2))- (IV).    Ar3=tetravalent organic group;and    A1,A2==C(CN)2 or group of formula: =Ar3=C(-CN)(-CN) (V).    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following: (i) high molecular compound (B), which contains structural unit of formula: -(Ar4-C(=A11)-C(=A22)-Ar5)- (VI); and (ii) photoelectric conversion element, which has an active layer provided between an anode and a cathode. The active layer contains the high molecular compound containing structural unit (IV) as electron donor and/or electron acceptor compound.    Ar4,Ar5=bivalent heterocyclyl;    A11,A22=(=C(CN)2) or =Ar33=C(-CN)(-CN);and    Ar33=tetravalent organic group.
NOVELTY - A solar cell (100) has sequential lamination of a transparent surface electrode layer (180), a buffer layer (170), a copper-indium-gallium-diselenium layer (160) and a back surface electrode layer (130) on a glass substrate (120). The back surface electrode layer contains molybdenum and tungsten. The total content of tungsten in the back surface electrode layer is 50 mol% or less.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The alkali metal is dispersed in the copper-indium-gallium-diselenium layer without the need of increasing the number of steps of production process for solar cell or complicating the layered structure of solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for glass substrate for solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of solar cell.    Solar cell (100)    Glass substrate (120)    Back surface electrode layer (130)    Copper-indium-gallium-diselenium layer (160)    Buffer layer (170)    Transparent surface electrode layer (180)
NOVELTY - A copper-indium-selenium (CIS)-type thin film solar cell has sequential lamination of CIS-type light absorbing layer, buffer layer and transparent conductive film. The buffer layer has a three-layer stacked structure having sequential lamination of buffer layer (a), buffer layer (b), and buffer layer (c). The buffer layer (a) is formed from zinc sulfide, and has thickness of 1-3 nm. The buffer layer (b) is formed from a thin film having thickness of 20 nm or less. The buffer layer (c) is formed from zinc oxide, and has thickness of 100 nm or more.    USE - Copper-indium-selenium-type thin film solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A copper-indium-selenium (CIS)-type thin film solar cell has sequential lamination of CIS-type light absorbing layer, buffer layer and transparent conductive film. The buffer layer has a three-layer stacked structure having sequential lamination of buffer layer (a), buffer layer (b), and buffer layer (c). The buffer layer (a) is formed from zinc sulfide, and has thickness of 1-3 nm. The buffer layer (b) is formed from a thin film having thickness of 20 nm or less, in which composition continuously changes from zinc oxide to zinc sulfide from the side towards the CIS-based light absorbing layer to the side towards the transparent conductive film. The buffer layer (c) is formed from zinc oxide, and has thickness of 100 nm or more.
NOVELTY - The mesh unit is formed by rolling metal foil which includes a portion corresponding to printing area of printing target object and other portion corresponding to non-printed area of printing target object. Several holes (2) are formed towards printing target object arranged at the portion corresponded to the printing area. The line portions for separating the holes, do not interfere with each other.    USE - Mesh unit for screen printing in solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Only small printing dispersion is achieved in printing width, even when a high viscosity paste is used. The mesh unit for screen printing provides uniform intensity. The mesh member for screen printing manufactures an electronic component and is very useful for formation of main electrode for current collection surface in a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the sectional views of the mesh unit.    Holes (2)    Printing area equivalent portion (11)    Non-printed area equivalent portion (12)    Boundary (D)
NOVELTY - Thin film solar cell comprises a back reflector that comprises an array of reflective features of 1 to 1000 mu m in cross-section deposited on a flat surface.    USE - The thin film solar cell is useful as energy source that does not require use of carbon based fuel.    ADVANTAGE - The invention provides enhanced thin film solar cell performance using textured rear reflectors.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are:    (1) a method of forming a back reflector comprising an array of features on a surface of a thin film solar cell, comprising forming an array of features comprising a photocurable transparent resin to a surface; curing the transparent resin by irradiation with electromagnetic radiation, where the array of features are fixed and adhered to the surface and where the surface is a surface of a transparent substrate or a transparent electrode; and depositing a metal on the cured array of features; and    (2) a method of forming a solar cell having a back reflector comprising an array of features, comprising molding an array of features on a face of a transparent substrate; depositing a metal on the array of features; and depositing a transparent electrode on a second face of the transparent substrate opposite the array of pyramidal features.
NOVELTY - Single surface rectangular solar cells packaging film comprises a film main body. The film body has a smooth surface, and the other surface is provided with a rectangular shape convex.    USE - Used as a single surface rectangular solar cells packaging film.    ADVANTAGE - The film is economical; has convenient cutting method; and is provided with the lamination vacuum, which forms an exhaust channel through adjacent convex patterns, thus the components in air smoothly discharges.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic representation of the single surface rectangular solar cells packaging film.
NOVELTY - The solar photovoltaic tile has a solar battery sheet on one side of the toughened glass (1). The toughened glass is connected with the solar battery plate. The capillary heat collecting system (5) is connected with the solar battery plate. The solar battery plate is provided with protecting battery plate and tube heat collecting system of triphenyltin plate (3). The thickness of the ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) plate is 0.32mm. The potassium ethyl xanthate (PEX) pipe is of specific diameter.    USE - Temperature adjusting solar photovoltaic tile.    ADVANTAGE - The waste heat can be utilized by the tile. The operation condition can be stable.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the temperature adjusting solar photovoltaic tile.    Glass (1)    Film (2)    Triphenyltin plate (3)    Capillary heat collecting system (5)    Collecting pipe (6)
NOVELTY - The manufacturing method of highly purified polycrystalline silicon involves obtaining organic solvent that contains acidic extractant by zinc component back-extraction process (204) and is used as an organic solvent containing the acidic extractant used for the zinc component extraction process (203). The sulfuric acid aqueous solution is obtained by the zinc sulfate aqueous solution electrolytic treatment (205) used as sulfuric acid aqueous solution used by the zinc component back-extraction process.    USE - Manufacturing method of highly purified polycrystalline silicon for solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - Simplifies the manufacturing operation of the polycrystalline silicon thus lowering the manufacturing operation and improving the manufacturing efficiency. Prevents the precipitation of the highly purified polycrystalline silicon to the side wall of the reactor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flowchart of the zinc regeneration process.    Oxidation treatment (201)    Hydrochloric acid aqueous solution dissolution treatment (202)    Zinc component extraction process (203)    Zinc component back-extraction process (204)    Zinc sulfate aqueous solution electrolytic treatment (205)
NOVELTY - Diffusion turnover box comprises a box body comprising box body side plates and a box body bottom plate. The box body further comprises a walking device arranged below the box body bottom plate.    USE - The diffusion turnover box is useful for loading solar battery sheet in solar cell diffusion process.    ADVANTAGE - The box guarantees the air purification degree during the diffusion process, and improves the quality of the solar battery plate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic representation of the diffusion turnover box.
NOVELTY - The structure has a substrate made of quartz, glass sheet, polystyrene or polyethylene, metal and metal oxide. Working function of a carbon black or conducting polymer anode is higher than working function of a cathode. An electron acceptor layer utilizes Cobalt 60 or phenyl cobalt 61 butyric acid methyl ester. The cathode is placed opposite the anode working function i.e. metal or metal alloy.    USE - 6-7-nitrogen miscellaneous indole four zinc and oxygen composition material-based organic solar battery structure.    ADVANTAGE - The structure utilizes a layer that adopts vacuum evaporation, and spraying and printing processes for depositing an organic film without an anode outer part so as to improve power conversion efficiency of an organic solar cell and improve heat efficiency of an organic solar battery in an effective manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a 6-7-nitrogen miscellaneous indole four zinc and oxygen composition material-based organic solar battery structure.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A separator is obtained by heat-processing a thin leaf material existing in a state in which a layer comprising a water-soluble polymer and particles not having a melting point at 300 degrees C or less, and a layer comprising a water-soluble polymer and aramid thin leaf material are contacted at 150 degrees C or more in dry state.    USE - Separator is used for nonaqueous electrochemical cells (claimed) e.g. nonaqueous secondary batteries, such as lithium secondary batteries used as power supply and for power storage in electronic devices e.g. mobile telephones and personal computers, electric vehicles, and hybrid vehicles. Can also be used for capacitors, fuel cells, and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The separator has excellent shape stability even at high temperature, and electrolyte and ionic permeability even after heat-processing in dry state, and provides safe nonaqueous electrochemical cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for nonaqueous electrochemical cell.
NOVELTY - The module has a solar module arranged on a substrate that is made of glass, plastic, ceramic or graphite. The solar module is provided with multiple solar chips. The solar chip is electrically connected to a conductive tape i.e. metal aluminum foil adhesive tape, and another substrate is arranged on the solar module, where the latter substrate is a PTFE copolymer component, polyethylene diethyl ester component, poly-fluorinated ethylene propylene component, polyfluoroethylene composite film or glass. Conductive adhesive is provided with acrylic adhesive.    USE - Solar photoelectric module.    ADVANTAGE - The module utilizes the conductive adhesive and a tinned copper strip of a colored tape so as to obtain simple and convenient process and to reduce utilization of a tinned copper sheet to avoid high temperature welding.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The solar energy chip is thin film type solar cell, organic-dye sensitized solar battery, organic macromolecule semiconductor solar cell, monocrystalline silicon solar battery, multi-crystal silicon solar battery or amorphous silicon solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar photoelectric module.
NOVELTY - The component has a thin film photovoltaic cell assembly connected with a junction box positive and negative pole post that is connected to a power output interface through a tin coating extraction auxiliary device. A solar hot water supply part is installed below a thin film photovoltaic battery component. The cell assembly and the supply part are integrated together. The cell assembly comprises an amorphous silicon solar cell, a polyvinyl butyral (PVB) resin film, glass and an orderly paving PVB resin film. The supply part includes a heat absorbing plate and a heat collecting pipe.    USE - Solar photovoltaic power generation and hot water supply integrated component for a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The component is multifunctional, utilizes the loss of heat energy and renewable energy source, reduces solar battery temperature and environment pollution, and improves output power of a solar battery and solar battery life quality.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar photovoltaic power generation and hot water supply integrated component.
NOVELTY - A fluorine-doped zinc oxide transparent conductive glass film is obtained by providing chemical vapor deposition coating reactor on a hot glass transmission roller bed, conveying lower side of the chemical vapor deposition coating reactor through the transmission roller bed, gasifying zinc source, fluorine source and oxygen source, distributing gas, precipitating high permeability and low resistance fluorine-doped zinc oxide transparent conductive film on the heated moving glass base plate surface, annealing and cooling.    USE - Fluorine-doped zinc oxide transparent conductive glass film is used for solar cell, liquid crystal flat-panel display, energy-efficient window and superconductor.    ADVANTAGE - The glass film has high visible light permeability.
NOVELTY - A gas barrier film (A) has sequential lamination of a base film (4), vapor deposition film (3) and adhesive agent (2) on a composite base material (1), and has water-vapor-permeation rate of less than 10 g/m2.day under relative humidity of 90%, and thickness of 100 mu m at 23 degrees C. The composite base material contains silane-modified plate-shape inorganic particles which are dispersed in a polymer. The silane-modified plate-shaped inorganic particles are surface-treated with a silane compound (I).    USE - Gas barrier film is used for back surface production (claimed) used for solar cell module, liquid crystal display panel, and organic electroluminescent display panel.    ADVANTAGE - The gas barrier film has excellent damp-proof property, dimensional stability, heat resistance, and barrier property with respect to oxygen and water vapor.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A gas barrier film has sequential lamination of a base film, vapor deposition film and adhesive agent on a composite base material, and has water-vapor-permeation rate of less than 10 g/m2.day under relative humidity of 90%, and thickness of 100 mu m at 23 degrees C. The composite base material contains silane-modified plate-shape inorganic particles which are dispersed in a polymer. The silane-modified plate-shaped inorganic particles are surface-treated with a silane compound of formula: R1Si(OR2)3 (I). The silane-modified plate-shaped inorganic particles have aspect ratio of 10-50 and average size of 1-20 mu m.    R1=alicyclic epoxy;and    R2=1-5C alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for back surface production sheet, which has a laminated film having gas barrier film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of gas barrier film.    Composite base material (1)    Adhesive agent (2)    Vapor deposition film (3)    Base film (4)    Gas barrier film (A)
NOVELTY - Manufacture of zinc oxide involves adding zinc acetate (0.768 g) and monoethanolamine (0.214 g) in pure ethanol (10 mL).    USE - Manufacture of zinc-oxide composition used for forming solar cell (all claimed) for electronic device.    ADVANTAGE - The zinc-oxide composition is manufactured efficiently and economically, by simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of solar cell.
NOVELTY - The device (1) has reflector structure (2), photovoltaic cell device (6-1,6-2), heat-sink (11) and cover glass (5). A reflecting mirror (3-1,3-2) and photovoltaic cell device are respectively arranged in position on the reflector structure. The heat-sink is arranged on reflecting light path position of the reflective mirror structure. The reflector structure is fixed with the cover glass to form a sealed space. The photovoltaic cell device is located in the sealed space.    USE - Photovoltaic solar device.    ADVANTAGE - Since the reflector structure is fixed with the cover glass to form a sealed space in which photovoltaic cell device is located, light can be sealed reliably, due to which intensity of the light can be improved, service life of the device can be improved, cost of the device can be reduced, and precision of the device can be increased, hence efficiency, and performance of the device can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the photovoltaic solar device.    Photovoltaic solar device (1)    Reflector structure (2)    Reflecting mirrors (3-1,3-2)    Cover glass (5)    Photovoltaic cell devices (6-1,6-2)    Heat-sink (11)
NOVELTY - The solar cell module (100) has solar cell layer in which solar cell of light transmitting window is arranged. A light-shielding layer is provided with light-transmitting region. The light-shielding layer is provided to move the light penetration location and light shield position to change transmission amount of solar cell module. The transparency back sheet layer is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film or glass plate.    USE - Solar cell module used in transmission amount control system (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The transmission amount of solar cell module can be controlled effectively and maintenance cost of the solar cell module is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An independent claim is included for transmission amount control system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the transmission amount control system.    Solar cell module (100)    Electromechanical power generation unit (114)    Columns (502,504)    Fixture (506)    Control device (508)
NOVELTY - The sandwich panel (100) has board that is provided with corrosion resistance metal board and fiber reinforced plastics. A honeycomb structure with inner core material is laminated on upper side of the board. Another board has solar cell, and is provided to face upper side of the inner core material of honeycomb structure. The fiber reinforced plastics are made of thermoplastic resin such as polyurethane rubber and thermosetting resin such as epoxy, vinyl ester, unsaturated ester and phenol resin. An ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) is laminated on upper side of solar cell.    USE - Sandwich panel for load bearing, of solar power generation bench used in battery management system (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell can effectively produce electricity and load bearing capacity of the sandwich panel is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An independent claim is included for solar power generation bench.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the solar power generation bench.    Sandwich panel (100)    Support pillar (400)    Storage battery (420)    Lamp (450)    Battery management system (460)
NOVELTY - Composition comprises unaffixed graphene particulates, where at least 90% of the graphene particulates have widths within plus minus 3 nm from the mean width of the graphene particulates.    USE - The composition is useful in variety of electrical applications such as high speed transistors, electronic devices, sensors (biological, physical and explosive), solar cells, optoelectronic devices, logic devices, ultra capacitors, actuators, coulomb blockade device, ultra-strong paper, field emission devices, transparent electrodes, conductive pastes and optical/fluorescent devices.    ADVANTAGE - The composition is in relatively pristine condition.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for producing graphene particulates comprising: cutting graphite blocks from a source of graphite; exposing the graphite blocks to an acid; and causing the graphite blocks to exfoliate into the graphene particulates.
NOVELTY - The optical electrode material has a nanometer porous metal with a thickness of 50 nanometers to 1 micron and a semiconductor layer with a thickness of 1 nanometer to 1 micron. The semiconductor layer is precipitated evenly on the tri-dimensionally continuous hole wall surface of the nanometer porous metal such as gold, titanium, silver, copper, platinum, nickel, aluminum, manganese, cobalt and iron. The material of semiconductor layer is cadmium sulfide, cadmium selenide, cadmium telluride, zinc sulfate or lead sulfate.    USE - Optical electrode material of nanometer porous metal bearing semiconductor for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The tri-dimensional porous structure of the nanometer porous metal is provided with better electron transmission paths for the optical electrode material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for preparing optical electrode material of nanometer porous metal bearing semiconductor.
NOVELTY - A chalcogenide powder of group IIIb element is added to an organic solvent containing single source precursor comprising an group IB element, an group IIIB element and a chalcogen element, to obtain solution. The semiconductor containing group I, III and VI compounds are formed using obtained solution to obtain photoelectric conversion apparatus.    USE - Manufacture of photoelectric conversion apparatus e.g. thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides photoelectric conversion apparatus with improved energy conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for semiconductor-forming solution.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows s sectional view of photoelectric conversion apparatus.    Substrate (1)    Electrode layer (2,5)    Light absorption layer (3)    Buffer layer (4)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a passivation layer (222A) with negative charge over a surface (205) of a p-type doped region formed in a solar cell substrate (210). A bulk layer (222) is formed over the passivation layer. The surface of the p-type doped region formed on the solar cell substrate is exposed to a reactive gas comprising nitrogen and fluorine or hydrogen before forming the layer. The surface of the p-type doped region is exposed to a radio frequency (RF) plasma before forming the layer to remove a portion of a dead region placed on the surface.    USE - Method for forming a solar cell device i.e. silicon solar cell device.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables forming the negative charge containing layer over the p-type region to repel electrons flowing in the solar cell device and passivate the surface so as to minimize carrier recombination, thus improving efficiency of the solar cell device. The method enables forming a clean substrate surface by transferring a batch of solar cell substrates simultaneously in vacuum or inert environment on the carrier between a set of processing chambers so as to reduce contamination of the solar cell substrates during subsequent processing, thus improving passivating effect of a dielectric passivation layer formed over a doped surface, and hence improving substrate throughput.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The bulk layer comprises silicon and nitrogen. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a passivation layer structure formed in a solar cell device comprising a set of P-type doped regions.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a substrate portion.    Base region (201)    Emitter region (202)    Solar cell substrate (210)    Passivation layers (220, 222A, 222B)    Bulk layer (222)
NOVELTY - Quartz crucible comprises a pit generated by an inductive seed crystal spontaneously arranged at the bottom of the quartz crucible.    USE - The quartz crucible is useful in casting grown silicon crystals for solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The quartz crucible improves the electrical performance of solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic representation of the quartz crucible.
NOVELTY - A treatment device of germane-containing waste gas has a tower having a filler layer, a liquid storage tank arranged at the bottom of tower, an exhaust fan arranged at the top of tower, and a circulating pump for pumping the liquid from liquid storage tank to filler layer. An air feeding channel is placed under the filler layer. The germane-containing waste gas is absorbed into the filler layer by exhaust fan through the air feeding channel to react with liquid in filler layer. The germane gas is removed, and the residual gas is discharged outside from tower by exhaust fan.    USE - Treatment device of germane-containing waste gas in solar battery and integrated circuit manufacturing industries.
NOVELTY - The cell has a set of nanoscale coplanar structures comprising photovoltaic layers located between a first electrically conducting layer and a second electrically conducting layer. Incident electromagnetic radiation enters each coplanar structure between the first electrically conducting layer and the second electrically conducting layer, where transmission of electromagnetic energy inside the coplanar structures is wavelength-independent and happens in transverse electromagnetic (TEM) mode. A protruding portion of the first conducting layer extends beyond the second conducting layer.    USE - Solar cell for use during solar energy conversion using nanoscale cometal structures.    ADVANTAGE - The cell allows a nanoscale optics apparatus to concentrate light and to enhance field up to about 1-3 times and an array of optical nano-antennas with nano-coaxial transmission line (CTL) embedded in a metallic film to effectively compress the light into nanoscopic dimensions, so that the nano-antennas receive and transmit the electromagnetic radiation at visible frequencies, thus providing rectifying action at light frequencies, converting the light into direct current (DC) voltage in an efficient manner and reducing cost of the cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for fabricating solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an array of nanoscale coaxial transmission lines built around aligned carbon nanotubes.    Internal conductor (120)    Outer conductor (160)    Photovoltaic material (180)    Substrate (190)
NOVELTY - The panel (100) has a transparent intercellular layer (106) arranged on a solar cell layer (104) and exposing two terminal outputs. Another solar cell layer (108) is arranged on the intercellular layer and arranged with a bandgap, where the latter solar cell layer comprises two second terminal outputs, which are arranged in parallel with each other at two opposite edges of the latter cell layer. An opaque substrate (102) is arranged on the latter solar cell layer, where the terminal outputs of the former cell layer are placed perpendicular to the terminal outputs of the latter cell layer.    USE - Multi-terminal solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent intercellular layer can be operated as an insulator to prevent oxygen and moisture from penetrating the transparent intercellular layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a multi-terminal solar panel.    Multi-terminal solar panel (100)    Opaque substrate (102)    Solar cell layers (104, 108)    Laser scribing trenches (104a, 108a)    Transparent intercellular layer (106)
NOVELTY - The module has front substrate (50) which is positioned at first surfaces of several solar cells (10). A back substrate is positioned at second surfaces of several solar cells. A front protective element (30) is positioned between front substrate and several solar cells. The front protective element is provided with primary silicone resin. A back protective element (4) is positioned between back substrate and solar cells. The back protective element is provided with secondary silicone resin. A fiber material is arranged between front substrate and back substrate.    USE - Solar cell module for solar power generation system.    ADVANTAGE - The efficiency of solar cell module can be improved. The decoloration of the silicone resin resulting from exposure to UV light can be prevented. The reliability and appearance of the solar cell module can be improved. The misarrangement of solar cell can be prevented in subsequent module processing. The weatherproof of the solar proof can be improved. The time required in the curing processing of the protective layer and module processing can be reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-section view of the solar cell module.    Solar cells (10)    Interconnects (20)    Front protective element (30)    Back protective element (40)    Front substrate (50)
NOVELTY - Manufacture of a solar cell comprises preparing a bottom substrate including sequentially stacked first and second portions, each of the first and second portions including grains, where the maximum grain size of the second portion is less than the minimum grains size of the first portion; exposing the first portion of the bottom substrate by removing the second portion of the bottom substrate; and forming a photovoltaic conversion layer on the first portion of the bottom substrate.    USE - Method for the manufacture of a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has improved photovoltaic energy conversion efficiency, and is highly-reliable.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a sectional view of the solar cell.    Electrode dots (112)    Dye layer (122)    Top substrate (140)    Catalytic layer (157)    Conductive layer (158)
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic device comprises a p-doped semiconductor layer (20); a tunneling layer (16) comprising stoichiometric oxides on an upper surface of the p-doped semiconductor layer; and a transparent conductive material (14) located on an upper surface of the tunneling layer. The p-doped semiconductor layer is an amorphous or microcrystalline p-doped semiconductor-containing material.    USE - A photovoltaic device, e.g. amorphous silicon based solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The tunneling layer improves interface between the transparent conductive material and the p-doped semiconductor layer. The improved interface that exists between the transparent conductive material and the p-doped semiconductor layer results in enhanced properties of the resultant photovoltaic device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for forming the photovoltaic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a cross-sectional view of the photovoltaic device.    Transparent conductive material (14)    Tunneling agent (16)    Semiconductor material stack (18)    P-doped semiconductor layer (20)    Intrinsic semiconductor layer (22)
NOVELTY - The device has a dual transparent conductive material layer positioned between a glass substrate (12) and a p-doped semiconductor layer (20). The dual transparent conductive material layer is arranged with two transparent conductive materials (14, 16), where one of the transparent conductive materials is nano-structured. The other transparent conductive material includes a surface that is in contact with a surface of the glass substrate, where the former transparent conductive material includes a surface that is in contact with a surface of the p-doped semiconductor layer.    USE - Photovoltaic device i.e. amorphous silicon based solar cell, for converting energy in electromagnetic radiation from sun to electric energy.    ADVANTAGE - The nano-structured second transparent conductive material atop the transparent conductive material significantly improves quality of an interface with the n-doped semiconductor layer, thus significantly improving current density of the device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The nano-structured transparent conductive material is formed by direct deposition such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD) and metal organo chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for forming a photovoltaic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of structure of a photovoltaic device after forming a back reflector layer on an exposed surface of an n-doped semiconductor layer and after forming another back reflector layer on an exposed upper surface of the former back reflector layer.    Glass substrate (12)    Transparent conductive materials (14, 16)    Semiconductor material stack (18)    P-doped semiconductor layer (20)    Intrinsic semiconductor layer (22)
NOVELTY - The device has semiconductor region that is provided over the conductive layers. A primary crystalline semiconductor region is provided with multiple whiskers. A secondary crystalline semiconductor region is provided over the primary crystalline semiconductor region. The secondary crystalline semiconductor region is provided with uneven surface. The primary and secondary crystalline semiconductor regions are provided with different types of conductivity. The diborane and phosphine are provided to impart crystalline semiconductor regions.    USE - Photoelectric conversion device e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The adhesiveness between the conductive layer and the crystalline semiconductor region can be increased. Thus, yield of the photoelectric conversion device can be improved. Since the crystalline semiconductor region is provided with uneven surface, the light-trapping effect of the photoelectric conversion layer is increased and more light are absorbed by the photoelectric conversion layer, so that the characteristics of the photoelectric conversion device can be improved. The photoelectric conversion layers having different band gaps are stacked so as to increase photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the photoelectric conversion device.    Conductivity-type crystalline semiconductor regions (107,111)    Insulating layer (113)    Photoelectric conversion layer (120)    Semiconductor regions (121,125)    Intrinsic semiconductor region (123)
NOVELTY - Thick-film paste composition comprises: (a) 85-99.5 wt.% of an electrically conductive metal or its derivative, based on total solids in the composition; (b) 0.5-15 wt.% of a lead-tellurium-oxide, where the mole ratio of lead to tellurium of the lead-tellurium-oxide is 5/95-95/5; and (c) an organic medium.    USE - The thick-film paste composition is useful in an article including a semiconductor device such as a solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The thick-film paste composition is capable of manufacturing semiconductor device with improved electrical performance and efficiency in an economical and environmental friendly manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a process comprising (aa) providing a semiconductor substrate comprising one or more insulating films (30) deposited onto at least one surface of a semiconductor substrate, (bb) applying the thick-film paste composition onto at least a portion of the insulating film to form a layered structure, and (cc) firing the semiconductor substrate, one or more insulating films, and thick-film paste, and forming an electrode in contact with the insulating layers and in electrical contact with the semiconductor substrate; and    (2) an article comprising a semiconductor substrate, one or more insulating layers on the semiconductor substrate, and an electrode in contact with the insulating layers and in electrical contact with the semiconductor substrate, where the electrode comprises an electrically conductive metal and lead-tellurium-oxide.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a process flow diagram for fabricating a semiconductor device.    P-type silicon substrate (10)    N-type diffusion layer (20)    Insulating film (30)    Aluminum back electrode (61)    Silver or silver/aluminum back electrode. (71)
NOVELTY - A thick-film paste composition (C1) comprises (wt.%): a) an electrically conductive metal or its derivative (85-99.5 wt.%); b) solids of a lead-tellurium-lithium-titanium-oxide (0.5-15 wt.%); and c) an organic medium.    USE - As thick-film paste composition used in article i.e. semiconductor device, preferably solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The thick-film paste composition can be fired at low temperatures to penetrate an anti-reflective coating and provide good electrical contact with the semiconductor substrate. The removal of at least a portion of the silicon nitride may result in an improved electrical contact between the conductor of the thick-film paste composition and the semiconductor substrate. This results in improved efficiency of the semiconductor device. The composition can be used to manufacture photovoltaic devices with improved electrical performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) process involving: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate comprising at least one insulating film deposited onto at least one surface of the semiconductor substrate; (b) applying a thick-film paste composition (C1) onto at least a portion of the insulating film to form a layered structure; and iii) an organic medium; and (c) firing the semiconductor substrate, at least one insulating film, and thick-film paste, forming an electrode in contact with the insulating layers and in electrical contact with the semiconductor substrate;    (2) an article comprising: a semiconductor substrate; at least one insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate; and an electrode in contact with the insulating layers and in electrical contact with the semiconductor substrate, the electrode comprising an electrically conductive metal and lead-tellurium-lithium-titanium-oxide.
NOVELTY - Thick-film paste composition comprises: (a) 85-99.75 wt.% of an electrically conductive metal or its derivative, based on total solids in the composition; (b) 0.25-15 wt.% a lead-tellurium-lithium-oxide; and (c) an organic medium.    USE - Thick-film paste composition is useful for manufacturing article, such as semiconductor device including solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The thick-film paste composition provides articles with improved electrical performance, in an economical manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a process comprising providing a semiconductor substrate comprising one or more insulating film deposited onto at least one surface of the semiconductor substrate, applying the thick-film paste composition onto at least a portion of the insulating film to form a layered structure, and firing the semiconductor substrate, one or more insulating films and thick-film paste, where the organic medium of the thick-film paste is volatilized, forming an electrode in contact with the one or more insulating layers and in electrical contact with the semiconductor substrate; and    (2) an article comprising a semiconductor substrate, one or more insulating layers on the semiconductor substrate, and an electrode in contact with the one or more insulating layers and in electrical contact with the semiconductor substrate, where the electrode comprises an electrically conductive metal and lead-tellurium-lithium-oxide.
NOVELTY - The device has conductivity-type crystalline semiconductor region (107) that is provided over conductive layer. A crystalline semiconductor region is provided over the conductivity-type crystalline semiconductor region (107). A conductivity-type crystalline semiconductor region (111) is provided over the crystalline semiconductor region. The conductivity-type crystalline semiconductor region (111) is provided with uneven surface due to the whiskers of the crystalline semiconductor region. The gas imparting the conductivity types is diborane or phosphine.    USE - Photoelectric conversion device e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The surface of the conductive layer can be processed to be uneven so that the reflectance of incident light can be reduced and the characteristics of the photoelectric conversion device can be improved by light trapping effect. The photoelectric conversion layers having different band gaps are stacked so as to increase photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the photoelectric conversion device.    Substrate (101)    Electrodes (103)    Conductivity-type crystalline semiconductor regions (107,111)    Intrinsic crystalline semiconductor region (109)    Insulating layer (113)
NOVELTY - The system has a wire saw adapted to cut a semiconductor ingot into a semiconductor wafer (90). A source of a chemical solution includes metal atoms. The source of the chemical solution is provided to direct the chemical solution to a cut surface of a wafer in a course of wire sawing to provide a surface concentration in a range of approximately 10 power 10 to 10 power 17 atoms per cm cubic. A heat source heats the wafer to cause migration of defects from within the wafer to a surface region of the wafer. A material removal device removes a portion of the surface region of the wafer.    USE - Semiconductor wafer fabrication system for fabricating a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The system fabricates the semiconductor wafer in a cost effective manner and mitigates effects of transition metals impurities in the semiconductor wafer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view representing in-depth distribution of electrically active impurities arising from the process of a semiconductor wafer fabrication system.    Semiconductor wafer (90)    Wire-saw damaged surfaces (92, 94)    Grain boundaries (104, 114)    Impurity clusters (118, 120)
NOVELTY - The panel (400) has a photovoltaic unit (410) e.g. silicon solar cell that is provided with a single substrate (420). A photovoltaic cell (430) is arranged on the surface (421) of the single substrate. The photovoltaic unit is wrapped by a protective polymer layer (450). The protective polymer layer is sealed around the edges of opposite surface (422) of single substrate. The single substrate is made of polymer sheet, stainless steel, aluminum or graphite.    USE - Photovoltaic panel for converting incoming light beams into electrical energy, used in outdoor application such as solar farms and building and in consumer products such as toys and digital watches.    ADVANTAGE - The structure of the photovoltaic panel can be simplified. The cost of the photovoltaic panel can be reduced. The photovoltaic panel can be manufactured easily. The manufacturing efficiency can be increased.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing photovoltaic panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the photovoltaic panel.    Photovoltaic panel (400)    Photovoltaic unit (410)    Single substrate (420)    Surfaces (421,422)    Photovoltaic cell (430)    Protective polymer layer (450)
NOVELTY - The transistor (1a) has a gate electrode (21), a gate insulating film (30), an active layer (40) which consists of an In-Ga-Zn-O (IGZO)-type amorphous oxide, a source electrode (22) and a drain electrode (23) which are pattern-formed on the active layer. A protective layer (50) is provided with gallium oxide as a main component. The protective layer is formed on the active layer of the back channel region between the source electrode and the drain electrode.    USE - FET. Uses include but are not limited to high frequency signal amplifier, integrated circuit used in semiconductor memory device e.g. IC card and identification tag, liquid crystal drive element used in image display apparatus such as flat panel display (FPD), solar cell dead reckoning sensor and biosensor.    ADVANTAGE - The power consumption is reduced. The element stability with respect to environment change and drive is improved. The damage of active layer during manufacture is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of FET.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of the FET.    FET (1a)    Gate electrode (21)    Source electrode (22)    Drain electrode (23)    Gate insulating film (30)    Active layer (40)    Protective layer (50)
NOVELTY - A polyester film laminated body comprises weather resistant polyester film with breaking elongation retention maintained at greater than or equal to 50% after heat processing at 120 degrees C and 100% relative humidity (RH) for greater than or equal to 50 hours, and a layer provided on the surface of weather resistant polyester film. Crystallization speed of weather resistant polyester film is 10-50 J/g.minute.    USE - Polyester film laminated body for solar cell module or photovoltaic cell.    ADVANTAGE - Weather resistance and adhesiveness are excellent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of polyester film laminated body.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the cross-section of polyester film laminated body.    Weather resistant polyester film (1)    Withstand voltage improvement layer (2)    Adhesive layer (3a, 3b)    Compatible resin layer (4)    Easily bonding layer (5)    Polyester film for lamination (6)
NOVELTY - A biaxially-oriented polyester film comprises 70-99 mass parts polyester (A) and 1-30 mass parts polyimide (B). Imidation of polyimide (B) is greater than or equal to 95%. Moisture content of polyester film at 25 degrees C and 60% relative humidity after 24 hours is less than or equal to 0.7 wt.%.    USE - Biaxially-oriented polyester film for solar cells, sealing film and solar cell modules (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composition has reduced water content and excellent breaking elongation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) Sealing film comprising gas barrier layer on the surface of the polyester film;    (2) solar cell module comprising polyester film or sealing film; and    (3) manufacturing method of biaxially oriented polyester film which involves heat processing polyester film consists of 70-99 mass parts polyester (A) and 1-30 mass parts polyimide (B) at 180-240 degrees C for 10-50 hours.
NOVELTY - A photovoltaic module comprises multiple solar cells in which each solar cell has active front side and back side, and busbar which has first portion electrically connected to active front side of first solar cell and second portion electrically connected to back side of second solar cell. The front side of first portion of busbar has diffuse reflective coating.    USE - Photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The efficiency of photovoltaic module is increased. The lost energy is recaptured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a manufacturing method of photovoltaic module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the reflection profile of photovoltaic module.
NOVELTY - The method involves combining macromolecule nanospheres with a surface of a silicon wafer. A monodisperse layer of macromolecule nanospheres is formed on a surface of the silicon wafer. Reactive ion etching (RIE) process is performed with a mask of the monodisperse layer, and the surface of the silicon wafer is texturized.    USE - Method for manufacturing a light trapping textured surface of a polycrystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables reducing reflectivity property of the surface of the silicon wafer by less than two percent, thus enhancing light absorption, achieving higher photoelectric conversion efficiency and reducing environment pollution.
NOVELTY - The method involves applying paste containing metal particles to local regions (3a, 3b). Another paste containing metal particles is applied in a planar manner to partially cover the regions. A semiconductor substrate (1) e.g. p-doped silicon wafer, is globally heated in a temperature step. The pastes and the step are designed so that the former paste penetrates an insulating layer and directly forms an electrically conductive contact with the substrate. The latter paste does not penetrate the layer and is indirectly electrically conductively connected to the substrate via the former paste.    USE - Method for producing a metal contact structure of a photovoltaic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic solar cell can be cost-effectively industrially implemented. The method cost-effectively produces the contact structure, and provides combination of large passive regions with local contacting regions to the metal contact structure, thus achieving high efficiency of the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial sectional view of a photovoltaic solar cell including a rear side metal contact structure with soldering pads unpenetrating the insulating layer.    Semiconductor substrate (1)    Silicon dioxide layer (2)    Local regions (3a, 3b)    Regions (4a, 4b, 5)
NOVELTY - Coating composition comprises an inorganic oxide precursor (AMOX) based on at least one inorganic element A selected from aluminum, silicium, titanium, zirconium, niobium, indium, tin, antimony, tantalum, and bismuth; and an inorganic oxide precursor (BMOX) based on at least one inorganic element B selected from scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, and the lanthanoids, where AMOX and BMOX are capable of forming a mixed inorganic oxide.    USE - The coating composition is useful for applying inorganic oxide coating on substrate; and for preparing article (all claimed) such as solar panel. It cam also be used for applying an anti-reflective coating on transparent substrate.    ADVANTAGE - The invention provides improved coating composition that enables making inorganic oxide coating on substrate, like an anti-reflective layer on transparent substrate, where coating shows improved hydrolytic stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are:    (1) a core-shell nano-particle having an inorganic shell and an organic core, where the shell comprises a mixed inorganic oxide based on inorganic oxide precursor AMOX and inorganic oxide precursor BMOX;    (2) a process for applying an inorganic oxide coating on a substrate comprising: (a) providing the coating composition; and (b) applying the coating composition to the substrate;    (3) a coated substrate obtained with the process; and    (4) an article comprising the coated substrate.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a transparent conductive film, where a third group element i.e. gallium, is a substrate and aluminum doped zinc oxide is a conductive material. A surface layer is formed on the conductive film with zinc in nano-crystal state. The surface layer is deposited on the conductive layer through sputtering process, where zinc metal is utilized as a sputtering target and gaseous mixture of oxygen and inert gas is utilized as sputtering deposition gas. Partial pressure of the oxygen in the gaseous mixture is 0 to 50 percent of the total gaseous mixture pressure.    USE - Method for manufacturing a thin zinc oxide film used in e.g. thin film solar cell, LED display such as a flat panel display and illuminator such as an organic LED.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables utilizing better non-resistance value to the zinc oxide film when placed in 90 percent humidity with 60 degree temperature for 10 hours, thus improving heat-proof attack stability of the transparent conductive film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a thin zinc oxide film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram illustrating a thin zinc oxide film manufacturing method.
NOVELTY - The method involves making a lay-up of solar module. Air is removed from inside of the lay-up. The lay-up is sealed and vacuum is retained inside the lay-up. The air is removed from the lay-up through a vacuum chamber (40), a vacuum bag or a valve and is replaced by a gas or fluid.    USE - Method for laminating solar photovoltaic module used during manufacturing of solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - The process cycle times of laminating the photovoltaic module can be reduced so that the manufacturing throughput of solar panel can be increased effectively and complexity in lamination of the photovoltaic module can be reduced significantly. The reliability and stability of the lamination process can be improved efficiently. The environment-friendly photovoltaic module can be laminated easily and efficiently with improved robustness and in secure and cost-effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for system for laminating photovoltaic module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the photovoltaic module.    Active layer (20)    Vacuum chamber (40)    Sealing (50)    Base (60)    Cover (70)
NOVELTY - Apparatus for recovery of tritium from contaminated gaseous mixtures, comprises container of cylindrical shape made of steel or some other metal or glass, referred to as module (1), which contain at least one permeator tube (T) made of metal/metal alloy selectively permeable to hydrogen and its isotopes, where the tube is set in cantilever fashion with its closed end free; there is further provided unit for applying axial tensile force on the free end of the tube and unit for electrical connection of the end of the tube itself to end flange (FF) of module adjacent to it.    USE - As apparatus useful for recovery of tritium from contaminated gaseous mixtures by isotope-exchange processes (claimed). Also used in the treatment of plasma exhausts of magnetic-confinement experimental machines or in all the processes for separation in gaseous phase of hydrogen isotopes, for e.g. purification (detritiation) of gaseous currents, isotope separation or enrichment processes and use in fuel cells of a polymeric type, at specific sectors of the chemical industry (fine chemistry, pharmaceutical sector), in addition to devices that produce ultrapure hydrogen for laboratory use.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus has good mechanical resistance at working temperatures and high electrical conductivity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows longitudinal cross-sectional view of a membrane reactor.    Module (1)    End flange (FF)    Spring (M)    Permeator tube (T)
NOVELTY - A glass substrate comprises (in %mass) silica (55-65), alumina (4-8), magnesium oxide (6-9), calcium oxide (0.1-5), strontium oxide (0.5-6), barium oxide (0-2), sodium oxide (0-5), potassium oxide (9.5-21), zirconia (0.5-5) and iron oxide (0.06-0.15). The total content of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, strontium oxide and barium oxide is 6.6-19 %mass. The total content of sodium oxide and potassium oxide is 10-22 %mass. The glass substrate has specific gravity of 2.7 or less and average thermal expansion coefficient of 80x 10-7/ degrees C-90x 10-7/ degrees C at 50-340 degrees C.    USE - Glass substrate is used for plasma display panel and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The glass substrate has favorable solubility, high productivity, high glass transition point, thermal expansion coefficient near that of soda-lime glass, low specific gravity and is not prone to yellowing.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A glass substrate comprises (in %mass) silica (55-65), alumina (4-8), magnesium oxide (6-9), calcium oxide (0.1-5), strontium oxide (0.5-6), barium oxide (0.2), sodium oxide (0-5), potassium oxide (9.5-21), zirconia (0.5-5) and ferric oxide (0.06-0.15). The total content of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, strontium oxide and barium oxide is 6.6-19 %mass. The total content of sodium oxide and potassium oxide is 10-22 %mass. The glass substrate has specific gravity of 2.7 or less, average thermal expansion coefficient of 80x 10-7/ degrees C-90x 10-7/ degrees C at 50-350 degrees C and glass transition point of 640 degrees C or more. The temperature of glass substrate satisfying log ( eta ) value of 2 is 1550 degrees C or less, where ( eta ) is viscosity. A silver paste is coated to the surface of glass substrate, baked and removed. The yellow coloring (basterisk) of the surface of glass substrate after removing silver paste, is 8 or less.
NOVELTY - A P-type or N-type amorphous silicon film (2d) is sputter-deposited to a surface of a substrate (3) using P-type or N-type silicon target. The P-type or N-type amorphous silicon film is processed with plasma, melted and recrystallized to form P-type or N-type polycrystalline silicon film (4), and to obtain polycrystalline-type solar cell panel.    USE - Manufacture of polycrystalline-type panel used for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables economical and efficient manufacture of polycrystalline-type solar cell panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the flowchart of manufacture of the polycrystalline-type solar cell panel.    Amorphous silicon film (2d)    Substrate (3)    Polycrystalline silicon film (4)    Insulating film (7)    Electrode (8)
NOVELTY - A lead-free solder alloy comprises (in %mass) aluminum (0.03-0.7), zinc (0.2-14), and bismuth (remainder) excluding unavoidable impurity, or aluminum (0.03-0.7), zinc (0.2-14), phosphorus (0.5 or less), and bismuth (remainder) excluding unavoidable impurity.    USE - Lead-free solder alloy is used for joining electronic components to substrates, e.g. for joining thyristors and inverters, various control apparatus used in motor vehicles, and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - A lead-free solder alloy has low residual stress at solidification and high bonding strength and reliability. Nickel-bismuth reaction and nickel diffusion when an electronic component which includes nickel and a substrate are bonded is suppressed and workability is improved. The solder alloy can withstand high reflow temperature of 265 degrees C or more.
NOVELTY - A thin film solar cell (10) has a transparent electrode layer (2) containing transparent conductive oxide, a photoelectric conversion unit (3), a back-surface electrode (5), and a transparent conductive oxide layer (4) containing zinc oxide formed between photoelectric conversion unit and back-surface electrode. The transparent conductive oxide layer (4) has a transparent conductive oxide layer (b) containing electroconductive impurity of silicon, and a transparent conductive oxide layer (c) containing electroconductive impurity of element other than silicon.    USE - Thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The thin film solar cell has excellent photoelectric transfer characteristics. The electrical joining of photoelectric conversion unit and transparent conductive oxide layer, and electrical joining of transparent conductive oxide layer and back-surface electrode are favorable.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A thin film solar cell has a transparent electrode layer containing transparent conductive oxide, a photoelectric conversion unit, a back-surface electrode, and a transparent conductive oxide layer (4) containing zinc oxide as main component formed between photoelectric conversion unit and back-surface electrode. The transparent conductive oxide layer (4) has a transparent conductive oxide layer (b) containing electroconductive impurity of silicon as main component, and a transparent conductive oxide layer (c) containing electroconductive impurity of element other than silicon. The film thickness of transparent conductive oxide layer (b) is 30-80% with respect to film thickness of transparent conductive oxide layer (4).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the thin film solar cell.    Transparent electrode layer (2)    Photoelectric conversion unit (3)    Transparent conductive oxide layer (4)    Back-surface electrode (5)    Thin film solar cell (10)
NOVELTY - The intermediate layer (20) is formed on surface of back side electrode layer (14). The intermediate layer is composed of the compound of metal constituting back side electrode layer and group 5 element constituting light absorption layer (16). The intermediate layer is provided with intermediate layer portion (20a) on upper surface parallel to substrate (12) and intermediate layer portion (20b) on lateral surface perpendicular to substrate. The film thickness of intermediate layer portion (20b) is larger than film thickness of specific intermediate layer portion (20a).    USE - Copper indium selenide (CIS) thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The film thickness of other intermediate layer portion is larger than film thickness of specific intermediate layer portion hence the leakage current can be reduced while improving the efficiency of solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The surface of back side electrode layer is contacted with the CIS light absorption layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the CIS thin film solar cell.    Substrate (12)    Back side electrode layer (14)    Light absorption layer (16)    Intermediate layer (20)    Intermediate layer portions (20a,20b)
NOVELTY - The paste has a slurry part prepared by mixing spherical structured aluminum powder, organic carrier and functional additive components. A weight part of the aluminum powder component ranges from 55 to 85 parts or 0.5 to 8 microns. A weight part of the organic carrier component ranges from 15 to 30 parts. A weight part of the functional additive component ranges from 0.1 to 5 parts. The organic carrier component is formed by dissolving a polymer part and organic solvent. The additive component is selected from elemental boron, boron oxide or compound or a mixture of multiple substances.    USE - Non-hydroxyl containing inorganic adhesive photoelectric conversion silicon solar cell aluminum paste.    ADVANTAGE - The paste is firm to use, and ensures that a photoelectric conversion silicon solar battery is formed by slurry with high efficiency, and avoids utilization of an aluminum ball, bubble aluminum and deformation of a silicon chip. The paste avoids need to contain an inorganic caking agent, and ensures that the silicon solar battery avoids inorganic adhesive of aluminum slurry caused by severe functions, silicon chip bending process and silicon slice heavy metal pollution, and has better solar cell performance and less attenuation during utilization process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing non-hydroxyl containing inorganic adhesive photoelectric conversion silicon solar cell aluminum paste.
NOVELTY - The component has a toughened glass layer (1), two Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) layers (2, 4), a battery pack layer (3) and a back plate layer (5) arranged with each other. The battery pack layer and multiple battery sheets (3-1) are serially connected through a conductive adhesive tape. The back plate layer is arranged with a junction box (6). A leading-out wire is adhered on a post head of the junction box. A periphery surface of a solar cell assembly is provided with a silica gel sealing layer (7), where the silica gel sealing layer is provided with an aluminum frame (8).    USE - Solar battery component.    ADVANTAGE - The battery sheets are serially connected through a conductive adhesive tape so as to improve reliability of a battery pack and greatly reduce possibility cracking of the battery sheets and damaging of a back electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar battery component.    Toughened glass layer (1)    EVA layers (2, 4)    Battery pack layer (3)    Battery sheets (3-1)    Back plate layer (5)    Junction box (6)    Silica gel sealing layer (7)    Aluminum frame (8)
NOVELTY - The battery has battery electrode that is provided with PN junction which is formed in the back side of the silicon sheet. A transparent conductive film layer is formed on the front surface of the silicon wafer. The silicon nitride (SiNx) anti-reflecting film is formed over silicon chip.    USE - Silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The silicon wafer on the grid wire of the gate electrode line is reduced or removed, and the blocking area is greatly reduced. The utilization rate of sunlight is improved effectively.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the silicon solar battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves applying phosphorus diffusion gettering treatment to dissolve impurities of metal precipitates and metallic composite in silicon by utilizing silicon wafers. The wafers are subjected to a low temperature phosphorus diffusion gettering treatment through differences of impurity segregation coefficients in different regions. Impurity atoms are diffused into a phosphorus diffusion region. A uniform diffusion region is obtained. The wafers are purified through impurity gettering process. Solar cells are fabricated by the silicon wafers.    USE - Method for gettering polysilicon impurity.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cells are fabricated by the silicon wafers to improve transform efficiency of the solar cells.
NOVELTY - The lamination apparatus (31) has a detachable frame (4) at the lower surface side of an upper case (2) to support the peripheral portion of a diaphragm (5). Exhaust/intake units are respectively provided at the upper and lower cases. A support stand and a heater are arranged to support and heat a body positioned between the upper and lower cases. A C clamp (32) pinches the diaphragm between the upper case and the inner end surface of the frame.    USE - Lamination apparatus for laminated bodies e.g. solar cell modules.    ADVANTAGE - Suppresses the inflow of air into the chamber while in a vacuum state, thus enabling diaphragm attachment without making a hole in the diaphragm.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a diaphragm attachment method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the side sectional view of the structure of the lamination apparatus.    Upper case (2)    Frame (4)    Diaphragm (5)    Lamination apparatus (31)    C clamp (32)
NOVELTY - The method involves applying a doping layer (2) on an emitter side of a semiconductor substrate (1) for holding dopant. A flat low-doping region (4) is formed such the dopant is diffused into the substrate from the doping layer. The substrate is heated in the low-doping region such that the doping layer is removed. A layer of the substrate is removed and converted on a doping side in such a manner that a part near a surface of the low-doping region and a high-doping region (3) is removed. The substrate layer is converted into a non-electrically conductive layer at the doping side.    USE - Method for generating a selective doping structure in a semiconductor substrate for producing a photovoltaic solar cell in an industry.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables removing the part near the surface of the low- and high doping regions, and converting the layer of the semiconductor substrate into the non-electrically conductive layer at the doping side, so that high electrical quality of a solar cell can be ensured, thus obtaining cost-effective manufacturing of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The doping layer is removed by chemical etching by using a mixture of hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, acetic acid and water and by potassium hydroxide.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a layer of a semiconductor substrate at a doping side.    Semiconductor substrate (1)    Doping layer (2)    High-doping region (3)    Flat low-doping region (4)
NOVELTY - The substrate (1) has transparent electrically conductive electrode layers (3, 5) arranged above a bottom layer (2) for use as a surface electrode. The bottom layer comprises a nano-scale surface structure separated and turned away from a surface area to the substrate. The electrode layers are deposited on the bottom layer with uniform thickness, where the thickness is independent of the surface area of the bottom layer. A refractive index of the bottom layer ranges from refractive index of the substrate to a refractive index of the electrode layers.    USE - Substrate for a solar cell (claimed) i.e. photovoltaic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The electrode layers are deposited on the bottom layer with the uniform thickness, thus enhancing the optical and electrical characteristics of the surface electrode, and improving energy efficiency of a solar cell. The bottom later comprises the nano-scale surface structure separated and turned away from the surface area to the substrate, thus reducing manufacturing cost of the solar cell. The refractive index of the bottom layer ranges between refractive index of the substrate and the refractive index of the electrode layer, so that the reflectance losses in the layer structure are minimized, and the light trapping is realized in an effective manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a layer structure of a solar cell with a substrate.    Substrate (1)    Bottom layer (2)    Electrically conductive electrode layers (3, 5)    Absorber layer (4)    Covering layer (6)
NOVELTY - The structure (200) has first and second metal films (210, 230) vertically separated on a substrate, where the first film is made of silver. The second film is made of transition metals that are different from silver. A third metal film (220) is arranged between the first and second films. Two organic compound thin layers (212, 222) are arranged between the first and third films and between the third and second films, respectively, and made of organic acid. A fourth metal film (240) is stacked on the third film, where the third and fourth films are made of nickel and tin, respectively.    USE - Conductive electrode structure for use as an electrode wiring of a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The two metal films are vertically separated on the substrate, where the first film is made of silver, and the second film is made of transition metals that are different from the silver, thus improving electrode properties and electrical conductivity of a solar cell while reducing manufacturing costs of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The substrate is designed as a silicon wafer. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell comprising a light-absorbing surface.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of a solar cell.    Solar cell (10)    Conductive electrode structure (200)    Hetero metal stack layered structure (202)    Metal films (210-240)    Organic compound thin layers (212, 222, 232)
NOVELTY - The device has a water separator (8) arranged in an exhaust gas flow from an anode area (3), and a moisturization device (11) supplying portion of water to the anode area and/or to gas flowing to the area. The separator and the moisturization device are connected over a pipe element (10). A return flow protection device (12) is arranged between the anode area and the separator. A pressurizing unit applies pressure to the separator to increase pressure in the area of the separator above the pressure in the area of the moisturization device, where pressure application takes place by using gas.    USE - Device for moisturization of an anode area of a fuel cell i.e. polymer electrolyte membrane-fuel cell and/or gas flowing to the anode area in a fuel cell system for automobile applications.    ADVANTAGE - The pressurizing unit applies the pressure to the separator for increasing the pressure in the area of the separator above the pressure in the area of the moisturization device, where the pressure application takes place by using the gas, thus avoiding the need for additional effort for conveying gas during operation of the fuel cell system, and hence enabling the moisturization device to have simple, compact and energy-saving structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a device for moisturization of an anode area of a fuel cell.    Anode area (3)    Water separator (8)    Pipe element (10)    Moisturization device (11)    Return flow protection device (12)
NOVELTY - The system has a box array composed of light collecting solar generating units (4). The upper portion of solar generating unit has high-power solar collector (5). The lower portion of solar generating unit has concentrator solar cell plate (6) with multi-junction Indium gallium phosphide/gallium arsenide/germanium surface. A metal heat conducting sheet (7) is arranged below the concentrator solar cell plate. A semiconductor thermal temperature difference generating module (8) is arranged below the heat conducting sheet, and connected to a cooling fin or a cooling module (9).    USE - Solar power generating system.    ADVANTAGE - As the semiconductor thermal temperature difference generating module arranged below heat conducting sheet, and connected to cooling fin or cooling module, the temperature difference is made at both ends of the semiconductor thermal temperature difference generating module. Hence solar energy is efficiently converted into electric power. The conversion rate and utilization rate are improved efficiently.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the light collecting solar generating unit of the solar power generating system.    Light collecting solar generating unit (4)    High-power solar collector (5)    Concentrator solar cell plate (6)    Metal heat conducting sheet (7)    Semiconductor thermal temperature difference generating module (8)    Cooling fin or cooling module (9)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a metal particle portion containing paste, at several local areas of a semiconductor substrate (1), and forming an auxiliary metal particle portion containing paste in a state covering the metal particle portion. The semiconductor substrate is heated. The glass frit pastes (3a,3b) are applied to an insulating layer (2) on substrate to form electrical conductive contact with substrate where silver pastes (4a,4b) provided over the glass frit pastes are not applied to the insulating layer and electrically contacted with substrate indirectly.    USE - Method for manufacturing metallic contact structure of back-contact solar cell such as metal wrap through (MWT) solar cell, emitter wrap through (EWT) solar cell and junction solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The metallic contact structure can be manufactured easily at low cost while improving the efficiency of the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial sectional view of the solar cell.    Semiconductor substrate (1)    Insulating layer (2)    Glass frit pastes (3a,3b)    Silver pastes (4a,4b)    Intermediate paste (5)
NOVELTY - The method involves texturizing a front side (2) of a silicon semiconductor substrate (1). A selective endowment structure is formed at the front side. A metallic emitter contact structure is formed on the front side. Silicon oxide layers (5a, 5b) are formed on the front side and a back side of the substrate by performing thermal oxidation in a gas atmosphere with less than 10 percent of oxygen gas, between a selective endowment structure formation step and a metallic emitter contact structure formation step, where thickness of the silicon oxide layer on the front side is 150 nanometer.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar cell i.e. crystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The silicon oxide layers are formed on the front side and a back side of the substrate by performing thermal oxidation between the selective endowment structure formation step and the metallic emitter contact structure formation step, thus effectively passivating p- and n-doping regions at the front and back sides of the substrate in a surface area having surface recombination velocity in a simple manner, and hence increasing efficiency of the solar cell. The method allows manufacturing the solar cell in an expensive manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar cell.    Silicon semiconductor substrate (1)    Front side of silicon semiconductor substrate (2)    High endowment region (3)    Low endowment region (4)    Silicon oxide layers (5a, 5b)
NOVELTY - The solar cell has a battery whose middle portion includes emitting layer that is gradually changed to the doped layer. The thickness of the top cell transmitting layer is greater than the thickness of the multi-junction battery. The high concentration doping area emission layer is far away from the base region. A germanium substrate is provided in the bottom portion of cell.    USE - Multi-junction solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The series resistance of the integrated cell can be reduced. The high photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing multi-junction solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the multi-junction solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves treating a solar cell substrate at a temperature of 800-1500 degrees C in hydrogen containing atmosphere. The solar cell substrate is etched and an antireflection film is deposited on the solar cell substrate. The chamber is vacuumized to a primary pressure and a hydrogen-containing gas is introduced into the chamber with a specific flow rate. The hydrogen-containing gas is maintained at secondary pressure and the volume of hydrogen gas to helium gas is in the ratio of 20-40%.    USE - Method for manufacturing crystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The efficiency and performance of the hydrogen treatment on the solar cell substrate can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDENPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating the manufacturing process of solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - The method involves removing a phosphor-silicon glass for the dispersed silicon sheet, and oxidizing the surface of the silicon sheet to form a silica layer. The silica layer is removed from the surface. An anode oxidizing procedure is used for oxidizing the surface of the silicon sheet. A graphite is provided as cathode for soaking the two electrodes in electrolyte, and voltage is applied for anode oxidizing procedure. The electrolyte is provided with oxalic acid, nitric acid, and borax solution.    USE - Removing method for silicon solar battery diffusion dead layer.    ADVANTAGE - Since silicon oxide layer is removed for etching the layer of silicon surface, the dispersion dead layer is removed. The compounding of the high-concentration dispersion layer on the surface is reduced, and the short wave response is improved.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a growth substrate and a semiconductor material layer sequence provided on the growth substrate. A sacrificial layer is etched by wet etching, and a surface of a contact layer is etched. An electrode on the contact layer is evaporated as an electrode pattern, and another electrode is made by etching away the contact layer electrode. The substrate is made of germanium (Ge) or gallium arsenide (GaAs). The contact layer is made of GaAs. The sacrifice layer is made of gallium indium phosphide (GaInP).    USE - Manufacturing method for a single or multi junction solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables stopping GaAs on the electrode surface of a wet etching sacrificial layer, thus avoiding etching of the GaAs layer due to GaInP etching solution. The method enables providing the GaAs contact layer with flatness of an atomic level, thus increasing photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a manufacturing method for a single or multi junction solar battery.
NOVELTY - The cell has a cell body whose equilibrium potential is below a standard state of 1.76 V. Open-circuit voltage below a charging state is 1.7 to 2.0 V. Vanadium ion of a vanadium ion solution is in a pentavalent state or tetravalent state. A solvent contains inorganic acid or organic acid. Zinc ion solution contains zinc ion and an electrolyte containing the organic acid or inorganic acid. The organic acid comprises methane sulfonic acid or sulfamic acid. The inorganic acid comprises sulfuric acid or hydrogen nitrate.    USE - High-concentration zinc vanadium oxidation reduction cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell enhances high-energy density.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graphical view of a high-concentration zinc vanadium oxidation reduction cell.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The method involves feeding back the unconverted fuel of an anode (12) of a fuel cell (11). An inert gas is supplied without a countermeasure at the anode. The nitrogen is diffused from a cathode (13) to the anode. The partial pressure of the fuel at the anode is increased according to increase of pressure at the anode and cathode so that pressure at the anode and cathode is equalized if the supply of fuel to anode is insufficient due to accumulation of inert gas.    USE - Method for ensuring supply of fuel to anode of fuel cell such as polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell used in fuel cell system (claimed) mounted in vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - Since the partial pressure of the fuel at the anode is increased if the supply of fuel to anode is insufficient due to accumulation of inert gas, the efficiency of fuel cell system is increased. A thin, inexpensive PEM inserted between the anode and cathode, increases the transportation of ions. The damage or tearing of the PEM can be prevented effectively, so that detonating gas mixture generation in the fuel cell can be avoided. Hence the unnecessary operation of purge valve can be eliminated and the cost for operation of fuel cell can be reduced with guaranteed supply of the electric power from the fuel cell without causing any damage of fuel cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for fuel cell system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of the fuel cell system.    Fuel cell (11)    Anode (12)    Cathode (13)    Fuel tank (20)    Controller (30)
NOVELTY - An organometallic complex material has g value of 1.9900-2.0100 and number of electron spins of 1.0x 1010-1.0x 1016.    USE - Organometallic complex material used in composition for organic electroluminescent element for display apparatus and illumination device (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to luminescent material and charge transport material for electrophotographic photoreceptor, photoelectric conversion element, organic solar cell and organic rectifier.    ADVANTAGE - The organometallic complex material is manufactured by a simple method and provides organic electroluminescent element with high current efficiency, low drive voltage and improved lifetime.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) composition, which contains the organometallic complex material and organic solvent; and    (2) organic electroluminescent element, which consists of organic layer containing the organometallic complex material provided between anode (2) provided on a substrate (1) and cathode (9).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the structure of the organic electroluminescent element.    Substrate (1)    Anode (2)    Positive hole injection layer (3)    Positive hole transport layer (4)    Cathode (9)
NOVELTY - The device has a cell monitor (202) for monitoring the cells (100-1-100-n), and a central control unit. Several electrical insulation modules are galvanic decoupled between cell monitors and central control unit, and are provided with organic light emitter and photodetector. The electrical insulation module, central control unit and cell monitors are monolithically integrated in semiconductor component.    USE - Device for monitoring and controlling cells of lithium ion accumulator for electrical propulsion system of electric bicycle and hybrid vehicle, for use in OLED based accumulator management system (claimed). Can also be used in monitoring and controlling solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The high accuracy and reliability of controlling the cell are ensured. The power consumption of each cell is reduced while ensuring significant reduction of power dissipation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for accumulator management system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a circuit diagram of the monitoring and controlling device. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Cells (100-1-100-n)    Resistor (118)    Terminals (122,124)    Cell monitor (202)    Digital interface (206)
NOVELTY - The battery has a shaped body (7) made from porous-moisture absorbing material, where the shaped body is extended into an inner space (3) of a housing (2) of the battery and an outside space of the housing. The shaped body is connected with an air-drying device (5) in the inner space of the housing for drying process of air in the inner space of the housing such that collected water (6) is transferable from the air-drying device to the shaped body. The shaped body is arranged in a manner such that the collected water is distributable over total volume of the shaped body.    USE - Battery for use in a motor car (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electrical hybrid car, plug in-hybrid car, electric car and fuel cell car.    ADVANTAGE - The shaped body is made from the porous-moisture absorbing material so as to receive moisture from an interior of the housing and distribute the moisture by capillary forces over total volume of the shaped body, and the shaped body lying outside the housing can deliver humidity to the surrounding air, so that the moisture is effectively removed from the interior of the housing while simultaneously pressure equalization remains enabled over the microporous membrane.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The moisture absorbing material comprises fibrous material, wood, chalk, paper, polymer, glass and/or sponge.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a battery.    Housing of battery (2)    Inner space of housing (3)    Air-drying device (5)    Collected water (6)    Shaped body (7)
NOVELTY - A coating liquid containing polysilazane is coated on surface of base material and dried, to form polysilazane film. Then, the polysilazane film is irradiated with vacuum-ultraviolet light from the coated-side surface of base material, and the film is hardened, to form barrier film. A cutting portion of the barrier film is cut after hardening such that the hardness of the cutting portion and non-cutting portion are different.    USE - Manufacture of barrier film. Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display element, solar cell, organic electroluminescent, and packaging film for foodstuffs, industrial products and pharmaceuticals.    ADVANTAGE - The barrier film is manufactured efficiently with excellent crack resistance.
NOVELTY - A polyester resin composition comprises copolyester containing 5-80 mol% of dicarboxylic acid components (A or B) with respect to all the dicarboxylic acid components and 90-100 mol% of 2-10C alkylene glycol with respect to all the diol components, and cyclic carbodiimide compound having carbodiimide group containing two nitrogen atoms coupled with bonding group. The sum total of the dicarboxylic acid component (A or B) is 90-100 mol%.    USE - Polyester resin composition used for forming biaxially oriented film (claimed) used as base film for high density magnetic recording medium and back sheet of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The polyester resin composition provides biaxially oriented film having excellent dimensional stability, durability and hydrolysis resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A polyester resin composition comprises copolyester containing 5-80 mol% of dicarboxylic acid component of formula (A) or of formula: HO-(O)-C-R'-C(O)OH (B) with respect to all the dicarboxylic acid components and 90-100 mol% of 2-10C alkylene glycol with respect to all the diol components, and cyclic carbodiimide compound having carbodiimide group containing two nitrogen atoms coupled with bonding group. The sum total of the dicarboxylic acid component (A or B) is 90-100 mol%.    R=2-10C alkylene;and    R'=phenylene or naphthalene diyl.
NOVELTY - An active-energy-ray hardening-type adhesive agent composition contains polymer having maleimide group, and does not have acidic group.    USE - Active-energy-ray hardening-type adhesive agent composition is used for forming film or sheet for manufacturing transparent conductive film or sheet (all claimed) for touch panel. Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display, organic electroluminescent display, organic electroluminescent illumination device and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The active-energy-ray hardening-type adhesive agent composition has excellent adhesiveness, and provides conductive thin film with excellent transparence, durability and corrosion resistance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic view illustrating manufacturing of active-energy-ray hardening-type adhesive bonding sheet. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Base material (1)    Adhesive glue layer (2)    Mold release material (3)    Coating of adhesive agent composition on base material (A1)    Drying composition by evaporating organic solvent (A2)
NOVELTY - A sol (90) containing thin film-forming material is coated on a base material (80). A plasma source gas is introduced in a reaction container comprising base material. The gas is plasmified. A thin film is formed using from sol in base material by effect of plasma.    USE - Manufacture of thin film e.g. metal oxide film used for thin-film transistor for solar cell and liquid crystal panel.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables efficient manufacture of thin film at low temperature.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the apparatus for manufacturing thin film.    Thin film-manufacturing apparatus (10)    Gas supply section (50)    Gas supply port (60)    Base material (80)    Sol (90)
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing two pairs of metal film electrode on semiconductor nanometer line by UV photo-etching process, where pair of metal film electrode (6) is connected through the semiconductor nanowire. An AC electric field is applied to other pair of metal film electrode. The metal nanowires are adsorbed to AC electric field applied to the metal film electrode pair, the semiconductor nanometer line (3) and the semiconductor nanometer wire crossed schottky contact to form semiconductor nano-wire crossbar structure.    USE - Preparation method of semiconductor nano-wire crossbar structure used in Schottky diode and metal-semiconductor FET for electronic element such as photoelectric detector, gas sensor and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The preparation method is simple, stable and reliable.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view illustrating the preparation method of semiconductor nano-wire crossbar structure.    Silicon chip (1)    Insulating layer (2)    Semiconductor nanometer line (3)    Metal (5)    Pair of metal film electrodes (6)
NOVELTY - The battery has a glass structure, a transparent conductive film structure, a cadmium sulfide structure, a cadmium telluride structure, a selenide vanadium structure or a metal back electrode structure, where the battery includes a selenide vanadium film as a back contact layer. The cadmium telluride structure is connected with the metal back electrode structure. Thickness of the selenide vanadium film is 30nm to 500nm.    USE - Cadmium telluride solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery realizes ohmic contact, widens a depletion region, reduces interface compound, increases shunt resistance, and improves conversion efficiency. The battery has long storage time, and is stable.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a cadmium telluride solar battery.
NOVELTY - The battery has an n-shaped semiconductor porous layer deposited on a conductive substrate. A semiconductor absorption layer is covered by a semiconductor porous thin film surface of a magnetic nano grain. A P-type semiconductor layer is filled a gap between two layers. The semiconductor porous layer is formed as a single crystal structure. Length of rods is about 100 nanometers to 10 microns. The absorbing layer is made of copper indium sulfur (CuInS2) or copper indium selenium (CuInSe2). The semiconductor layer is formed as a p-type copper thiocyanate (CuSCN) densification layer.    USE - Inorganic film absorption layer solar digital security controls (DSC) battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery has a short charge transmission path and low raw material cost, and is simple in structure, simple to manufacture, firm and durable and easy to modularize preparation.
NOVELTY - The component has holes that are formed in phase change heat storage ball and an insulating layer is provided with aluminum frame (6). The phase change heat storage ball is a hollow plate and a photovoltaic laminate (4) of the sides of a clamp ring is filled with hot gas. The clamping ring is provided with a poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA) plate (5).    USE - Photovoltaic solar component.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic solar component is simple in structure and can improve the efficiency, and the service life.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the photovoltaic solar component.    Photovoltaic laminate (4)    PMMA plate (5)    Aluminum frame (6)    Light surface (17)
NOVELTY - The assembly has a fluorine-containing resin thin film, a reinforcement plate, a connected battery plate and a back plate laminated with a thermoplastic resin. A periphery of an assembly part is packaged with a packaging tape. A flexible plastic material is arranged on an outer side of packaging material for a purpose of protection. Multiple reinforcement ribs are convexly arranged on a back plate. A double-faced adhesive tape is arranged on top and bottom surfaces of the reinforcement ribs. The top surfaces of the reinforcement ribs are glued on the back plate by the double-faced adhesive tape.    USE - Solar battery light assembly for a building and a curtain wall.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly reduces holes as much as possible, and is rapid and reliable to install. The assembly avoids the need to change an installation carrier structure of the building and the curtain wall under construction conditions or avoids the need to drill.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a solar battery light assembly.
NOVELTY - The method involves etching to clean a crystal silicon battery plate (1). A silicon battery sheet surface light expansion is etched (2). A crystal silicon battery sheet is expanded by a light thermal oxidization process (3). The crystal silicon battery plate is paddle punched (4). A crystal silicon battery plate groove area is expanded (5). A surface passivation is anti-reflected (6). A laser groove is opened (7). An electrode is manufactured (8). The crystal silicon battery sheet is provided with a silicon dioxide protecting film whose thickness is 30-300nm.    USE - Fork rear contact double solar battery preparation method.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables increasing open-circuit voltage and short circuit current, so as to improve conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating a fork rear contact double solar battery preparation method. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Crystal silicon battery plate etching step (1)    Silicon battery sheet surface light expansion etching step (2)    Crystal silicon battery sheet expanding step (3)    Crystal silicon battery plate paddle punching step (4)    Crystal silicon battery plate groove area expanding step (5)    Surface passivation antireflection step (6)    Laser groove opening step (7)    Electrode manufacturing step (8)
NOVELTY - The plate is coated with a phenolic resin, titanium, graphite or a hexamethylene tetramine curing agent.    USE - Composite material bipolar plate for use in a proton exchange membrane fuel battery.    ADVANTAGE - The plate ensures better corrosion resistance property, high conductivity by utilizing titanium carbide, high melting point, and better heat conducting performance, high hardness, better chemical stability and better inoxidability. The plate improves mechanical property and thermal conductivity by utilizing the phenolic resin or the graphite. The plate has high electric conductivity, high thermal conductivity, high strength and better hydrogen corrosion effect.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a proton exchange membrane fuel battery composite material bipolar plate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a composite material bipolar plate.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The device has a liquor liquid circuit pipe (12) connected with an end of a liquid storage tank (11). An end of the liquor liquid circuit pipe is connected to a fuel cell stack. Another liquor liquid circuit pipe (13) is connected to another end of the liquid storage tank. An end of the latter liquor liquid circuit pipe is connected with an end of the fuel cell stack. A power device (14) is arranged between the liquor liquid circuit pipes for driving acid solution in the liquid storage tank in order to flow circularly through acid liquid circuit pipes.    USE - Repairing device for cleaning a liquid flow battery system (claimed) of a fuel cell stack.    ADVANTAGE - The device is convenient and quick to clean a liquid flow battery system. The device has high liquid flow battery operating efficiency and prolonged service life.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a liquid flow battery system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of a repairing device.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Liquid storage tank (11)    Fluid liquid pipes (12, 13)    Power device (14)
NOVELTY - The light source i.e. discharge lamp (1), has a metal halide lamp enclosing noble gas, mercury and halogenated indium in a discharge space (4), where density of the halogenated indium is 0.2 to 2.7 milli gram per cubic centimeter. A discharge container is made from quartz glass, and comprises a seal part (3a) provided in a spherical-shaped light emission part (2) of the glass. Internal diameter of the discharge space of the lamp is in a range of 20 mm.    USE - Light source i.e. discharge lamp, for solar simulators utilized to generate simulated sunlight artificially for evaluating a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The metal halide lamp encloses the noble gas, mercury and halogenated indium in the discharge space so as to obtain simulated sunlight with desired spectrum coincidence degree in an inexpensive manner.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a light source for solar simulators.    Discharge lamp (1)    Spherical-shaped light emission part (2)    Seal parts (3a, 3b)    Discharge space (4)    Electrodes (5a, 5b)
NOVELTY - The battery (1) has positive and negative electrodes (3, 4) which are provided with positive and negative electrode collectors for supporting positive electrode active material layer and alloy-system active material respectively. The binder contains swelling degree of swellable resin with respect to non-aqueous electrolyte. The swellable resin consists of copolymer of poly hexafluoropropylene, hexafluoropropylene, and vinylidene fluoride, cross-linked polyacrylonitrile-type polymer, and cross-linked polymethylmethacrylate-type polymerization casing.    USE - Lithium ion secondary battery for electronic device such as personal computer, mobile telephone, mobile device, portable information terminal, portable game apparatus, robot, mounted in electric vehicle, hybrid electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), fuel cell electric vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - The cycling characteristics of the battery are improved by providing alloy system active material in negative electrode so that the capacity and energy density of the battery are improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the longitudinal cross-sectional view of lithium ion secondary battery.    Lithium ion secondary battery (1)    Positive electrodes (3)    Negative electrode (4)    Separator (5)    Sealing board (15)
NOVELTY - The electrode (23) has a positive electrode active material layer (13) formed in a surface of an electro-conductive base material. The active material layer is divided into multiple active material parts (13a-13c) and an ion electroconductive part (131) that is mutually connected with the active material parts. The active material parts are connected by the ion electroconductive part on a surface of the base material. The active material layer is formed in an outermost collector layer of a positive electrode located in an outermost layer of an electric power generation element.    USE - Battery electrode for a bipolar battery (claimed) e.g. bipolar lithium ion secondary battery, of an electronic device in a vehicle such as electric vehicle, hybrid electric vehicle, fuel-cell vehicle and hybrid fuel cell electric vehicle. Can also be used for a liquid electrolyte type battery, a polymer battery and a solid polymer electrolyte type battery.    ADVANTAGE - The active material layer is divided into multiple active material parts, thus suppressing concentration of electricity on a short-circuit part even if an internal short circuit is generated in a bipolar battery. The active material parts are mutually connected by the ion electroconductive part, so that ions can move through the ion electroconductive part between the active material parts with uniform distribution, thus increasing durability of the electrode. The electrode improves impregnation performance of electrolyte solution and productivity of the bipolar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top view of a bipolar electrode.    Active material layer (13)    Active material parts (13a-13c)    Battery electrode (23)    Ion electroconductive part (131)
NOVELTY - The panel (100) has a solar-cell-panel base i.e. sandwich panel (110), that is used as a base of the panel. An insulation board i.e. insulating layer (120), is arranged in a solar cell of the panel. Another insulation board i.e. insulating layer (130), is provided between the solar-cell-panel base and the former insulation board. The latter insulation board has a coefficient of thermal expansion below the former insulation board. The former insulation board is made of polyimide, and the latter insulation board is made of aramid fibre or glass fibre.    USE - Solar cell panel for supplying electric power to a space structure e.g. satellite and space station.    ADVANTAGE - The utilization of the insulation boards allows the solar array panel to ensure the insulation, without blocking air in an insulating layer, and to decrease the influence of atomic oxygen.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell panel. '(Drawing contains non-English language text)'    Solar cell panel (100)    Sandwich panel (110)    Core (111)    Outerskin (112)    Insulating layers (120, 130)
NOVELTY - The body has an anchor layer that is provided with methacrylic acid ester resin and fluorine resin and is joined to a flexible sheet-like base material layer and a surface coating layer of a flexible sheet-like substrate (4). A flexible protective film (3) surrounds a lower end of a flexible solar cell module side part (2b) of a flexible solar cell module (2), and contains a fluorine resin in a surrounding part (4c) of a flexible sheet-like substrate upper surface that is adhered to a crosslinked adhesive bond layer (8b). A top layer is joined to the anchor layer.    USE - Flexible film-like solar cell laminated body.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell laminated body provides high durability of moisture absorption and water absorption prevention property and antifouling property, and has a long useful life.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial cross sectional view of a flexible film-like solar cell laminated body. '(Drawing contains non-English language text)'    Flexible solar cell module (2)    Flexible solar cell module side part (2b)    Flexible protective film (3)    Flexible sheet-like substrate (4)    Surrounding part (4c)    Crosslinked adhesive bond layer (8b)
NOVELTY - A solar cell module consists of a photovoltaic cell (8), a backside sealing material (9), and a back-surface protection sheet (10). The sealing material or protection sheet comprises titanium oxide (A) having an average particle diameter of 0.15-0.35 mu m, and titanium oxide (B) having an average long-axis length of 0.7-6 mu m, an average short-axis length of 0.2-1.5 mu m, and a reflectance of 30% or more at a wavelength of 2000 nm.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell module reflects wavelength of infrared region and suppresses reduction in conversion efficiency. Deterioration of resin component by thermal storage is suppressed.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar cell module.    Clear glass substrate (6)    Surface sealing material (7)    Photovoltaic cell (8)    Backside sealing material (9)    Back-surface protection sheet (10)
NOVELTY - An organic thin-film solar cell contains fullerene derivative.    USE - Organic thin-film solar cell for use in a photosensor or a solid-state image sensor (claimed) i.e. complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has high electron-accepting property, charge-separation ability, electron mobility, heat resistance and durability. The fullerene derivative contained in the organic thin-film solar cell has high solubility with respect to the organic solvent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic thin-film solar cell contains fullerene derivative of formula (I).    R1-R5=substituted sugar group whose H atom, sugar group, or arbitrary hydroxyl groups of a sugar group substituted by the substituent, preferably 1-10C alkyl, benzyl, p-methoxybenzyl, methoxymethyl, 2-tetrahydropyranyl, ethoxyethyl, acetyl, pivaloyl, benzoyl, trimethyl-silyl, triethylsilyl, tert-butyldimethylsilyl, tri-isopropylsilyl or tert-butyldiphenylsilyl;and    R6=1-5C alkyl, where one of R1-R5 is sugar group or substituted sugar group.
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion element has fullerene derivatives (I and II) as an electron acceptor and a compound as an electron donor, where the electron acceptor and electron donor are provided between one pair of electrodes.    USE - Photoelectric conversion element for a photoelectric conversion apparatus such as solar cell (claimed), optical switching device, and sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The element is manufactured in a simple and economical manner with improved open circuit voltage and internal resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A photoelectric conversion element has fullerene derivatives of formulae (I and II) as an electron acceptor and a compound as an electron donor, where the electron acceptor and electron donor are provided between one pair of electrodes.    R1=H, 1-20C hydrocarbon, 1-20C alkoxy, 6-20C aryloxy, alkylthio (-SY1), amino, silyl or arylthio (-SY2) (all optionally having a substituent);    Y1=1-20C alkyl optionally having a substituent;    Y2=6-18C aryl optionally having a substituent;    R2=H or 1-20C organic group;    M=metal atom, preferably iron or ruthenium;    L=ligand of M, preferably H, halo, alkoxy, alkyl, alkyne, alkene, aryl, alkylidene, vinylidene, allenylidene, thiolate, amide, phosphine, carbonyl, nitrile, isonitrile, imino, amino, ketone or cyclopentadienyl;and    n=number of L, preferably 0-5.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell.    Glass substrate (1)    Indium tin oxide (2)    Hole taking-out layer (3)    Mixture layer (4)    Electrode (5)
NOVELTY - The solar cell (100) comprises several nanowires (130) that are arranged perpendicularly and electrically connected in a bottom electrode, and doped with impurity. An opposite polarity coating layer (140) forming the nanowire and p-n junction is doped with other impurity and is formed in the circumference of nanowires. A transparent electrode (150) is formed on the coating layer. An oxide film template (120) is provided with a hole in which nanowire is formed on the bottom electrode. The template is provided to prevent the contact of coating layer and bottom electrode.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the solar cell includes p-n junction layer, the photoelectric efficiency of the solar cell is increased while reducing the carrier movement distance. The p-n photoelectric domain of the core-shell structure consisting of silicon can be easily manufactured using the electrochemical method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for fabricating solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Solar cell (100)    Oxide film template (120)    Nanowire (130)    Coating layer (140)    Transparent electrode (150)
NOVELTY - The cleanability evaluation member (10) has space that connects with the exterior is formed in the region to which the slit is pinched by the pressing unit. The slit plate (20) has one or more slit which notched the side edge, while the pressing unit (30) is coupled with the slit plate so that the slit is pinched. The surface of the slit plate and the surface of the pressing unit are formed with the material with contact angle equivalent to the cleaning target object with respect to the cleaning liquid.    USE - Member for cleanability evaluation of cleaning target object such as semiconductors used for solar cell for photovoltaic power generation.    ADVANTAGE - Enables easy evaluation of the hole after performing cleaning operation of the target object. Enables easy setting of the cleaning condition of optimal pressure reduction and air release for cleaning by evaluating synthetically one side of liquid permeation performance and liquid exchange performance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the side view of the member for cleanability evaluation. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Cleanability evaluation member (10)    Slit plate (20)    Pressing unit (30)    Bolt/nut (40)    Hole (50)
NOVELTY - A polyimide film has main diffraction peak intensities (A,B) at 2 theta of 18.0-19.0 degrees and 24.0-26.0 degrees in the X-ray diffraction spectrum and ratio of peak intensities (IB/IA) of 0.5 or more.    USE - Polyimide film for color filter, thin film transistor, liquid crystal display, organic electroluminescent element, electronic paper, solar cell, touch panel, gas barrier film and transparent electrode.    ADVANTAGE - The polyimide film has excellent transparency, heat resistance and low linear expansion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the polyimide film, which involves heating polyamic acid obtained using acid dianhydride and diamine at 300-400 degrees C.
NOVELTY - Polyolefin resin (in parts weight) (100), radical polymerization initiator (0.01-5), epoxy group-containing vinyl monomer (0.01-10), monomers (0.01-10) containing ethylenic double bond and silicon atom in a molecule, and monomer (0.01-10) containing ethylenic double bond and acidic polar group in a molecule are added to a cylinder contained in continuous-type production machine chosen from single axis or twin-screw extruder, mixed and graft polymerization is performed. The cylinder is then maintained at 235 degrees C or more to obtain modified polyolefin resin.    USE - Manufacture of modified polyolefin resin used for electrical/electronic component, packaging material, stationery, foodstuff, motor-vehicle components, domestic appliances and sealing sheet for solar cell. Uses include but are not limited to door trim, interior trim, internal-equipment sheet, instrument panel outer epidermis, interior door, furniture and partition.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides modified polyolefin resin having excellent adhesiveness with respect to adhesion-resistant base material.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has an upper case (10) attaching a diaphragm (31). An upper surface is released by a lower case. Multiple holes are provided by a heater board (33), which heats a body to be laminated. A holding part (34) holds the body to be laminated by an upper end part. A supporting member (35) is connected with a lower-end part of the holding part. A raising/lowering part (37) and a piston rod (38) raise/lower the supporting member. A spring (36) is provided between a lower surface of the supporting member and an inner-wall bottom face of the lower case.    USE - Lamination apparatus for manufacturing a solar cell panel.    ADVANTAGE - The spring is provided between the lower surface of the supporting member and the inner-wall bottom face of the lower case, so that bending of the supporting member is suppressed, thus reducing cost of the apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of a lamination apparatus.    Upper case (10)    Diaphragm (31)    Heater board (33)    Holding part (34)    Supporting member (35)    Spring (36)    Raising/lowering part (37)    Piston rod (38)
NOVELTY - A corrugated substrate comprises a particle-containing corrugated layer (2) formed on a glass substrate (1). The particle has a diameter of 10-100 nm. The corrugated layer has a corrugated shape, wherein dome-shaped protrusions or ball-shaped hollows are distributed. Average size of dome-shaped protrusion or ball-shaped hollow is 50-1800 nm. The difference of a 20-60 degrees vertex inclination angle and a 30-70 degrees average inclination angle of the dome-shape protrusions or ball-shaped hollows formed in the corrugated substrate is 10-50 degrees .    USE - A corrugated substrate for solar cell or light-emitting body.    ADVANTAGE - The corrugated substrate has excellent light-scattering property, transmission characteristic, heat resistance, and optical characteristic.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a manufacturing method of the corrugated substrate which involves preparing a film with corrugated shape by using film consists of particle and binder resin, coating support film, and peeling support film, preparing laminated body by coating polysiloxane sol on film with corrugated shape, heating, and pressurizing to obtain corrugated substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show cross-sectional diagrams of the corrugated layer formed on the glass substrate.    Glass substrate (1)    Corrugated layer (2)
NOVELTY - The solar cell (1) has a semiconductor substrate and an anti-reflection layer (2) that is formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate at the light-incident side. The border voltage of the anti-reflection layer along the thickness direction is 10V,5V or 3V.    USE - Solar cell for solar module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The degradation of the solar cell due to the induced potential difference between the solar module frame and solar cell can be minimized inexpensively and efficiently. Hence the solar cells can be protected from failure. The potential-induced degradation (PiD) susceptibility of the solar cell can be recognized before incorporation of the solar cell into the solar module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) solar cell manufacturing method; and    (2) solar cell testing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Solar cell (1)    Anti-reflection layer (2)    Contact electrode (4)    Back metallization layer (5)    Emitter doping layer (12)
NOVELTY - The solar cell has light scattering film (200) which is formed on substrate (100). A front electrode layer (300) is formed on light scattering film with multiple protrusion patterns (210) having convex and concave portions (212,214). A semiconductor layer (400) is formed on front electrode layer. A back surface electrode layer (600) is formed on above semiconductor layer.    USE - Thin film type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The optical path is increased by providing protrusions with convex and concave portions so that light receiving efficiency is improved. The need for performing etching process and cleaning process is prevented.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of thin film type solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the thin film type solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (100)    Light scattering film (200)    Protrusion pattern (210)    Convex portion (212)    Concave portion (214)    Front electrode layer (300)    Semiconductor layer (400)    Back surface electrode layer (600)
NOVELTY - The device has a solution application module including a solution application unit coating solution in top of a material to form a coating layer on a surface of the material. A blade module is installed in a rear side of the solution application unit, and a blade pad is installed at a lower part of the blade module. A dry heating chamber and a drying module include an aluminum heater, so that an ion exchange film is continuously applied with heat.    USE - Ion exchange film manufacturing device for a fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The device can mass-produce different ion exchange films.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an ion exchange film manufacturing device.
NOVELTY - A solar cell structure of Group III-V semiconductor comprises transparent substrate (10), amorphous silicon layer (12) formed on transparent substrate, and Group III-V polycrystalline semiconductor layer (14) formed on amorphous silicon layer.    USE - A solar cell structure of Group III-V semiconductor for solar energy conversion and storage.    ADVANTAGE - Cost is significantly reduced, and producing solar cell with large surface area is possible, therefore increasing light absorption area and improving photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell structure manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar cell structure of Group III-V semiconductor.    Transparent substrate (10)    Amorphous silicon layer (12)    Group III-V polycrystalline semiconductor layer (14)    Solar cell structure (100)    First type semiconductor layer (142)
NOVELTY - Solar cell comprises indium gallium arsenide nitride (InGaAsN) structure having a bandgap of 1-1.05 eV, and depletion region width of at least 1 mu m.    USE - The solar cell is useful for space and concentrator photovoltaic applications.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has high short circuit current density and high Jsc property and is feasible.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of preparing the solar cell, which involves forming an InGaAsN structure, and thermally annealing the structure at a temperature of at least 900 degrees C.
NOVELTY - Treating a flue gas (410), comprises burning an elemental magnesium in the flue gas.    USE - The process is useful for treating the flue gas for producing methane gas, which is useful in the direct carbon fuel cell to generate electrical energy (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The process: facilitates the removal of harmful or other undesirable chemicals from the flue gases and improves the electrical efficiency of the system; is capable of producing excess thermal energy, hence does not require external energy for the recovery of elemental magnesium; facilitates the regeneration of and recycling of elemental magnesium; and increases the production of thermal and electrical energy.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic diagram of the process for the regeneration of elemental magnesium.    Flue gas (410)    Magnesium oxide stream/fraction (414)    Magnesium iodide stream/fraction (424)    Vessel (430)    Elemental magnesium stream/fraction (434)
NOVELTY - A solar cell sheet comprises frame having spaces for putting silicon chip hollow-out position.    USE - A solar cell sheet for plate frame.    ADVANTAGE - The sheet can be operated conveniently without damaging the silicon wafer and coating film on silicon chip, and has high production conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a solar cell sheet.
NOVELTY - A silicon solar cell comprises a working table bracket, where a middle part of the working table has a hollow board equipped with a high temperature resistant fan. The fan is connected with a speed adjusting switch installed on the bracket via a power wire.    USE - A silicon solar cell used in plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (claimed).
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing back silver slurry uniformly mixed with 1.0-5.0 percent lead-free glass powder, 56.0 to 76.0 percent sheet silver powder, 0.2 to 2 percent inorganic additive, 10 percent to 30 percent organic carrier, 3 percent to 12 percent solvent, 0.1 to 1 percent of plasticiser and 0.1 to 1 percent dispersing agent by weight in a planetary stirrer. The organic carrier is dispersed to less than 20 microns on a three-roller machine to obtain the back silver slurry for crystalline silicon solar battery.    USE - Method for preparing back silver slurry for crystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables the slurry to obtain better printability, and enables forming better ohm contact for the silicon slice and aluminum after sintering and welding process, and providing high cell conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - The cell has a copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) active layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, a window layer, transparent electrode layer and a collecting electrode which are electrically formed on a conductive substrate i.e. metal conductive film. The CIGS active layer is provided with a photonic crystal structure with a thickness of 0.5 microns to 10 microns. A material of the window layer is selected from a group consisting of a zinc oxide film, a doped zinc oxide thin film, aluminum, gallium and cadmium.    USE - CIGS solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has improved absorption efficiency, light source conversion efficiency and better controllability, and is inexpensive.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing a CIGS solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a CIGS solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves drying silicon chip surface screen printing slurry or boron phosphorus slurry under 10 to 50 degree centigrade. Phosphorus diffusion process for n-shaped silicon in print plate-making boron slurry under diffusion condition. Electrode is prepared.    USE - Method for preparing n-type solar cell by utilizing boron phosphorus common diffusion process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram of a method for preparing n-type solar cell.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The method involves soldering a single battery sheet from two coupled structures connected with a chip of a battery sheet welding rod. Ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) glue film around a single battery sheet is softened. A silicon solar cell sheet is replaced to weld a welding rod. Battery pieces of a component is mounted and welded by the silicon solar battery sheet. A cell periphery re-coating EVA glue film is changed by utilizing the single battery sheet.    USE - Method for changing a monomer battery sheet in a silicon solar cell component.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables reducing the unnecessary waste and loss of a silicon solar battery plate component.
NOVELTY - The paste has a sizing agent prepared by ultra fine spherical silver powder 15-35 percent by weight, sheet silver powder 30-70 weight percent, an organic carrier 8-35 percent, a bonding material 1-10 percent, a solvent 5-15 percent, a dispersing agent and a raw material 0.5-2 percent. The organic carrier is made of ethyl cellulose resin and added to an organic solvent that is provided with carbitol, propylene glycol methyl ether acetate, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, petroleum ether, turpentine oil and terpineol.    USE - Crystalline silicon solar cell positive silver paste.    ADVANTAGE - The paste is printed on a silicon chip surface with a strong adhesive.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The paste is made of an adhesive material that is selected from a group of bismuth trioxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, Calcium oxide, titanium dioxide and nickel Oxide. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing a crystalline silicon solar cell positive silver paste.
NOVELTY - The board has a solar energy module i.e. toughened glass, provided with a high light transmittance plate and adhered on a solar battery chip by an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) film. A solar energy generation module (2) is fixed on a front side of a wall plate (1). An adjacent side wall is installed in a cross rod and inserted into a slot. Two ends of a power interface are connected with a power interface in same polarity and connected with an output unit. The solar generating module is made of EVA film adhesive.    USE - Building integrated photovoltaic module type solar generating board.    ADVANTAGE - The toughened glass has high light transmittance. The board is inexpensive, and adopts modular design.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The solar battery chip is crystalline silicon battery sheet, or amorphous silicon battery sheet, or a thin film battery piece, or compound type battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a building integrated photovoltaic module type solar generating board.    Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)    Wall plate (1)    Solar energy generation module (2)
NOVELTY - The substrate has a plating conductive layer made of stainless steel and provided with a copper plating layer. Multiple diffusion barrier layers are arranged with multiple nickel plating layers and multiple nickel-molybdenum alloy plating layers. Each nickel plating layer and the copper plating layer are fixed with a back electrode. Thickness of the copper plating layer is 1-3 microns. Thickness of each nickel plating layer is of 3-6 microns. Thickness of each nickel molybdenum alloy plating layer is of 1-3 microns. Thickness of a stainless steel belt is 0.1 to 0.3 mm.    USE - Flexible metal substrate for a copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell in an electric water heater.    ADVANTAGE - The substrate can reduce requirement of molybdenum layer thickness, is inexpensive, and has high efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a flexible metal substrate.
NOVELTY - The assembly has a solar battery component i.e. thin sheet, provided with a bypass schottky diode and directly fixed to an edge part of a back plate, where the back plate is transparent and made of toughened glass, thickness of the bypass schottky diode is less than 1 mm and a pin of the bypass schottky diode is bent. A cable interface of a solar battery assembly unit is arranged in an aluminum alloy frame. A steel glass, an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) layer, a battery piece array, another EVA layer and the back plate are arranged from up to down in the assembly unit.    USE - Integrated photovoltaic solar cell assembly for a building.    ADVANTAGE - The thin sheet is directly fixed to the edge part of the back plate so as to eliminate the need of a junction box and save utilization cost. The cable interface is arranged in the aluminum alloy frame so as to provide convenience for adjacent solar energy battery component modularized connection. The assembly is convenient and quick to use. The back plate is transparent, so that a room of the building is not influenced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an integrated photovoltaic solar cell assembly.
NOVELTY - The box has a box body and a box surface provided with a coating structure. The coating structure is epoxy zinc-enriched coating and fluorocarbon resin coating.    USE - Solar photovoltaic junction box.    ADVANTAGE - The box surface is provided with the coating structure to protect the box body from wind and rain corrosion and to improve anticorrosion performance of the box, and has prolonged service life. The coating structure has permeability, thus preventing the box from oxidizing and corroding. The box body has strong corrosion resistance, acid resistance, high weather resistance and water resistance. The coating structure prevents peeling of the coating structure, and has high self-cleaning performance and better glossiness.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar photovoltaic junction box.
NOVELTY - The glass has an electrochromic glass unit provided fluorine-doped tin oxides or indium tin oxides conductive glass layers, where fluorine-doped tin oxides or indium tin oxides conductive glass conductive layer and a middle electrochromic film i.e. tungsten trioxide film, are arranged with each other. An ion supply layer i.e. molybdenum film, and an ion conductive layer are formed on two ends of the electrochomic glass unit of a solar battery.    USE - Solar control electrochromic glass for use in an office building and a residential area.    ADVANTAGE - The glass can absorb or reflect heat energy in a building so as to control temperature of an office building and a residential area. The glass is inexpensive and simple in structure, and has wide applications.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar control electrochromic glass. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - An ultrawhite photovoltaic glass comprises a host glass; and a rare-earth compound comprising a rare-earth oxide or a rare-earth mineral. The rare-earth oxide is cerium oxide, samarium oxide, europium oxide, terbium (III) oxide, and dysprosium oxide. The rare-earth mineral includes cerium, samarium, europium, terbium, or dysprosium.    USE - An ultrawhite photovoltaic glass used for a glass cover plate of a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The glass improves transforming efficiency of the cell, reduces generating amount, and reduces aging of packaging materials such as ethylene vinyl acetate by UV light. It can be prepared using simple and easy method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing the ultrawhite photovoltaic glass, comprising:    (A) increasing temperature of the host glass and the rare-earth compound to 1500-1600 degrees C, and melting;    (B) purifying and cooling;    (C) obtaining a flat panel glass by floating or rolling; and    (D) annealing.
NOVELTY - A zirconium oxide ceramics comprise a substrate, a sintering additive, neodymium oxide and additive, and has X-diffraction peak at an angle of 34.8-36.2 degrees measured using copper-K( alpha ) radiation. The substrate is yttria-stabilized zirconia. The additive is zinc oxide, barium carbonate and/or calcium fluoride.    USE - Zirconium oxide ceramic is used in field of cutter, mold, valve, refractory material, oxygen sensor and solid fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The zirconium oxide ceramic is efficiently prepared with excellent color stability, feasibility, mechanical property, strength, hardness, toughness and corrosion resistance, by simple method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of zirconium oxide ceramics, which involves adding neodymium oxide particles into diethanol amine solution, dipping, separating solid and liquid, ball-milling and mixing the substrate, processed diethanol amine particles, sintering additive and additive, mold-pressing and forming, and then sintering at high temperature.
NOVELTY - The method involves selecting conductive glass, stainless steel sheet and durable flexible polymer material pre-coated with electrode as base materials. The pre-cleaning is executed to the base materials. The silicon film is deposited on the base material surface. The work air pressure of the work vacuum chamber is ensured at specific value. The current parameter of the silicon target is maintained to deposit the silicon film.    USE - Method for depositing silicon film for solar cell based on magnetron sputtering process.    ADVANTAGE - The stable process can be obtained. The cost can be reduced. The safe and reliable operation can be performed. The compactness and deposition rate of the silicon thin film can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the method for depositing silicon film for solar cell based on magnetron sputtering process.
NOVELTY - The method involves coating conductive paste on a substrate. The conductive paste is dried at low temperature to form a metal layer. Electric field is applied to the metal layer to anneal the metal layer by joule heating, where application of the electric field to the metal layer comprises applying separation of voltage to the metal layer by allowing a metal plate to contact ends of the metal layer and applying voltage to the metal plate or allowing a probe to contact the ends of the metal layer.    USE - Method for forming an electrode.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables coating the conductive paste on the substrate, drying the conductive paste at low temperature to form the metal layer, so that the electric field is applied to the metal layer to anneal the metal layer by joule heating by applying the separation of voltage to the metal layer, thus improving conversion efficiency of a solar cell by increasing reflectivity of the solar cell with respect to sunlight and suppressing recombination of carriers in an efficient manner. The method enables the electric field applied to the metal layer to form a back surface electrode in a same manner as in applying the electric field to the metal layer for forming a front surface electrode, thus reducing resistance of the back surface electrode in an effective manner. The method enables providing metal powder including metal with excellent electric conductivity and reflectivity such as silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti) and alloys of the metals.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of solar cells.    Solar cell (1)    Crystal silicon layer (200)    Intrinsic amorphous silicon layers (210, 240)    Amorphous silicon layers (220, 250)    Transparent conductive oxide layers (230, 260)    Front surface electrode (270)    Back surface electrode (280)
NOVELTY - Manufacture of solar cell includes forming a diffusion prevention film (120) on first doping film pattern (110) to cover an exposed portion of a substrate (100); etching the diffusion prevention film to form spacers on lateral surfaces of the first doping film pattern; forming a second doping film on the first doping film pattern to cover the spacer and exposed substrate; forming a first doping region on the substrate surface; and forming a second doping region on substrate surface.    USE - Manufacture of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - High efficiency solar cell can be manufactured without increasing the number of manufacturing processes employed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Manufacture of solar cell comprises forming a first doping film on a substrate (100); patterning the first doping film to form a first doping film pattern (110) and to expose a portion of the substrate; forming a diffusion prevention film (120) on the first doping film pattern to cover the exposed portion of the substrate; etching the diffusion prevention film to form spacers on lateral surfaces of the first doping film pattern; forming a second doping film on the first doping film pattern to cover the spacer and exposed substrate; forming a first doping region on the substrate surface by diffusing an impurity from the first doping film pattern into the substrate; and forming a second doping region on the substrate surface by diffusing an impurity from the second doping film pattern into the substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a cross-sectional view illustrating the manufacture of solar cell.    Substrate (100)    First doping film pattern (110)    Diffusion prevention film (120)
NOVELTY - Holding device (100) comprises mask frame (203) adapted for supporting the mask, and substrate carrier (102) adapted for carrying the substrate (101), where the substrate carrier has at least one recess (103) adapted for receiving the mask frame.    USE - The holding device is useful for holding mask and substrate during processing. Can also be used for producing alternative energy products such as solar cells, light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for processing a substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows side sectional view of holding device.    Holding device (100)    Substrate (101)    Substrate carrier (102)    Recess (103)    Mask frame (203)
NOVELTY - A solar cell module (36) comprises back plate which has cell region (100) and non-cell region (102), solar cell which is positioned within cell region, cover plate (10) which is laminated on back plate, and hermetic chamber in cover plate which corresponds to non-cell region.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell module has improved conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a fabricating method of solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the solar cell module.    Cover plate (10)    Front surface (12)    Solar cell module (36)    Cell region (100)    Non-cell region (102)
NOVELTY - An edge sealing method of solar cell module involves providing solar cell unit which comprises upper glass substrate, lower glass substrate and intermediate, heating and softening glass materials, filling softened glass materials in clearances formed between edges of upper glass substrate and edges of lower glass substrate, and cooling down softened glass materials such that glass materials are formed into one piece with upper glass substrate and lower glass substrate and seal intermediate. The intermediate is located between upper glass substrate and lower glass substrate.    USE - An edge sealing method of solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The method prevents moisture from penetrating into solar cell module effectively, avoids appearance of crack and adhesion, and maintains original volume of solar cell module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of edge sealing operation performed on solar cell unit.    Upper glass substrate (200)    Intermediate (300)    Lower glass substrate (400)    Softened glass material (500a)    Clearance (600)
NOVELTY - A solar cell is fabricated by providing semiconductor substrate (10) which has p-type semiconductor portion (10A) and overlying n-type semiconductor portion, directly forming p-type dopant layer on back side surface by electroplating p-type dopant atom(s) from electroplating bath, and thermal annealing to convert portion of p-type semiconductor portion of semiconductor substrate and p-type dopant layer into heavily p-doped back side surface field layer (16).    USE - Fabrication of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method overcomes nonuniformity problem by using current waveform.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar cell is fabricated by providing semiconductor substrate (10) which has p-type semiconductor portion (10A) and overlying n-type semiconductor portion, directly forming p-type dopant layer on back side surface by electroplating p-type dopant atom(s) from electroplating bath, and thermal annealing to convert portion of p-type semiconductor portion of semiconductor substrate and p-type dopant layer into heavily p-doped back side surface field layer (16). The exposed surface of p-type semiconductor portion defines back side surface of semiconductor substrate. The exposed surface of n-type semiconductor portion defines front side surface (12) of semiconductor substrate. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell after forming metallic film on heavily p-doped back side surface field layer.    Semiconductor substrate (10)    P-type semiconductor portion (10A)    Front side surface (12)    Heavily p-doped back side surface field layer (16)    Metallic film (18)
NOVELTY - Solar cell (100) comprises silicon base layer, passivation layer located on first side of the silicon base layer, layer of heavily doped p-type amorphous semiconductor located on the passivation layer, first transparent-conducting-oxide (TCO) layer (308) located on the heavily doped p-type amorphous semiconductor layer, where the first TCO layer comprises at least one of gallium-indium-oxide, gallium-indium-tin oxide, indium zinc oxide, and indium zinc tin oxide, and a first electrode (102) located on the first TCO layer.    USE - The solar cell is useful for converting light energy into electrical energy.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is cost-effective and environmentally-friendly, utilizes less amount of energy, and has high commercial value.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for fabricating the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows diagram of silicon heterojuction solar cell.    Solar cell (100)    Electrode (102)    Amorphous-silicon substrate (104)    Crystalline-silicon substrate (108)    Transparent-conducting-oxide layer (308)
NOVELTY - Semiconductor structure comprises a bonding layer (14) connecting a first semiconductor wafer layer to a second semiconductor wafer layer, where the bonding layer comprises an electrically conductive carbonaceous component and a binder component.    USE - The semiconductor structure is useful in solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The semiconductor structure utilizes the bonding layer which can provide optimal transparency, vertical electrical conductivity and bond strength.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a solar cell (10) structure comprising at least one top subcell (12) connected to at least one bottom subcell by a bonding layer, where the bonding layer comprises carbon nanotubes and a binder component, and the bottom subcell (16) operates in a spectral range; and    (2) assembling a solar cell structure using a bottom substrate (18) and a top substrate, comprising: growing at least one bottom subcell on the bottom substrate, where the bottom subcell is configured to absorb light in a spectral range; growing at least one top subcell on the top substrate; applying a bonding layer to at least one of the bottom subcell and the top subcell; connecting the top subcell to the bottom subcell such that the bonding layer is disposed between them; and optionally, removing the top substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows schematic side elevational view of a solar cell structure.    Solar cell (10)    Top subcell (12)    Bonding layer (14)    Bottom subcell (16)    Bottom substrate (18)
NOVELTY - A silicon melting unit (120) is arranged under a raw silicon feeder (110) through which raw silicon is fed, and melts raw silicon to form molten silicon. A molten silicon storage unit (130) stores the molten silicon supplied from silicon melting unit and taps molten silicon to provide a silicon melt having a constant thickness. A transfer unit (140) transfers the silicon melt tapped from molten silicon storage unit. A cooling unit (150) cools silicon melt transferred from transfer unit by blowing inert gas, such as argon, helium and nitrogen, at a rate of 0.1-3 Nm3/h.    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing silicon substrate for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus for manufacturing silicon substrate can improve productivity of the silicon substrate through inert gas blowing during continuous casting, which has excellent productivity and facilitates property control. The silicon substrate manufactured using the apparatus has excellent surface quality to be suited for solar cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of manufacturing silicon substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the apparatus for manufacturing silicon substrate using inert gas blowing.    Raw silicon feeder (110)    Silicon melting unit (120)    Molten silicon storage unit (130)    Transfer unit (140)    Cooling unit (150)
NOVELTY - The slurry is formed by silver powder, glass powder, slurry carrier and dispersing agent, where silver powder is a mixture of nanometer silver powder and fine silver powder. Grain size of the nanometer silver powder is 50-180 nanometers, and grain size of the fine silver powder is 1-10 microns. Mass ratio of the nanometer silver powder to the fine silver powder is 1: 50: 100. The glass powder is made of silicon oxide, boron trioxide, bismuth trioxide, calcium oxide, barium oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, copper oxide and lead oxide.    USE - Conductive silver slurry for preparing a conductive gate wire of a solar battery sheet (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The slurry is formed by mixture of the nanometer silver powder and the fine silver powder to effectively improve electric conductivity of the slurry.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The dispersing agent is made of lauryl sodium sulfate, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide, hexadecyl pyridine, polyvinylpyrrolidone, glycerol, stearic acid or stearate. The slurry carrier contains resin and auxiliary material that is made of active diluent, flatting agent and defoaming agent. The resin is epoxy resin, acrylic resin, amino resin and/or silane resin, where epoxy resin is selected from glycidyl ether bisphenol A, bisphenol F epoxy resin, glycidyl ester epoxy resin, aliphatic epoxy resin and aliphatic epoxy resin. The active diluent is made of diglycidyl ether, multiglycidyl ether, glycol diglycidyl ether, multi-glycol diglycidyl ether, butanediol diglycidyl ether or glycerine epoxy. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a conductive silver slurry preparation method    (2) a solar battery sheet.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a conductive layer on a semiconductor substrate i.e. glass substrate or plastic substrate. Silane coupling agent is utilized to modify a surface of the semiconductor substrate with the conductive layer. A seed crystal layer and an electrode layer are arranged on the surface of the substrate. The silane coupling agent is made of alkoxy, amino or perssad based on halogen. The conductive layer is made of indium and tin oxide, fluorine tin oxide, fluorine tin oxide, aluminum tin oxide, gallium zinc oxide or indium zinc oxide.    USE - Method for forming a solar cell electrode.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The conductive layer is formed with an oxide layer or nitride layer. The nitride layer is made of nickel, aluminum, copper, zinc, titanium or lead. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing an electrochemical device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram illustrating a method for forming a solar cell electrode. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The material is formed by a silicon oxide layer and an interface passivation layer that is utilized as an active layer. An iron doped carbon layer is formed on an iron-doped n-type silicon substrate. The carbon layer is doped to a P-type semiconductor. Thickness of the silicon oxide layer is 1.5 to 2 nanometers, and thickness of the carbon layer is 20 to 80 nanometers.    USE - Heterojunction thin film solar cell material for a photoelectric device.    ADVANTAGE - The material has fluorescent photovoltaic effect. The PLD deposition preparation of the p-n junction interface is flat. The junction atom mutual diffusion is enhanced by the silicon oxide layer to effectively inhibit the material without adding the silicon oxide film by fluorescent photovoltaic effect/silicon hetero-junction.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a heterojunction thin film material preparation method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a heterojunction thin film material.
NOVELTY - The cell has an isolated layer (2) formed on an active region, where the isolation layer is made of silicon oxide or silicon nitrate. A single-crystal semiconductor substrate (1) is provided on the isolating layer. A metal back electrode (3) is fixed in the single-crystal semiconductor substrate, and a window is installed on the isolated layer. A bionic moth eye array (4) is formed in the active region, and a metal front electrode (5) is provided around the isolated layer. The moth eye array generates chloroform on a semiconductor material (6).    USE - Semiconductor heterojunction solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell is simple in structure, easy to form and effectively reduces reflection of the incident light. The cell increases contact area of the hetero-junction to improve energy conversion efficiency of the cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The single crystal semiconductor substrate is made of silicon, gallium arsenide, indium or gallium nitride. The semiconductor material is an organic or inorganic semiconductor material and made of graphite, cuprous iodide or copper phthalocyanine. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a semiconductor heterojunction solar cell manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a semiconductor heterojunction solar cell.    Single-crystal semiconductor substrate (1)    Isolated layer (2)    Metal back electrode (3)    Bionic moth eye array (4)    Metal front electrode (5)    Semiconductor material (6)
NOVELTY - Diffusion of improved solar battery comprises reacting silicon raw material with oxygen at 850-900 degrees C to produce phosphorus, phosphorus pentachloride, and chlorine; introducing oxygen at high temperature at 3 l/minute to continuously produce phosphorus and phosphorus pentachloride; continuously adding oxygen to replace nitrogen at 30 l/minute; stopping nitrogen at 3 l/minute; and controlling temperature at 830-900 degrees C for 600 seconds to obtain block at 48-52 Omega /square of silicon sheet.    USE - Diffusion of improved solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method can control square resistance and improves single uniformity of block. It improves conversion efficiency of solar cell and provides better uniformity. It has simple operation and low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Diffusion of improved solar battery comprises selecting silicon (Si) as raw material and P-type conduction; reacting silicon raw material with oxygen (O2) at 850-900 degrees C to produce phosphorus (P) chemical reaction to generate phosphorus, phosphorus pentachloride, and chlorine, in which chemical reaction comprises Si+O2=SiO2, 5POCl3=P2O5+3PCl5 (at high temperature), 4PCl5+5O2=2P2O5+10Cl2 (at high temperature), and 2P2O5+5Si=4P+SiO2; introducing oxygen at 3 l/minute to continuously produce phosphorus and phosphorus pentachloride as expressed by formula 4PCl5+5O2= 2P2O5+10Cl2 (at high temperature) and 2P2O5+5Si=4P+SiO; continuously adding oxygen to replace nitrogen at 30 l/minute; stopping nitrogen at 3 l/minute; and controlling temperature at 830-900 degrees C for 600 seconds to obtain block at 48-52 Omega /square of silicon sheet.
NOVELTY - Improving texture of solar cell surface comprises: (i) providing raw materials including sodium hydroxide, isopropanol (IPA) and texturing additives; and (ii) adding sodium hydroxide, isopropanol and the texturing additives on the surface of the solar cell and then heating to generate a chemical reaction which improves the texture of the solar cell surface.    USE - The method is useful for improving the texture of solar cell surface.    ADVANTAGE - The texturing additive eliminates bad appearance of undesirable silicon, and saves production cost; and the method: causes no pollution; has simple operation, increases production controllability; improves production efficiency and conversion efficiency of battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves coating passivation micro powder composition on an edge surface of crystal silicon solar cell after etching. The passivation micro powder composition is formed by 2 weight percentages of lead oxide and 5 weight percentages of boron oxide. The passivation micro-powder composition is coated on a mono-crystalline silicon solar battery with high temperature. Grain diameter of the passivation micro powder is made to be less than 10 millimeters. Edge surface of the silicon solar battery is covered with a passivation film.    USE - Method for passivating an edge of a mono-crystalline silicon solar battery for a photovoltaic component (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method prolongs service life of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a photovoltaic component.
NOVELTY - The battery has a hole collection layer, and a cathode provided on a glass or plastic substrate that is made of a transparent conductive oxide film. An electron collection layer is attached with an organic small molecular doping layer. An active layer is attached with a polymer donor-receptor layer and an anode metal electrode. The electron collection layer is made of organic small molecule, 4,7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline, 1,3,5-Tris (1-phenyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl) benzene or aluminum chloride.    USE - Organic solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery has high conversion efficiency and prolonged service life.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The hole collection layer is made of transition metal oxide such as molybdenum trioxide, tungsten trioxide and/or vanadium pentoxide. The transparent conductive oxide film is made of tin indium oxide, even oxide or thin film oxide. The metal electrode is made of aluminum, magnesium, silver and/or copper. The polymer donor-receptor layer is poly 3- hexylthiophene and C61-butyric acid methyl ester. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic solar battery manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of an organic solar battery. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The battery has a p-type hole transporting layer conjugated with an organic semiconductor film. A lower surface of a n-type silicon substrate is provided with a metal back electrode. An upper surface of a n-type silicon substrate layer is formed with a silicon nano-wire array. The silicon nano-wire array is formed with a p-type hole transporting layer. An upper surface of the n-type silicon substrate is provided with a silicon nanometer line array. Length of silicon carbide nano-wire is about 200 to 2000 nanometers.    USE - Organic-inorganic hybrid solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery achieves high light absorption efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiency, and reduces usage of silicon and carrier transmission distance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic-inorganic hybrid solar battery preparation method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of an organic-inorganic hybrid solar battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves vacuumizing a lower chamber and an upper chamber, and arranging an exhaust port of a digester (1) in the upper chamber to exhaust pressure, so as to maintain air pressure for certain instant of time period. A stage of a discharge solar battery assembly is prepressed to continuously discharge pressure on the chamber. A solar cell subassembly is pressed. The upper chamber is laminated to discharge laminating pressure. The laminated pressure is maintained for certain instant of laminating period. Solar cell units are pressed together.    USE - Method for laminating a solar component i.e. solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method allows improving solar battery assembling function in an effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar component laminating machine.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar component laminating machine.    Digester (1)    Upper vacuum pipeline (51)    Upper discharging valve (52)    Lower vacuum pipeline (61)    Lower discharging valve (62)
NOVELTY - The component has a crystal silicon solar cell component part comprising a cover plate glass, multiple crystalline silicon solar cell sheets and a rear plate i.e. thin film solar cell assembly. The crystalline silicon solar cell sheets are made of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) hot melt adhesive and are fixed and bonded with the cover plate glass and the rear plate. The solar energy cell component part includes a conductive glass and an amorphous silicon solar cell layer that is fixed and bonded with the EVA hot melt adhesive.    USE - Solar cell two-sided component.    ADVANTAGE - The component has high energy utilization ratio and better economic utilizing value.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell dual-sided component.
NOVELTY - Manufacturing p-type zinc oxide nanowires, comprises: forming a seed layer on a substrate (30); exposing the seed layer to an aqueous solution including a zinc salt, a reductant, and a doping material to form zinc oxide nanowires on the substrate; and annealing the zinc oxide nanowires to form the p-type zinc oxide nanowires (32).    USE - The p-type zinc oxide nanowires are useful in an electronic device (claimed), such as LEDs and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The electronic device has improved electrical stability and high conductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for an electronic device comprising: either a bottom electrode (34) on a substrate, an n-type zinc oxide layer (31) on the bottom electrode, p-type zinc oxide nanowires on the n-type zinc oxide layer, where the p-type zinc oxide nanowires include lithium, and a top electrode (33) on the p-type zinc oxide nanowires; or a bottom electrode on a first surface of a substrate, an n-type semiconductor layer on an opposing second surface of the substrate, p-type zinc oxide nanowires on the n-type semiconductor layer, and a top electrode on the p-type zinc oxide nanowires.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic view of an electronic device including p-type zinc oxide nanowires.    Substrate (30)    N-type zinc oxide layer (31)    P-type zinc oxide nanowires (32)    Top electrode (33)    Bottom electrode. (34)
NOVELTY - The device (100) has a substrate carrier which is adapted for receiving substrate to be processed. The substrate carrier is comprised with permanent magnet adapted to generate magnetic field for holding mask. A solenoid is adapted for generating magnetic field adapted for partially compensating magnetic field generated by permanent magnet for removing mask. A rubber unit is arranged between substrate carrier and mask. The rubber unit comprises material selected from group consisting of elastomer, Viton (RTM: fluroelastomer), fluroelastomer (FKM) and nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR).    USE - Magnetic holding device for holding mask during processing of substrate, in alternative energy products such as solar cells and in illumination devices such as LED or organic LED (OLED).    ADVANTAGE - An efficient and accurate adjusting and fixing of mask can be effectively performed on the substrate carrier. The device is featured with simple structure and less power consumption. The mask device can be brought close to the substrate without an attracting magnetic force such that a sudden placement of the mask device onto the substrate carrier due to a magnetic force generated by the permanent magnet can be avoided.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for handling a mask for processing of substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of a magnetic holding device.    Magnetic holding device (100)    Switching unit (104)    Control unit (105)    Mask foil (202)    Mask frame (203)
NOVELTY - The method comprises forming an insulating layer on aluminum substrate; removing selectively an insulating layer; forming positively charge amorphous silicon layer on insulating layer; forming a polycrystalline silicon layer and positive electric charge emitter where amorphous silicon layer is heat-treated; and forming successively an hydrogen passivation amorphous silicon layer on polycrystalline silicon layer and negatively charge amorphous silicon layer with transparent electrode.    USE - Crystalline silicon solar cell method uses aluminum substrate.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides an insulating layer formed on aluminum substrate that serves as passivation suppressing recombination between a back contact electrode and silicon layer. In this way, aluminum substrate serves as seed of polysilicon nucleation in crystallization induction through Aluminum Induced Crystallization (AIC). Hence, nuclear number formed through a thickness of insulating layer, size, and gap adjustment can be controlled and crystalline silicon solar cell can be manufactured with a simple manufacturing method through thermal process in a short time.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of crystalline silicon solar cell method uses aluminum substrate.
NOVELTY - The film-type solar cell includes the back surface electrode layer on top of the semiconductor layer. Multiple grooves with a curved cross-section structure are on one side of the substrate and the front electrode layer on the other side.    USE - Film-type solar cell for use in generating electric current from light.    ADVANTAGE - The grooved configuration of the surface allows for the spraying of the substrate the cell, thus eliminating the etching process. Etching chemicals are not used, thus making the process environment-friendly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a cross-sectional view of the thin film-type solar cell.
NOVELTY - A copolymer contains at least one donor monomer and at least one acceptor monomer.    USE - Copolymer is used for charge-transport material, semiconductor material, electrochemical conductive material, photoconductive material, light-emitting material, microelectronic device e.g. optoelectronic device, photovoltaic cell, field-effect transistor, light-emitting diode, photodectector, photovoltaic detector, imaging device, lasing device, storage element, amplifier, emitter, electrochromic display (all claimed) and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The component containing the copolymer has favorable flexibility.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A copolymer contains at least one donor monomer and at least one acceptor monomer. The donor monomer is chosen from 48 donor monomers e.g. donor monomer of formula (I)-(V). The acceptor monomer is chosen from 75 acceptor monomers e.g. acceptor monomer of formula (VI)-(X) or acceptor monomer of formula (XI).    R=alkyl;    R1-R6=H, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C fluoroalkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 1-20C fluoroalkoxy, halo, aryl, CN or NO2;and    R10,R20=halo.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) microelectronic device; and    (2) monomer, which is chosen from 56 monomers of formula (Xa)-(Xe).    X,Y'=H or reactive functional group.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the solar cell.
NOVELTY - The Metal Wrap Through (MWT) type solar cell includes crystalline silicon substrate of first conductivity type, and multiple back surface field part which is equipped in form, and separated in back side of substrate. Recombination constraining layer is equipped in back side of substrate, and exposes part of back surface field part. MWT type solar cell further includes electrode of first conductivity type which is electrically connected with back surface field part, and which is equipped in recombination constraining layer.    USE - Metal Wrap Through (MWT) type solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Contact area of p-type between electrode and back surface field is minimized, and recombination of electron-hole generated in interface of p-type and back surface field can be suppressed, thus quantum efficiency of solar cell can be maximized.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a perspective view of MWT type solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves using an antireflection film that is comprised of hydrogen and amorphous silicon nitride layer. A reflection barrier layer (205) of the silicon nitride film is provided in a solar cell. The solar cell is comprised of a substrate (201), a n-type semiconductor layer (203) and an antireflection film (204), where the crystalline silicon substrate is prepared in the solar cell.    USE - Method for manufacturing solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method involves using an antireflection film that is comprised of hydrogen and amorphous silicon nitride layer, and hence prevents the solar cell from external environment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Substrate (201)    N-type semiconductor layer (203)    Antireflection film (204)    Reflection barrier layer (205)
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing a crystalline silicon substrate (201) of conductivity type unit, where the solar cell comprises a n-type semiconductor layer (203), an antireflection film (204), a front electrode (206) and a back contact electrode (207). The semiconductor layer is formed in upper side of the substrate. The antireflection film is comprised silicon nitride layer and a reflection barrier layer (205) is made of amorphous carbon layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method involves preparing a crystalline silicon substrate of conductivity type unit, and hence enables to protect the solar cell from external environment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell.    Crystalline silicon substrate (201)    N-type semiconductor layer (203)    Antireflection film (204)    Reflection barrier layer (205)    Front electrode (206)    Back contact electrode (207)
NOVELTY - To-be-treated polycrystalline base material is arranged in hot isostatic pressing furnace chamber, and inert gas is introduced. The furnace chamber is heated, insulated and pressure of furnace chamber is adjusted. The furnace chamber is then cooled to room temperature, and the pressure of furnace chamber decreases gradually. Then, the furnace chamber is opened, and processed polycrystalline base material is removed. Thus, conversion efficiency of polycrystalline photovoltaic cell is increased.    USE - Method for increasing conversion efficiency of polycrystalline photovoltaic cell e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently increases conversion efficiency of polycrystalline photovoltaic cell having excellent critical dimensional uniformity, with reduced defects.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - To-be-treated polycrystalline base material is arranged in a hot isostatic pressing furnace chamber having furnace chamber heating component made of graphite, molybdenum, tantalum or molybdenum disilicide, and inert gas having concentration of 99% or more is introduced to the vacuumized furnace chamber. The furnace chamber is heated at 900-1380 degrees C at the heating rate of 0.1-30 degrees C/minute, insulated for 0.1-10 hours, and the pressure of furnace chamber is adjusted to 0.5-250 MPa. The furnace chamber is then cooled to room temperature at the rate of 10-50 degrees C/minute, and the pressure of furnace chamber decreases gradually to the pressure atmosphere. Then, the furnace chamber is opened, and processed polycrystalline base material is removed. Thus, conversion efficiency of polycrystalline photovoltaic cell is increased.
NOVELTY - The glass has a silver film (3) that is provided on first metal oxide conducting layer (2) and second metal oxide conductive layer (4). The first metal oxide conducting layer is made of tin dioxide. The second metal oxide conductive layer is made of indium tin oxide. The second metal oxide conductive layer is arranged on common white float glass (1). An anti-reflection film (8) is arranged on the side portion of the common white float glass.    USE - Conductive glass of thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the structure of conductive glass is simplified, the cost of the conductive glass can be reduced. The efficiency, operability, stability and conductivity of the conductive glass can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the conductive glass.    Common white float glass (1)    Metal oxide conducting layers (2,4)    Silver film (3)    Transparent conductive film (5)    Anti-reflection film (8)
NOVELTY - The structure has a second metal oxide conductive layer (4) that is clamped between silver films (3). The second metal oxide conductive layer is made of tin dioxide. The second metal oxide conductive layer is arranged on the ultra-white float glass (1). A reflection-reducing film (6) is arranged on the surface of ultra-white float glass. The metal oxide conductive layer is made of zinc oxide.    USE - Conductive glass structure of thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the structure of conductive glass is simplified, the cost of the conductive glass can be reduced. The stability, conductivity, efficiency and operability of the conductive glass structure can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the conductive glass structure.    Ultra-white float glass (1)    Silver film (3)    Second metal oxide conductive layer (4)    Transparent conductive film (5)    Reflection-reducing film (6)
NOVELTY - A crystalline silicon substrate is prepared (S201). A diffusion product layer is formed within silicon substrate and a preset conductivity type semiconductor layer (S203) is formed on the substrate surface. A dopant supply layer is formed in the position for selectively patterning the diffusion product layer, for forming (S204) the high concentration emitter. The dopant supply layer is heat-treated and P-type or N-type impurity ion within the dopant supply layer is diffused to the semiconductor layer.    USE - Method for selectively forming emitter of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The high concentration emitter is formed on solar cell and the phospho silicate glass film which is the by-product of the diffusion process or the boro-silicate glass (BSG) film is used as the dopant supply layer, hence the number of formation process of emitter of solar cell is reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart explaining the process for selectively forming emitter of solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Step for preparing crystalline silicon substrate (S201)    Step for forming concavo-convex portion by performing texturing process in upper side of silicon substrate (S202)    Step for forming semiconductor layer after performing diffusion process (S203)    Step for forming high concentration emitter after selectively coating etching paste on diffusion product layer (S204)
NOVELTY - Curable resin composition comprises (A) epoxy resin, (B) polyvalent carboxylic acid, and (C) zinc salt and/or zinc complex, as an essential component. The component (B) comprises two or more carboxyl groups and siloxane backbone. The component (C) is zinc carboxylate, phosphoric acid ester or zinc phosphate salt, and/or zinc complex comprising acids or esters of the above as ligand.    USE - The curing resin composition is useful for preparing cured material (claimed). The cured material is used as sealing agent or die bonding material in optical semiconductors such as high intensity white LED and semiconductor chips, coating material in printed circuit board, wire, sheet, film and fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP), adhesive agent for electronic devices such as semiconductors and for mounting anisotropic conductive film (ACF) and anisotropic conductive paste (ACP), sealing agent for e.g. capacitor, transistor and diode, and as optical component e.g. in liquid crystal device, plasma display, field emission display (FED), electroluminescence (EL) display and video disk, substrate material for optical cards, pickup lens, lens of camera, finder prism, video camera, television, and optical sensing apparatus. Can also be used as structural material in e.g. motor vehicles, railway vehicles and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The composition when subjected to curing process produces high toughness substance which has excellent resistance against corrosive gases and crack, and provides excellent LED optical characteristics and also has little volatilization at the time of hardening. The cured material has excellent electric reliability, and heat and light resistant characteristics.
NOVELTY - The source (100) has a heating wire (104), a heating plate (102) and an evaporation material. The heating plate is provided with multiple grooves, which makes volume of grooves (106) in center portion of the heating plate less than that in edge portion. The evaporation material is placed in the groove.    USE - Deposition evaporation source of close-space sublimation deposition device for solar cell battery (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The uneven deposition thickness of the deposition film caused by uneven temperature on substrate surface can be prevented. A uniform deposition film on substrate surface can be obtained.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) close-space sublimation deposition device; and    (2) solar cell battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of deposition evaporation source.    Deposition evaporation source (100)    Heating plate (102)    Heating wire (104)    Groove (106)
NOVELTY - A p-n-substrate type indium-gallium nitride structure multilayer film photovoltaic device consists of a substrate, an n-indium-gallium nitride film, and a p-indium-gallium nitride film.    USE - p-n-Substrate type indium-gallium nitride structure multilayer film photovoltaic device e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The p-n-substrate type indium-gallium nitride structure multilayer film photovoltaic device corresponds to perfect matching gap, uses a single semiconductor material design, can be manufactured efficiently with high absorption coefficient, carrier mobility, and radiation resistance, by a simple and easy method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A p-n-substrate type indium-gallium nitride structure multilayer film photovoltaic device consists of a substrate, an n-indium-gallium nitride (InyGa1-yN, where y is 0.05-0.3) film, and a p-indium-gallium nitride (InxGa1-xN, where x is 0.3-0.8) film. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of p-n-substrate type indium-gallium nitride structure multilayer film photovoltaic device.
NOVELTY - A zinc oxide film is sputtered on a surface of a wafer. A back electrode and copper-indium-gallium-selenium light absorption layer are formed on the substrate. The wafer is provided to selenizing chamber with atmosphere of hydrogen sulfide, and annealed such that the zinc oxide film is converted to zinc sulfide buffer film. A barrier layer and a window layer are formed on zinc sulfide buffer film, to obtain cadmium-free copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film.    USE - Manufacture of cadmium-free copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film used for solar cell assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacture of cadmium-free copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film having high crystallinity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of zinc sulfide buffer film.
NOVELTY - The wire has a body comprising a ribbon-shaped conductor and a solder plating layer that is formed on a surface of the conductor. A coefficient of a thermal expansion of the body is ranged under 30x 10-6 / degrees Celsius. Grain rate of the conductor about a crystallographic orientation is ranged in 25 percent or less. Volume resistivity of the body is ranged in 50 micro ohm mm or less. The conductor is made of tough pitch copper (TPC), oxygen free copper (OFC) and phosphorus deoxidized copper.    USE - Ribbon wire for a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The wire prevents damage in the soldering junction between the solar cell and the wire with the thermal expansion, reduces the manufacturing cost, optimizes the grain orientation of the material and provides the thermal expansion feature of the solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a tabular representation of a conductor material of a ribbon wire. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The sheet has a polyester film layer with a polyurethane hot-melt bonding layer formed on a side with a line coating. A PTFE layer is laminated on an opposite surface in which the polyurethane hot-melt bonding layer of the polyester film layer is formed. Heat-adhesive selected from polyurethane and polyester group is used for laminating the PTFE layer. The bonding layer has dry application thickness of 50 - 300 nanometer. The bonding layer contains die isocyanate, polyurethane, emulsifier, wetting agent, dispersing stabilizer and polyol.    USE - Back sheet for a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The back sheet has simple manufacturing process, and saves manufacturing cost by removing the PTFE layer. The back sheet improves adhesive force between the back sheet and an encapsulating material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a back sheet for a solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a back sheet.
NOVELTY - The cell has a first electrode including conductive structures, positioned on a plate side of a substrate and mutually detached. First and second semiconductor layers are laminated to cover the conductive structures. A second electrode covers the layers. A resin pinned layer covers the second electrode. The first semiconductor layer contacts the first electrode, and the second semiconductor layer positioned on the first semiconductor layer that contacts the second electrode, where the semiconductor layers have uneven thickness.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has better quantum efficiency. The solar cell can be simply manufactured using a template and non-electrolytic etching process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The first and second semiconductor layers are p-type semiconductor layer and n-type semiconductor layer, respectively. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a manufacturing method of a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - A porphyrin copolymer containing thienothiadiazole unit (I), is new.    USE - New porphyrin copolymer used in organic photovoltaic materials, solar cells, organic field-effect transistors, organic electroluminescent devices, organic optical storage devices or organic lasers (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Since the density of the electron cloud in the porphyrin copolymer is increased, the band gap of the copolymer becomes narrow and the spectral response range of the copolymer is broadened and photoelectric transformation efficiency is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A porphyrin copolymer containing thienothiadiazole unit of formula (I), is new.    R1-R4=1-32C alkyl;and    n=1-100.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the porphyrin copolymer.
NOVELTY - A compound (I) comprising carbazole and aromatic amine derivatives is new.    USE - New compound comprising carbazole and aromatic amine derivatives is used as hole transfer material in organic electronic devices used in terminals e.g. organic electroluminescent device, organic solar cell, organophotoreceptor drum, and organic thin-film transistor (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to personal digital assistants, electronic dictionaries, remote controls, navigation systems, game consoles, mobile telephones, computers, and televisions.    ADVANTAGE - The new compound provides highly efficient organic electronic device having excellent durability and low drive voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A compound of formula (I) comprising carbazole and aromatic amine derivatives, is new.    Ar1-Ar4=aryl having 5-40 nuclear carbon atoms or heterocyclyl having 3-60 nuclear carbon atoms (both optionally substituted);    Cz=group of formula (i);    R1=optionally substituted aryl having 6-60 nuclear carbon atoms;    R2=H, substituted amino, halo, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, carboxy, or aryl having 6-60 nuclear carbon atoms, 1-50C alkyl, 1-50C alkoxy, alkyl having 6-50 nuclear carbon atoms, 1-50C arylthio, 2-50C alkoxycarbonyl, aryl having 6-50 nuclear carbon atoms (all optionally substituted);and    L=linking group chosen from (hetero)arylene and optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbyl.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electronic device consisting of organic layer(s) including compound (I); and    (2) terminal including the display device and a controller for controlling the display device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the organic electronic device. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Electrodes (102,108)    Hole implant layer (103)    Hole transport layer (104)    Light-emitting layer (105)    Electron transport layer (106)    Electron injection layer (107)
NOVELTY - The shelter has a mainframe (110) that includes a supporter (111) fixed at the sides. A bicycle placing portion (120) is welded and connected to the supporter. A solar cell module (140) comprising several solar cells (141), is mounted on a solar cell supporting portion (130) fixed to upper end of mainframe. An anti-reflective layer is provided in surface of solar cells. A LED lamp is mounted on the supporter at the lower side of supporting portion and illuminated using power from the solar cell module. Flash light of LED lamp is controlled by illumination control unit.    USE - Bicycle shelter.    ADVANTAGE - Power consumption of the LED lamp can be reduced and the need for providing wiring construction for the LED lamp can be eliminated. Antireflection property of solar cell can be improved and construction cost of the shelter can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the bicycle shelter.    Mainframe (110)    Supporter (111)    Bicycle placing portion (120)    Solar cell supporting portion (130)    Solar cell module (140)    Solar cell (141)
NOVELTY - The bus shelter has mainframe (110) having supporter (111) fixed to surface. A bench portion (120) is welded and connected to supporter. A solar cell module (140) comprising capacitor and heater arranged between solar cells (141) is mounted on solar cell supporting portion (130) fixed to upper end of mainframe. An anti-reflective layer is formed in surface of solar cells. A LED lamp is mounted on supporter at lower side of supporting portion and is supplied with power stored in capacitor of solar cell module. The illumination of LED lamp is controlled by illumination control unit.    USE - Solar bus shelter.    ADVANTAGE - Power consumption of the LED lamp can be reduced and the need for providing wiring construction for the LED lamp can be eliminated. Antireflection property of solar cell can be improved and construction cost of the shelter can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the solar bus shelter.    Mainframe (110)    Supporter (111)    Bench portion (120)    Solar cell supporting portion (130)    Solar cell module (140)    Solar cell (141)
NOVELTY - A functional fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) film manufacturing method involves perpendicularly growing FTO single crystal particles having aspect ratio equal to or more than 2 on a substrate upper layer, which is coat-treated for providing stability and functionality.    USE - Method for manufacturing a functional FTO film that is utilized for a dye sensitive solar cell and a thin film-type silicon solar cell (all claimed) and utilized as an optical material substrate and an catalyst activation substrate. Can also be used for a touch panel sensor, pressure sensor, gas sensor, biosensor and a surface heating element.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables providing the functional FTO film having excellent thermal resistance, acid-proof chemical resistance, optical property and high specific surface area. The FTO film provides dye sensitive solar cell having improved cell efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a functional FTO film    (2) a FTO nanostructure-containing dye sensitive solar cell    (3) a thin film-type silicon solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a conceptual diagram of FTO functional film having nanostructure. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - A porous nano-fiber web has a porous scaffold consisting of hydrocarbon fiber (11) containing apatite inorganic particles (1-80 wt.%) (13) in fiber aggregate form.    USE - Porous nano-fiber web for a separation film and an electrolyte film that are utilized for a fuel cell and a secondary battery.    ADVANTAGE - The nano-fiber web is light in weight, achieves improved physical property, thin-film property and sustained ion conductance, and provides a separation film with high efficiency and chemical resistance in normal organic solvent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a porous nano-fiber web.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a hydrocarbon fiber.    Hydrocarbon fiber (11)    Apatite inorganic particles (13)
NOVELTY - A separator has a porous coating layer formed on side(s) of a porous base material having multiple pores. The coating layer is formed by using a mixture of multiple inorganic particles and binder polymer comprising binder polymer (A) having average molecular weight of 100000-1000000 and binder polymer (B) having average molecular weight of 100-10000.    USE - Separator for an electrochemical device such as lithium secondary battery (all claimed) e.g. lithium metal secondary battery, lithium-ion secondary battery, lithium polymer secondary battery or lithium-ion polymer secondary battery, used for electric vehicle, mobile phone, camcorder and notebook computer, and for fuel cell, solar cell and super capacitor.    ADVANTAGE - The separator has high thermal stability, and avoids short circuit between a cathode and an anode even if the electrochemical device is overheated. The separator prevents deintercalation of inorganic particles. The lithium secondary battery obtained by using the separator has better battery capacity by improving the integrity of the separator.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an electrochemical device.
NOVELTY - Optical initiators are evenly arranged on polyvinyl butyral or ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer film (10) of solar component. UV is irradiated on the optical initiator and the optical initiators are activated. The molecular dissociation or hydrogen transfer of the optical initiator produces active radicals which initiate the ethylenic bonds in the film to generate new radicals. The solar component is cured by chain polymerization of the radicals.    USE - Method for producing and curing solar component.    ADVANTAGE - The solar component is produced and cured with a device having a simple structure and high working efficiency. The method improves the yield of BIPV components and solar battery components and contributes to energy conservation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for device for producing and curing solar component, which consists of operating bench (14), upper housing (1), lower housing (9), upper working bench (2), lower working bench (8), an upper UV lamp (4), a lower UV lamp (5), a drive mechanism (3) connected with the operating bench (14), and solar pv building integrated components (BIPV components) of a toughened glass (12), film (10) and battery sheet (11).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the structure of the device used for producing and curing solar component.    Upper housing (1)    Upper working bench (2)    Drive mechanism (3)    Upper UV lamp (4)    Lower UV lamp (5)    Lower working bench (8)    Lower housing (9)    Polyvinyl butyral or ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer film (10)    Battery sheet (11)    Toughened glass (12)    Operating bench (14)
NOVELTY - Purification of tellurium comprises cleaning electronic-grade-purity quartz crucible with mixed solution of 1% hydrogen fluoride and aqua regia; blowing nitrogen to crucible to dry it; putting tellurium material into crucible; warming crucible in heating furnace at 400-500 degrees C; pre-vacuumizing heating furnace at less than 5 Pa while taking high-purity nitrogen as protection gas during whole purification process; uniformly stirring melt during whole process; and removing surface impurity of tellurium to obtain 3N-4N tellurium.    USE - Purification of tellurium used in solar battery, LED, thermoelectric device, or infrared semiconductor material.    ADVANTAGE - The method is simple. The quartz crucible used during purification diffuses and volatilizes impurity with the use of high purity nitrogen used as protection gas.
NOVELTY - A quantum dot precursor solution is transferred to a conductive film substrate consisting of metal oxide introduced within high-pressure reactor, and is absorbed in metal oxide thin films. The non-absorbed solution is transferred with the subcritical/supercritical fluid to the reservoir and recovered. The subcritical/supercritical fluid in a gas-phase is eliminated from the reactor. The adsorbed precursor is reacted with the compound including the second element forming the quantum dot.    USE - Manufacture of transparent electrode for quantum dot sensitive solar cells (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables easy recovery of supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid including unabsorbed quantum dot precursor.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A quantum dot precursor is introduced within a high-pressure reservoir and is dissolved using a subcritical fluid or a supercritical fluid. The manufactured quantum dot precursor solution is transferred to a conductive film substrate consisting of metal oxide introduced within high-pressure reactor, and is absorbed in metal oxide thin films. The quantum dot precursor solution which is not absorbed is transferred with the subcritical fluid or supercritical fluid to the reservoir and recovered. The subcritical fluid or supercritical fluid in a gas-phase is eliminated from the reactor. The adsorbed quantum dot precursor is reacted with the compound including the second element forming the quantum dot.
NOVELTY - The window and door has a glass (10) with transparency property. A bulletproof film (30) is adhered on one side of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) adhesive film (20) of the glass. A transparent solar panel (50) is adhered on adhesive film with the bulletproof film.    USE - Window and door of building.    ADVANTAGE - The stability of the window and door of the building g can be secured effectively. The window and door of the building has excellent the bulletproof and the defensive function. Since the window and door of the building is provided with transparent solar panel, the electricity can be directly provided inside the building from the sun.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of installation state of the window and door of building.    Glass (10)    EVA adhesive film (20)    Bulletproof film (30)    Transparent solar panel (50)    Frame (60)
NOVELTY - A silicon recycling method involves cutting a used solar cell (11) by a fixed weight, and immersing the used solar cell in a mixed acid solvent for a determined immersion time. A non-reflection coat film and an electrode material of the used solar cell are melted in the mixed acid solvent, and pure silicon is obtained. The silicon is recycled from the used solar cell.    USE - Method for recycling silicon from a used solar cell e.g. silicon solar cell, compound semiconductor solar cell and organic solar cell, of a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables recycling the high-quality silicon from the used solar cell in an efficient and economical manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A silicon recycling method involves determining a composition of a mixed acid solvent and the immersion time of the used solar cell to obtain an optimum silicon collecting rate from the used solar cell. The mixed acid solvent melts the non-reflection coat film and the electrode material in the used solar cell according to the composition of the mixed acid solvent. The used solar cell is cut by the fixed weight and immersed in the mixed acid solvent for a determined immersion time. The non-reflection coat film and the electrode material of the used solar cell are melted in the mixed acid solvent, and pure silicon is obtained. The silicon is recycled from the used solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell module.    Solar cell (11)    Ethylene vinyl acetate (12)    Back Sheet (13)    Tempered Glass (14)    Terminal Box (15)
NOVELTY - Catalyst comprises 80 %mass or more of alumina (Al2O3), and silicon and magnesium.    USE - The catalyst is useful for manufacturing dimethyl ether (all claimed) useful as synthetic fuel for diesel engines, and in fuel cell and reforming raw material for production of hydrogen.    ADVANTAGE - The manufacture of catalyst is simple and easy as it avoids processes such as solid deposition from hydrolysis liquid and neutralization precipitation process, and in turn reduces the cost and time for processing waste liquid generated from the catalyst manufacture process. The catalyst and the method enable stable, long-term production of dimethyl ether.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method for manufacturing the catalyst, involves mixing aluminum source, silicon source, and magnesium source, obtaining raw material powder, and baking the raw material powder; and    (2) method for manufacturing dimethyl ether, involves carrying out dehydration reaction of methanol in presence of the catalyst.
NOVELTY - A flexible copper-indium-gallium selenide thin film solar cell comprises a diffusion stopper (2), cadmium selenide layer (5), zinc oxide layer (6), a transparent electrode layer (7) and a front electrode layer (8), sequentially formed on a stainless steel substrate (1).    USE - Flexible copper-indium-gallium selenide thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The flexible copper-indium-gallium selenide thin film solar cell has high photoelectric-conversion efficiency and open circuit voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of high-efficiency flexible copper-indium-gallium selenide thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic cross-sectional view of solar cell.    Substrate (1)    Diffusion stopper (2)    Cadmium selenide layer (5)    Zinc oxide layer (6)    Transparent electrode layer (7)    Front electrode layer (8)
NOVELTY - The method involves applying a conductive foil on a climate protection film that is made of glass, where the conductive foil is made of copper or aluminum sheet. The conductive film is patterned by an etching process such that solar cells can be drawn in series or parallel manner. Die cut materials is collected during recycling of the conductive foil.    USE - Method for producing an electrically conductive foil back contact that is utilized for manufacturing a solar panel in a transponder in a building.    ADVANTAGE - The method increases the production of the electrically conductive foil back contact, and enables installing the electrically conductive foil back contact in easy manner.
NOVELTY - The method involves prescribing ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) conditional laminator operation according to an input signal input from an input unit (410). An unloading conveyor (UC) (300) is utilized for unloading a loading conveyor (LC) (100) to load objects e.g. glass, in the LC. A drive of a laminator with predetermined EVA is controlled, and a heating part (432) is controlled when temperature of a heating plate reaches a target value. A chamber of the laminator is closed when vacuum condition operation of a silicone rubber is completed in the objects.    USE - Method for driving a laminator at a solar cell lamination system.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables selecting bridging rate recipe according to the EVA condition or EVA maker, so that the best suited recipe of the laminator is operated, thus reducing operating time of the lamination system, and driving the laminator in an efficient manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a laminator control device comprising a controller.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a laminator control device.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    LC (100)    UC (300)    Laminator control device (400)    Input unit (410)    Heating part (432)
NOVELTY - Production of metal nanoparticles involve etching metal nanoparticles using etchant. The deoxidation electric potential of the etchant is more than the deoxidation electric potential of the metal ion.    USE - Production of metal nanoparticles used for preparing carbon-supported platinum catalyst for fuel cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently and economically provides metal nanoparticles having high catalytic performance using simple process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) synthesis of carbon-supported platinum catalyst;    (2) carbon-supported platinum catalyst; and    (3) fuel cell.
NOVELTY - Manufacturing of solar cell, comprises: using an energy increase as a catalyst to laminate a first metal layer to a second metal layer with an electrically insulating layer between them without damaging an absorber layer formed on the first metal layer.    USE - The method is useful for manufacturing solar cells used in thin film solar panels with two layers of metal as the primary conductors.    ADVANTAGE - The method: provides solar cells, with line speeds much greater than other forms of adhesive; allows for a more effective interconnect of cells into strings; provides excellent bond line control; provides low to no volatile organic compound emitted; provides excellent bond strength; has no curing time; requires low cost adhesive/insulator; extremely durable solar cells; and provides high throughput and high precision manufacturing for roll-to-roll production systems.
NOVELTY - A solar glass (10) comprises front substrate (20), first electrode layer (30) which is disposed at one side of front substrate, photoelectric conversion layer (40) which receives light and converts light into electricity, second electrode layer (50), low emissivity (low-E) film disposed on one side of second electrode layer opposite to photoelectric conversion layer which allows visible light to pass through and reflects infrared light, and back substrate which is disposed on one side of low-E film opposite to photoelectric conversion layer.    USE - Solar glass.    ADVANTAGE - The convenience of glass delivery or construction of structure is improved by greatly reducing thickness of glass.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar glass (10) comprises front substrate (20), first electrode layer (30) which is disposed at one side of front substrate, photoelectric conversion layer (40) which receives light and converts light into electricity, second electrode layer (50), low emissivity (low-E) film disposed on one side of second electrode layer opposite to photoelectric conversion layer which allows visible light to pass through and reflects infrared light, and back substrate which is disposed on one side of low-E film opposite to photoelectric conversion layer. The first electrode layer and second electrode layer are disposed on two opposite sides of photoelectric conversion layer. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a manufacturing method of solar glass.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional structural view of the solar glass.    Solar glass (10)    Front substrate (20)    First electrode layer (30)    Photoelectric conversion layer (40)    Second electrode layer (50)
NOVELTY - The method involves setting laser for etching the back surface of a laser etching line of solar battery sheets (1,12) . The distance from the edge of the silicon chip is controlled to be 200-300microns. The back surface of the solar cell sheet is etched by using the laser etching process.    USE - Method of etching solar battery sheet.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery sheet is etched with low cost and with low pollution of the technical solution. The conversion efficiency of the solar battery sheet is ensured.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of the solar cell sheet.    Solar battery sheets (1,12)    Etching groove (21)
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing a magnetic porous chemical electrode, and processing vacuum evaporation on plating of an amorphous silicon layer. An aluminum-oxide upper electrode thin film with 2 micrometers thickness and a transparent conductive layer are formed and laser etched. Titanium dioxide with 550 nanometer thickness is coated on the etched upper electrode thin film. High pure metal titanium and argon contents are diluted to maintain 5 to 8 pascal vacuum degree, 100-120 kilovolt ampere total power and 300-500 degrees centigrade of temperature of an ohmic electrode of a battery.    USE - Method for preparing a thick film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables laminating a flexible substrate amorphous silicon/polysilicon hetero-junction layer on the thick film solar battery so as to ensure thin thickness of the battery, thus reducing consumption of silicon material and reducing cost of the thick film solar battery. The method enables easily producing the battery with high yield and high photoelectric conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - An electroconductive paste comprises silver particles coated with an organic substance consisting of 2-8C carboxylic acid or its derivative(s), a dispersion medium, a resin, and 2-8C dicarboxylic acid.    USE - Electroconductive paste is used for forming electroconductive films (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to central processing units, printed illumination, printed tags, printed displays, sensors, printed wiring boards, organic solar cells, electronic books, nanoimprint LEDs, liquid crystals, plasma display panels, and printed memories.    ADVANTAGE - The electroconductive paste forms electroconductive circuits having excellent electroconductivity. The addition of dicarboxylic acid reduces resistance of wirings.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) electroconductive film formed using the electroconductive paste, and having an aasterisk value of 2 or less in Lasteriskaasteriskbasterisk colorimetric system; and    (2) formation of electroconductive film, which involves applying the electroconductive paste on a substrate, and heat-processing at 100-200 degrees C in air or inert atmosphere.
NOVELTY - Silicon solar cells are manufactured by dry etching doped glass coating with hydrogen fluoride (HF) vapor to remove coating and expose wafer surface; and treating exposed wafer surface by subjecting exposed surface to oxygen to improve solar cell electrical properties. Lightly doped silicon wafers are subjected to diffusion step to form pn junction, back surface field layer, or front surface field layer. A doped glass coating is formed on wafer surface as a result of diffusion step.    USE - Method for manufacturing silicon solar cells (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The manufactured solar cells exhibit significant improvement in solar cell electrical properties including cell efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a flow chart illustrating a method for manufacturing silicon solar cells.    Wafer splitting (10)    Texturing (20)    Performing diffusion (30)    Etching (40)    Low temperature oxygen treatment (50)
NOVELTY - Solar cell comprises transparent anode layer, hole-conducting layer comprising one or more polymers and particles insoluble in the polymers, bulk heterojunction layer comprising an electron donor and an electron acceptor, and conductive cathode layer in sequence.    USE - The solar cell is useful as electrical energy source.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cells utilize inexpensive and highly potential carbon based materials in their active layers. The PEDOT-PSS layer aids in preventing efficiency-destroying charge recombination. The photoluminescence of cells is increased with increase in concentration of silicon particles.
NOVELTY - Transparent film, comprises a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer layer having an organosilane coupling agent treated surface, so that the treated surface of the transparent film, when directly laminated to an encapsulant layer comprising ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, forms a multilayer film with an average peel strength of greater than 2 pounds force/inch between the transparent film and the encapsulant layer, after curing to crosslink the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and then 1000 hours of damp heat exposure.    USE - The transparent film is useful in a multi-layer film, which is used in photovoltaic module (all claimed) or solar module, used to produce electrical energy from sunlight.    ADVANTAGE - The transparent film: has a transmission of greater than 90% in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum; provides a weatherable multi-layer film, which has an average peel strength of greater than 2 pounds force/inch between the transparent film and the encapsulant layer; has UV resistance, moisture barrier properties, low dielectric constant, and high break down voltage; and offers a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional methods of electricity generation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a multi-layer film comprising the transparent film and encapsulant layer;    (2) an integrated front sheet for a photovoltaic module comprising the multi-layer film; and    (3) a photovoltaic module comprising the front sheet, a front encapsulant layer, a cell layer, and a back sheet.
NOVELTY - The method involves arranging a to-be processed object i.e. solar cell module, on a hot platen (122) provided in a lower chamber. The to-be processed object is heated with the hot platen. Vacuum degree of lower and upper chambers is confirmed by a vacuum degree detector (S1) in middle of a piping path (R1). The piping path is connected to a vacuum pump (P) from an air intake/exhaust port (114) of an upper case (110). Diaphragm to be torn is judged without reaching the vacuum degree to a predetermined degree.    USE - Diaphragm tear detection method for a lamination apparatus (claimed) that is utilized for laminating to-be-processed object i.e. solar cell module, on a hot platen.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables detecting the diaphragm to be torn before laminating the to-be-processed object, so that the inferior goods can be prevented from being flown out into a post process stage in a reliable manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a lamination apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional illustration of a diaphragm tear detection method.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Vacuum pump (P)    Piping path (R1)    Vacuum degree detector (S1)    Upper case (110)    Air intake/exhaust port (114)    Hot platen (122)
NOVELTY - The method involves preparing the substrate to be loaded on the radio frequency magnetic control sputtering device. The radio frequency magnetic control sputtering device chamber is started to the vacuum extraction valve. The substrate is heated at the temperature ranges from 150 to 200 degrees C. The power supply is adjusted to 0.5W/cam to 1.5W/cam. The radio frequency magnetic control sputtering apparatus cavity pressure is adjusted to 0.3 to 0.35pa. The radio-frequency power supply, gas and heating power, and discharging residual gas are closed.    USE - Method for preparing aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) antireflection film of solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of process for preparing AZO antireflection film of solar battery.
NOVELTY - The passivation layer is provided with a P-type silicon chip back passivation layer and P-type emitter surface passivation layer. An n-shaped silicon wafer is provided on the P-type emitter surface passivation layer. The passivation layer is made of aluminium nitride (ALN) film.    USE - Passivation layer of crystal silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the n-shaped silicon wafer is provided on the P-type emitter surface passivation layer, wafer damage can be prevented efficiently, and the layer can be formed easily at low cost. The processing cost of the battery sheet can be reduced effectively, so that production cost of the battery can be reduced, hence large-scale batteries can be realized easily.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for preparing passivation layer of crystal silicon solar cell.
NOVELTY - The battery has a glass substrate (1) orderly deposited with a transparent conducting oxide front electrode layer (2), an n-type cadmium sulfide window layer (3), a p-type cadmium zinc telluride absorbing layer (4) and a back electrode layer (5). The p-type cadmium zinc telluride absorbing layer is arranged on the n-type cadmium sulfide window layer of an area. Thickness of the absorbing layer is varied from 500-1800 nanometer in the area. The thickness of the absorbing layer is varied from 5-100 nanometer in another area.    USE - Cadmium-zinc-telluride thin film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The structure can reduce back surface recombination velocity of a battery carrier, thus increasing open circuit voltage and short circuit current of the battery, and hence improving performance of the battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a cadmium-zinc-tellurium thin film solar battery.    Glass substrate (1)    Transparent conducting oxide front electrode layer (2)    N-type cadmium sulfide window layer (3)    P-type Cadmium zinc telluride absorbing layer (4)    Back electrode layer (5)
NOVELTY - The solar cell has a transparent conductive oxide layer (410) formed on a substrate (100). A NIP knot (510) is formed on the transparent conductive oxide layer. An intrinsic semiconductor adhesive layer (210) and a metal thin film layer (310) are formed between the substrate and the transparent conductive oxide layer. The intrinsic semiconductor adhesive layer and the substrate are made contact with each other. The metal thin film layer and the transparent conductive oxide layer are made contact with each other.    USE - Thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables avoiding high loss and problem of pattern in manufacturing of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a thin film solar cell manufacturing method    (2) a thin film solar cell module manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a thin film solar cell.    Substrate (100)    Intrinsic semiconductor adhesive layer (210)    Metal thin film layer (310)    Transparent conductive oxide layer (410)    NIP knot (510)
NOVELTY - A flexible thin film solar cell comprises solar cell layer; encapsulation layer; and sealing layer having first package and second package layer. The solar cell layer is in first and second package layers. The encapsulation layer has first ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) crosslinked layer and connected with first EVA crosslinked layer. The first EVA crosslinking layer covers on one surface of the cell layer. The second package layer has second EVA crosslinked layer. The second EVA crosslinking layer is covered on the other surface of the solar cell layer.    USE - A flexible thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has improved photoelectric conversion efficiency, and reduces packaging cost of solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for packaging flexible thin film solar cell comprising: providing first Teflon (RTM: PTFE) layer, first EVA crosslinked layer, solar cell layer, second EVA crosslinking layer and second Teflon (RTM: PTFE) layer arranged in five layers structure; laminating; and encapsulating.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a perspective view of a flexible thin film solar cell.
NOVELTY - The assembly has back plate that is made of a transparent tedlar polyester tedlar material. The solar battery sheet arrays are arranged one by one. The double side solar battery sheets are connected with each other through an interconnecting strip (3). Each row in array is connected to a connecting box (6) through a bus bar (4) and an outgoing line (7).    USE - Double surface battery assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the double surface battery assembly.    Interconnecting strip (3)    Bus bar (4)    Connecting box (6)    Outgoing line (7)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming selenium crystal layer (230) on substrate electrode (220) formed on substrate (210). A buffer layer is formed on the selenium crystal layer, after performing chemical processing process. A transparent conductive layer is formed on buffer layer. The voltage after grinding process is in the range of 1.3-1.68 eV. The buffer layer is made of cadmium sulfide and zinc sulfide, the substrate is made of molybdenum, titanium, tungsten and aluminum. The transparent conducting layer is made of zinc oxide, aluminum zinc oxide and indium tin oxide.    USE - Manufacturing method of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - By forming transparent conductive layer on buffer layer, the characteristics of solar cell can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the solar cell.    Substrate (210)    Substrate electrode (220)    Selenium crystal layer (230)    Grinding pad (250)
NOVELTY - The method involves etching a silicon sheet to provide a counter electrode for a solar battery chip. Corrosive paste is coated on a solar battery silicon sheet, where the corrosive paste is acidic or alkaline corrosive paste, mock acid corrosion slurry or mock alkaline corrosive paste. Silicon nitride anti-reflecting layer is coated on the silicon sheet by subjecting the sheet to screen printing process at temperature range of 0-1000 degree centigrade for a time period of 10-3600 seconds to obtain a pattern on the sheet.    USE - Method for manufacturing solar battery sheet in building construction field.    ADVANTAGE - The method allows a user to randomly draw a desired pattern on a solar cell, thus expanding the application of the solar cell. The method enables manufacture of a solar battery sheet with simple structure, vivid appearance, energy-saving and environment-friendliness.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a photograph illustrating solar battery sheet manufacturing method.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming an interface buffer surface (700) located between a positive-type doped layer and an amorphous silicon intrinsic absorption layer, where the interface buffer surface includes a non-crystalline silicon carbide buffer layer (710) that is connected with the positive-type doped layer. A protocrystalline barrier layer (720) is connected with an amorphous silicon intrinsic absorption layer. The protocrystalline barrier layer with an amorphous silicon/amorphous silicon microcrystal silicon transition area is located close to a side of the amorphous silicon.    USE - Thin film solar battery manufacturing method.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables avoiding diffusion problem of a carbon element and a boron element in the thin film solar battery, and temperature switching problem, and facilitating large scale application prospect.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a thin film solar battery comprising a transparent conductive oxide layer    (2) a thin film solar cell including a positive type doped layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side sectional view of a thin film solar battery.    Substrate (100)    Transparent conductive oxide layer (200)    Positive type doped layer (300)    Back electrode layer (600)    Interface buffer surface (700)    Non-crystalline silicon carbide buffer layer (710)    Protocrystalline barrier layer (720)
NOVELTY - The battery (10) has a photosensitive layer (13) which is formed on a light reflection electrode (11). Transparent electrode (16) is formed on the photosensitive layer. Down-conversion structure is formed on the transparent electrode. Transparent insulating layer (17) is located between transparent electrode and down-conversion structure (18). The down conversion structure is provided with down conversion material having down conversion function of spectrum.    USE - Polymer solar battery for use in research field.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery is assembled at low cost. The battery provides good flexibility. The power consumption of the battery is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDANT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of polymer solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The shows a sectional view of the polymer solar battery.    Polymer solar battery (10)    Light reflection electrode (11)    Photosensitive layer (13)    Transparent electrode (16)    Transparent insulating layer (17)    Down-conversion structure (18)
NOVELTY - The battery has an inorganic material zinc oxide multidendritic nano array modified by silicon quantum dot. A structure is made of conductive polymer. A functionalized silicon quantum dot is obtained as cross linking agent.    USE - Three-band light sensing inorganic/quantum dot/organic composite material solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery has high photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a three-band light sensing inorganic/quantum dot/organic composite material solar battery.
NOVELTY - The structure has a flexible polyethylene terephthalate substrate (100). AZO conductive electrode is arranged between carbon nano-tube film layer (120) and conductive layer. The flexible electrode is configured as interlayer structure.    USE - Flexible AZO electrode structure for flexible photoelectric device such as flexible organic LED and flexible solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The flexible AZO electrode structure ensures the transmittance and conductiveness. The structure is simple and compatible. AZO conductive capability is improved, and the bending conductive attenuation is prevented.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDANT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of flexible AZO electrode structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the flexible AZO electrode structure.    Polyethylene terephthalate substrate (100)    Lower layer AZO film (110)    Carbon nano-tube film layer (120)    Upper layer AZO film (130)
NOVELTY - The method involves generating chlorine dioxide gas at the output end of a fuel cell. A fuel cell stack is connected with a buffer chamber to store chlorine dioxide gas. The volume of the buffer chamber is adjusted to prevent fluctuation of gas pressure in buffer chamber when pressure of air in the buffer chamber is changed.    USE - Method for stably controlling supplying pressure of fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The pressure of fuel cell can be controlled stably.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An independent claim is included for device for stably controlling supplying pressure of fuel cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view illustrating the method for stably controlling supplying pressure of fuel cell.
NOVELTY - A backplate comprises an ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) adhesive layer, and an EVA film bonded to EVA adhesive layer.    USE - Backplate used for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The backplate simplifies production process and steps, and improves production efficiency of solar cell module.
NOVELTY - The battery has a P-type crystalline silicon substrate surface texture distributed on an N-type deep emitter and N-type shallow emitter. The N-type deep emitter is provided a silver main grid line positive electrode. The N-type shallow emitter is plated with a layer of a silicon nitride anti-reflecting film and provided with an aluminum or silver back electrode. The N-type deep emitter is 0.5 to 2 mm in depth. The N-type shallow emitter junction is 0.2 to 0.3 mm in depth. The P-type crystalline silicon substrate is a mono-crystalline silicon piece or polycrystalline silicon piece.    USE - Selective emitter crystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery improves collecting rate of a photon-generated carrier, improves short circuit current and open circuit voltage, reduces series resistance, and achieves increased conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a selective emitter crystalline silicon solar battery.
NOVELTY - The plate has a transparent surface layer whose bottom part is connected in series with multiple solar battery slices. One end of a lining board layer is connected with positive output end and another end is connected with negative output end. A transparent polymer composite film is arranged on the transparent surface layer, which is uniformly distributed with multiple inverse pyramidal pits. Depth part of the transparent layer is arranged in a glue film layer that is formed of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA).    USE - Solar battery plate.    ADVANTAGE - The plate is simple in structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a solar battery plate.
NOVELTY - A heat and power cogeneration building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) assembly has front and back glass (1, 8), where front ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) layer (2), solar battery board (3), EVA layer (4), transport layer (5) and cavity (9) are between front and back glass; isolation strips (7) on the cavity (9), where outer side of the isolation strip is provided with adhesive tape (6); left interface (10) on one side isolation strip and adhesive tape; right interface (11) on other side isolation strip and adhesive tape; and temperature control switch connected to left or right interface.    USE - A heat and power cogeneration BIPV assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The BIPV assembly has reduced temperature to not only fully use the heat energy, but also prolong the service life of the BIPV subassembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a perspective view of a heat and power BIPV assembly.    Glass (1, 8)    Layer (2)    Solar battery board (3)    Transport layer (4, 5)    Adhesive tape (6)    Strips (7)    Cavity (9)    Interface (10, 11)
NOVELTY - A microstructure transfer device has a stamper (5) comprising a support base material (1) and microstructure layer (4) formed on support base material, and a pressurization mechanism having top head portion and lower stage portion interposed between resin-coated to-be-transferred substrate and stamper. The microstructure of resin is formed on surface of to-be-transferred substrate. The microstructure layer has a surface layer containing polymer of resin composition (2) comprising silsesquioxane derivative.    USE - Microstructure transfer device e.g. double-sided microstructure transfer device (claimed) is used for light-emitting diode, fuel cell and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The microstructure transfer device is economically manufactured, without environmental pollution. The stamper of microstructure transfer device has excellent durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for microstructure transfer stamper.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the schematic view explaining the manufacture of microstructure transfer stamper.    Support base material (1)    Resin composition (2)    Microstructure layer (4)    Microstructure transfer stamper (5)    Top plate (6)
NOVELTY - A coating liquid containing organopolysiloxane and organic aluminum complex, is coated to a glass substrate at 400-650 degrees C, and aluminum oxide-containing silicon oxide film to formed on the glass substrate.    USE - Manufacture of aluminum oxide-containing silicon oxide film-containing glass substrate. Uses include but are not limited to cover glass for solar cell, guard plate for display, motor vehicles, rail vehicles, boats, ships, and building material.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides aluminum oxide-containing silicon oxide film-containing glass substrate having excellent moisture resistance and high productivity and transmittance, and low refractive index.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of glass manufacturing apparatus.    Float bath (26)    Slow cooling furnace (28)    Molten glass (30)    Glass ribbon (32)    Air-type spray gun (34)
NOVELTY - A thin-film solar battery has a substrate (1), a back-surface electrode layer (2) formed on the substrate, a p-type light-absorption layer formed on the back-surface electrode layer and a n-type transparent conductive film (5) formed on the p-type light-absorption layer. A gap (6) is formed in interface of the back-surface electrode layer and p-type light-absorption layer.    USE - Thin-film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The thin-film solar battery has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and open circuit voltage.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the thin-film solar battery.    Substrate (1)    Back-surface electrode layer (2)    Intermediate layer (3)    N-type transparent conductive film (5)    Gap (6)
NOVELTY - A coating liquid containing inorganic microparticles and organopolysiloxane having exothermic peak temperature of 500 degrees C or less to a glass substrate at 400-650 degrees C, to form inorganic microparticles-containing silicon oxide film, on a substrate.    USE - Manufacture of glass substrate having inorganic-microparticle-containing silicon oxide film. Uses include but are not limited to cover glass for solar cells, guard plate for displays, motor vehicles, rail vehicles, boats, ships and buildings.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides glass substrate having high light transmittance rate and reduced light reflectance rate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic structure of glass-manufacturing apparatus.    Float bath (26)    Slow cooling furnace (28)    Molten glass (30)    Glass ribbon (32)    Air-type spray gun (34)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has load lock room (2) that switches atmospheric condition and vacuum atmosphere, and allows for withdrawing and inserting of substrate. A process chamber (4) introduces ions for forming PN junction with respect to substrate for cells in vacuum atmosphere. A conveyance room (1) is provided with conveying unit to convey substrate between load lock room and chamber. The impurity ions are performed by irradiating impurity ions from ion-gun (5). The ion-gun is provided so as to oppose substrate with which ion irradiation surface is conveyed by chamber.    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The productivity of the solar cell can be improved with low cost. The throughput of the solar cell can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of solar cell manufacturing apparatus.    Conveyance room (1)    Load lock room (2)    Process chamber (4)    Ion-gun (5)    Grid panel (52)
NOVELTY - A microstructure comprises array of semiconducting rods coated with wider band-gap coating material.    USE - Microstructure, particularly wire array, structure used in solar cell and device or photocell for converting solar energy to electricity (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The optical absorption is enhanced by addition of GaP coating, thus nearly 100% absorption was achieved in GaP/Si wire arrays without any explicit light trapping structure. The optical modeling reveals the wires exhibit large absorption cross section and GaP layer focuses light into silicon Si core, thus providing additional pathways for absorption enhancement over simply geometric considerations.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a device or photocell which comprises base conducting layer; ordered array of elongate semiconductor structures; and wider band-gap material layer coated on elongated semiconductor structure; and    (2) method of making a photocell array which comprises generating silicon wires; and coating silicon wires with a wider band-gap material.
NOVELTY - A solar cell (1) has a silicon substrate (4), a texture structure (5), a light-receiving surface passivation film (13) and an anti-reflective film (12) provided sequentially. The average texture side length of the texture structure is 7 mu m or more.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has excellent characteristics by lowering the surface reflectance of light-receiving surface.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view explaining manufacture of back-electrode type solar cell.    Back-electrode-type solar cell (1)    Silicon substrate (4)    Texture structure (5)    Anti-reflective film (12)    Light-receiving surface passivation film (13)
NOVELTY - A solar concentrator comprises input surface with sunlight collecting and focusing elements (516), stepped surface and output surface. A photovoltaic solar cell is optically coupled to concentrator. The impinging sunlight received by focusing elements within angle of acceptance is focused onto light reflectors via total internal reflection either directly without additional reflection from input surface or indirectly via additional optical redirecting element. An optical element (512) is made from glass and plastic chosen from acrylic, silicone and polycarbonate.    USE - Photovoltaic solar collector and concentration apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The new and improved low solar photovoltaic concentrator is provided to achieve not only higher performance but also simpler and cost-effective to manufacture, maintain, operate and service. The higher concentration ratios for mare efficient power generation can be provided. The amount of material used for manufacturing the solar photovoltaic concentrator can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an isometric view of the linear solar concentrator.    Photovoltaic solar collector and concentration apparatus (500)    Optical element (512)    Sunlight collecting and focusing element (516)    Plane (518)    Reflecting surface (540)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has an anode electrode that holds a substrate. A cathode electrode (14) is oppositely arranged to the anode electrode. A gas supply hole (14a) supplies the gas which is used as a plasma in the surface (B) of the cathode electrode facing the anode electrode. A groove (14c) is periodically formed in the surface of the cathode electrode facing the anode electrode and surrounds the gas supply hole.    USE - Plasma processing apparatus for use during manufacture of semiconductor device and thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The uniformity of the plasma density inside the electrode plane in a plasma processing apparatus is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an enlarged view of cathode electrode.    Cathode electrode (14)    Gas supply hole (14a)    Groove (14c)    Surface of the cathode electrode (B)
NOVELTY - A seal section (20) is formed by applying secondary curable resin composition on the peripheral section of a substrate (10a,10b). The viscosity of the secondary curable resin composition, when primary curable resin composition is supplied to laminate precursor at atmospheric pressure, is 800-5000 Pa.second. After the laminate precursor placed in the secondary atmospheric pressure, the width of the seal section is 0.8-3 mm. The primary curable resin composition is sandwiched between pair of substrates under reduced atmospheric pressure.    USE - Manufacture of laminate. Uses include but are not limited to liquid crystal display device, flat panel display device, organic electroluminescence display device, inorganic electroluminescence display device, plasma display apparatus, electronic ink-type image display apparatus, solar cell and touch panel.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides laminate having quality, and suppressed generation of bubble.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A seal section is formed by applying secondary curable resin composition on the peripheral section of a substrate. The viscosity of the secondary curable resin composition, when primary curable resin composition is supplied to laminate precursor at atmospheric pressure, is 800-5000 Pa.second. After the laminate precursor placed in the secondary atmospheric pressure, the width of the seal section is 0.8-3 mm, and height/width ratio of the cross-section of the seal section is 0.05-1. The primary curable resin composition is sandwiched between pair of substrates under reduced atmospheric pressure. The ratio (H/h) of the height (H) of the seal section when sealed, with respect to height (h) of the seal section after laminate precursor is 1.05-2.5.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the laminate.    Substrates (10a,10b)    Seal section (20)    Primary curable resin composition layer (30)    Bubble (100,200)
NOVELTY - A bio fuel cell has at least one cell section (1) having a structure in which an oxidoreductase exists on the surface of an anode (2) and/or a cathode (3), and in which cathode is in contact with both a liquid phase and a gas phase, and a permselective membrane (6) which inhibits permeation of at least fuel component, arranged between an anode solution section (4) provided around the anode, and a cathode solution section (5) provided around the cathode.    USE - Bio fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The bio fuel cell has high safety, and improved capacitance and output characteristics.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of cell section in bio fuel cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Cell section (1)    Anode (2)    Cathode (3)    Anode solution section (4)    Cathode solution section (5)    Permselective membrane (6)
NOVELTY - Preparing a composite material comprising a polymer matrix and charge consisting of ion exchange inorganic particles comprises in situ synthesis of the particles within the polymer matrix.    USE - The composite material is useful in: fuel cell membranes such as proton conducting membranes for fuel cells such as hydrogen fuel cell/air fuel cell or hydrogen fuel cell/oxygen fuel cell (proton exchange membrane fuel cell) or air fuel cell or methanol fuel cell (direct methanol fuel cell); and lithium batteries and in the field of purification, such as effluent treatment, and electrochromism field.    ADVANTAGE - The material provides the membrane with: good proton conduction; low permeability to reactant gases (hydrogen/air or hydrogen/oxygen); and stable thermal resistance to hydrolysis and oxidation; and improved mechanical properties.
NOVELTY - A gas barrier film (1) consists of cycloolefin resin and plate-shaped inorganic particles having average size of 20 nm-10 mu m surface modified with silane compound (I). The inorganic particles have aspect ratio of 5-50.    USE - Gas barrier film used in back surface protection sheet for solar cells (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals packaging bag, liquid crystal panel, organic electroluminescent element and solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The film has excellent gas barrier property with respect to oxygen and water vapor, excellent transparency, heat resistance and does not produce disorder of short circuit with respect to electricity generating element.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A gas barrier film consists of cycloolefin resin and plate-shaped inorganic particles having average size of 20 nm-10 mu m surface modified with silane compound of formula: R1-Si(OR2)3 (I). The inorganic particles have aspect ratio of 5-50.    R1=alicyclic epoxy group;and    R2=1-5C alkyl.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the gas barrier film.    Gas barrier film (1)    Adhesive agent (2)    Vapor deposition film (3)    Base film (4)
NOVELTY - The cell has a base electrode (2) and an intrinsic layer (4) provided between photovoltaic p-and n-doped layers of a front-sided transparent covering electrode (6). Nano material i.e. carbon, containing nano tubes are made up of electrically conductive plastic material such as curable thermoplastic polymers. The covering electrode is covered with transparent abrasion- and wear-resistant protective layer (7) made of splintery fine-broken punch mark or fine precipitated crystalline. The punch mark comprises crushed quartz crystals, corundum, carbides or aluminum oxide-containing crystals.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell is provided with the nano material i.e. carbon, containing the nano tubes, so that electrical resistance, overall efficiency and abrasion and wear resistance are increased with easy manufacturing process without corrosion on the front side of the cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a solar cell.    Solar cell (1)    Base electrode (2)    Intrinsic layer (4)    Front-sided transparent covering electrode (6)    Transparent abrasion- and wear-resistant protective layer (7)
NOVELTY - The covering has a solar roof tile (1) whose size is adapted to dimension of a system-roof tile, where height and breadth of the solar roof tile corresponds to respective height and breadth of the system-roof tile. Size of the solar tile is adapted to dimension of commercial solar cells that are collectively grouped in a solar module (8) i.e. photovoltaic module. An upper side and circumferential edges of the solar tile are provided with surface coating that is formed as UV-resistant moisture guard. The solar roof tile is made of plastic on basis of polyester or phenolic resin.    USE - Roof covering for a solar module i.e. photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The design of the covering maintains tightness of a roof panel over a long time, ensures increased efficiency of the solar modules, enables quick laying of the roof tiles, and achieves quick, simple and economic assembly of the roof covering. The surface coating is formed as the UV-resistant moisture guard, thus protecting the solar roof tile against weather influences.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The plastic is formed by fire-proof additive i.e. aluminum trihydrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a solar roof tile.    Solar roof tile (1)    Base area (2)    Support rod (4)    Flat overlapping edge (6)    Solar module (8)
NOVELTY - The nano particles have a core (3) selected from materials of metals, metal alloys, semiconductors, electrically conductive non-metallic, and/or electrically conductive compounds. A dielectric casing (5) is arranged around the core at distance, and a connecting layer is arranged between the core and the dielectric casing. Another connecting layer is arranged between the dielectric casing and a conductive casing (7)e.g. copper, indium, gallium and selenium semiconductor, where the conductive casing comprises an adhesive effect.    USE - Nano particles e.g. round nano particles, for solar technical plant for increasing an application of light in a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The dielectric shell of the nano particles is arranged around the core at the distance, so that better application of light in the solar cell is ensured.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a round nano-particle with a core and with two casings.    Nano particles (1)    Core (3)    Dielectric casing (5)    Conductive casing (7)
NOVELTY - A lead-free solder alloy comprises (in %mass) zinc as main component, germanium (0.01-16) as secondary element aluminum (0.01-1) and/or tin (0.01-10) as tertiary element. The content of lead in the solder alloy is more than 0.5 %mass.    USE - Lead-free solder alloy is used for joining electronic components in manufacture of electronic substrate for apparatus (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to thyristor, inverter, solar cell, motor-vehicle component and control apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The lead-free solder alloy has excellent wettability, bondability and reliability at high temperature. The junction portion of electronic components joined using the alloy has high strength.
NOVELTY - A glass ceramic article contains aluminosilicate glass ceramic including sodium oxide and potassium oxide, and has water content of 0.04 mol/L or more of content of glass ceramic measured using transmission spectroscopy.    USE - Glass ceramic article is used for substrate for solar cells e.g. thin-film solar cells and photovoltaic cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The glass ceramic article has excellent durability, compatibility and reusability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for device for manufacturing thin-layer solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows cross-sectional view of solar cell.    Substrate (10)    Photoactive layer (11)    Back contact (12)    Front contact (13)    Cadmium-sulfide buffer layer (14)
NOVELTY - Producing organoamine stabilized silver nanoparticles, comprises providing heat, an organic solvent and a first amount of organoamine comprising solution, adding a silver salt to the solution, adding a second amount organoamine to the solution, adding a hydrazine to the solution, and precipitating the solution and recovering the organoamine stabilized silver nanoparticles. The molar ratio of silver salt to the total organoamine is 1:4-1:10.    USE - The organoamine stabilized silver nanoparticles are used as electrodes, conductive contact surfaces, thin film transistors, conductors in electronic devices e.g. thin film transistors, organic light-emitting diodes, radio frequency identification tags, solar cells, printed antennas.    ADVANTAGE - The organoamine stabilized silver nanoparticles has high solubility and prevents coalescence or aggregation of silver nanoparticles.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for the formation of conductive features on a substrate, comprising: providing a liquid composition, which contains the organoamine stabilized silver nanoparticles, depositing the liquid composition on the substrate in order to obtain the deposited features, and heating the deposited features on the substrate at 100-200 degrees C to form conductive features on the substrate.
NOVELTY - The device has a base i.e. ceramic base, comprising a bearing face. Multiple solar cell units are located on the bearing face. The bearing face comprises a plane part and a curved surface. The bearing face forms a containing room whose bottom part is opposite to a top opening, where area of the top opening is greater than area of the plane part located on the bottom part. The solar cell units are arranged on the plane part and the curved surface.    USE - Solar cell device.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The solar cell units are selected from a group consisting of silicon-chip solar cells, silicon thin film solar cells, polycompound solar cells, organic macromolecular solar cells or dye sensitizing solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a solar cell device.
NOVELTY - The manufacturing method involves forming an inorganic filler coating material via a first dispersion process (S12), and forming a coating material for porous layer formation via a second dispersion process (S14). A dispersion force for mechanically dispersing a binder in the second dispersion process is set smaller than a dispersion force for mechanically dispersing an inorganic filler in the first dispersion process.    USE - Manufacturing method for battery e.g. lithium secondary battery used as power supply for electric motor mounted in motor vehicle. Uses include but are not limited to hybrid vehicle, electric vehicle, or fuel cell electric vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - Can effectively suppress the peeling of a porous layer from the surface of electrode and/or separator, thus ensuring excellent battery performance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flowchart of the formation of a porous layer. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    First dispersion process (S12)    Second dispersion process (S14)    Coating and drying process (S20)
NOVELTY - The composition has a donor element containing a metal particle, a glass particle with a donor element, a resin, and a solvent. The donor element is selected from phosphorus and antimony. The glass particle containing with the donor element is selected from phosphorus oxide, phosphorus pentoxide, antimony trioxide, silicon dioxide, potassium oxide, sodium oxide, lithium oxide, barium oxide, strontium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, beryllium oxide, zinc oxide, lead oxide, vanadium pentoxide, stannous oxide and zirconium oxide.    USE - Paste composition for an electrode formation i.e. photovoltaic cell. Uses include but are not limited to a solar cell electrode, electrode wiring of a plasma display, shield wiring of a plasma display, ceramic capacitor, antenna circuit, various sensor circuits and a thermal radiation material of a semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - The composition for electrode formation is formed in an N-type diffused layer with heat processing at a time of forming an electrode, without newly providing for selection emitter formation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method for photovoltaic cell    (2) a donor element diffusion function.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a photovoltaic cell.    Semiconductor substrate (130)    N-type diffused layer (131)    Selection emitter (131A)    Reflection prevention layer (132)    Light-receiving surface electrode (133)
NOVELTY - The sealing material sheet (11) comprises of transparent resin, diamond particles or silicon nitride particles, and alloy. The alloy has particle size that is greater than 0 but less than the particle size of diamond and silicon nitride.    USE - Sealing material sheet for solar cell module use in generating electric power from sunlight.    ADVANTAGE - Degradation in electric power generation amount due to cell damage is suppressed, while heat generation of the photovoltaic cell is restrained.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross sectional view of the solar cell module.    Transparent surface-protection layer (1)    Back surface protection layer (2)    Photovoltaic cell (3)    Sealing material (10)    Back surface side sealing material sheet (12)    Solar cell module (20)
NOVELTY - A solar cell sealing material comprises a polyolefin resin composition containing polyolefin resin as a main component and tackifying resin.    USE - Solar cell sealing material is used for solar cell module (claimed) used in motor-vehicle components and building materials.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell module using the sealing material has excellent water-vapor barrier property with respect to solar cell element, long-term stability of solar cell modularity ability, recyclability and productivity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic view of solar cell module. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Light-receiving surface side transparent protection component (1)    Back surface side transparent protection component (2)    Light-receiving surface side sealing material (3A)    Back surface side sealing material (3B)    Cell for solar cells (4)
NOVELTY - Vanadate-phosphate glass is formed by melting a raw material composition containing metal oxide mixture comprising vanadium oxide, barium oxide and iron oxide, and diphosphorus pentoxide, and solidifying by rapidly cooling. The ratio of total number-of-moles of metal oxide with respect to number-of-moles of diphosphorus pentoxide contained in the metal oxide mixture is 41:59-60:40.    USE - Vanadate-phosphate glass is used as electroconductive glass for antistatic material, electrode for solar cell and secondary batteries, discharge material, electroconductive paste, semiconductor element and fine metal mold. Can also be used for thermistor and base material for microelectromechanical system.    ADVANTAGE - The vanadate-phosphate glass has excellent electroconductivity, workability, moldability, water resistance, chemical durability, and high energy density and chemical diffusion coefficient, and has reduced structural change by intercalation. The generation of electrostatic discharge damage by accumulation of electric charge, is prevented using vanadate-phosphate glass.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a vertical furnace (1) for batch processing. A cylindrical process chamber loading configuration (14) is provided for solar cell substrates which is to-be-processed along with a primary surface. The solar cell substrates are loaded into the process chamber (10). The solar cell substrates are processed in the process chamber.    USE - Method for processing solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The vertical furnace can be automated easily. The throughput of the solar cells processed in the vertical furnace can be improved effectively.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the vertical furnace.    Vertical furnace (1)    Central axis of vertical furnace (2)    Cylindrical process chamber (10)    Central axis of cylindrical process chamber (11)    Loading configuration (14)
NOVELTY - The solar cell module (10) has a solar cell (40) which is covered with an insulating sealing element. The solar cell is provided between a metal plate and a surface protective film with the sealing element interposed and is fixed and sealed. The cutting process is performed on the outer portion of the solar cell in which the metal plate is cut. The cut surface is coated with the non-solvent-based resin material (P). The non-solvent-based resin material is selected from silicon-based resin, epoxy-based resin, urethane-based resin and acryl-based resin.    USE - Solar cell module used as solar power generator installed in rooftop and wall of building such as house and on ground.    ADVANTAGE - Since the solar cell module is exposed to the elements, the occurrence of rust and corrosion in the cut-surface is prevented, the appearance of the solar cell module is maintained and the durability is improved. The non-solvent-based resin material is used so that the peeling-off at the interface between the metal plate and the sealing element is prevented. The metal plate has relatively high rigidity and a low cost. The bent structure improves the overall rigidity or the strength of the solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of solar cell module.    Solar cell module (10)    Cut-out portions (21)    Protruding piece portions (22)    Solar cell (40)    Resin material (P)
NOVELTY - The apparatus (100) has a raw silicon feeder (110) through which raw silicon is fed. A silicon melting unit (120) arranged under feeder melts the raw silicon to form molten silicon. A molten silicon storage unit (130) stores the molten silicon from silicon melting unit and taps the molten silicon to provide a silicon melt having constant thickness. A transfer board (140) at one side of molten silicon storage unit transfers the tapped silicon melt. A silicon substrate forming unit (150) cools the silicon melt transferred by transfer board to form a silicon substrate.    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing silicon substrate for solar cell (all claimed), using continuous casting.    ADVANTAGE - The silicon substrate with improved surface quality can be manufactured reliably such that continuous production and property control of the silicon substrate can be facilitated, and the productivity is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing silicon substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the apparatus for manufacturing silicon substrate.    Apparatus for manufacturing silicon substrate (100)    Raw silicon feeder (110)    Silicon melting unit (120)    Molten silicon storage unit (130)    Transfer board (140)    Silicon substrate forming unit (150)
NOVELTY - The border has an outer layer part made of hard material, and an inner layer part made of soft material, where the materials are macromolecular polymer materials. The inner layer part is connected with a boundary of a battery panel. The outer layer part and the inner layer part are joined together. A module range of the outer layer part is 2000 MPa to 70000 MPa. A module range of the inner layer part is 40 A to 90 A. A connecting structure is utilized for assembling an adjacent solar battery module.    USE - Composite border for a solar battery module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The border is light in weight, and has low production cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The soft material is utilized from thermoplastic elastomer such as thermoplastic polyester elastomer, thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer, thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer and styrenebutadiene segmented copolymer, and is utilized from rubber such as natural rubber, isoamyl rubber, butadiene styrene rubber, butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, ethylpropyl rubber, neoprene, acetonitrile rubber, polyurethane rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene rubber, acrylate rubber, chloroester rubber, ethylene-acrylic acid rubber, silicon rubber, fluororubber, hydrogenated butyronitrile rubber and fluoro-silicon rubber and polyolefin or copolymer such as low-density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene/methyl acrylic acid copolymer, ethylene/ethyl acrylate copolymer, polybutyral and ionic polymer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a composite border.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has several slots (220) that are arranged on the lower portion of chemical reaction tank (210). A substrate (230) is mounted between the adjacent slots at constant interval. The distance between the slots is smaller than the distance between the front and back sides (231,232) of substrate. The etching process is performed within the chemical reaction tank.    USE - Wet etching apparatus for solar cell board.    ADVANTAGE - Since the substrate is mounted between the adjacent slots at constant interval, the damages occurred on the semiconductor layer of solar cell board at the time of etching process can be reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for etching method for solar cell board.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the wet etching apparatus.    Chemical reaction tank (210)    Slot (220)    Substrate (230)    Front side of substrate (231)    Back side of substrate (232)
NOVELTY - The organic thin film solar cell includes a substrate (110), a bottom electrode (120), cesium carbonate layer (130), an active layer (140) and molybdenum trioxide layer (150), where the bottom electrode is formed on the substrate. The cesium carbonate layer is formed on the bottom electrode. The active layer is formed on cesium carbonate layer. Indium tin oxide and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester are also provided.    USE - Organic thin film solar cell used with inverted electrode structure.    ADVANTAGE - The organic thin film solar cell includes a substrate, a bottom electrode, cesium carbonate layer, an active layer and molybdenum trioxide layer, where the bottom electrode is formed on the substrate, and thus ensures improved flexibility of the organic thin film solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for method for manufacturing organic thin film solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows cross sectional view of the organic thin film solar cell.    Substrate (110)    Bottom electrode (120)    Cesium carbonate layer (130)    Active layer (140)    Molybdenum trioxide layer (150)
NOVELTY - The electrode has metal sulfide deposited on conductive substrate. The metal sulfide comprises cobalt sulfide, nickel sulfide and cuprous sulfide. The conductive substrate is selected from metal that is selected from Titanium, Nickel and Platinum or stainless steel and provided with a transparent conductive semiconductor that is selected from Fluorine Tin Oxide and Indium Tin Oxide. Another substrate is made of plastic that is selected from polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene Terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyether sulfone, polyimide and polypropylene.    USE - Metal sulfide solar counter electrode for a sensitizing solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The electrode reduces production of sensitized solar and time consumption and saves energy, and has high catalytic activity and photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The electrode has another metal selected from Iron, Copper, Aluminum, Titanium, Nickel, Gold, Silver or Platinum. The electrode has a soluble metal salt selected from Cobalt sulfate, Cobalt chloride, Cobalt Nitrate, Nickel sulfate, Nickel chloride and a reference electrode saturated with calomel electrode or Silver/Silver Chloride electrode. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing a composite counter electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial sectional view of a metal sulfide solar counter electrode.
NOVELTY - The module has a buffer layer, and multiple block shaped electrodes formed on a transparent substrate in a form of a matrix. Multiple block-shaped photoelectric conversion layers formed on different blocks corresponding to one of the electrodes and the transparent substrate to direction perpendicular to another direction. An electrode block is formed on a block corresponding to the photoelectric conversion layers along the latter direction. Another electrode block along the former direction is not adjacently made contact with the former electrode block.    USE - Penetrating type solar battery module.    ADVANTAGE - The module can design a transmitting block pattern of the diversification so as to project different patterns or marks.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a penetration type solar cell module manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a penetrating type solar battery module.
NOVELTY - The module has photoelectric conversion layer blocks that are arranged corresponding to metal electrode in the transparent substrate. The adjacent photoelectric conversion layer blocks are not contacted with each other. The strip-shaped non-light electrodes are arranged on the transparent substrate along the X-direction. The adjacent metal electrodes are not contacted with each other. The metal electrodes are arranged on the substrate along the Y-direction, so that the metal electrodes and the non-light electrodes are connected in series along Y-direction.    USE - Solar battery module.    ADVANTAGE - Various patterns or marks can be formed by the solar battery module, since the solar battery module is provided with transmitting block patterns.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing solar battery module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar battery module.
NOVELTY - The structure has a first group thin film located on a supporting substrate and provided with a solar battery. Second and third group thin films are fixed on the first group film. A fourth group thin film is predetermined to contact a light and provided with another solar battery, where an energy gap of the former solar battery is lower than energy gap of the latter solar battery. The first group thin film and the second group thin film are formed by a growth substrate as a substrate epitaxial crystal.    USE - Multi-junction solar battery structure.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a multi-connection surface solar battery structure manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a multi-junction solar battery structure.
NOVELTY - Transmission by using galvanometer laser device of solar thin film battery component comprises insulating transparent substrate deposited on the front transparent conductive electrode, thin film photoelectric conversion layer, and the back conductive electrode, cutting the three layers by using laser of different wavelengths to obtain different sizes; (ii) removing three layers of film in the insulating region; and (iii) conveying laser through the glass substrate according to the size of the area designed to remove small part of the film surrounding the batteries, and insulating the battery.    USE - The method is useful for transmission by using galvanometer laser device of solar thin film battery component.    ADVANTAGE - The method is simple and economical.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Transmission by using galvanometer laser device of solar thin film battery component comprises (i) insulating transparent substrate deposited on the front transparent conductive electrode, thin film photoelectric conversion layer, and the back conductive electrode, cutting the three layers by using laser of different wavelengths to obtain different sizes, and insulating area with different length-width ratios, (ii) removing three layers of film in the insulating region by changing the galvanometer angle, laser energy and laser real time switching by using a galvanometer system with laser scribing device, and with the required pattern, exposing the front glass through which light can directly pass through the battery to achieve light transmission function by the insulating film layer, and (iii) conveying laser through the glass substrate according to the size of the area designed to remove small part of the film surrounding the batteries, and insulating the battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves using a laser machine to process the edge insulation battery, according to the designed zones being freely selected in advance, and preparing the ID number according to the reserved area including the area which is formed outside the effective area of the thin film solar cell battery and that does not affect the performance of the battery. The laser machine is used to prepare the ID number at the reserved zones being freely selected in advance.    USE - Method of forming identification (ID) number in thin film solar cell battery such as thin film battery, cadmium telluride film battery, copper indium gallium tin series thin film battery, organic compound material thin film battery (all claimed), etc., using laser scanning machine.    ADVANTAGE - The existing preparation technology of the thin film solar cell battery is compatible, and the need for purchasing special ID marking device is avoided, so that the investment cost of device can be reduced, and the manufacturing process can be simplified. The working efficiency can be improved, accordingly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the thin film solar cell battery.
NOVELTY - A dye (I) (21) having 5-18C aliphatic group, is new.    USE - New aliphatic group-containing dye is used for photoelectric conversion element for photoelectrochemical cell (all claimed), photosensor, copier and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion element has excellent durability and high conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dye of formula (I) having 5-18C aliphatic group, is new.    Q=tetravalent aromatic group;    X1,X2=S, O or CR1R2;    R1,R2=H, aliphatic group, aromatic group, or heterocyclic group (all optionally substituted) which is bonded through a carbon atom;    R,R'=aliphatic group, aromatic group, or heterocyclic group (all optionally substituted) which is bonded through a carbon atom;    P1,P2=dye residue;and    W1=counter ion which is required for neutralization of electric charge.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) photoelectric conversion element (10) which has a photoreceptor layer (2) comprising a dye (I) and semiconductor microparticles (22); and    (2) photoelectric conversion element dye solution containing dye (I) dissolved in an organic solvent.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of photoelectric conversion element.    Electroconductive support (1)    Photoreceptor layer (2)    Counter electrode (4)    Photoelectric conversion element (10)    Dye (21)    Semiconductor microparticles (22)
NOVELTY - A triphenylene derivative (I) is new.    USE - Triphenylene derivative is used for organic thin film layer of organic photoelectric device e.g. organic light-emitting device, organic solar cell, organic transistor, organic photoconductive drum and organic memory device (all claimed) used for flat panel display.    ADVANTAGE - The organic thin film layer containing triphenylene derivative provides organic photoelectric device has improved durability, electrochemical stability, luminous efficiency and thermal stability, and low drive voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A triphenylene derivative of formula (I) is new.    L1,L2=single bond, or 2-6C alkenylene, 2-6C alkynylene, 6-30C arylene and 2-30C heteroarylene (all optionally substituted);    R1-R3=H, or 1-6C alkyl, 6-30C aryl or 2-30C heteroaryl (all optionally substituted);and    Ar1,Ar2=6-30C aryl or 2-30C heteroaryl (both optionally substituted).    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for organic photoelectric device (100), which has at least one organic thin film layer (105) comprising the triphenylene derivative (I), between an anode (120) and a cathode (110).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of organic photoelectric device.    Organic photoelectric device (100)    Organic thin film layer (105)    Cathode (110)    Anode (120)    Light emitting layer (130)
NOVELTY - The method involves providing a package comprising a fusible backing foil (4) with a pattern of electrically conductive wires (16), which is provided with thermally activated adhesive (17), a lower layer i.e. ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) (6), of the foil, provided on a side of a layer of the foil. An upper layer (10) of the foil is provided on solar cells (8) and a light translucent panel (11). The package is placed and heated in an auxiliary heating station such that the package is fixated for subsequent transfer of a fixated package i.e. semi-product, to a primary heating station.    USE - Method for facilitating production of a solar panel with solar cells i.e. photovoltaic cells, for an optoelectronic device.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables heating the package in the auxiliary heating station, so that the package is fixed on a workbench under effects of heat originating from the battery of heating equipment to a temperature of 120 degrees celsius to achieve desired degree of fixation, thus obtaining the semi-product and feeding the semi-product into the kiln or the laminator without any difficulty, and hence preventing risk of dislocation of different components in the package upon transportation of the semi-product to the kiln.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The thermally activated adhesive is an electrically conductive adhesive e.g. quick-setting silver-based adhesive or soldering paste. The primary heating station is a kiln or a laminator. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a semi-product for use during production of a solar panel with solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded cross-sectional view of a package used during production of a solar panel with solar cells.    Fusible backing foil (4)    EVA (6)    Hole (7)    Solar cells (8)    Solar cell contact (9)    Upper layer (10)    Light translucent panel (11)    Electrically conductive wires (16)    Thermally activated adhesive (17)
NOVELTY - A metal layer is formed (S3) on a metal absorber embedded on insulating layer and heat-treated to deposit (S5) metal oxide layer. A first amorphous silicon layer (S6) is laminated on the metal oxide layer and is heat-treated to form metal silicide oxide layer. The second amorphous silicon layer (S8) is laminated on the metal silicide oxide layer. The metal particle of metal silicide oxide layer is formed as the catalyst and the crystallization stage in the metal silicide oxide layer is heat-treated to generate crystalline silicon in second amorphous silicon layer.    USE - Manufacturing method of polycrystalline silicon thin film used for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The transmission of the heat energy in the silicon crystallization process can be promoted efficiently and the effective poly-crystal silicon crystallization thin film can be manufactured from the amorphous silicon layer. The pollution of the surface of the crystalloid silicon layer formed with the metal absorber at the crystallization stage can be avoided.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart explaining manufacturing process of polycrystalline silicon thin film. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Step for forming metal absorber on insulating film (S2)    Step for forming metal layer (S3)    Step for forming metal oxide film on metal layer (S5)    Step for forming first amorphous silicon layer (S6)    Step for forming second amorphous silicon layer (S8)
NOVELTY - Silicon material differential pressure wet processing device comprises a differential pressure container. The differential pressure container is provided with a support for placing silicon containing material components and a sealing cover at the top of the pressure container. The wall surface of the differential pressure container is provided with an ultrapure water inlet, a liquid-level connection port, a liquid discharge port, a compressed gas inlet port and a vacuum connection port.    USE - Used as a silicon material differential pressure wet processing device.    ADVANTAGE - The device: improves the quality of silicon material, thus it improves solar cell photoelectric conversion efficiency and prolongs the life of battery sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic representation of the silicon material differential pressure wet processing device.
NOVELTY - The assembly has solar battery monomers arranged on the chassis. A photic material is integrated with the chassis. An outgoing line is extended externally from the bottom plate. The main portion is provided with connecting hole penetrating in the thickness direction of main portion. The central axis of the connecting hole is provided parallel to the thickness direction of the solar battery assembly. The connecting holes are sleeved on a supporting column.    USE - Solar battery assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly cost of the solar battery assembly can be reduced by using aluminum alloy frame. The solar battery can be mounted conveniently. The flexibility of the solar battery sub-assembly can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the solar battery assembly.
NOVELTY - The plate comprises a photovoltaic glass, solar battery plate and the back plate. The photovoltaic glass and solar battery sheet are connected through a high light transparent ethylene-vinyl-acetate adhesive. The solar battery plate and back plate are connected by shielding solar packaging film and encapsulated by light. The solar battery plate and back plate are provided with glass cloth. A glass cloth is provided to the solar packaging film and solar battery sheet.    USE - Solar battery plate for film packaging structure (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar light shielding packaging film can prevent sunlight reflection and irradiation to the solar cell back plate and back plate. The glass cloth can increase the strength of the battery sheet and can prevent solar heat osmosis to the solar cell sheet by using light shielding packaging film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An independent claim is included for film packaging structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of the solar battery plate.
NOVELTY - The assembly has a glass back plate attached with an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) glue film. The EVA glue film is attached with a core plate of an amorphous silicon thin-film battery. The core plate of the amorphous silicon thin-film battery is connected with a power input end of a junction box in a series or parallel manner. A solar battery is parallely provided with an amorphous silicon film core veneer.    USE - Large-scaled amorphous silicon solar battery assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly changes current and voltage according to requirement so that the assembly has high wide application range.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a large-scaled amorphous silicon solar battery assembly.
NOVELTY - A nanocarbon-containing composition containing conductive polymer, nanocarbon material, a solvent and high-molecular compound which is different with respect to conductive polymer is electrospun to obtain nanocarbon-containing fiber.    USE - Electrospinning of nanocarbon-containing composition used for manufacturing nano carbon-structure fiber for sheet-form or twisted thread-type structure (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to capacitor, battery, fuel cell, solar cell, electromagnetic-interference shielding material, chemical sensor, display element, nonlinear material, anticorrosive agent and adhesive agent.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides electrospun material having excellent electroconductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of nano carbon-structure fiber, which involves heating nanocarbon-containing composition;    (2) sheet-form or twisted thread-type structure; and    (3) nanocarbon-containing fiber.
NOVELTY - Quinoid silafluorene organic semiconductor material (I) is new.    USE - Quinoid silafluorene organic semiconductor material is used for organic optoelectronic materials, polymer solar cells, light-emitting devices, organic field-effect transistors, organic light memory devices, organic nonlinear materials and organic laser (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Quinoid silafluorene organic semiconductor material of formula (I) is new.    R1,R2,R5,R6=H or 1-20C alkyl;    R3,R4=1-20C alkyl;and    m,n=0-10.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of quinoid silafluorene organic semiconductor material.
NOVELTY - A lead-free glass powder (I) comprises (wt.%) bismuth oxide (40-60), boron oxide (10-25), silicon dioxide (5-10), aluminum oxide (3-10), zinc oxide (15-30), antimony trioxide (5-12), and vanadium pentoxide (1-8).    USE - Lead-free glass powder (I) used for aluminum paste of silicon solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The glass powder (I) has relatively low transition point temperature and good cohesive property. It has low coefficient of thermal expansion and can be perfectly matched with crystal silicon wafer for solar cell fabrication. Further, it is lead-free and environment-friendly, and can effectively improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cells as well as the bonding strength and electrical properties of cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the glass powder (I), comprising (1) uniformly mixing the predetermined amount of raw materials; (2) placing the mixture in a crucible and heating at 1100-1200 degrees C, keeping the temperature while fusing for 0.5-1 hour, subjecting the obtained glass liquid into water quenching operation to obtain a semi-finished glass powder product (A); (3) grinding the semi-finished product (A) to a predetermined fineness, drying, ball-milling and dispersing to obtain the glass powder (I).
NOVELTY - The structure comprises a panel (1) which has an outer top side provided with an adhesive element (2) and connected to a bottom side of a solar cell (3) by adhesive element. The solar cell has a top side provided with another adhesive element (20) and connected to a high-transparency high-light-concentration film (5) by another adhesive element. The panel is made up of any one of baked enamel steel plate, an aluminum plate and a plastic plate. A thermal insulation element is arranged on an inner bottom side of the panel.    USE - Construction material structure use with solar power for house.    ADVANTAGE - The design stage and the application stage of the solar power equipment can be incorporated into the construction stage, the renovation stage and the expansion stage of a house, so the environmental protection, power saving and power utilization can be effectively ensured and various fossil energy can be saved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the cross-sectional view of the coarse face of the high-transparency high-light-concentration film and the construction material structure.    Panel (1)    Adhesive elements (2,20)    Solar cell (3)    High-transparency high-light-concentration film (5)    Coarse face (50)
NOVELTY - Polymeric binder, precursor of copper, gallium and indium, and solvent are mixed, to form paste. The obtained paste is heat-treated, residual organic material is removed and dried using air or oxygen gas, to form copper-indium-gallium oxide thin film. The obtained thin film is heat-treated in hydrogen, sulfurated and again heat-treated in selenium vapor atmosphere, to form copper-indium-selenium thin film or copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film.    USE - Manufacture of copper-indium-selenium/copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film used for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The copper-indium-selenium/copper-indium-gallium-selenium thin film is manufactured efficiently.
NOVELTY - The sheet has a polyester film layer, and an ethylene vinyl acetate hotmelt bonding layer formed on one side of polyester film layer with a line coating. A PTFE layer is laminated on an opposite surface in which the ethylene vinyl acetate hotmelt bonding layer is formed. The PTFE layer is laminated with an adhesive selected from polyurethane and a polyester group. The ethylene vinyl acetate hotmelt bonding layer has dry application thickness of 50 - 300nm. The bonding layer has ethylene vinyl acetate emulsion including inorganic particle or organic particle with 0.01 - 5 weight percent.    USE - Back sheet for a solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The back sheet has simple manufacturing process. The removal of the PTFE layer saves manufacturing cost of the back sheet, and ensures better adhesive force between the back sheet and the encapsulating material ethylene vinyl acetate.    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.
NOVELTY - The cell has a substrate with first conductivity type, and a first texturing surface including multiple minute concavo-convexes formed in a light-receiving surface of the substrate. Each of the concavo-convexes comprises size of about 200 to 500 nanometer. An imaginary line connecting a vertex to a vertical section of the concavo-convexes has specific length, and the cell has certain length that are in a ratio of 1.1 to 1.3 of a straight line for connecting a point of time of the imaginary line and an end point. The first texturing surface has 7 to 10 percent of light reflectance.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The size and uniformity of the concavo-convexes are optimized, thus maintaining uniformity by a range, so that the reflectance of the light is optimized, and hence effectively improving conversion efficiency. The substrate is formed by removing dry etching of the texturing surface formation and residue remaining in the texturing surface, thus reducing texturing surface formation time and decreasing manufacturing time of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method of texturing a substrate for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - A glass plating liquid comprises (pts.wt.) silica compound (5-20), ultra-thin calcium aluminum silicon (2-10), solvent (50-80), catalyst (0.5-2) and additive (0.01-2).    USE - Glass plating liquid for photoelectric conversion (claimed), suitable for solar battery component glass or glass with high penetration rate.    ADVANTAGE - The plating liquid increases light beam penetration rate of super white glass on whole solar spectrum scope. It has simple preparation and low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of glass plating liquid comprising:    (A) mixing silica compound with water, keeping the pH value to 1.5-2.5 using catalyst, and hydrolyzing for 5-12 hours to obtain mixed solution (A);    (B) separating mixed solution (A) into 2 parts, mixing first part with calcium aluminum silicon powder, adding the solvent to mix, and ultrasonic wave shaking for 3-4 hours to obtain mixed solution (B);    (C) mixing second part of mixed solution (A) with the additive, mixed stirring for 40 minutes at 35-60 degrees C, and filtering to obtain mixed solution (C);    (D) adding mixed solution (C) to mixed solution (B), adding the solvent, and mixed stirring for 4-6 hours to obtain mixed solution (D); and    (E) putting mixed solution (D) to heating reaction kettle, keeping at 60-80 degrees C, refluxing and condensing, stirring and heating for 20-60 minutes, and ultrasonic shaking for 5 minutes to obtain target product.
NOVELTY - The system has a solar panel arranged in a trellis. A solar cell is formed of multiple copper indium gallium selenide solar cells. An ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) resin layer is laminated on a top part of the solar panel. A solar cell module is formed of a light-transmissive glass plate that is settled on top of the EVA resin layer. An angle adjustment module is installed on a top-end part of the solar cell module for adjusting angle of the solar cell module.    USE - Solar power generating system.    ADVANTAGE - The system arranges the solar cell to a grid mode, facilitates lightning to the interval, easily forms ventilation within a building, and controls the solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar power generating system.
NOVELTY - An organic photoelectric-conversion element (10) has an organic layer containing fullerene compound (I) having molecular weight 5000 or less, between a counter electrode (13) and a transparent electrode (12).    USE - Organic photoelectric-conversion element e.g. solar cell for optical sensor array (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic photoelectric-conversion element has high curve factor and photoelectric-conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic photoelectric-conversion element has an organic layer containing fullerene compound of formula (I) having molecular weight 5000 or less, between a counter electrode and a transparent electrode.    R1,R2=H or substituent;and    FLN=fullerene mother nucleus.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for optical sensor array.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic sectional view of solar cell.    Organic photoelectric conversion element (10)    Substrate (11)    Transparent electrode (12)    Counter electrode (13)    Photoelectric-conversion portion (14)
NOVELTY - The back sheet has a bonding layer (40) that is adhered to backside of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) resin layer (10). A heat conductive layer (20) is adhered to the backside of the bonding layer and thermal conductance coating layer (30) is adhered to the backside of the heat conductive layer for releasing the heat conducted by the heat conductive layer, where coefficient of thermal expansion of bonding layer and heat conductive layer differs. A voltage withstand promoting layer is formed in the backside of the thermal conductance coating layer.    USE - Back sheet of solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The heat radiation performance of the back sheet can be enhanced and deformation of the back sheet can be prevented. Insulation performance of the back sheet can be ensured and humidity protection efficiency of the back sheet can be increased. Productivity of the solar cell module can be improved at low cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar cell module.    Resin layer (10)    Heat conductive layer (20)    Thermal conductance coating layer (30)    Bonding layer (40)    Solar cell (SC)
NOVELTY - A solution of block copolymer containing polyethylene glycol is mixed with phosphorus and boron, to obtain doping paste (a). The obtained paste is coated on a silicon substrate and heat-treated, to form pattern on the substrate. Then, boron oxide film or phosphorylated film is formed on the pattern. A doping paste (b) which has viscosity less than the viscosity of doping paste (b) is coated on the substrate and then boron oxide film or phosphorylated film is removed from the substrate, to obtain selective emitter.    USE - Preparation of selective emitter used for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently and economically provides selective emitter by optimizing electric current density.
NOVELTY - Zinc oxide layer is formed (S10) on a glass substrate by radio frequency magnetron sputtering method. Aluminum-doped zinc oxide nanorod thin film is formed (S20) on the zinc oxide seed layer by hydrothermal method, and processed (S30) in aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. Thus, manufacture of transparent conductive substrate is carried out.    USE - Manufacture of transparent conductive substrate used for silicon solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view explaining the manufacture of transparent conductive substrate. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Step for forming zinc oxide layer (S10)    Step for forming aluminum-doped zinc oxide nanorod thin film (S20)    Step for processing in aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (S30)
NOVELTY - The copper indium selenide solar cell manufacturing method comprises forming sacrificial layer (120) on base material substrate (110); assembling solar cell module on sacrificial layer; separating base material substrate and solar cell module that lights laser in base material substrate; transferring solar cell module to flexible printed circuit board (190); forming successively back plate (130), light absorption layer (140), buffer layer (150), window layer (160), front electrode (170) on sacrificial layer.    USE - Method used for manufacturing copper indium selenide solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The high energy conversion efficiency outside limit in base material substrate is provided. In addition, the base material substrate and sacrificial layer are separated completely. Hence, the copper indium selenide solar cell applying various light absorption layers to base material substrate is developed and manufactured on affordable price, and reduce leakage current is produced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of copper indium selenide solar cell manufacturing method.    Base material substrate (110)    Sacrificial layer (120)    Back plate (130)    Light absorption layer (140)    Buffer layer (150)    Window layer (160)    Front electrode (170)    Flexible printed circuit board (190)
(CZ201000738-A3)   NOVELTY - The module has a vacuum space provided with reinforced panels spaced between boards that are filled with a substance. The reinforced panels are deployed between sheets of a module surface, and an interior part of the reinforced panels is filled with polysiloxane gel. Expansion components are made of a translucent material with a refractive index equivalent to the refractive index of fracture boards. The polysiloxane gel is set in temperature of 150 degree celsius.    USE - Solar photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The module is acquired with high efficiency by reducing optical losses, thus ensuring uniform thickness and increasing resistance of the module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar photovoltaic module.
NOVELTY - A substrate, electrode (I), hole transport layer, photoactive layer or light emitting layer, and electrode (II) are laminated. A brush coating process capable of patterning all layers or partial layer of organic electronic device is applied, to obtain organic electronic device.    USE - Manufacture of organic electronic device (claimed) e.g. organic solar cell and polymer light emitting diode.    ADVANTAGE - The organic electronic device is economically manufactured.
NOVELTY - Hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen peroxide are mixed in the volume proportion of 1-4:4:1. The mixed solution is heated to 30-80 degrees C and germanium monocrystal is added into the mixed solution and reacted for 30-300 seconds. A germanium oxide passivated layer is formed on the surface of the germanium monocrystal.    USE - Passivation of germanium monocrystal surface used in manufacture of semiconductor apparatus such as solar battery, complementary metal oxide semiconductor apparatus and other germanium wafer.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides excellent passivating effect to the surface of germanium monocrystal. The passivation process is simple and is carried out with high efficiency eliminating the complex operation of removal of surface oxide of the germanium monocrystal wafer.
NOVELTY - A solar cell has an anode, a cathode, and pn junction having n-type semiconductor layer and p-type conductive polymer, between anode and cathode. The n-type semiconductor layer contains photosensitive quantum dots including silicon coupled to photosensitive functional groups, and several photosensitive moieties.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has high energy conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of solar cell.
NOVELTY - A polymeric material surface is irradiated to form functional group. At least one portion of polymeric material is surface-treated using aqueous solution containing nanomaterial, and then pattern is formed. Thus, immobilization and patterning of nanomaterials on polymer material surface is enabled.    USE - Method of immobilization and patterning of nanomaterials (claimed) used for wireless radio frequency identifier, biosensor, optical element, catalyst, semiconductor and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently immobilizes nanomaterials on polymeric material surface.
NOVELTY - An apparatus has an upper frame (10), a subframe (12), a left frame (14) and a right frame (16) connected with each other. A finishing member (2) and an autoclave unit (3) pass through a guide in a rising and falling part. A diaphragm is installed at a seal pressurization member (7), and a seal member is installed at an edge part of the autoclave unit. A processing space is formed in an inner side of the autoclave unit. The seal pressurization member is provided in the processing space.    USE - Autoclave apparatus for treating a board product (claimed) of a flat panel display and a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus has compact and simple structure and small size, and occupies less space in an efficient manner. The apparatus has improved airtightness, long service life, high productivity and high durability, and rapidly reaches heating and pressurizing conditions of the panel product. The apparatus can be operated in a smooth manner, and is convenient to use.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of an autoclave apparatus.    Finishing member (2)    Autoclave unit (3)    Seal pressurization member (7)    Upper frame (10)    Subframe (12)    Left frame (14)    Right frame (16)
NOVELTY - An apparatus has an upper frame (10), a subframe (12), a left frame (14) and a right frame (16) connected with each other. A finishing member (2) and an autoclave unit (3) are provided in the upper frame, the subframe, the left frame and the right frame. A seal member (6) is installed at an edge part of the autoclave unit. Vacuum gate valves are provided in an inlet part and an outlet part. A heating device and a pressure tool are provided in an inner side of the finishing member, and another heating device and a conveyor are provided in the autoclave unit.    USE - Autoclave apparatus for treating a board product (claimed) of a flat panel display and a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus has compact and simple structure and small size, and occupies less space in an efficient manner. The apparatus has improved airtightness, long service life, high productivity and high durability, and rapidly reaches heating and pressurizing conditions of the panel product. The apparatus can be operated in a smooth manner, and is convenient to use.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an autoclave apparatus.    Finishing member (2)    Autoclave unit (3)    Seal member (6)    Upper frame (10)    Subframe (12)    Left frame (14)    Right frame (16)
NOVELTY - An organic solar cell has an electrode (e1) and an electrode (e2) formed on a substrate, and a photo-crosslinking photoactive layer formed between electrode (e1) and electrode (e2). The photo-crosslinking photoactive layer is formed by photo-crosslinking organic semiconductor material and photoresist.    USE - Organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The organic solar cell has excellent workability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - A polyethylene naphthalate film is obtained by mixing nano diamond powder with polyethylene naphthalate resin (0.2-10 weight%).    USE - Polyethylene naphthalate film is used for display material, solar cell, touch panel, electronic paper and organic electroluminescent display (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The polyethylene naphthalate film has excellent dimensional stability and transparency.
NOVELTY - A poly(allylamine hydrochloride)/poly(acrylic acid) thin film is formed on a substrate by layer-by-layer method, and titania nanoparticles are laminated on the poly(allylamine hydrochloride)/poly(acrylic acid) thin film by liquid phase deposition method. The resultant laminated surface is treated with fluoroalkyltrimethoxysilane to obtain superhydrophobic thin film.    USE - Manufacture of superhydrophobic thin film (claimed) used for building outer wall ornament, biosensor, display, car giass, and solar cell module glass.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides superhydrophobic thin film having excellent superhydrophobic property, and high transmittance.
NOVELTY - A polymer-organic nanofiber composite contains organic nanofiber having fiber diameter of 20 mu m or less, and hardenable polymer resin binder.    USE - Polymer-organic nanofiber composite is used for light-transmission complex film for flexible display substrate (both claimed). Uses include but are not limited to transparent plate, optical lens, substrate for liquid crystal display device and color filter, solar cell board, touch panel, light guide plate, optical element, packaging material, printed circuit board and light emitting diode.    ADVANTAGE - The light-transmission complex film formed using the polymer-organic nanofiber composite has excellent thermal expansion coefficient and transparency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for light-transmission complex film.
NOVELTY - Carbon nanotubes are mixed with dispersion solvent to obtain carbon nanotube dispersion. A metal oxide precursor and stabilizer are added to the obtained carbon nanotube dispersion to obtain carbon nanotube coating solution in which metal oxides are coated on the surface of the carbon nanotube by hydrophobic interaction between the stabilized metal oxide precursor and carbon nanotube. The obtained carbon nanotube coating solution is coated on a substrate to form conductive coating film.    USE - Manufacture of conductive coating film (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to solar cell, liquid crystal display device, light-emitting device, plasma display panel, window glass for automobiles and buildings.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides conductive coating film having excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance, and suppressed bonding resistance.
NOVELTY - A phenothiazine-triphenylamine-containing organic dye (I) is new.    USE - Organic dye for processing dye sensitization on solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The dye is capable of obtaining higher photoelectric conversion efficiency. Its preparation has low cost, is environment-friendly, and is simple and controllable. It eliminates use of expensive raw material metal ruthenium.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Phenothiazine-triphenylamine-containing organic dye of formula (I) for processing dye sensitization on solar battery is new.    R=aromatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derivative, preferably one or more or 10 groups, e.g. a group of formulae (1)-(3);and    A=cyanoacetic acid, rhodanine-3-acetic acid or oxalic acid.    n= greater than or equal to 1;    B'=O, S or Se;and    R0=H, alkoxy, OH, NO2, amino, acyl, hydrocarbon alkyl, cycloalkyl, aromatic hydrocarbon and its derivative, alkyl sulfonyl, alkylthio, ester, halogenated alkyl, halo, sulfonyl, CN, alkenyl, acyloxy, carboxy and heterocyclic ring.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of organic dye.
NOVELTY - The solar cell has a transparent electrode formed on a substrate, and an inverted organic solar cell formed on a connecting electrode. The connecting electrode is formed on a chalcogenide system solar cell unit formed on the transparent electrode. The substrate is selected from a transparent substrate and a plastic substrate. The transparent electrode is made of indium oxide, indium-tin oxide, indium-gallium-zinc oxide, zinc oxide, aluminium-zinc oxide, silicon oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, and aluminium-tin oxide.    USE - Tandem solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has excellent quantum efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The chalcogenide system solar cell unit is made of copper-indium-silicon alloy, copper-indium-selenium alloy, copper-gallium-selenium, copper-aluminum selenium, copper-gallium-tellurium, and cadmium tellurium. A buffer layer is included between a p-type semiconductor layer made of cadmium sulfide, manganese sulfide, or zinc selenide. The connecting electrode is made of indium oxide, indium-tin oxide, indium-gallium-zinc oxide, zinc oxide, aluminium-zinc oxide, silicon oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, or aluminium-tin oxide. The solar cell utilizes a metal electrode made of silver, platinum, tungsten, copper, molybdenum, gold and nickel. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a tandem solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a tandem solar cell.
NOVELTY - An ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition contains (in parts weight) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (100), silane coupling agent (0.6-1) and crosslinking agent (0.1-5).    USE - Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition is used for adhesive film for solar cell module (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The adhesive film formed using ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition has excellent adhesive strength.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for adhesive film, which is obtained using ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition, and having adhesive strength of 25 N/cm or more.
NOVELTY - The encapsulant has solar cells provided on a back electrical contact part of a ring, where the solar cells are made of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) or thermoplastic. An electrically conductive back contact film is adhered on a solar panel, where the film is provided on a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board. A copper layer and an aluminum layer are provided on the FPC board. An ionomer material is supplied on a roll, where the ionomer material is prepared in fuel cells. An inter dielectric layer is provided on an insulating layer. The ionomer material is added with zinc stearate additive.    USE - Electrical insulating encapsulant.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cells bind and protect the inter dielectric layer in an effective manner. The electrically conductive back contact film can be deleted or replaced by a cheaper material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The ionomer material is copolymers of ethylene, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, cations of metals such as sodium, zinc and lithium, diamine, styrene, methyl methacrylate, ethylene, vinyl acetate, ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, sulfuric acid, carbonate, hydroxide, thermoplastic elastomers, Nafion (RTM: Perfluorosulfonic acid membrane) or tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.
NOVELTY - The sheet has a resin layer provided with a pigment, a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) group polymer with a grain diameter, and equipped in a side of a base material layer. The pigment is selected from titanium dioxide, barium sulfate, barium titanate, strontium titanate, calcium titanate, lead titanate, tin oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, silica, ferric oxide and zirconia.    USE - High reflective solar cell back sheet for use in a semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - The sheet improves durability and weatherability in an efficient manner, enhances reflectivity, omits adhesive layer, and facilitates simple structure and manufacturing process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The resin layer is provided with a pigment dispersant. The polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) group polymer is made of hexafluoropropylene (HFP), comonomer and chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE). The resin layer is selected from methylmethacrylate (MMA), glycidyl (GMA) and cyclohexylmaleimide (CHMI). The base material layer is selected from a metal substrate and a resin layer of a polyester system. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a back sheet for a high reflective solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a photographic view of a high reflective solar cell back sheet. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - An aluminum paste-adhering sheet (10) has two release films (11) and an aluminum paste adhesive layer (12) interposed between two release films. The aluminum paste adhesive layer includes aluminum powder, glass frit powder, organic binder and adhesive.    USE - Aluminum paste-adhering sheet is used for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The aluminum paste-adhering sheet has uniform-coated aluminum paste.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of aluminum paste-adhering sheet; and    (2) solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of the aluminum paste-adhering sheet.    Aluminum paste-adhering sheet (10)    Release film (11)    Aluminum paste adhesive layer (12)
NOVELTY - The semiconductor component (50) comprises a semiconductor base material (40) consisting of a mono or a polycrystalline structure. The semiconductor base material is made of layer (51) of pyrite, iron disulfide, layer (52) of boron and layer (53) of phosphorus. The semiconductor base material is cleaned for achieving defined degree of purity.    USE - Semiconductor component such as solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the semiconductor component.    Semiconductor base material (40)    Semiconductor component (50)    Pyrite layer (51)    Boron layer (52)    Phosphorus layer (53)
NOVELTY - A substrate consists of a polymeric base material, nano protrusions formed on the base material by irradiation of ion beam or radio frequency plasma, and nanowires formed on the nano protrusions by plasma polymerization of silicon based compound.    USE - Substrate equipped with nanowire is used for displays, solar cells, and microfiltration materials.    ADVANTAGE - The substrate can be manufactured economically with high productivity, with reduced defect rate as transfer process is not involved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of substrate equipped with nanowire.
NOVELTY - A sheet-like resin composition comprises organic peroxide (I) and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.    USE - Sheet-like resin composition is used for forming sealing film for solar cell used in solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The sealing film formed using sheet-like resin composition has excellent moisture-and-heat-resistance by shortening the heat-pressing time. The solar cell having the sealing film has high quality.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A sheet-like resin composition comprises organic peroxide of formula (I) and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.    R1=5-10C alkyl;    R2,R4,R6=H, 1-5C alkyl, ester, thio, alkoxy, hydroxy, aryl or amide;    R3,R5,R7=H or 1-5C alkyl;and    or R3+R5+R7=ring containing double bond.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic sectional view of laminated structure of solar cell module.    Solar cell module (1)    Electric power generation cell (10)    Back sheet (12)    Ethyl vinyl acetate sheet (16,18)
NOVELTY - The method involves equipping electrode window with the mask layer at the surface of the silicon substrate. The plasma etching technology is used to etch out the gate electrode groove on the region of silicon substrate corresponding to the electrode.    USE - Preparation method of grooving solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The production cost and the process complexity of the solar battery can be reduced and the environment can be protected from pollution.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the flow diagram illustrating the preparation process of grooving solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)
NOVELTY - The solar cell (10) has a semiconductor substrate (20). A transparent film (32) is provided in the light-receiving surface of the semiconductor substrate whose average refractive index is lower than the semiconductor substrate. The metal nanoparticles (34) are arranged on the transparent film. The average particle diameter of a metal nanoparticle is placed in the range between 100 to 200 nanometer. The metal nanoparticle consists of gold, silver, aluminum, copper, lithium, sodium and potassium.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is provided with the antireflective film which exhibits outstanding reflection preventing performance in the broader wavelength range, so that the reflective loss in a light-receiving surface is suppressed and the conversion efficiency is improved effectively.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic sectional view of the solar cell.    Solar cell (10)    Semiconductor substrate (20)    Anti-reflective film (30)    Transparent film (32)    Semiconductor substrate (34)
NOVELTY - A solar cell backsheet comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film (A) coated with lithium exchange clay film consists of 60-90 wt.% clay and adhesive film (B) which has water vapor permeability of less than or equal to 3 g/m2.24 hours at 40 degrees C and 90% relative humidity. Lithium exchange clay film is obtained by reacting silylating agent with clay using polyamide or polyimide as additive. Lithium ion is formed by substituting greater than or equal to 90 mol.% of convertibility ion of modified clay.    USE - A solar cell backsheet for amorphous silicon solar cell, crystalline solar cell, hybrid solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Steam barrier property and adhesiveness with EVA copolymer are excellent, and solar cell backsheet is cheap.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) solar cell module containing solar cell backsheet; and    (2) manufacturing method of solar cell backsheet which involves coating lithium exchange clay film on PET film and waterproofing for 1-200 hours at greater than or equal to 100 degrees C and below PET film softening point.
NOVELTY - A gas-barrier film has gas-barrier layer provided on single surface on base material. The gas-barrier layer contains light-scattering agent or ultraviolet blocking agent at the surface which is opposite side with respect to the base material.    USE - Gas-barrier film is used for organic element device (claimed) e.g. solar cell, liquid crystal display and organic electroluminescent element. Can also be used for packaging foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals.    ADVANTAGE - The gas-barrier film has excellent gas-barrier property, light-scattering property and weather resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for organic element device.
NOVELTY - Use of glass for photovoltaic application, where the glass exhibits a water content of less than 25 mmoles/liter, is claimed.    USE - The glass is useful for a photovoltaic application.    ADVANTAGE - The glass: is utilized in a high temperature process without releasing semiconductor toxic substances e.g. iron, arsenic and boron to produce thin layer solar cells with higher efficiency; and exhibits high temperature stability, thus it shows processability/deposition at higher temperature.
NOVELTY - The device has a textured layer that is provided on flat surface of transparent substrate. The semiconductor layers are provided on textured layer and a cover substrate. A barrier layer is deposited (412) on textured layer to provide several semiconductor layers. The barrier layer is impermeable to several fluids released by textured layer. The barrier layer is made of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, zinc sulfide and silicon dioxide.    USE - Photovoltaic device such as thin film solar cell for photoelectric conversion of incident solar light. Can also be used in organic solar cell, amorphous silicon solar cell, microcrystalline silicon solar cell, micromorph silicon tandem solar cell, copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell, cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The barrier layer can prevent the contamination of the semiconductor layers from several fluids, so that the overall performance of the photovoltaic device can be improved. The maximum amount of the fluids or solvents released by the viscous curable material and the substrate can be eliminated.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating the process for manufacturing photovoltaic device.    Process for manufacturing photovoltaic device (400)    Step to provide transparent substrate (404)    Step to deposit barrier layer on textured layer (412)    Step to deposit semiconductor layer (416)    Step to provide cover substrate (418)
NOVELTY - The method involves positioning a substrate (112) with a silicon surface (116) in the vessel (122). The vessel is filled with a volume of an etching solution (124) that covers the silicon surface of the substrate. The etching solution comprises a catalytic nanomaterial (140) and oxidant-etchant solution that includes an etching agent (142) and silicon oxidizing agent (144). The silicon surface is etched by agitating the etching solution in the vessel.    USE - Method for texturing silicon wafer surface used in solar cell. Can also be used in electronic devices, telecommunication devices, computers and biological or medical applications.    ADVANTAGE - The uniformity of the surface texture can be improved and the cost for etching process can be reduced. The efficiency of the solar cell can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) method for reducing reflectivity of silicon surface; and    (2) method for texturing silicon wafer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram illustrating etching system for texturing silicon surfaces.    Substrate (112)    Silicon surface (116)    Vessel (122)    Etching solution (124)    Catalytic nanomaterial (140)    Etching agent (142)    Silicon oxidizing agent (144)
NOVELTY - The confinement apparatus has an ordered array (300) of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (306) having longitudinal axes that are parallel. The carbon nanotubes are capped at one or both ends (302,304) with a palladium hydrogen-permeable membrane to enable the high pressure confinement of hydrogen in the carbon nanotubes and to release hydrogen as a function of palladium temperature. One of the ends is capped with a hydrogen impermeable substance such as gold. The carbon nanotubes stores hydrogen gas at a pressure of 1 GPa for greater than 24 hours.    USE - High pressure hydrogen confinement apparatus for hydrogen fuel cell of automobile fuel tank.    ADVANTAGE - Both ends of the carbon nanotubes can be capped with a hydrogen impermeable membrane. The nanotubes can be crushed to release the stored hydrogen gas therein, whether capped on both ends with hydrogen impermeable material, or in some other arrangement. The nanotubes can be crushed under pressure such that the internal burst pressure of the nanotubes is reached, resulting in the rupture of the nanotubes. All carbon nanotubes can be broken at the same time to release hydrogen stored therein. The carbon nanotubes can be grouped such that the release of hydrogen can be controlled through breaking only a portion of the total carbon nanotubes at any one time. Thus a more consistent stream of hydrogen for subsequent processing can be provided, such as in a hydrogen fuel cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show schematic diagrams of cathodic charging system for charging array of carbon nanotubes with high pressure hydrogen, and a carbon nanotube array section respectively.    Carbon nanotube array (300)    Two ends of carbon nanotube (302,304)    Carbon nanotubes (306)    Electrolytic solution (308)    Palladium surface (314)
NOVELTY - The glass has air layers (A1,A2) that are arranged between center glass portion (G3) and outer glass portion (G2). An inner glass portion (G1), the center glass portion and the outer glass portions are attached by space bar (10). The transferable communication path is formed in air layers.    USE - Laminated glass for solar cell module (claimed) installed in roof of building.    ADVANTAGE - The damage of the laminated glass can be prevented, since the constant pressure is applied on the glass. The power generation efficiency of the solar cell module can be increased, since the heating of the glass is prevented. Hence the demand for electric power can be eliminated.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar cell module.    Space bar (10)    Air layers (A1,A2)    Inner glass portion (G1)    Outer glass portion (G2)    Center glass portion (G3)
NOVELTY - Graphite button comprises main body and two ends, which are located on top surface and bottom surface of the main body, where end of the joint of the main body is provided with slots.    USE - Graphite button for vacuum magnetron sputtering film plating device useful for solar cell manufacturing.    ADVANTAGE - The graphite button provides solar cell with beautiful appearance and reduced cost.
NOVELTY - The module has strip-shaped metal electrodes that are separately formed on substrate which is provided with strip shaped photoelectric conversion layers and transparent electrodes. The conversion layer is provided with metal electrode. The metal electrodes and transparent electrodes are connected with each other in series. The substrate is made of soda lime glass. The metal electrode is made of molybdenum. The conversion layer is made of copper-indium selenium or gallium nitride compound. The conductive layer is made of alumina zinc oxide or indium tin oxide.    USE - Penetrating type solar battery module.    ADVANTAGE - The metal electrodes and transparent electrodes are connected with each other in series, so as to project various patterns, so that efficiency of solar battery module is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing penetrating type solar battery module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the perspective view of penetrating type solar battery module.
NOVELTY - The method involves placing a silicon chip in a thermal oxidation liquid for preparing an ultra-thin silicon dioxide film by a silicon nitride film coating technique. A silicon wafer is placed into a device with an integrated liquid environment. The silicon wafer is carried out by plasma dry etching and etching liquid. A silicon sheet is cleaned and diffused. A phosphorus silicon glass is removed. A back surface of the silicon chip in nitric acid or hydrogen fluoride is removed of phosphor silicon glass and nurling.    USE - Liquid oxide passivation method for a crystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables saving time of preparation of silicon dioxide film surface passivation enhancing membrane, reducing manufacturing cost, and improving photoelectric conversion efficiency of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing appearances of films on different substrate materials with great difference. A glass substrate is provided with impurities on low concentration and relatively better heat conductivity. A thermal swelling coefficient is slightly greater than that of a columnar cesium iodide (CSI) film. The film is cooled. Thickness of a relatively ideal substrate material i.e. soda lime glass, is smaller than 4 mm. A copper seleniumindium film is directly deposited on the substrate.    USE - Method for preparing a multi-crystal film solar battery that is utilized in a home    ADVANTAGE - The film is compact due to influence of shrinkage stress. The method enables improving efficiency of a multi-crystal film solar battery to 24.2 percentages.
NOVELTY - A granular-form powder of 50-100 mu m is obtained using alumina powder containing alumina (99.5 %mass or more) and average particle diameter of 0.2-1 mu m. Raw material containing granular alumina is formed under pressure, and baked at 1480-1600 degrees C to form sintered compact, and to obtain ceramic material.    USE - Manufacture of ceramic material used for solar cell module and light-emitting diode module (all claimed) for electronic device.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacture of ceramic material having high thermal conductivity, and excellent radiating characteristics, mechanical strength and shock resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) solar cell module; and    (2) light-emitting diode module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the ceramic material.    Alumina sintered compact (1)    Far-infrared radiation film (2)    Temperature sensor (5)    Heater (10)
NOVELTY - The method involves depositing a transparent front electrode layer on a glass substrate. A thin-film photoelectric conversion layer is manufactured. A back electrode layer is deposited on the glass substrate. A lead is connected with the back electrode layer. A white film e.g. polyvinyl acetate film, and a non-white film are laid. Backboard is laid on the glass substrate. A battery and the back plate are bonded together using double films. A junction box is mounted on a solar module.    USE - Method for laminating a solar energy battery film.    ADVANTAGE - The method allows effectively reducing production cost of the film, saving screen printing pigment and curing furnace solidifying titanium, protecting environment from pollution, improving production efficiency and realizing esthetic appearance of the solar battery film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar energy battery film.
NOVELTY - The interconnection system (1) has direct current (DC)/alternating current (AC) converter (23) whose input is connected to solar cell (21). An input of DC/AC converter (33) is connected to lithium ion battery (4). An interrupt mechanism (37) is provided to interrupt current flowing through output line (35). The interrupt mechanism is activated when active power flowing from a point (36) to another point (25) is detected on power line (13).    USE - Interconnection system.    ADVANTAGE - The system is provided with simple structure. The reverse power flow from battery to system can be reliably prevented while allowing reverse power flow from solar cell to the system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of the interconnection system. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Interconnection system (1)    Lithium ion battery (4)    Power line (13)    Solar cell (21)    DC/AC converters (23,33)    Points (25,36)    Output line (35)    Interrupt mechanism (37)
NOVELTY - An electroconductive connection component having electroconductive layer, and a photovoltaic cell (5) having electrode (22b) are prepared. An adhesive agent and solder are arranged between connection component and electrode. While bonding by thermocompression, the solder is melted, the adhesive agent is hardened, and the connection component and electrode are connected to obtain a solar-cell module. Thermocompression bonding is carried out at a temperature not exceeding the melting point of electroconductive layer in the other main surface.    USE - Manufacture of solar-cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method suppresses generation of nonuniform burr of the surface side of electroconductive connection component.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An electroconductive connection component formed by covering the surface of an electroconductive component with an electroconductive layer, and a photovoltaic cell having an electrode on the surface are prepared. An adhesive agent and solder are arranged between one main surface of the electroconductive connection component and electrode. While bonding the electroconductive connection component by thermocompression with respect to the electrode and melting the solder, the adhesive agent is hardened. The electroconductive connection component and electrode are connected, to obtain a solar-cell module. The melting point of the electroconductive layer in the other main surface facing one main surface is higher than that of the solder. Thermocompression bonding is carried out at a temperature which does not exceed the melting point of electroconductive layer in the other main surface. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar-cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view and a reverse view of the photovoltaic cell.    Photovoltaic cell (5)    Antireflective film (18)    Finger electrode (22a)    Electrode (22b)    Metal membrane electrode (23a)
NOVELTY - Sealing material comprises single layer or multilayer film formed by a resin composition comprising polyethylene type resin (90 %mass or more) having density of 0.900 g/cm3 or less, and melt flow rate (MFR) (JIS K7210: 190 degrees C, load 2.16 kg) of 0.1-1 g/10 minutes, where the resin composition does not contain a crosslinking adjuvant substantially.    USE - The sealing material is useful for solar cell modules (claimed). Can also be used for thin films, and other solar cell modules.    ADVANTAGE - The material has excellent heat resistance, transparency and flexibility, and high adhesiveness and intensity, and suppressed moisture content permeation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing the sealing material, which involves melt-molding the resin composition comprising polyethylene type resin, and polymerization initiator (0.02-0.5 %mass).
NOVELTY - A hydrogen separation alloy has metal structure having hydrogen-permeable phase containing niobium and hydrogen-embrittlement resistant phase which is transition metal phase. The hydrogen-permeable phase and hydrogen-embrittlement resistant phase have dilated structure formed from rolling. The ratio of hydrogen-permeable phase in 10x 10 mu m region in 50x 50 mu m observation plane by an electron microscope of cross-section in a direction which is the direction of thickness thinned by rolling, is 35-70%.    USE - Hydrogen separation alloy is used for manufacturing highly-pure hydrogen for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The hydrogen separation alloy has excellent hydrogen brittleness resistance and hydrogen-permeation performance, and can be applied to large surface area products on the side where hydrogen passes through. The hydrogen separation alloy is manufactured economically.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of hydrogen separation alloy.
NOVELTY - A glass film laminate (1) consists of a laminated structure of 3 layers or more including a layer comprising a glass film (2), and a layer comprising a transparent resin layer (3). Both outermost layers comprise glass film, and the thickness of glass film is 300 mu m or less. The thickness of transparent resin layer is greater than the thickness of glass film.    USE - Glass film laminate. Uses include but are not limited to LCDs, organic electroluminescent displays, buildings, window glass of motor vehicles, agricultural greenhouse, cover glasses, pharmaceutical packages, solar cells, lithium ion batteries, digital signage, touch panels, electronic paper, and illumination device.    ADVANTAGE - The glass film laminate is lightweight and economical, and has excellent weather resistance and rigidity. Exposure of transparent resin layer to the external environment is prevented. The thickness of glass film need not be adjusted by grinding, chemical etching, etc.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the glass film laminate.    Glass film laminate (1)    Glass film (2)    Transparent resin layer (3)
NOVELTY - A casing (5) accommodates tubular hydrogen separation membrane (1) through which hydrogen selectively permeates. An insert component (8) provided inside the membrane has an outer surface (8F) that defines a flow path (9) for to-be-treated gas together with inner surface (1a) of membrane. A gas supply port (10a) supplies gas to inside of membrane. A gas discharge port (10b) discharges impermeable gas that does not permeate through membrane from downstream side of flow path. A hydrogen discharge port (5a) in casing discharges hydrogen that has permeated through membrane.    USE - Hydrogen separation membrane module for fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - The contact of the to-be-treated gas and the membrane can be fully ensured and the quantity of the hydrogen discharged from a hydrogen discharge port can be increased, and highly purified hydrogen can be obtained with recovery high enough.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for hydrogen separation method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the hydrogen separation membrane module.    Hydrogen separation membrane (1)    Inner surface of membrane (1a)    Casing (5)    Hydrogen discharge port (5a)    Insert component (8)    Outer surface of insert component (8F)    Flow path (9)    Gas supply port (10a)    Gas discharge port (10b)
NOVELTY - A solar cell consists of insulating support substrate (110), back surface electrode layer (130), copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) layer (160), buffer layer (170) and transparent surface electrode layer (180) provided in order. An alkali metal supply layer (120) comprising sodium niobate, lithium niobate and/or potassium niobate provided between substrate and layers (130) or between electrode layers (130) and layer (160).    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has excellent water resistance, low hygroscopic property, slight solubility with respect to water, and improved energy conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for substrate for solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the structure of the solar cell.    Insulating support substrate (110)    Alkali metal supply layer (120)    Back surface electrode layer (130)    Copper indium gallium selenide layer (160)    Buffer layer (170)    Transparent surface electrode layer (180)
NOVELTY - The structure (10) has a buffer layer (14) provided on non-magnetic metal foil (12). The buffer layer is selected from the group of electro conductive amorphous carbon film, electro conductive oxide film, magnesium system alloy film and fluoride film. The surface (12a) of non magnetic metal foil is arranged on the surface (14a) of buffer layer. The roughness of arithmetic unit is set within preset value. The outermost surface of the non-magnetic electrode foil main portion is measured based onJIS B 0601-2001standard and JIS B 0601-1994.    USE - Electrode foil structure for organic device e.g. organic electroluminescent (EL) element and organic solar cell (all claimed). Can also be used for organic electroluminescent illumination, organic electroluminescent display, electronic paper, thin film solar cell, LCD, inorganic EL element, LED illumination and LED display.    ADVANTAGE - The thermal conductivity and efficiency of the electrode foil can be improved. The electrode foil can be manufactured easily without requiring support base material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for organic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross sectional view of the electrode foils structure.    Electrode foil structure (10)    Non non-magnetic metal foil (12)    Surface of non-magnetic metal foil (12a)    Buffer layer (14)    Surface of buffer layer (14a)
NOVELTY - The cell (100) has multiple nanostructures (20) positioned on a primary conductive layer (10) along a direction intersecting a plate surface (101) of the primary conductive layer, where the nanostructures are spaced apart from each other. A resin layer (30) is located on the primary conductive layer and filled in a space formed between the nanostructures. Multiple semiconductor layers (40) are located on the resin layer to cover the nanostructures. A secondary conductive layer (50) having light transmittance lower than that of the primary conductive layer covers the semiconductor layers.    USE - Solar cell for a passive device.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has better optical absorption rate and high quantum efficiency. The cell can be easily and simply manufactured through non-electrolytic etching method by easily separating substrates from the solar cell, so that the substrates can be recycled.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The nanostructures are made of semiconductor material. The thickness of the primary conductive layer is 30-300 nanometers. The thickness of the secondary conductive layer is 20-100 micrometers. The semiconductor layers are made of one of positive N-type semiconductor material and positive P-type semiconductor material. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar cell.    Primary conductive layer (10)    Nanostructures (20)    Resin layer (30)    Semiconductor layers (40)    Secondary conductive layer (50)    Solar cell (100)    Plate surface (101)
NOVELTY - Wavelength conversion unit (1) comprises light incidence surface (11) on which light from source is allowed to fall, fluorescent substance capable of converting the light from the light source into wavelength utilizable by plants, light projection surface (12) capable of emitting wavelength converted light, and several convex structures (13) formed on the base of at least one of the light incidence surface and light projection surface, where each convex structure has an average height of less than 5 mu m and the convex structures are formed by nanoimprinting method.    USE - The wavelength conversion unit is useful for growing plants (claimed) e.g. vegetables and micro algae and used in solar cell and photoelectric conversion element.    ADVANTAGE - The unit has high light extraction efficiency that does not decrease sharply, as convex structures do not peel or collapse even after long term repeated use. The unit is manufactured at low cost and has lightweight.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of cultivating plant, which involves allowing light to fall on the wavelength conversion unit containing the light incidence surface and emitting converted light of utilizable wavelength into growth field of plants using light projection surface in the unit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic representation of wavelength conversion unit.    Wavelength conversion unit (1)    Light incidence surface (11)    Light projection surface (12)    Convex structures (13)
NOVELTY - An electroconductive zinc oxide film (55) contains boron, aluminum, gallium and/or indium as dopant, and includes hydrogen in an amount of 3x 1021 atoms/cm3 or less.    USE - Electroconductive zinc oxide film is used as translucent conductive layer for photoelectric conversion elements (claimed) e.g. solar cell, touch panel and charge-coupled device (CCD).    ADVANTAGE - The electroconductive zinc oxide film is excellent in aging stability. The reliability of electronic device is improved by using the zinc oxide film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) photoelectric conversion element (50) having lower electrode (52), photoelectric conversion layer (53), buffer layer (54) and translucent conductive layer which is electroconductive zinc oxide film; and    (2) method for forming electroconductive zinc oxide film, involves using alkyl zinc (Zn(CnH2n+1)3, where n is integer) as raw material, III group-element-containing organic compound as dopant, and water.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of laminated structure of photoelectric conversion element.    Photoelectric conversion element (50)    Substrate (51)    Lower electrode (52)    Photoelectric conversion layer (53)    Buffer layer (54)    Electroconductive zinc oxide film (55)
NOVELTY - The injection of electric power to sputter apparatus (1) during film formation is maintained constant. The film-forming parameter which is product of pressure during film formation and distance of target (T) and film-forming substrate (S) is 60 Pa.mm or more, during start of formation of transparent oxide conductive film on film-forming substrate using sputter apparatus. The pressure during film formation and/or distance of target and film-forming substrate is changed during middle of formation of oxide conductive film such that the film-forming parameter is less than 60 Pa.mm.    USE - Formation of transparent oxide conductive film used for manufacturing photoelectric conversion element (claimed) e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables economical formation of transparent oxide conductive film within short period of time, without damage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) sputter apparatus; and    (2) manufacture of photoelectric conversion element.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the sputter apparatus.    Sputter apparatus (1)    Film formation chamber (10)    Power supply (16)    Film-forming substrate (S)    Target (T)
NOVELTY - An inorganic-particle-containing polyolefin microporous membrane contains 10-80 %mass of inorganic particles with respect to the total weight of membrane. The differential scanning calorimetry of the microporous membrane shows two or more melting peak number when measured for first time, and lesser melting peak number when measured for second time than melting peak number when measured for first time.    USE - Inorganic-particle-containing polyolefin microporous membrane is used for separators (claimed) of nonaqueous electrolytic batteries e.g. lithium ion secondary battery used in vehicles. Can also be used as polymer electrolyte membrane of fuel cells, humidification film, and liquid-crystal material.    ADVANTAGE - The inorganic-particle-containing polyolefin microporous membrane has excellent heat resistance, safety, and moldability.
NOVELTY - A back surface electrode (12), a photoelectric conversion layer (13), an interface layer (14) and a translucent conductive layer (16) are sequentially formed on a substrate (11). A first zinc oxide film (15) is formed on the interface layer by an organometallic chemical-vapor-deposition method, and a second zinc oxide film is formed on the first zinc oxide film as a translucent conductive film (16) by sputtering method.    USE - Manufacturing method of photoelectric conversion element (claimed) e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The zinc oxide films can be formed at high speed, without producing sputter damage to the interface layer. Thus the manufacturing throughput and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell are improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for photoelectric conversion element.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view showing the laminated structure of the solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (11)    Back surface electrode (12)    Photoelectric conversion layer (13)    Interface layer (14)    First zinc oxide film (15)    T translucent conductive film (16)
NOVELTY - Thermoelectric material comprises: a nanostructure; a discontinuous area disposed in the nanostructure; and an uneven portion disposed on the nanostructure.    USE - The thermoelectric material is useful in thermoelectric device (claimed), and in various devices e.g. optical device, photosensitive sensor and a solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a thermoelectric device comprising: a first region (51) and a second region (52); a first thermoelectric body (55a) disposed between the first region and the second region; and a second thermoelectric body (55b) disposed between the first region and the second region, where at least one of the first thermoelectric body and the second thermoelectric body comprises the discontinuous area, and an uneven portion disposed on a surface of the at least one thermoelectric body; and    (2) preparing the thermoelectric material, comprising: contacting a catalyst with a first gas to form a core; contacting the core with a second gas to form a shell on the core to form the nanostructure; and disposing a crystallographic defect in the discontinuous area of the shell of the nanostructure to form an uneven portion on a surface of the nanostructure to form the thermoelectric material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a cross section diagram of a thermoelectric device.    First region (51)    Second region (52)    First electrode (53a)    First thermoelectric body (55a)    Second thermoelectric body (55b)
NOVELTY - The cell (100) has a first tunnel junction layer (104) in contact with a bottom Germanium (Ge) layer (102). A middle Gallium arsenide (GaAs) layer (106) is in contact with the first tunnel junction layer. A second tunnel junction layer (108) is in contact with the middle GaAs layer. A top indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) layer (110) is in contact with the second tunnel junction layer. The bottom Ge layer comprises a substrate layer (112) of doped p-plus Ge of thickness at or about 300 microns and a first emitter layer (114) of n-plus Ge of thickness at or about 0.1 microns.    USE - Triple junction InGaP/GaAs/Ge solar cell for collecting solar energy on energy storage devices and loads, and converting the solar energy to electrical energy.    ADVANTAGE - The cell is in a stacked configuration in which the layer that produces least current is placed on top, so that shadowing effects of an upper layer affects performance of the layers, thus producing maximum power output by varying doping concentrations and thicknesses.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for forming a triple junction solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a triple junction InGaP/GaAs/Ge solar cell.    Triple junction InGaP/GaAs/Ge solar cell (100)    Bottom Ge layer (102)    Tunnel junction layers (104, 108)    Middle GaAs layer (106)    Top InGaP layer (110)    Substrate layer (112)    Emitter layer (114)
NOVELTY - The method involves evaporating a set of elemental flux sources e.g. copper, indium, gallium or selenium sources, onto a heated substrate e.g. flat rectangular glass substrate (26), in a single vacuum system to form a non-intentionally doped p-type conductivity layer e.g. copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) layer (23). The p-type conductivity layer is exposed to a thermally evaporated flux of beryllium atoms to convert a surface layer of the p-type conductivity layer to an n-type conductivity layer resulting in buried p-n homojunction.    USE - Method for manufacturing a CIGS thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables ensuring that the p-type conductivity layer is exposed to the thermally evaporated flux of the beryllium atoms to convert the surface layer of the p-type conductivity layer to the n-type conductivity layer resulting in the buried p-n homojunction, thus reducing or eliminating residual contamination in the solar cell, while reducing manufacturing cost and increasing throughput of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The substrate is stainless steel foil, titanium foil or a polymer film. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a thin film solar cell comprising a molybdenum contact layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a CIGS solar cell with a beryllium n-type dopant to form buried p-n homojunction.    Zinc oxide n-type transparent contact layer (20)    Optional undoped zinc oxide layer (21)    Optional wide band gap buffer layer (22)    CIGS layer (23)    Flat rectangular glass substrate (26)
NOVELTY - Organic solar cell (I) comprises: an anode and a cathode facing each other; a photoactive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and comprising an electron donor and an electron acceptor; and a transparent auxiliary layer (25) disposed between the anode and the cathode and in contact with the photoactive layer, where the transparent auxiliary layer comprises inorganic nanoparticles and a polymer.    USE - Used as organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The organic solar cell has increased efficiency (without using expensive vacuum deposition) by increasing light absorption, a fill factor, and an open circuit voltage and can be manufactured by a simple process thus saving cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) an organic solar cell (II) comprising: a first electrode; a buffer layer (15) disposed on a surface of the first electrode, and comprising a conductive polymer; a photoactive layer disposed on a surface of the buffer layer; a first transparent auxiliary layer (40) disposed on a surface of the photoactive layer, and comprising inorganic nanoparticles and an insulating polymer; and a second electrode disposed on a surface of the first transparent auxiliary layer; and    (2) manufacturing an organic solar cell, comprising: providing a first electrode; providing a photoactive layer on a surface of the first electrode; providing a transparent auxiliary layer comprising inorganic nanoparticles and a polymer on a surface of the photoactive layer; and providing a second electrode on a surface of the transparent auxiliary layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a cross-sectional view of an organic solar cell.    Lower electrode (10)    Buffer layer (15)    Transparent auxiliary layer (25)    First transparent auxiliary layer (40)    Substrate (110)
NOVELTY - Polyester resin composition comprises: a polyester resin; and a titanium compound derived from a catalyst, where the specific surface area of polyester resin is 500-2000 m2/m3.    USE - The polyester resin composition is useful in a polyester film, which is useful: in solar cells and solar cell power module (all claimed); as a film for lighting; and as an agricultural film.    ADVANTAGE - The polyester resin composition: exhibits improved hydrolysis resistance, polymerization activity, and longer term durability, when compared to conventional polyester resins; exhibits excellent color tone and heat resistance; provides the polyester film, which has antifouling property, improved weather resistance on the its surface, and provides solar cell power module exhibiting a long-term stable photovoltaic performance; is cost effective; and exhibits high static electricity applicability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) producing the polyester resin composition, comprising (a) preparing a polycondensate obtained by a transesterification reaction of an esterification reaction product obtained by an esterification reaction of at least a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component using a titanium compound as a polymerization catalyst, and (b) obtaining a polyester resin composition by solid phase polymerization of the polycondensate, where the decrease in concentration of carboxy end group in a case where intrinsic viscosity increases by 0.1 is greater than or equal to 1 molar equivalent/ton; and    (2) a polyester film comprising the polyester resin composition, where the film has a thickness of 250-500 mu m after biaxial stretching.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic cross sectional view of a solar cell power generation module.    Solar cell power generation module (1)    Sealing material (2)    Power generation devices (3)    Transparent substrate (4)
NOVELTY - A lithium-containing transition metal compound has a lithium-isotope (6Li) concentration different from that existing naturally.    USE - Lithium-containing transition metal compound is used as active material or electrolysis salt in lithium ion batteries (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to notebook personal computers, electronic book players, DVD players, portable audio players, mobile telephones, vacuum cleaners, electric tools, electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, solar cells, submarines, jet machines, rockets, satellites, military apparatus, and fuel cells.    ADVANTAGE - The lithium-containing transition metal compound provides lithium ion batteries having high input and output characteristics. Mobility of lithium ion for charge-transfer is increased. The compound provides positive-electrode active material with high packing density.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) lithium ion battery using the lithium-containing transition metal compound; and    (2) manufacture of lithium-containing transition metal compound, which involves reacting transition metal compound with 6Li concentration compound obtained from lithium formed by concentrating lithium having a mass number of 6.
NOVELTY - A solar-cell back sheet has three layered structure formed by sequentially laminating layer (a), layer (b) and layer (c). The layer (a) is weather-resistant film which is weather-resistant polyester-type resin film and fluorine resin film. The layer (b) is polyolefin layer containing modified polyolefin type-resin obtained by grafting epoxy-group-containing vinyl monomer and aromatic vinyl monomer with polyolefin resin chosen from polyethylene, polypropylene and ethylene/propylene copolymer. The layer (c) is chosen from polyester layer, polyolefin layer and aluminum foil.    USE - Solar-cell back sheet is used for solar-cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solar-cell back sheet has excellent water-vapor barrier performance and water resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A solar-cell back sheet has three layered structure formed by sequentially laminating layer (a), layer (b) and layer (c). The layer (a) is a weather-resistant film which is weather-resistant polyester-type resin film and fluorine resin film. The layer (b) is polyolefin layer containing modified polyolefin type-resin obtained by grafting 1-30 parts weight of epoxy-group-containing vinyl monomer and 0.1-30 parts weight of aromatic vinyl monomer with respect to 100 parts weight of polyolefin resin chosen from polyethylene, polypropylene and ethylene/propylene copolymer, and has thickness of 5-250 mu m. The layer (c) is chosen from polyester layer, polyolefin layer and aluminum foil. The total thickness of layer (b) and layer (c) is 20 mu m or more. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar-cell module.
NOVELTY - A wet chemical solution comprises hydrofluoric acid/nitric acid solution with dissolved silicon.    USE - Wet chemical solution is used for etching multi-crystalline silicon substrate for forming textured multi-crystalline silicon substrate (both claimed) used for solar cells and photovoltaic cells.    ADVANTAGE - The wet chemical solution economically enables uniform etching and texturing of multi-crystalline silicon substrate with improved reliability and yield, and reduced number of discarded wafers.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for etching of multi-crystalline silicon substrates.
NOVELTY - Article comprises a multi-layer film or sheet comprising a first and second surface sub-layer and an inner sublayer, where the first and second surface sub-layer comprises non-neutralized acid terpolymer comprising copolymerized units derived from an alpha -olefin, 15-30 wt.% of an alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3-8C, and 0.5-40 wt.% of an alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester having 4-12C, the inner sub-layer comprises ionomer, and the article is a safely glass laminate pre-lamination assembly or a solar control pre-lamination assembly.    USE - The article is useful as solar cell pre-lamination assembly for a thin film solar cell, where the solar cell comprises multi-crystalline solar cells, thin film solar cells, compound semiconductor solar cells, and/or amorphous silicon solar cells (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The article exhibits improved transparency, shock resistance and creep resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a process comprising providing a solar cell prelamination assembly, and laminating the assembly to form a solar cell module by subjecting the assembly to heat; and    (2) a solar cell module produced by the process.
NOVELTY - Article comprises a multi-layer film or sheet, where: the multilayer film or sheet comprises a first surface sub-layer, a second surface sub-layer, and an inner sublayer; and the first and second surface sub-layer consist essentially of a non-neutralized acid terpolymer comprising copolymerized units derived from (i) an alpha -olefin, (ii) 15-30 wt.% of an alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3-8C, and (iii) 0.5-40 wt.% of an alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester having 4-12C, based on the total weight of the acid terpolymers.    USE - The article is useful for producing a solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The article has improved light transmission property and adhesion strength.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Article comprises a multi-layer film or sheet, where: the multilayer film or sheet comprises a first surface sub-layer, a second surface sub-layer, and an inner sublayer; the first and second surface sub-layer consist essentially of a non-neutralized acid terpolymer comprising copolymerized units derived from (i) an alpha -olefin, (ii) 15-30 wt.% of an alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3-8C, and (iii) 0.5-40 wt.% of an alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester having 4-12C, based on the total weight of the acid terpolymers; the inner sub-layer consists essentially of a non-neutralized acid copolymer; and the article is a safely glass laminate pre-lamination assembly or a solar control pre-lamination assembly. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a process comprising providing a solar cell prelamination assembly and laminating the assembly to form a solar cell module by subjecting the assembly to heat; and    (2) a solar cell module produced by the process.
NOVELTY - A polymer solar battery comprises lining, anode layer, anode modifying layer, cathode layer, and optically active layer comprising poly-3-hexyl thiophene doped with iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticle and methyl (6,6)-phenyl-C61-butyrate, with mass ratio of Fe3O4 nanoparticle to poly-3-hexyl thiophene: 6,6-phenyl-C61 methyl butyrate at 0.5-3:100.    USE - Polymer solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a preparation of polymer solar battery comprising forming anode layer and anode modifying layer on lining, and coating mixed solution of poly-3-hexyl thiophene:(6,6)-phenyl-C61-methyl butyrate doped with Fe3O4 nanoparticle to obtain optically active layer; and forming cathode layer on optically active layer, and taking polymer solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the polymer solar battery.
NOVELTY - The sheet has a solar battery plate main body provided with a negative electrode. Distance between the negative electrode and the solar battery plate main body is 0.5-1mm.    USE - Solar battery collecting current sheet for a wireless communication system.    ADVANTAGE - The back part of the solar battery plate main body is polished by phospo silicate glass (PSG) etching solution, thus reducing processing time of the PSG in an effective manner. The sheet has better usage effect.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar battery sheet.
NOVELTY - The sheet has glass (7) whose bottom is covered with two ethylene-vinyl-acetate layer (5). The ethylene-vinyl-acetate layers are provided on main portion (6). The main portion is provided with bus bar. The upper layer of the main portion is provided with tedlar-polyester-tedlar (RTM: polymer film manufactured by dupond) layers (4). The bus bar is welded on battery sheet. Two layers of ethylene-vinyl-acetate layer are adhered to the main portion on the end surface of the core.    USE - Silicon battery sheet of solar crystal.    ADVANTAGE - The battery sheet is made of ethylene-vinyl-acetate layers and tedlar-polyester-tedlar layers so as to prevent the contact of battery sheet with the atmosphere. The silicon battery sheet is simple in structure. The silicon battery sheet can be manufactured without polluting environment by heavy metal. The manufacturing cost of the battery sheet can be reduced. The measuring accuracy and stability of the battery sheet can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the battery sheet.    Tedlar-polyester-tedlar layers (4)    Ethylene-vinyl-acetate layer (5)    Main portion (6)    Glass (7)
NOVELTY - The assembly has an aluminum substrate provided with multiple mutual insulated copper foils. Multiple LED chips are crossly arranged among the copper foils. Two ends of a diode chip bus bar welding point are extended outward. Upper parts of the LED chips are covered with an epoxy plastic layer. A solar photovoltaic battery protection device of a cable element is provided with fixing holes with a diode module for connecting with the assembly. The welding point and a welding jig of an elbow tube subassembly are equipped with a crimping base point.    USE - Solar photovoltaic cell assembly for a diode module.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly is provided with a high power LED chip and directly sintered with aluminum at a printed circuit board so as to avoid radiating of the LED chip. The assembly is reasonable in design, simple in structure and convenient to use, and has high reliability and thick membranized design. The assembly reduces packing cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a solar photovoltaic cell assembly.
NOVELTY - The device has two clamping blocks connected together by a bolt, where one of the two clamping blocks is provided with a horizontal plate in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a vertical plate. The vertical plate is provided with a circular-arc that is connected with a circular through hole formed on an upper part of the vertical plate. The horizontal plate is formed with a locating through hole. Another clamping block is provided with a circular arc matching with an arc on the former clamping block.    USE - Vertical lock side aluminum magnesium manganese roof bracket device.    ADVANTAGE - The device facilitates the surface of aluminum magnesium manganese color steel tile edge vertical lock to be fixed connected to the solar device with better connection reliability.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a vertical lock side aluminum magnesium manganese roof bracket device.
NOVELTY - The structure has a battery laminate (1) composed of a transparent glass, an ethylene vinyl acetate film, a solar battery sheet and a triose phosphate translocator (TPT) back film. The battery laminate is formed on an upper surface of a transparent glass. An adhesive frame is coated with a protective film on an upper surface and an inner side surface of an aluminum frame. A glass protective film (5) of the battery laminate is packaged in the aluminum frame by a silica gel sealing strip (3). Redundant silica gel (6) is filled after overflow solidifiable binding of a frame protective membrane (4) and the glass protective film.    USE - Solar battery component anti-adhesive structure.    ADVANTAGE - The structure can thoroughly remove the overflow of silica gel, and improves the cleaning efficiency of the solar battery component, reduce the cleaning time by 70 to 80 percent, reduce the use frequency of the blade in the cleaning process, avoids use of chemical cleaning glue agent, and reduces the potential safety hazard.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar battery component anti-adhesive structure.    Battery laminate (1)    Silica gel sealing strip (3)    Frame protective membrane (4)    Glass protective film (5)    Redundant silica gel (6)
NOVELTY - The slurry is prepared from 85-90 percent of functional phase i.e. conductive silver powder, 2-10 percent of adhesive phase i.e. glass adhesive, and 5.5-20 percent of organic carrier. Grain diameter of the silver powder is 0.2-2 microns. Organic carrier is prepared by organic solvent and organic resin, where organic solvent is combination of terpinol, turpentine and ether. The organic resin is combination of castor oil, ethyecellulose, dibutyl phthalate, acrylic resin or polyvinyl butyral interlayer.    USE - Lead-free high-viscosity positive electrode silver slurry for a solar cell of a bismuth-silicon glass system.    ADVANTAGE - The slurry does not contain lead, so as to meet environmental-friendly requirement. The slurry ensures forming a conductive electrode with high adhesion, low ohm contact and high cell photoelectric conversion rate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a lead-free high viscosity positive electrode silver slurry preparing method.
NOVELTY - The method involves placing a sacrificial layer on a pad substrate. A sacrificial layer structure is made of a weak middle intermediate material and a hard bonding material to surround an edge of a base plate. A deposition layer of a solar cell is engaged with the pad substrate. Peeling-off process of the pad substrate is carried out. Mechanical/chemical auxiliary etching is utilized for a battery technology pad on wafer bonding at wet etching junction point. The battery technology pad is cleaned and recycled.    USE - Method for manufacturing a transfer solar battery layer.    ADVANTAGE - The method allows improving peeling-off process, simplifying processing steps of a solar battery and reducing manufacturing cost of the solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a transfer solar battery layer. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A thin film layer (20) is laid on the substrate (10). A dummy pattern (30) is partially formed on the upper side of the thin film layer. A trench (T) is formed by partially etching the thin film layer. The sidewall layers (31) are formed in which the dummy pattern is reflowed to covering one side of the trench.    USE - Pattern-formation method based on the reflow process for fabricating solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - Trench-forming reduces the time required for the etching process, thus reducing production costs. The trenches provide an outline for the pattern formation, thus improving the reliability of the pattern formation process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a cross-sectional view showing the pattern formation method based on the reflow process.    Substrate (10)    Thin film layer (20)    Dummy pattern (30)    Sidewall layers (31)    Trench (T)
NOVELTY - The control device (200) controls deflection units (30,80) of electron ray vaporizer based on preset deflection pattern. The deflection unit deflects the electron beam (20) in irradiation plane in X and Y directions. The electron beam from one electron emitter of the vaporizer is deflected in y-direction such that irradiation of beam from one electron emitter borders on irradiation plane of adjacent electron emitter so that to-be-irradiated material (60) is heated and partially evaporated.    USE - Control device for electron beam vaporizer used in manufacture of thin copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The damage of the electron emitter by high-energy radiation can be prevented while increasing the stability of rate of vapor deposition of the material and temperature measurement. The temperature distribution can be controlled freely during coating process and readjusted optionally.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) control path;    (2) computer program stored in machine-readable medium for controlling electron beam vaporizer; and    (3) method for downloading computer program for controlling electron beam vaporizer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the electron emitter.    Beam generator (11)    Electron beam (20)    Deflection units (30,80)    Material to be heated (60)    Control device (200)
NOVELTY - A heteroatom-containing compound (I) is new.    USE - New heteroatom-containing compound is used for organic electric device e.g. organic electroluminescent device, organic solar cell, organic photoreceptor drum and organic thin-film transistor for terminal (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The heteroatom-containing compound provides organic electric device with excellent luminous efficiency, thermal stability and durability and reduced drive voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A heteroatom-containing compound of formula (I) is new.    R1-R6=1-50C alkyl, 1-50C alkoxy, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60 aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 5-60C heteroaryloxy optionally having sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or silicon, or 5-60C heteroaryl optionally having sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or silicon (all optionally substituted), H, halo, cyano or thio;    Y'=1-50C alkyl, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 5-60C heteroaryloxy optionally having sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or silicon, or 5-60C heteroaryl optionally having sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or silicon (all optionally substituted), H, halo, cyano, alkoxy or thio;    Z=S, NR7R8, OR9, PR10R11, POR10R11 or SiR12;    n=1-3;    or at least two of R1-R6=ring;    R7-R12=not defined;    X=S, O or Si;and    Ar=H, or 1-50C alkyl optionally containing S, N, O, P or Si, 1-50C, 5-60C aryl, S, N, O, P, Si or 5-60C heteroaryl.    N.B. R7-R12 are not defined. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electric device; and    (2) terminal.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic view of organic electroluminescent device. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (101)    Anode (102)    Hole-injection layer (103)    Hole-transport layer (104)    Light-emitting layer (105)
NOVELTY - A heteroatom-containing compound (I) is new.    USE - New heteroatom-containing compound is used for organic electric device e.g. organic electroluminescent device, organic solar cell, organic photoreceptor drum and organic thin-film transistor for terminal (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The heteroatom-containing compound provides organic electric device with excellent luminous efficiency, thermal stability and durability and reduced drive voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A heteroatom-containing compound of formula (I) is new.    R1-R12,X1-X4=1-50C alkyl, 1-50C alkoxy, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60 aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 5-60C heteroaryloxy optionally having sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or silicon, or 5-60C heteroaryl optionally having sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or silicon (all optionally substituted), H, halo, cyano or thio;    Y'=1-50C alkyl, 1-50C alkenyl, 5-60C arylene, 5-60C aryl, 5-60C aryloxy, 5-60C heteroaryloxy optionally having sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or silicon, or 5-60C heteroaryl optionally having sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or silicon (all optionally substituted), H, halo, cyano, alkoxy or thio;    n=1-3;and    or at least two of R1-R12=ring.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electric device; and    (2) terminal.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic view of organic electroluminescent device. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Substrate (101)    Anode (102)    Hole-injection layer (103)    Hole-transport layer (104)    Light-emitting layer (105)
NOVELTY - The slurry is formed by 65-75 parts by weight of silver particle, 1-5 parts by weight of glass powder and 20-30 parts by weight of organic carrier at a silicon solar battery back electrode, where the silver particle is a spherical particle with particle diameter of 1-2 microns or similarly spherical particle or sheet-shaped scattering silver particle with ramming density of about 3 to 5 g/cm3. A resin component is selected from one of acrylate resin, ethyecellulose and nitrified cellulose.    USE - Lead-free silver slurry.    ADVANTAGE - The slurry has better combining aspect of an electrode and a basal material, better welding aspect, lower ohmic contact resistance and better attachment force. The slurry does not contain harmful forbidden elements, and is environment-friendly.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for forming a silicon solar battery back electrode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a photographic view of lead-free silver slurry.
NOVELTY - A gas barrier film contains a plastic film which has a glass transition temperature of greater than or equal to 200 degrees C and a barrier layer consists of silicon oxide. The barrier layer is formed by using a wet coating method. The barrier layer has a film density of greater than or equal to 2 and a water contact angle of greater than or equal to 80 degrees .    USE - A gas barrier film for solar cells, optical films, electronic paper, LCD, protective film and organic electroluminescent displays.    ADVANTAGE - The gas barrier film exhibits excellent heat resistance and water vapor barrier property. Deformation due to heating is avoided.
NOVELTY - A boron compound and ammonium salt having halide ion as counter anion, are mixed, and trialkyl silyl cyanide is added, to obtain tetracyano borate compound.    USE - Manufacture of tetracyano borate compound. Uses include but are not limited to reaction solvent for organic synthesis, electroconductivity-impacting agent of polymer, lubricating agent, gas absorbent and electrochemical device e.g. lithium secondary battery, electrolytic capacitor, gas sensor, solar cell, electrical double layer capacitor, lithium ion capacitor, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides tetracyano borate compound.
NOVELTY - The converter has an ethylene-vinyl acetate sheet whose top part is formed into a solar cell. The sheet is formed on a top part and a lower part or polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film of a solar cell device using poly-crystal silicon. A polymer layer is formed on a surface of a poly-silicon wafer and equipped with an electrode as a macromolecular binder. An activation filler material is set above the polymer layer and set into a nano inorganic component, where nano particle of antistokes phosphor places foundation in oxy chalcogenide of a rear earth element.    USE - Composition light converter for a poly silicon solar cell, a solar cell and a solar cell device.    ADVANTAGE - The converter increases total efficiency of the solar cell, increases open circuit voltage, short-circuit current and electrical parameters i.e. filling rate, of the solar cell device, uniformly increases generation efficiency by applying converter technology to the poly-crystal wafer, and reduces unit production cost of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The rear earth element is activated by Ytterbium, Erbium, and Holmium ion.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a composition light converter. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'.
NOVELTY - A curable resin composition contains composite resin, polyisocyanate and metal oxide. The composite resin contains polysiloxane segment (a1) having structural unit (I) and/or (II), and silanol group and/or hydrolyzable silyl group, and vinyl polymer segment (a2) having alcoholic hydroxyl group which is bonded a coupling group. The content of polysiloxane segment (I) is 10-60 weight%. The content of polyisocyanate with respect to total content of curable resin composition is 5-50 weight%.    USE - Curable resin composition is used for coating agent for protective sheet for solar cell module (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The curable resin composition provides protective sheet with excellent durability and weather resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A curable resin composition contains composite resin, polyisocyanate and metal oxide. The composite resin contains polysiloxane segment (a1) having structural unit of formula: -O-Si(-R2)(-R3)-O- (I) and/or of formula (II), and silanol group and/or hydrolyzable silyl group, and vinyl polymer segment (a2) having alcoholic hydroxyl group, which are bonded using a coupling group of formula (III). The content of polysiloxane segment (I) is 10-60 weight%. The content of polyisocyanate with respect to total content of curable resin composition is 5-50 weight%.    R1-R3=group having 1 polymerizable double bond chosen from -R4-CH=CH2, -R4-C(-CH3)=CH2, -R4-O-CO-C(-CH3)=CH2 and -R4-O-CO-CH=CH2, 1-6C alkyl, 3-8C cycloalkyl, aryl or 7-12C aralkyl;and    R4=single bond or 1-6C alkylene.    (i) At least one of R1-R3 is group having polymerizable double bond; and (ii) The carbon atom in formula (III) is a portion of vinyl polymer segment (a2) and the silicon atom is coupled only with the oxygen atom which is a portion of polysiloxane segment (a1). INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) coating agent;    (2) protective sheet; and    (3) solar cell module.
NOVELTY - A heat conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises 0.5-20 parts mass of expanded graphite powder and 0.06-12 parts mass of polar group modified halogenated fiber with respect to 100 parts mass of polymer (S).    USE - Heat conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for forming adhesive sheet used for electronic component e.g. power device of motor vehicle, fuel cell, solar cell, battery, mobile telephone, portable information terminal, notebook personal computer, liquid crystal, surface conduction electron emitter display, plasma display panel, integrated circuit, electroluminescent element and apparatus having LED light source (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The adhesive sheet having high thermal conductivity, flame retardance, insulation property and flexibility is manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for heat conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which is obtained by molding the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition in sheet form.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) layer (4) in multiple solar cells (2). A frame (8) is installed in module semi-product (1) in which sealing tape is adhered. The power efficiency of electricity output from solar cell module is inspected and solar cell module is classified into several classes. The solar cell module (10) is formed in edge portion of frame. The bar code is fixed to classified solar cell module. The inferior goods are ejected about solar cell detected from electro luminescence (EL) test process in automatic laminating apparatus.    USE - Post-treatment manufacturing method of solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The productivity of the solar cell module can be improved effectively. The deformation of the frame can be prevented and the solar cell module can be manufactured with reduced cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view illustrating the installation process of module semi-product on the frame.    Module semi-product (1)    Solar cells (2)    EVA layer (4)    Frame (8)    Solar cell module (10)
NOVELTY - A vinylidene fluoride film comprises vinylidene fluoride resin (A) containing hexafluoropropylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene and/or tetrafluoroethylene, and acrylic resin (B). The component (A) has melting peak temperature of 155 degrees C, measured based on JISK7121.    USE - Vinylidene fluoride film is used for solar cell, and used in agricultural field.    ADVANTAGE - The vinylidene fluoride film has excellent transparency and flame retardant property.
NOVELTY - A manufacture of organosiloxane oligomer composition involves subjecting organosiloxane to hydrolytic condensation reaction in absence of ion-exchange resin, and adjusting pH of the reaction system to 3-5.5 using pH adjuster in presence of water having pH of 5-8. The molar ratio of organosilane with respect to theoretical content of water required for hydrolysis is 1-5.    USE - Manufacture of organosiloxane oligomer composition used for forming polyorganosiloxane cured coating film (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to plastic substrate for electronic devices e.g. liquid crystal display, organic electroluminescent display device, touch panel, solar cell and electronic paper, headlamp cover and plastic window material for vehicles.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides organosiloxane oligomer composition having excellent storage stability. The film formed using the composition has excellent abrasion resistance, crack resistance and adhesiveness with base material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of polyorganosiloxane cured coating film, which involves hardening film formed using oligomer composition on a base material using active energy ray irradiation or heating.
NOVELTY - The manufacturing method involves charging a battery cell, which consists of an electric power generation element, to a first predetermined voltage. The battery cell is discharged to a second predetermined voltage after completion of the charging. The second predetermined voltage is maintained for a predetermined time.    USE - Manufacturing method for lithium ion secondary battery used in vehicle. Uses include but are not limited to hybrid vehicle, electric vehicle, electric train, or fuel cell electric vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - Enables maintaining a voltage during discharge and after discharge within a set range so that a driving force for moving lithium ions can be maintained for a longer time, thus lithium ion concentration in a negative electrode can be made uniform.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graph of the relation between a differential percentage and the average value of a lithium dope capacity. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - A conductive layer having conductive layer (15) containing conductive polymer and hydroxyl-containing non-electroconductive polymer covering the conductive layer (14) containing pattern-shaped metal particles, microwave source, transparent electrode and discharge-prevention portion are arranged in order on a transparent film substrate (11) such that the conductive layer and discharge-prevention portion does not contact each other. Then, microwave is irradiated to the transparent electrode. Thus, manufacture of transparent electrode is carried out.    USE - Manufacture of transparent electrode used for organic electronic device e.g. organic electroluminescent element and organic solar cell element (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently and economically provides transparent electrode having excellent surface uniformity, transparency, electroconductivity, strength, flexibility and electrical property.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic sectional view of organic electronic device.    Transparent film substrate (11)    Smooth layer (12)    Gas-barrier layer (13)    Conductive layers (14,15)    Organic functional layer (17)
NOVELTY - The transparent conductive film has transparent conductive film which is formed with low refractive index thin film layer (4) and transparent conductive layers (3,5) having predetermined refractive indexes. The transparent conductive layers are formed in the single surface of a plastic film. The silicon oxide thin film layer (2) is formed between the plastic film (1) and first transparent conductive layer.    USE - Transparent conductive film for use in e.g. touch panel, solar cell, organic EL.    ADVANTAGE - Provides excellent durability since the transparent conductive film has increased surface resistivity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the transparent conductive film.    Plastic film (1)    Silicon oxide thin film layer (2)    Transparent conductive layers (3,5)    Low refractive index thin film layer (4)
NOVELTY - A sealing film (13B) contains ethylene-polar monomer copolymer, crosslinking agent and mica microparticles. The sealing film seals the solar cell element.    USE - Sealing film is used for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The sealing film has improved reflectance. The solar cell comprising the sealing film has improved electric power generation efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the solar cell.    Transparent protective material (11)    Back-surface-side protective material (12)    Surface-side sealing film (13A)    Sealing film (13B)    Cell (14)
NOVELTY - A sheet (21) is made of woven fabric or nonwoven fabric formed of fiber of transparent heat-bondable resin. The sheet is used for adhesion of panel formed by sequentially laminating a transparent coated board (10), an intermediate layer (20), and a back cover (30). The sheet is arranged in a region between the coated board and back cover, the region is vacuated and heated, the fabric is fused by pressurizing the coated board and back cover, and the coated board and back cover are adhered.    USE - Sheet is used for sealing to-be-sealed components e.g. photovoltaic cells in manufacture of solar cells, and adhesion in manufacture of panels (all claimed) of window materials used for crime prevention, and windshields and visors of helmets.    ADVANTAGE - The sheet enables adhesion of panels without air remaining inside or formation of gaps. The woven fabric or nonwoven fabric has excellent softness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of panel; and    (2) manufacture of solar cell (1).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the laminate and a sectional view explaining the manufacturing method of solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Solar cell (1)    Coated board (10)    Intermediate layer (20)    Sheet (21)    Back cover (30)
NOVELTY - The band edge level of conductive band and valence band, and Fermi level in semiconductor layer region close to surface of semiconductor layer (122) and bonding surface of conductor (121) respectively satisfy predetermined condition. The Fermi level in semiconductor layer region close to surface of semiconductor layer and close to bonding surface of conductor respectively satisfy predetermined condition.    USE - Photochemical cell of energy system (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The charge separation of electron and hole which are generated by light excitation is carried out efficiently, thus quantum efficiency of hydrogen generation reaction by irradiation of light is improved. Hence electric power efficiency is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for energy system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the photochemical cell.    Photochemical cell (100)    Conductor (121)    Semiconductor layer (122)    Counter electrode (130)    Electrolyte solution (140)
NOVELTY - Pure tin, indium, antimony, bismuth, copper and silver are weighed in a mass ratio of (83-99):(0.5-9):(0.1-8):(0-4):(0-1):(0-1). Antimony, copper, silver and tin are heat-smelted in a mass ratio of 1:10, to form a tin-antimony-silver-copper intermediate alloy. Residual tin and other components are smelted as corresponding intermediate alloy. The two intermediate alloys are smelted, the elements are equalized, and the lead-free solder alloy is dip-plated onto a copper wire or copper belt by hot-dip soldering.    USE - Preparation of tin-indium-antimony lead-free solder tinned copper belt for solar batteries.    ADVANTAGE - The method uses tin-indium-antimony lead-free solder having low silver content, which reduces solder cost. The solder has excellent ductility, tensile strength, and connection interface reliability. The high-performance solder satisfies industrial application demands.
NOVELTY - A hole-transport layer composition comprises mixture containing poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and poly (styrenesulfonate). The pH of the mixture is adjusted to 2-8, using base material.    USE - Hole-transport layer composition is used for organic solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The hole-transport layer composition has excellent surface property and absorbance. The hole-transport layer composition provides organic solar cell having excellent durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic solar cell, which is obtained by sequentially laminating bottom electrode layer, hole-transport layer, bottom electrode layer, active layer and upper electrode layer on a substrate; and    (2) manufacture of organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming an electrode in a substrate. A mixed thin film layer is formed in a sacrificial polymer. An electron donor and Immiscibility part are mixed on the electrode. A nanostructure of the electron donor is formed on the sacrificial polymer. The mixed thin film layer is removed with a thermal process. An electron acceptor layer is formed on the nanostructure. Another electrode is formed on the electron acceptor layer. The sacrificial polymer is selected from polyalkylene glycol. The polyalkylene glycol is selected from polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol.    USE - Method for fabricating a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables introducing the nanostructure within a photoactive layer so as to enhance absorption efficiency and separation efficiency of the electron and hole and moving efficiency, thus improving quantum efficiency of a solar cell. The method enables reducing manufacturing cost of the solar cell so as to improve crystalline of the electron donor.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The electron donor is selected from pentacene, coumarin 6, zinc phthalocyanine, copper PC, titanium oxide PC, spiro-(2, 2', 7, 7'-tetrakis- (N,N -di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9, 9'-spirobifluorene), nitride, poly (3-hexylthiophene-2, 5-diyl), poly (3-Fentaminethiophene-2, 5-diyl), platinum, poly(3-octylthiophene-2,5-diyl), poly(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl(4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta(2,1-b:3,4-b')dithiophene-2,6-diyl)), poly(N-9'-heptadecanyl-2,7-carbazole-alt-5,5-(4',7'-di-2-thienyl-2',1',3'- benzothiadiazole)), (2'- ethylhexyl) -9-hexyl-fluorene-alt-5,5-alt-5,5-(4',7'-di-2-thienyl-2',1'), poly(2-methoxy-5-(2-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene), poly(2-methoxy-5-(3'-7'-dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene), perfluorooctanoic acid and PFO-2,2-Dimethoxypropane.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow diagram of a solar cell fabricating method.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The method involves classifying a solar cell, and connecting the cell to an electrode. The connected is laminated above on the substrate, and a laminated module is cooled in a natural state. A static voltage-current characteristic of the completed solar cell module is tested. A Teflon (RTM: PTFE) sheet is covered after laminating plastic of the polycarbonate or the polymethylmethacrylate or the acryl system ethylene-vinyl acetate.    USE - Method for manufacturinga building integrated light weight solar cell module .    ADVANTAGE - The method improves the durability and prevents the deformation of the solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating a building integrated light weight solar cell module manufacturing method. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The source has a spout section (100) that is connected to a connecting unit. Several evaporation tubes (180) are arranged on the spout section at predetermined angle. A slope (170) is inclined on the upper side of spout section and is extended from the end portions of plateau (150). A crucible (200) is mounted on the upper end of spout section.    USE - Evaporator for depositing material on substrate of semiconductor device, flat panel display device and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the slope is inclined on the upper side of spout section, the doping agent can be distributed uniformly on the substrate. Hence the uniform thin film can be formed on the substrate efficiently.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the perspective view of the evaporator.    Spout section (100)    Plateau (150)    Slope (170)    Evaporation tube (180)    Crucible (200)
NOVELTY - The cathode (1000) has inner tube (200) that is provided in outer tube (100), with target material. A magnet unit is provided with permanent magnet, with power source. Outer tube and inner tube are separated at fixed interval for forming water cooling space in which cooling water flows.    USE - Cylindrical sputtering cathode used in forming thin film for semiconductor device, display, solar cell and LED product.    ADVANTAGE - The film forming efficiency is enhanced. The utilization rate of target material is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the cylindrical sputtering cathode.    Outer tube (100)    Connecting unit (150)    Inner tube (200)    Sealing cap (210)    Cylindrical sputtering cathode (1000)
NOVELTY - The cathode (1000) has outer tube (100) with target material in constant area of surface and power source. A magnet unit has permanent magnet that is provided inside outer tube. A magnetic shield is positioned between permanent magnet and target material for shielding target material.    USE - Cylindrical sputtering cathode used manufacture of thin film for semiconductor device, solar cell, display and LED product.    ADVANTAGE - The magnetic shielding effect is enhanced while thin film forming efficiency is enhanced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the cylindrical sputtering cathode.    Outer tube (100)    Inner tube (200)    Supporting shaft (300)    Electrode (330)    Cylindrical sputtering cathode (1000)
NOVELTY - The composite has organic polymer i.e. conductivity polymer, including an amine group. An inorganic nanostructure is combined in the amine group of the conductivity polymer. A channel of a continuous phase is formed between the conductivity polymer and the nanostructure. The nanostructure is made of II-VI family, IV-VI family, IV family semiconductor and metal oxide. The conductivity polymer and the nanostructure have a p-n diode. The nanostructure is combined with the amine group and chemical co-ordinate bond of the conductivity polymer.    USE - Nano organic/inorganic composite for use in a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The composite improves regularity and conductivity of hole and electron, and has physically stable phosphor conversion efficiency and thermodynamics.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The polymer is selected from a group consisting of block copolymer e.g. poly hexylthiophene or poly-3-hexylthiophene, polyfluorene, polyparaphenylene, polyparaphenylene vinylene, polypyrrole and polyaniline. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a method for manufacturing a nano organic/inorganic composite    (2) a solar cell comprising a nano organic/inorganic composite.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graphical representation of a nano organic/inorganic composite. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'.
NOVELTY - An inverted organic solar cell consists of electrode formed on a substrate, photoactive layer containing organic compound(s) formed on a fullerene-acrylic polymer thin film formed on electrode, buffer layer formed on the photoactive layer, and electrode formed on the buffer layer. The acrylic polymer has photosensitive group and is photo-crosslinked with fullerene.    USE - Inverted organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The Inverted organic solar cell with improved photoelectric transformation efficiency is provided by using fullerene compound with excellent electron transmission characteristic.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for fabrication of the inverted organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - The module has two protection films made of a fire retardant characteristic ethylene vinyl (EVA) film. A protection film is positioned in a solar cell that accommodates an incident light. Another protection film protects the solar cell when being positioned in a lower part of the front substrate. The incident light is changed to electric power. The front substrate comprises a transparent electrode. A light absorption layer is formed on the front substrate. A protection film and a back sheet are positioned on the light absorption layer that is formed with a back contact electrode.    USE - Solar module.    ADVANTAGE - The module utilizes the EVA film with the fire retardant characteristic so as to improve the safety from the flame during the fire condition.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar module.
NOVELTY - A carbon material is pre-processed using deionized water or ethanol, provided in 0.05-50 mol/L metal acid salt aqueous solution, soaked for 0.5-48 hours, cleaned and dried. Thus, cathode material is modified.    USE - Surface modification of carbon material e.g. graphite, carbon fiber, activated carbon and amorphous carbon used for microbiological fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method is economical, and enables modification of carbon material with improved cathode oxygen reduction rate, reduced cathode polarization and high oxidizability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for application of cathode material in microbiological fuel cell, which has pure oxygen or oxygen in air as electron acceptor, and cathode material as cathode.
NOVELTY - A transition metal element-doped barium-iron oxide ( sigma )-based boron complex oxide perovskite cathode material contains barium-iron oxide and perovskite oxide.    USE - Transition metal element-doped barium-iron oxide ( sigma )-based boron complex oxide perovskite cathode material is used for medium-and-low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The transition metal element-doped barium-iron oxide ( sigma )-based boron complex oxide perovskite cathode material has favorable thermal expansion coefficient, electroconductivity, and oxide reduction activity at 500-800 degrees C.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A transition metal element-doped barium-iron oxide ( sigma )-based boron complex oxide perovskite cathode material contains barium-iron oxide ((BaMxFe1-x)O3-c) and perovskite oxide, where M is titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, nickel, copper, zinc, zirconium, niobium or molybdenum, x is more than 0 and less than 1, and c is more than -1 and less than 1.
NOVELTY - The method involves producing dissolute material and supplying to tin tank to discharge glass. The oxide is spread in the surface of the discharged glass. The rolling process is performed to planarize (S108) spread glass with oxide. The tempering process is performed (S110) to cool planarized glass at room temperature.    USE - Manufacturing method of glass for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - By performing rolling process to planarize spread glass with oxide and tempering process to cool planarized glass at room temperature, the reflectivity of light entering into the solar cell module can be reduced, thus improving energy conversion efficiency of solar cell module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for glass.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating the manufacturing process of glass. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Step for passing melt (S102)    Step for discharging glass (S104)    Step for coating glass surface (S106)    Step for planarizing spread glass (S108)    Step for performing tempering process (S110)
NOVELTY - A perylene polyimide (I) is new.    USE - Perylene polyimide is used for photoelectric material used in organic solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The perylene polyimide provides photoelectric material with favorable thermal stability, optical stability and chemical stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A perylene polyimide having structure of formula (I) is new.    a,b=1-30;    R=1-10C alkyl or alkoxy;    A1=group of formula (a)-(f);    n=1-10;and    R'=1-10C alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of perylene polyimide.
NOVELTY - Silicon slice is subjected to diffusion bonding, peripheral corrosion, and sedimentation reducing reflection coating, back of the silicon slice is subjected to corrosion, sintered and electrode is printed. The back surface phosphorus impurities are removed to form impurity layer containing non-IIIA and/or VA element in the process of diffusion bonding.    USE - Manufacture of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides solar cell having improved shunt resistance (Rsh) and cell performance, and enables removal of high-concentration deep-energy-level impurity layer, with reduced recombination centers on the back surface and back surface recombination of charge carriers.
NOVELTY - A printable etching paste comprises mixture of oxalic acid and phosphoric acid, silica, talc and solvent.    USE - Printable etching paste is used for forming pattern for manufacturing liquid crystal display, organic light-emitting display, touch panel and thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The printable etching paste has excellent printability, adhesiveness and stability.
NOVELTY - The device has an organic light-emitting device formed in a side of a substrate. A solar cell converts sunlight into power, and a controller is connected between the solar cell and the organic light-emitting device, and authorizes power generated in the solar cell in the organic light-emitting device. The substrate is made of glass, metallic board and polymer. An electricity storing part stores power generated in the solar cell, where the solar cell is copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) group solar cell.    USE - Lighting device for use in a window, a rooftop and a wall of a building. Can also be used for a mountainous area, an island and a park.    ADVANTAGE - The device saves solar energy, authorizes charged power in organic light-emitting device, avoids exhausting greenhouse gas, produces necessary voltage, provides better aesthetic appearance, maximizes interior effect, and controls brightness of the organic light-emitting device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a lighting device.
NOVELTY - The structure has carbon nanotube layer that is provided with carbon nanotube which is formed in one side of transparent electrode layer. The transparent electrode layer is provided with transparent conductive material having indium tin oxide, indium zinc oxide and zinc oxide.    USE - Laminating structure of transparent electrode for LCD device and thin film solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Failure rate of thin film solar cell can be reduced by preventing the external pressure.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) display device; and    (2) solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the laminating structure of transparent electrode.
NOVELTY - An indium-tin oxide metal laminate has sequential lamination of an indium-tin oxide coating layer, a tie-coating layer, and a metal layer on a base film.    USE - Indium-tin oxide metal laminate is used for forming electrode (claimed) for touch panel, display device and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The indium-tin oxide metal laminate has excellent adhesiveness and etching property. Electrode is manufactured efficiently and economically using indium-tin oxide metal laminate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for formation of electrode.
NOVELTY - The device has a control unit (40) controlling pressure of a laminate unit (3). A solar cell module is arranged at an inner side of an upper chamber (10) and a lower chamber (20). The laminate unit is equipped at the inner side of the upper chamber and the lower chamber for increasing pressure difference between the upper chamber and the lower chamber. A pressure sensor (30a) measures a pressure value of the upper chamber and the lower chamber. Increase of the pressure difference between the upper chamber and the lower chamber is stopped when a final target value is reached.    USE - Laminating device for a solar cell module in an electric power system.    ADVANTAGE - The device maintains the pressure difference between the upper chamber and the lower chamber so as to improve quality of the solar cell module and eliminate need of a baking tool.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a laminating method for a solar cell module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a laminating device.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Laminate unit (3)    Upper chamber (10)    Lower chamber (20)    Pressure sensor (30a)    Control unit (40)
NOVELTY - A film stack (210) comprises an upper amorphous silicon film (212) and a lower silicon dioxide film (213) is provided, the upper film comprising a material that is absorptive in a wavelength of operation of a laser source. A hole is formed through upper film and lower film to expose another layer of material under the lower film, in a single pulse repetition of laser source firing at a pulse repetition rate. The hole exposes diffusion regions (203,204) of a solar cell (105), the diffusion regions formed in a polysilicon layer (202).    USE - Method of fabricating solar cell used in semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - The amorphous silicon film prevents high-voltage degradation, and provides UV stability and also enhances conductivity of the film stack to provide a lateral conductive path for preventing harmful polarization. The lesser energy of the laser pulse minimizes damage to material under the oxide film. Because the laser energy is continuously maintained during the ablation, the residue left form the earlier portion is still in the elevated temperature and can be removed at lower influence than in room temperature ablation.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of the solar cell during fabrication process.    Solar cell (105)    Polysilicon layer (202)    Diffusion region (203,204)    Film stack (210)    Upper amorphous silicon film (212)    Lower silicon dioxide film (213)
NOVELTY - The method involves providing an etching tank containing an etchant solution and a power supply. Several support plates are serially arranged between two electrodes and sealed to walls of the tank. The support plates are configured to support one of several substrates e.g. wafer (508). The substrates are arranged to the support plates, and a potential difference is applied between the two electrodes to form porous layers on the substrates. The porosity of the porous layers is modified during the formation of porous layers.    USE - Method for simultaneous anodic etching of substrate e.g. silicon wafer (claimed) for fabrication of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The impact of the machining loss of high quality silicon can be avoided. The gas flow is aligned with the shorter dimension of the solar array, thus the gas depletion effects are eliminated. Hence the etching throughput can be improved. The possibility of breakage of the thin epitaxial cells during the separation process can be minimized. The light collection efficiency of the solar panel is enhanced by minimizing the reflection of the light. An efficient and economical manufacturing of the solar cell arrays can be attained in an economical small-scale set of equipment of simple design. Thus, the inexpensive solar cell panels can be produced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for anodic etching system for simultaneously etching of substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an isometric view of the wafer attached to the susceptor.    Susceptor (502)    Bond layer (504)    Wafer (508)    Horizontally extending gap (510)    Vertically extending gap (512)
NOVELTY - A metal oxide film-forming apparatus (100) has a container (5A) containing material solution (10) comprising metal, a container (5B) containing hydrogen peroxide, a reaction container (1) having a heater (3) which heats the substrate (2), a path (L1) which connects container (5A) and reaction container, and supplies material solution to the reaction container from container (5A), and a path (L2) which connects container (5B) and reaction container, and supplies hydrogen peroxide to reaction container from the container (5B).    USE - Apparatus is used for forming metal oxide film (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to solar cell, light-emitting device, touch panel, sensor and liquid crystal panel.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus enables formation of metal oxide film having low resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) formation of metal oxide film; and    (2) metal oxide film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the structural view of the apparatus for forming metal oxide film.    Reaction container (1)    Substrate (2)    Heater (3)    Containers (5A,5B)    Material solution (10)    Paths (L1,L2)    Metal oxide film-forming apparatus (100)
NOVELTY - Method for protecting solar cell (1) from mechanical stress and damage, involves providing a polymer layer (2) on at least one side of a solar cell before it is assembled into a solar module.    USE - Method for protecting solar cell from mechanical stress and damage.    ADVANTAGE - The method protects solar cell from mechanical stress and damage during handling or processing (before the cell is laminated into solar cell module) and improves the yield of solar module production. The solar cell with the polymer layer has improved mechanical strength, with reduced risk of cell breakage during assembly process. The process also enables the use of cells which already have cracks for the module assembly by preventing the propagation of cracks.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of solar cell.    Solar cell (1)    Polymer layer (2)    Electrical contacts (3)
NOVELTY - A solar cell sealing material sheet is a multi-region sheet comprising right-and-left region whose content is 5-30% of whole sheet width and middle region whose content is 40-90% of whole sheet width. The right-and-left region and middle region comprises composition containing ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer resin and crosslinking agent in different content.    USE - Sheet is used for sealing material for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The sheet has suppressed generation of bubbles.
NOVELTY - The solar cell module has solar cell structures (2) that are formed on a device side surface of a glass base (1). A protecting layer (3) is formed on a back surface opposite to the device side surface of the glass base. The protecting layer is formed of amorphous, nano-crystalline, monocrystalline or polycrystalline material. The solar cell structure is comprised of a molybdenum metal film that is formed in contact with device side surface of the glass base.    USE - Solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The protecting layer is formed in the back surface of the glass base of the solar cell module in order to protect the solar cell module, such that the degradation of the solar cell at the time of exposure of the solar cell module to extreme heat and/or moisture, can be prevented and solar cell efficiency can be maintained constant.    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 solar cell module.    Glass base (1)    Solar cell structure (2)    Protecting layer (3)
NOVELTY - Manufacturing solar cell comprises: (a) providing (12) slurry comprising silicon powder and a liquid cover to limit oxidation of the silicon powder; (b) introducing (58) a conductive layer into a mold having an interior defining a shape of a solar cell; (c) introducing (74) the slurry into the mold; (d) precipitating (76) the silicon powder from the liquid cover to deposit a layer of silicon powder within the mold; (e) melting (84) the silicon powder; and (f) cooling (100) the melted silicon so that the silicon forms a p-n junction along the conductive layer.    USE - The method is used for manufacturing a solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method produces a high-efficiency, high yield photovoltaic cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart of the method of producing a solar cell.    Providing a slurry (12)    Introducing a conductive layer (58)    Introducing the slurry (74)    Precipitating the silicon powder (76)    Melting the silicon powder (84)    Cooling (100)
NOVELTY - The method (10) involves providing (12) a slurry comprising a semiconductor precursor powder and a liquid cover to limit oxidation of the precursor powder. The slurry is introduced into a mold having an interior defining a shape of a semiconductor element. The precursor powder is precipitated (76) from the liquid cover to deposit a layer of precursor powder within the mold. The precursor powder is melted (84) within the mold. The melted precursor is cooled (100) within the mold such that the precursor which forms semiconductor element.    USE - Method of manufacturing semiconductor component such as solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The packing density of the semiconductor component can be increased. Heating of the precursor powder can be performed quickly, so that contamination of semiconductor element by oxidation can be avoided. Manufacturing efficiency of the semiconductor element can be increased, and manufacturing yield of the semiconductor element can be improved. The overall cost of the semiconductor element can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating the process for manufacturing semiconductor element.    Method for manufacturing semiconductor element (10)    Step for providing slurry (12)    Step for providing mold (26)    Step for providing interlayer (54)    Step for placing interlayer (56)    Step for providing dopant layer (68)    Step for precipitating precursor (76)    Step for melting precursor (84)    Step for cooling precursor (100)
NOVELTY - Product comprises: a fuel cell component comprising a substrate and a first coating overlying the substrate, where the coating comprises a compound (A) comprising at least one silicon-oxygen (Si-O) group, at least one polar group and at least one group including optionally saturated carbon chain.    USE - The product is useful in automotive industry to produce electricity in a fuel cell and as a source of power for vehicles.    ADVANTAGE - The product, used in the automotive industry, increases system efficiency, reduces system complexity and increases economy.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a product-by-process comprising: depositing a coating on a fuel cell component using a plasma assisted chemical deposition process comprising a precursor gases comprising a siloxane, and further comprising a second gas.
NOVELTY - The apparatus (1) has several eccentric rollers which are provided to fix an edge portion vicinity of a diaphragm sheet (6) attached with an upper chamber (2). Several locking mechanisms (12) are provided to rotate the eccentric rollers along lock direction, when the diaphragm sheet bend at bottom face edge of the upper chamber is moved below a dead weight, so that edge portion vicinity of the diaphragm sheet is contacted with the eccentric roller to approximate the direction of the upper chamber.    USE - Lamination apparatus used during manufacture of solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - Since the locking mechanisms rotate eccentric rollers along lock direction, when diaphragm sheet bend at bottom face edge of upper chamber is moved below dead weight, the edge portion vicinity of the diaphragm sheet is contacted with the eccentric roller. Thus, the workability of the lamination apparatus can be improved while reducing cost of the lamination apparatus.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for attachment method of diaphragm sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the lamination apparatus.    Lamination apparatus (1)    Upper chamber (2)    Diaphragm sheet (6)    Support (8)    Locking mechanisms (12)
NOVELTY - The injection molding apparatus (1) has an inert gas supplying unit (24) for supplying an inert gas to a resin flow portion (18) in a molding die (16). A thermal element (20) processes the resin of the resin flow terminal portion after injecting heat-melted resin in the resin flow portion to a defined shape within the molding die.    USE - Injection molding apparatus used in manufacture of resin liner for high pressure tank mounted in fuel cell electric vehicle and natural gas vehicle. Can also be used in manufacture of bumper and intake manifold mounted in electric train, boat, ship, aircraft, robot, four-wheeled motor vehicle, two-wheeled vehicle, bus and passenger car.    ADVANTAGE - The thermal element processes the resin of the resin flow terminal portion after injecting heat-melted resin in the resin flow portion to a defined shape within the molding die such that the malfunction of the resin flow terminal portion can be prevented and the quality of the molded object is stabilized.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for injection molding method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the injection molding apparatus.    Injection molding apparatus (1)    Molding die (16)    Resin flow portion (18)    Thermal element (20)    Inert gas supplying unit (24)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a pair of metal mold main portions (7a,7b) having mold portions (12a,12b) which are formed according to the shape of a molded object. A portion of thermoplastic resin is located between adjacent mold portions in a state when the thermoplastic resin is coated to metal mold main portion (7a) to mold molded object and pressed against metal mold main portion (7a) to form an opening by an opening formation unit (13).    USE - Manufacturing apparatus of molded object used as optical component for electronic display and component for optical information communication. Can also be used in immunological test chip, micro lens, Blu-ray disk (BD), ultra-high density disk such as hard disk drive (HDD), light emission panel, and polymer electrolyte membrane used as separator of fuel cell in semiconductor and energy fields.    ADVANTAGE - The productivity of the molded object can be improved, without reducing the accuracy of form of the molded object.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of molded object.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show the sectional views of the metal mold. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Metal mold main portions (7a,7b)    Mold portions (12a,12b)    Opening formation unit (13)    Block (14)    Connection component (15)
NOVELTY - A hose for fuels comprises inner layer (1) containing resin composition A consists of aromatic polyester resin and outer layer (2) containing resin composition B consists of polyolefin resin and/or polyamide resin. Requirements for following ( alpha ) and ( beta ) are satisfied, where ( alpha ) requires resin composition B to contain amine-modified poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) block copolymer (SEBS) and ( beta ) requires resin composition A to contain amine-modified SEBS and resin composition B to contain acid-modified SEBS. Interlayer adhesion of inner and outer layers is performed.    USE - A hose for fuels (claimed) used for transporting automotive fuel of fuel cell electric vehicles.    ADVANTAGE - Hose is lightweight and low cost and has low fuel permeability, excellent interlayer adhesiveness, flexibility, cold shock property, and heat resistance.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a hose for fuels. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Inner layer (1)    Outer layer (2)
NOVELTY - A dispersing agent comprises carboxyl group-containing compound (I).    USE - Dispersing agent is used for organic substance particles for dispersion composition for coating composition for film (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to hybrid material, surface-protection agent, electroconductive paste, electroconductive ink, sensor, optical memory, liquid crystal display element, nano magnet, heat-transfer medium, high functional catalyst for fuel cell, coating material, printing ink, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The dispersion agent has excellent dispersion stability. The aggregation of dispersoid in the dispersion medium is suppressed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A dispersing agent comprises carboxyl group-containing compound of formula: R-O-(AO)n-X-C(=O)-OH (I).    R=1-24C branched alkyl and/or alkenyl group;    AO=1-4C oxyalkylene;    n=1-30;and    X=coupling group containing H, carbon and/or oxygen.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic substance particles, which is formed by coating dispersing agent, or impregnating the dispersing agent, and/or inorganic particles;    (2) dispersion composition, which is formed by dispersing organic substance particles or inorganic particles in a nonaqueous dispersion medium using the dispersing agent;    (3) coating composition, which contains dispersion composition and resin; and    (4) film, which is obtained by applying coating composition on a base material, and physically and chemically treated.
NOVELTY - A hexagonal crystal structure comprises hemisphere having (0001) plane as a main surface, and seed layer sequentially formed on a substrate.    USE - Hexagonal crystal structure is used for manufacturing light-emitting diode (all claimed) for optical device and solar cell, and used as tissue culture layer for biochips.    ADVANTAGE - The hexagonal crystal structure is manufactured efficiently, and provides light-emitting diode with excellent light extraction efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of hexagonal crystal structure;    (2) light-emitting diode; and    (3) manufacture of light-emitting diode.
NOVELTY - A p-doped conjugated polymer electrolyte has neutral charge and hole-transport capability.    USE - P-doped conjugated polymer electrolyte is used for organic electronic devices (claimed) e.g. organic light-emitting devices and organic solar cells, and used as electron-blocking layer.    ADVANTAGE - The p-doped conjugated polymer electrolyte has excellent hole-transport capability. The organic electronic device using the p-doped conjugated polymer electrolyte, has reduced anode corrosion and improved durability. The organic light-emitting device using the p-doped conjugated polymer electrolyte, has improved light-emitting efficiency. The organic solar cell using the p-doped conjugated polymer electrolyte, has improved energy-conversion efficiency.
NOVELTY - A high molecular compound contains bivalent heterocyclic group-containing structural unit (I).    USE - High molecular compound is used for photoelectric conversion element for solar cell module and image sensor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The high molecular compound has high absorption wavelength in lower energy-side.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A high molecular compound contains bivalent heterocyclic group-containing structural unit of formula: -(Ar1-C(=A1)-C(=A2)-Ar2)- (I).    Ar1=bivalent heterocyclyl;    Ar2=bivalent group containing metal atom;    A1,A2==C(CN)2 or =Ar3=C(-CN)2;and    Ar3=tetravalent organic group.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for photoelectric conversion element, which has an anode, a cathode and an active layer formed between an anode and cathode. The active layer contains an electron donor and an electron-accepting compound.
NOVELTY - A polyarylene sulfide resin (100 parts mass) and polyolefin (5-30 parts mass) having epoxy group are melt-mixed, to form resin composition. The polyarylene sulfide resin has terminal carboxy-group content of 25-45 mu mol/g, non-Newton index of 0.90-1.15, and melt viscosity of 1000-3000 poises measured at 300 degrees C.    USE - Manufacture of resin composition used for manufacturing blow-hollow molded product (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to duct for hot gas, pipe for motor vehicle and fuel cell, bottle, tank and container for chemical solution, and air-conditioning duct.    ADVANTAGE - The resin composition is manufactured efficiently with excellent moldability and drawdown, and provides molded product with excellent heat resistance, mechanical strength, impact resistance and surface appearance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) resin composition;    (2) blow-hollow molded product; and    (3) manufacture of blow-hollow molded product.
NOVELTY - A white pigment consists of barium titanate coated with inorganic oxide containing element(s) chosen from silicon, aluminum and zirconium, on the surface.    USE - White pigment used in thermoplastic resin composition for forming light reflective resin component (all claimed), back sheet of solar cell and reflector of LED. Uses include but are not limited to coating material, ink, plastic and paper.    ADVANTAGE - The white pigment has excellent light resistance and heat resistance, and provides resin component with excellent photocatalytic activity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for thermoplastic resin composition, which contains 1-400 parts weight of white pigment with respect to 100 parts weight of thermoplastic resin.
NOVELTY - A complex polymer electrolyte membrane is manufactured by electrolysis spinning process which uses spinning stock solution which consists of aromatic hydrocarbon type polymer containing soluble provision group and solvent, making nonwoven fabric using aromatic hydrocarbon type polymer fiber, making obtained aromatic hydrocarbon type polymer nonwoven fabric impregnate polyelectrolyte solution, removing soluble provision group before impregnating polyelectrolyte solution, and insolubilizing spin-formed aromatic hydrocarbon type polymer fiber to polyelectrolyte solution.    USE - Manufacture of complex polymer electrolyte membrane for electrochemical apparatus e.g. fuel cell, water electrolysis apparatus and chloro alkali electrolyzer. Can also be used for household appliances e.g. portable apparatuses, mobile telephone, personal computer, personal digital assistant, video camera (camcorder), digital camera, handheld terminal, radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, digital audio player, displays, electrically-driven shaver and (vacuum) cleaner, electric power supply sources e.g. moving bodies, motor vehicles, electric tool, domestic electric power supply machine, passenger car, bus and track, two-wheeled vehicle, fork-lift truck, bicycle with electric power-assisted, electrically-driven cart, electric wheelchair, boats and ships, railway, robots and cyborg, and for charging secondary battery in portable apparatus with portable equipment, and hybrid type electric power supply source used together with secondary battery, or capacitor and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method manufactures polymer electrolyte membrane with excellent ion conductivity and high temperature and low humidity electric power generation performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a complex polymer electrolyte membrane.
NOVELTY - A deposition source material (1) comprises inorganic compound as film forming raw material (2), and porous material (3) containing cation which promotes evaporation of film forming raw material in the pores. The film forming material receives energy and evaporates.    USE - Deposition source material used as evaporation source of pressure-gradient type ion plating for forming film e.g. inorganic compound film such as gas barrier film e.g. silicon oxide film, zinc containing silicon oxide film, tin containing silicon oxide film, silicon oxynitride film, zinc containing silicon oxynitride film and tin containing silicon oxynitride film (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to material for packaging foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, protective material of electronic components and display element and solar cell back cover sheet material.    ADVANTAGE - Since the cation in the pores of the porous material can be stabilized in plasma state, evaporation of the film forming raw material is promoted, vapor deposition rate is increased and high quality film is formed. The inorganic film has excellent gas barrier property and high quality.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) film forming method; and    (2) inorganic compound film, which contains metallic element, oxygen, nitrogen and/or carbon, and alkali metal component or nitrogen component.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the block diagram of the deposition source material.    Deposition source material (1)    Film-forming raw material (2)    Porous material (3)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming magnetic field environment using line of magnetic force (2) along the direction (9) which separates from the film-forming surface (3) of to-be-treated material. The film-forming raw material is deposited on film-forming surface of to-be-treated material (1) in magnetic field environment. The gas barrier film is made of inorganic oxide film, inorganic nitride film, inorganic carbide material film, inorganic acid carbonizing compound film, inorganic nitridation carbide material film, inorganic acid-ized nitridation carbide material film.    USE - Film forming method of barrier film on base material such as solar cell back cover material, protective material of electronic component such as display element and packaging material such as foodstuff and pharmaceutical.    ADVANTAGE - The damage of the film-forming surface of a to-be-treated material and damage of the plastic film of the to-be-treated material can be suppressed by depositing the film-forming raw material on the film forming surface so that the gas barrier film can be formed efficiently into a film.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for film forming apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional views illustrating the film-forming method.    To-be-treated material (1)    Line of magnetic force (2)    Film-forming surface (3)    Charged particle (4)    Direction (9)
NOVELTY - The apparatus (400) has a counter electrode (430) with apertures normal to the surface facing the surface of the substrate (415) during electrodeposition. The contact pins (435) are configured to pass through each aperture for establishing the electrical contact with the substrate surface that is electrically isolated from the counter electrode during electrodeposition. The contact pins are comprised of rigid pin, compliant pin and spring-type pin.    USE - Apparatus for electrodeposition used during manufacture of solar panel, solar module and photovoltaic array.    ADVANTAGE - The contact pins are passed through each aperture of counter electrodes to establish electrical contact with substrate, so that materials are electrodeposited on substrate by forming several ohmic contacts to the substrate surface and uniform films are electrodeposited by suppressing inherent resistance. The substrate is contacted in a preset manner to alleviate the potential drop constrains and for permitting the usage of significantly higher deposition currents to improve the throughput while maintaining the high quality uniform films.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for electrodeposition method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the electrodeposition apparatus.    Electrodeposition apparatus (400)    Substrate (415)    Counter Electrode (430)    Contact Pin (435)    Insulating coating (440)
NOVELTY - Article (I) comprises a substrate having disposed on it a dry layer that comprises an aromatic, non-polymeric amic acid salt (II).    USE - (I) is useful in thin film transistor devices e.g. integrated circuits, shift registers, logic circuits, smart cards, memory devices, radio-frequency identification tags, backplanes for active matrix displays, active matrix displays and solar cells    ADVANTAGE - (II) can be easily prepared in environmentally friendly solvents e.g. methanol and water. (II) enables their coating on a variety of substrates without additional preparations (such as applying an extra adhesion promotion layer onto the substrate or modifying the substrate surface in some other manner). (II) can be quickly and easily converted to the arylene diimides at relatively low temperatures due to the presence of the catalytic portion of the salt. The presence of cation in the salt enables lower temperature conversion to the arylene diimides, where the lower temperature processing combined with readily available materials and ease of deposition of thin films over large areas due to solubility of (II) provide an inexpensive and more convenient approach for the fabrication of thin film transistor devices and other semiconductive articles.
NOVELTY - The substrate (5) comprises a transparent electrically conducting film such as indium tin oxide (ITO) glass (6) that is formed on one or both surfaces of a transparent plastic substrate case. A metal electrode is formed on the transparent electrically conducting film. A transparent electrically conductive substrate case is provided with delamination strength of 0.5 kg/cm or higher between the plastic substrate case, transparent electrically conducting film and metal electrode.    USE - Transparent electrically conductive substrate used as transparent electrode for touch panel, solar cell, electronic paper and transparent heater (all claimed). Can also be used in transparent electrostatic/electromagnetic wave shield, heat ray shielding film, cathode ray tube (CRT) display, LCD, organic electroluminescent display and plasma display panel (PDP).    ADVANTAGE - The adhesive strength between transparent electrically conducting film and metal electrode and between plastic substrate and transparent electrically conducting film and delamination strength between plastic substrate and each layer can be improved efficiently. The long-term stability in the contact resistance between the transparent electrically conducting film and metal electrode and improved replication property can be ensured. The deterioration in conductivity and reliability of the conductive substrate can be suppressed effectively.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for transparent electrically conductive substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the touch panel.    Transparent electrically conductive substrate (5)    ITO glass (6)    Spacer (7)
NOVELTY - An active energy ray-curable compound (A) has benzotriazole group, functional group containing at least one of fluorine atom and silicon atom, and (meth)acryloyl group.    USE - Active energy ray-curable compound is used for composition for component (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to mobile telephone, handheld game machine, portable music player, digital camera, liquid-crystal television, solar cell panel, binder for ink, surface protection film and adhesive agent.    ADVANTAGE - The cured film containing the active energy ray-curable compound has excellent weather resistance, wear resistance and adhesiveness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) active energy ray-curable composition, which contains active energy ray-curable compound (A), active energy ray-curable compound (B) having piperidinyl group and (meth)acryloyl group, and active energy ray-curable compound (C) other than active energy ray-curable compound (A) and active energy ray-curable compound (B); and    (2) component, which has hardened layer containing active energy ray-curable composition.
NOVELTY - An alkylsilane laminate has an alkylsilane thin film (AS) formed on a base layer containing hydroxyl group. The critical surface energy of the alkylsilane thin film satisfies specific relation.    USE - Alkylsilane laminate is used for thin-film transistor (claimed) for liquid crystal display device and solar cell panel.    ADVANTAGE - The alkylsilane laminate has excellent semiconducting property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An alkylsilane laminate has an alkylsilane thin film formed on a base layer containing hydroxyl group. The critical surface energy (Ec) of the alkylsilane thin film satisfies a relation: Ec less than or equal to 29.00-0.63x, (mN/m), where x is carbon number of alkylsilane. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of alkylsilane laminate; and    (2) thin-film transistor.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the thin-film transistor.    Thin-film transistor (10)    Alkylsilane thin film (AS)    Gate electrode (G)    Source electrode (S)    Organic-semiconductor film (Semi)
NOVELTY - The paste contains at least one type of electroconductive powder and an organic binder. The electroconductive powder is selected from tin powder, lead powder, and bismuth powder. Preferably, the paste contains 50 % by weight of electroconductive powder which has a particle diameter of 1 to 20 micrometers.    USE - Paste for forming an electrically conductive component in manufacture of e.g. flat panel display (FPD), plasma display panel (PDP), solar cell. Uses include but are not limited to formation of electrode, circuit pattern or wiring pattern.    ADVANTAGE - Enables cost-effective formation of a high-definition electrode with a low resistance value. Ensures excellent print quality and compactness of electrode. Allows using flake-shaped electroconductive powder to widen the contact area of the electroconductive powder, thus improving electroconductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a forming method for electrically-conductive component.
NOVELTY - A transparent conductive substrate has an undercoating layer, a first conductive layer containing a pattern-shaped metal fine wire, and a second conductive layer that covers the first conductive layer, provided on a substrate, where the second conductive layer contains a conductive polymer. The first conductive layer is formed on the undercoating layer by a printing process. The second conductive layer contains hydroxyl-containing non-electroconductive polymer. The undercoating layer contains polymer having a hydroxyl group and amide group.    USE - Transparent conductive substrate for manufacturing an organic electroluminescent element of an organic electronic device i.e. organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The conductive substrate has high electroconductivity and transparency. The conductive substrate improves the drive voltage, efficiency and life time of the organic electronic device, and suppresses current leak and electric field concentration.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A transparent conductive substrate has an undercoating layer, a first conductive layer containing a pattern-shaped metal fine wire, and a second conductive layer that covers the first conductive layer, provided on a substrate, where the second conductive layer contains a conductive polymer. The first conductive layer is formed on the undercoating layer by a printing process. The second conductive layer contains hydroxyl-containing non-electroconductive polymer. The undercoating layer contains polymer having a hydroxyl group and amide group of formula (-NR4R5).    R4,R5=1-4C alkyl.
NOVELTY - The electrode has a metal-particle layer (6b) formed by a metal particle that excludes a resin component substantially. The metal-particle layer is provided on a thin film metal layer (6a). A range of film thickness of the thin film metal layer is 0.01-1 micrometer. An alloy comprises a metal chosen from a group of gold, silver, copper, palladium and platinum, or two or more metals providing a temperature of 120 -180 degree Celsius to an electrically conductive paste. The metal-particle layer provides an electrically conductive paste.    USE - Current collection electrode for a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The electrode enables providing the metal-particle layer with small electrical resistance, and the thin film metal layer is provided between the metal-particle layer and a transparent electrode layer, so that contact resistance can be reduced, thus improving adhesiveness of the metal-particle layer and increasing curve factor and conversion efficiency of the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a solar cell    (2) a method for manufacturing a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a current collection electrode.    Base material (1)    Back electrode (2)    P-type light absorption layer (3)    Thin film metal layer (6a)    Metal-particle layer (6b)
NOVELTY - The module has a focusing lens (3) which is fixed on frame (1). A receiver is provided below the center of the focusing lens, and is fixed on a radiating fin (2). The receiver is provided with battery (5) which is fixed on substrate (4). The radiating fin is located at an opening. The receiver is sealed in the frame A radiating structure is equipped in light path between receiver and focusing lens.The divergent lens is made of organic glass or inorganic glass. The protective layer is made of epoxy resin or silica gel.    USE - Concentrator solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The light uniformity and spectrum consistency can be improved. The efficiency of photon injection can be improved so that the efficiency and service life of concentrator solar cell module can be improved. The module is simple in structure and can be manufactured easily.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of concentrator solar cell module.    Frame (1)    Radiating fin (2)    Focusing lens (3)    Substrate (4)    Battery (5)
NOVELTY - The module has a groove-shaped casing (1) and a focusing lens (2). A gallium arsenide solar battery module (3) arranged on the focusing lens is set at the bottom of the groove-shaped casing. The bottom of the groove-shaped casing and a back side of the cavity are arranged on a heat sealing cavity (4). The groove-shaped casing is provided with an end cover plate (6) and is set with a junction box (7).    USE - Gallium arsenide module.    ADVANTAGE - The structure of the gallium arsenide module is simplified. The cost of the module is reduced and the durability of the module is improved. High photoelectric and heat energy conversion efficiency are obtained.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of gallium arsenide module.    Groove-shaped casing (1)    Focusing lens (2)    Gallium arsenide solar battery module (3)    Heat sealing cavity (4)    End cover plate (6)    Junction box (7)
NOVELTY - An organic electronic element contains aromatic heterocyclic compound (I).    USE - Organic electronic element e.g. organic electroluminescent element for display apparatus and illuminating device, and organic photoelectric conversion element for solar cell and optical sensor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The organic electronic element has high luminous efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiently, and reduced drive voltage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic electronic element contains aromatic heterocyclic compound of formula (I).    A1=carbon, nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur;    A2=carbon or nitrogen;    Z1=residue which forms aromatic heterocyclyl;    Rc=counter anion;and    n=1-9.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) organic electroluminescent element, which has a light-emitting layer containing phosphorescence-emitting compound, an electron-carrying layer and several organic compound layers interposed between an anode and a cathode. The organic compound layer(s) contains the compound (I);    (2) organic photoelectric conversion element, which has a cathode, an anode, an organic photoelectric conversion element having bulk heterojunction layer containing mixture of p-type-semiconductor material and n-type-semiconductor material, and layer containing the compound (I) between the cathode and the anode; and    (3) organic electronic element material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of display apparatus.    Display (1)    Display portion (A)    Control portion (B)
NOVELTY - The cell (1) has a conductive diffusion region (8) formed in back surface side as a silicon substrate (2). Opposite side of a light-receiving surface of the silicon substrate and a back surface electrode are in contact with the diffusion region. The back surface electrode is formed in a diffusion region side corresponding to metal layers (10, 11) and a silver film (5). The cell comprises a metal layer, a silver layer and an adhesive good metal layer.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell adopting the adhesive good back surface electrode structure with a back surface electric field layer coated with silver having high reflectance, thus achieving characteristic of a conventional solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar cell.    Solar cell (1)    Silicon substrate (2)    Silver film (5)    Conductive diffusion region (8)    Two metal layers (10, 11)
NOVELTY - A surface modifying agent contains (meth)acrylic-type polymer having carbonyl group-containing repeating unit (I) and alkoxy silyl group (II) on at least one terminal.    USE - Agent is used for surface modifying base material (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to glass surface processing agent, coating surface treating agent, printing surface treating agent, advanced medicinal material, protein, cell, solar cell panel, motor vehicle, liquid crystal display device, biocompatible material, optical medium and window glass.    ADVANTAGE - The thin film of surface modifying agent has excellent hydrophilicity, water resistance, lipophilic property, fog prevention property, self cleaning property and oil resistance. The base material having modified surface is easily manufactured within short period of time, using the surface modifying agent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A surface modifying agent contains (meth)acrylic-type polymer having carbonyl group-containing repeating unit of formula: -(C(-R1)(-C(=O)-O-R2)-CH2)- (I) and alkoxy silyl group of formula: R4-Si(-R3)(-R5)-R6- (II) on at least one terminal.    R1=H or methyl;    R2=hydrophilic group, hydrophobic group, cationic group or anionic group;    R3-R5=1-4C alkyl or 1-4C alkoxy, at least one of R3-R5 is 1-4C alkoxy;and    R6=1-12C alkylene.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) surface-modified base material; and    (2) manufacture of (meth)acrylic-type polymer, which involves polymerizing (meth)acrylic-type monomer of formula: CH2=C(-R1)-C(=O)-O-R2 (X) in presence of alkoxysilyl group-containing compound of formula: R4-Si(-R3)(-R5)-R6-SH (XI).
NOVELTY - The electrode is formed by laminating, on the surface of a substrate, a first electrode layer, a positive hole transport layer, an electric power generation layer, an electron carrying layer, and a second electrode. Resistance change rate after the environment resistant test of the positive hole transport layer is 1.1 or less. The work function of positive hole transport layer is 4.9 - 5.1 electron volts. The first electrode layer is a layer of indium oxide titanium (ITO). The electron carrying layer is based on lithium fluoride. The second electrode layer is a layer of aluminum.    USE - Organic thin film electrode for organic thin-film solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Solar cell has excellent environmental resistance and conversion efficiency since organic thin film electrode has excellent steam resistance obtained by using PEDOT:CNT. Solar cell has low cost since organic thin film electrode is quick to manufacture.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The positive hole transport layer depends on PEDOT:CNT, which is a mixture of poly (3, 4- ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and carbon nanotube (CNT) are mixed, or is based on PEDOT-PSS:CNT which is a mixture of PEDOT doped polystyrene sulfonate (PSS), and CNT. The p-type organic semiconductor uses a poly 3-hexyl thiophene (P3HT), other thiophene type-polymer semiconductors, or another pentacene and low molecular semiconductor. The n-type organic semiconductor uses phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM group) using fullerene material.
NOVELTY - The structure has a transparent conductive film formed on a transparent substrate e.g. transparent plastic substrate. A set of partition areas of an electronic transmission layer is formed on a surface. A set of regions of the layer is matched with the areas. The layer has semiconductor nanometer pipes. A conductive substrate of the layer is formed as an anode of a solar battery module group. A catalyst layer is formed at a cathode. A photosensitive dye e.g. organic dye, is attached on a pipe wall of the nanometer pipes. A hole-transport layer is set between the cathode and the anode.    USE - Array series-wound solar battery module structure.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The transparent substrate is selected from a group consisting of a transparent glass base plate or transparent plastic substrate that is made of polyethylene naphthalate, poly ethylene naphthalate or polyethylene terephthalate, and poly terephthalate. The photosensitive dye is selected from a group consisting of organic dye, inorganic dye, or organic photosensitive dye. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a method for packaging an array series-wound solar battery module    (2) a method for manufacturing an array series-wound solar battery module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an array series-wound solar battery module structure.
NOVELTY - The method involves soaking silicon dioxide particle in solution containing doping element i.e. phosphorus or boron, and volatilizing a solvent after dipping dried silicon dioxide particles. The doping element is attached to a surface of the silicon dioxide particle surface for forming a solid diffusion source by utilizing a solid state diffusion source. The doping element is provided in the solid state diffusion source for forming a PN junction silicon chip in vacuum or atmosphere under high temperature.    USE - Method for forming a crystal silicon solar battery PN junction.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables preventing occurrence of pollution, convenient recycling silica particles solid diffusion source with high control precision and avoiding toxic diffusion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The solution containing doping element is selected from a group consisting of phosphoric acid water solution, phosphorus pentoxide alcohol solution and boron solution or ethanol solution.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a crystal silicon solar battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves collecting an electric spinning fiber using a clean conductive glass, and generating spinning static voltage of about 10 to 20 kV. Nanofiber is sintered at 400 to 550 degree Celsius for 3 to 5 hours. Noble metal nanograin solution and sensitive dye solution are mixed in 1:2 to 2:1 volume ratio. An electrode is heated at 100 degree Celsius for 30 minutes, and the finished product is dried and obtained by washing with anhydrous ethanol.    USE - Method for preparing a solar battery light anode.    ADVANTAGE - The method permits localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) property of the noble metal to be reinforced with capturing capability of a light anode, thus preparing a solar battery light anode in a quick, simple, easy and convenient manner with better reappearance and reduced manufacturing cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graphical illustration of a method for preparing solar battery light anode.
NOVELTY - The fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay based solar cell, comprises a bottom electrode layer, a conductive semiconductor layer and a light absorption layer. The conductive semiconductor layer is arranged on a substrate, where a quantum dot is arranged in the main part of the conductive semiconductor layer which comprises amorphous silicone material. The quantum dot has cadmium selenide core or zinc sulfide shell.    USE - Fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay based solar cell for use with quantum dots.    ADVANTAGE - The fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay based solar cell, comprises a bottom electrode layer, a conductive semiconductor layer and a light absorption layer, thus ensures improved solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a manufacturing method for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graphical representation of a fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay based solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - Solar photovoltaic battery backboard composite film comprises a polytetrafluoroethylene film with a thickness of 0.028-0.04 mm, a polyethylene glycol terephthalate film with a thickness of 0.17-0.35 mm, and a polytetrafluoroethylene film with a thickness of 0.028-0.04 mm arranged orderly. A film layer on each lower surface is attached with a hydrophilic film layer with a thickness of 10-200 nm.    USE - Used as a solar photovoltaic battery backboard composite film.    ADVANTAGE - The backboard complex film does not use imported raw material and is economical and has good bonding properties with the solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic representation of the solar photovoltaic battery backboard composite film.
NOVELTY - The method involves locating connected solar cell panels between two low iron toughened glasses. Peripheries of two glass plates are packaged through adhesive and sealant. An air filling hole and exhaust hole are reserved before packaging process. Nitrogen or inert gas is filled to provide pressure between two layers of glasses at 0.05-1 Mpa after curing the sealant on the periphery of the glass plates and discharging the air between the two glasses. The sealant is one of silicone adhesive, polyurethane rubber and polysulfide rubber.    USE - Method for packaging a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables recovering silicon slice in a simple and feasible manner, thus improving conversion efficiency of the silicon-based solar cell, improving conversion efficiency of solar cell for 10 percent-15 percent, prolonging service life of the solar cell and reducing production cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The adhesive is one of silica gel, silicon rubber, epoxy resin, glass cement, ethylene vinyl acetate, Polyvinyl butyral, polymethylacrylic acid resin, butyl rubber, polyisobutene rubber and modified rubber.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a solar cell packaging method.
NOVELTY - The method involves plating a metal layer on bottom of two grooves that are staggered with each other. A conducting window layer is formed on the metal layer and a high-resistance layer. A third groove is protruded from metal back electrodes and formed on a light absorbing layer, a buffering layer and the high-resistance layer to acquire a thin-film solar battery. Thickness of the metal layer is of 1 micron. An acquired structure is placed in a plating slot. The conducting window layer is an aluminum-doped zinc oxide layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing a thin-film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The metal layer can be directly formed on a molybdenum/copper metal back electrode layer during plating process so as to avoid formation of an introducing metal layer at position of the window layer and ensure efficiency of the solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a thin-film solar battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing semiconductor substrate with opposite two surfaces. One of the surfaces is etched using etching solution e.g. acid etching liquor or alkaline etching liquor, and other surface is covered with metal layer. A semiconductor layer is formed on the etching surface. An electric hetero junction is formed between the semiconductor substrate and semiconductor layer. A front electrode is formed on the semiconductor layer and electric connected with the semiconductor layer.    USE - Method for manufacturing solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The manufacturing process of the solar cell can be simplified. The production efficiency of the solar cell can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the process of manufacturing solar cell.
NOVELTY - Solar panel comprises a glass plate, a photocell sheet and a back panel which are overlapped in turn. A first adhesive for transmitting the ultraviolet rays is located between the glass plate and the photocell sheet, and a second adhesive containing ultraviolet rays cutoff agent is located between the photocell sheet and the back panel.    USE - Used as a solar panel.    ADVANTAGE - The solar panel has low packaging loss rate, which is lower than that directly using the double-layer ethylene vinylacetate copolymer containing ultraviolet cutoff agent; has similar performance to the ethylene vinylacetate copolymer containing ultraviolet cutoff agent; and has better ultraviolet protection to the back panel compared with the ethylene vinylacetate copolymer containing ultraviolet stop agent and is similar to the double-layer ethylene vinylacetate copolymer containing ultraviolet stop agent. The second adhesive of the solar panel comprises the mixture of ultraviolet rays cutoff agent and ethylene vinylacetate copolymer, which reduces the packaging loss rate of the solar panel by 0.5% without increasing the production cost of the solar panel.
NOVELTY - Encapsulation material of solar cell assembly comprises a weather-proof layer, a structure enhancing layer, a tackifying layer and a package layer. The weather-proof layer is fluorine-containing film or fluorine containing coating. The structure reinforcing layer is polyester film with 100-350 mu m thickness. The polyester is polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate. The packaging layer is a packaging adhesive film of vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer, polyvinyl alcohol butyral, polyethylene succinate, branched polyethylene or metallocene catalyzed polyethylene.    USE - Used as an encapsulation material of solar cell assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The encapsulation material protects the back of the solar cell assembly and prevents the direct contact of assembly with atmosphere to increase the service life; and provides weather resistance, water vapor barrier property and electrical insulativity, and thus the solar cell assembly can be used in outdoor for long time.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Encapsulation material of solar cell assembly comprises a weather-proof layer, a structure enhancing layer, a tackifying layer and a package layer. The weather-proof layer is fluorine-containing film or fluorine containing coating with 5-50 mu m thickness. The structure reinforcing layer is polyester film with 100-350 mu m thickness. The polyester is polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate. The tackifying layer is composed of polyether polyol, polyester polyol, acrylic acid resin or epoxy resin coating and the thickness is 10-100 mu m. The packaging layer is packaging adhesive film of vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer, polyvinyl alcohol butyral, polyethylene succinate, branched polyethylene or metallocene catalyzed polyethylene, the thickness is 0.3-0.8 mm, and the softening point is 35-140 degrees C.
NOVELTY - The substrate has a conductive layer (2) that is made of graphenes, and provided in the gaps of the thin carbon nano-tubes. The flexible substrate main portion (1) is made of transparent dielectric polymer material doped with graphenes. The carbon nano-tubes is filled with transparent dielectric polymer material doped with graphenes in the gap of thin carbon nano-tubes, such that the thickness of the thin carbon nano-tubes is not more than 100 nm.    USE - Substrate for photoelectric device, used in such as solar battery. Can also be used in light image sensor, flat panel display, and thin film transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The efficiency of the photoelectric device can be improved. Since the structure of the photoelectric device is simplified, the production cost of the photoelectric device can be reduced. The conductivity and strength of the photoelectric device can be improved. The bending performance, oxygen permeable capability, chemical stability and heat stability of the flexible substrate main portion can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for preparing substrate for flexible photoelectric device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the substrate.    Flexible substrate main portion (1)    Conductive layer (2)
NOVELTY - The cell has a copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) active layer prepared on a conductive substrate and used as a light absorption layer. An n-type semiconductor layer is formed on the CIGS active layer. A window layer is formed on the n-type semiconductor layer for protecting the n-type semiconductor layer. A transparent electrode layer is formed on the window layer. A collecting electrode is arranged on the transparent electrode layer. Thickness of the conductive substrate is 200-2000 nm. The transparent electrode layer is made of an indium tin oxide film.    USE - Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is inexpensive, and can optimize the component ratio of the deposited copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) layer, and greatly improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a copper indium gallium selenide solar cell.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - The structure has multiple layers arrayed from an upside and a downside, where the first layer is a protecting layer made of fluorine plastics. The second layer is a high molecular material packaging layer, and the third layer is a solar cell chip. The fourth layer is a high molecular material packaging layer, and the fifth layer is a waterproof plastic substrate layer with oxygen barrier. The fluorine plastic of the protecting layer is ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer. A high molecular material of the second layer and the fourth layer is ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.    USE - Packaging structure for a solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The structure adopts glass layer, metal layer and fabric base layer, which makes the structure of the battery to be light and thin, widens the applicability, saves the packaging materials, reduces the production cost, improves the practicability of the battery, and develops the strong integration of the battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a packaging structure for a solar battery.
NOVELTY - A bright enhancement transmitting film comprises substrate and coating. The coating comprises organic particles and engaging agent. The organic particles have refraction index of less than 1.5. The ratio of refracting index of organic particles to engaging agent is 0.95-1.05.    USE - Bright enhancement transmitting film for solar battery assembly (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The film improves transmitting rate and generating efficiency of solar battery assembly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic diagram illustrating a bright enhancement transmitting film.
NOVELTY - The method involves processing the surface of a substrate through one or more ultrasonic cleaning and plasma processing, forming a silicon dioxide buffer layer, and forming an ITO thin film using a roll-to-roll sputtering device having preset operating conditions. The direct current (DC) power requirement of roll-to-roll sputtering device is 3.5-4.5KW, rotating speed of roll-to-roll sputtering device is 0.5-4.0m/min, drum cooling temperature of roll-to-roll sputtering device is 5-20 degrees C, and injected oxygen gas flow ratio in roll-to-roll sputtering device is 400:1.5-3.5.    USE - Method for manufacturing indium tin oxide film. Uses include but are not limited to flat panel display (FPD) such as LCD, plasma display, field emission display (FED), organic electroluminescent display, mobile system and flexible organic light-emitting device or flexible organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The indium tin oxide thin film with high transmittance can be produced by roll-to-roll sputtering while securing superior electric conduction and transparency of ITO film by optimizing the roll-to-roll sputtering processing conditions.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic diagram of the roll-to-roll sputter apparatus.(Drawing includes non-English language text)    Unwinder (1)    Rollers (2-4,6-11)    Coating drum (5)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a vacuum pump (320) connected to a side of a vacuum space part, where the space part is equipped in a lower side of an index table (200) and a conveyor (100) that is connected with an intake cavity (211) and the vacuum space part. A vacuum absorption part forms the vacuum in a contiguous area, and a charge coupled device camera (500) is equipped in center of an upper part of a crack (4).    USE - Solar cell board inspection apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus can increase efficiency of the solar cell board.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a solar cell board inspection apparatus.    Crack (4)    Conveyor (100)    Index table (200)    Intake cavity (211)    Vacuum pump (320)    Charge coupled device camera (500)
NOVELTY - The method involves applying positive probe and negative probe with voltage that ranges from 3 to 6 volts. The positive joint and the negative joint of the voltage stabilizing power are mounted to the probes of battery.    USE - Repair method by laser grooving and scribing an amorphous silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - Improves performance of battery following a reliable treatment operation.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic diagram of battery.
NOVELTY - The sunroof has solar module (100) with curved shaped upper board and lower board positioned at distance from upper board. An upper and lower ethyl vinyl acetate layers are formed at lower and upper portions of upper and lower boards respectively. Solar cells are fixed between upper and lower ethyl vinyl acetate layers. Light transmitting slots are formed between solar cells so that external light penetrates into the room of vehicle.    USE - Sunroof for vehicle e.g. car.    ADVANTAGE - The need for using auxiliary electric power source is eliminated, since light transmitting slots are formed between solar cells.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the vehicle sunroof.    Front surface frame (1)    Rear surface frame (2)    Sun-roof glass (3)    Light shield section (4)    Solar module (100)
NOVELTY - The glass (10) has transparent electric wire that is connected to solar cell and is expanded to be in connection with outlet. A spacer (11) is arranged between glasses. A heat insulating unit is formed by being sealed using Thiokol (RTM: polysulfide polymer). Several solar cells are arranged to portion of glass. The solar cells in electric connection with neighboring solar cell are in connection with outlet.    USE - Dual layered glass for window and door installed in building.    ADVANTAGE - Pollution free power can be provided by using solar cells in dual layered glass.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side sectional view of the dual layered glass.    Dual layered glass (10)    Spacer (11)    Adiabatic section (13)
NOVELTY - The structure has N layer (3) that is laminated on P layer (4). A back electrode (5) is orderly connected with an insulating layer (6) and an electrode plate (7). A front electrode (1) is connected with the electrode plate. The voltage is applied to the front electrode. The insulating layer is made of polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate and polyimide or silicon dioxide. An antireflection layer (2) is also provided.    USE - Solar battery structure.    ADVANTAGE - The PN junction of the depletion layer of solar battery structure can be widened, by increasing the external electric field. The electron-hole pair in the photon-generated carrier can be separated, so that the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar battery structure can be improved and the sensitivity of photoelectric element can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar battery structure.    Front electrode (1)    Antireflection layer (2)    N layer (3)    P layer (4)    Back electrode (5)    Insulating layer (6)    Electrode plate (7)
NOVELTY - An encapsulation film is a multilayer thin film comprising a protective layer, a barrier layer, and a mechanical protective layer in order. The protective layer is made from aluminum oxide. The barrier layer is made from single or double silicon nitride. The mechanical protective layer is made from silicon dioxide.    USE - Encapsulation film for organic solar cell and organic light emitting device (both claimed), flexible organic emitting device, display apparatus and thin film battery.    ADVANTAGE - The encapsulation film has excellent adhesive force, oxygen permeability and moisture permeability, is economically manufactured, and prevents damage of device due to heat and ions, and hence, stability of product is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of encapsulation film;    (2) organic light emitting device; and    (3) organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - An oxide nanoparticle dispersion solution is obtained by mixing and dispersing oxide nanoparticles in a solvent. The oxide nanoparticle dispersion solution is spray-dried, to obtain oxide nanoparticle microspheres. The oxide nanoparticles microspheres are then pre-sintered.    USE - Manufacture of oxide nanoparticle microspheres for micro-nano complex channel electrodes (both claimed) used in electrochemistry, and for displays, solar cells, transparent electromagnetic wave shielding materials, transparent batteries (e.g. lithium secondary batteries), and electrical-double-layer capacitors.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides oxide nanoparticle microspheres which facilitate penetration of electrolyte and transmission of ions through the channel of micro-nano complex channel electrodes, as specific surface area is increased.
NOVELTY - An insulating layer is formed on a substrate, and oxide compound sol chosen from zinc compound, indium compound, gallium compound, titanium compound and stannic compound is deposited on the insulating layer and heated to obtain oxidized compound gel. The obtained oxidized compound gel is dried to obtain opaque amorphous oxide semiconductor film, heated and dried to obtain transparent crystalline oxide semiconductor thin film.    USE - Crystallization of oxide semiconductor thin film for manufacturing flash memory device, and oxide thin film transistor (all claimed) and display panel, solar cell and image sensor.    ADVANTAGE - The crystallization of oxide semiconductor thin film is economically and efficiently enabled.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of flash memory device;    (2) flash memory device;    (3) manufacture of oxide semiconductor thin film; and    (4) manufacture of oxide thin film transistor.
NOVELTY - The tin indium oxide transparent electrode has a tin indium oxide layer (1) and a transparent substrate layer (2). The indium tin oxide layer is set one side of the transparent substrate layer. A tin indium oxide layer is formed on middle surface of the electrode strip. The edge surface of the tin indium oxide layer portion provided with eight edge electrodes.    USE - Tin indium oxide transparent electrode for organic solar battery, organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, and organic LED.    ADVANTAGE - The precision and conductivity of the transparent electrode can be improved. The transparent and conductive indium oxide electrode can be obtained. The adaptability and conductivity of the solar battery can be improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the indium oxide transparent electrode.    Tin indium oxide layer (1)    Transparent substrate layer (2)
NOVELTY - The method involves performing pulsed laser ablation of a substance on thin silicon substrate to form base openings. The selective doping of base regions and emitter regions are performed. The contacts for base regions and emitter regions are formed and metallization is formed on base regions and emitter regions. The pulsed laser ablation of a predetermined portion of metallization is performed to form a primary set of metal lines connected to base regions and a secondary set of metal lines connected to emitter regions.    USE - Method for processing thin crystalline silicon substrate e.g. thin film silicon solar cell substrate (TFSC) used in semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - The damage to laser-induced substrate can be prevented. The manufacturing cost of silicon substrate can be reduced. The manufacturing process of solar cell can be simplified. The degradation of surface recombination velocity (SRV) of substrate can be avoided.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the top view of the TFSC.
NOVELTY - The back surface protective film (1) has resin layer (12) containing saturated-polyester resin and a white-colored coloring agent, disposed on one surface of a resin layer (11) containing rubber-containing aromatic vinyl-type resin having maximum glass transition temperature of 90-120 degrees C, measured based on JIS K 7121, and an infrared-permeability coloring agent. The resin layers (11,12) have thickness of each 10-400 mu m. The resin layer (12) is composed of a film having dimensional change ratio of plus minus 0.5% or less at 135 degrees C for 30 minutes.    USE - Back surface protective film is used for solar cell for solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The protective film has excellent low-thermal storage property, heat resistance, durability, flexibility, flaw resistance, adhesiveness, water vapor barrier property and workability, favorable handleability and reduced heat deformation. The products using the protective film have excellent external appearance, design property and improved electrical power generation efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of back surface protective film, which involves heating film containing saturated-polyester resin and white-colored coloring agent at 100-150 degrees C in air, maintaining at 135 degrees C for 30 minutes, and joining film containing rubber-containing aromatic vinyl-type resin, and infrared-permeability coloring agent.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic sectional view of the back surface protective film.    Back surface protective film (1)    Resin layers (11,12)
NOVELTY - A sealing material (30) consists of sealing layer (32) which does not contain fluorescent material and sealing layer (34) containing fluorescent material.    USE - Wavelength conversion type solar cell sealing material for solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The wavelength conversion type solar cell sealing material provides solar cell module with high electric power generation efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell module, which consists of the sealing material provided in the light-receiving surface side of photovoltaic cell (10).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the sectional view of the solar cell module.    Photovoltaic cell (10)    Cover glass (20)    Wavelength conversion type solar cell sealing material (30)    Sealing layers (32,34)    Back surface sealing material (36)
NOVELTY - An electrode has base material, pattern of electroconductive metal fine wire, and electroconductive polymer-containing layer (5'). A portion of electroconductive polymer-containing layer lies on an area having metal fine wire with thickness of 100-2000 nm. The difference in level between surface of portion of electroconductive polymer-containing layer which lies on area having metal fine wire and surface of portion of electroconductive polymer-containing layer which lies on area having pattern of metal fine wire and not containing metal fine wire, is 100-800 nm.    USE - Electrode is used for organic electronic device e.g. organic electroluminescent device and organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The organic electronic device using electrode has excellent optical performance, and suppressed generation of leakage.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An electrode has a base material, a pattern of electroconductive metal fine wire formed on the base material, and electroconductive polymer-containing layer formed on the pattern. A portion of electroconductive polymer-containing layer lies on an area having metal fine wire with thickness of 100-2000 nm. The difference in level between the surface of portion of electroconductive polymer-containing layer which lies on an area having metal fine wire and surface of a portion of electroconductive polymer-containing layer which lies on an area having pattern of metal fine wire and not containing metal fine wire, is 100-800 nm.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of cathode electrode.    Taking-out electrode (1,4)    Blank portion (3)    Electroconductive polymer-containing layer (5')    Cathode electrode (6)
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion apparatus has working electrode and pigment-supported porous metal oxide semiconductor layer (3) formed on working electrode. The concentration of hydroxyl group on the surface of porous metal oxide semiconductor layer is 0.01-4 piece/nm2.    USE - Photoelectric conversion apparatus e.g. die-sensitized solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion apparatus has high conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of photoelectric conversion apparatus, which involves forming porous metal oxide semiconductor layer on surface of working electrode, controlling concentration of hydroxyl group and support pigment on porous metal oxide semiconductor layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of die-sensitized-type photoelectric conversion apparatus.    Transparent substrate (1)    Transparent electrode (2)    Pigment-supported porous metal oxide semiconductor layer (3)    Electrolyte layer (4)    Counter electrode (5)
NOVELTY - The apparatus (10) has a preparation-extraction chamber (13) and film formation chambers (11) which are arranged through separate opening-and-closing unit (19) so as to connect with conveyance room (18). An exhausting unit (30) is separately attached to the conveyance room, preparation-extraction chamber, and film formation chamber. The film formation chamber is equipped with a heating unit of substrate (W). A carrier (21) is provided to maintain substrates.    USE - Film-forming apparatus such as tandem-type thin film solar cell manufacturing apparatus. Can also be used in plasma CVD apparatus, single-wafer plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD) apparatus, in-line-type PE-CVD apparatus, and batch type PE-CVD apparatus.    ADVANTAGE - The carrying chamber containing primary moving unit are capable of automatically traveling while carriers each retaining the substrates are placed. Thus, the film-forming capability of film-forming apparatus can be improved and manufacture of thin film solar cell of tandem construction can be enabled efficiently.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of the thin film solar cell manufacturing apparatus.    Film-forming apparatus (10)    Film formation chambers (11)    Preparation-extraction chamber (13)    Conveyance room (18)    Opening-and-closing unit (19)    Carrier (21)    Exhausting unit (30)    Substrate (W)
NOVELTY - Direct methanol fuel cell (I) comprises: an anode (1) to which an aqueous methanol solution is supplied as the fuel, a cathode (2) to which oxidizing gas is supplied, an electrolyte membrane (3) interposed between the anode and the cathode, a first separator (4) disposed on the surface of the anode on the side opposite to the electrolyte membrane side and a second separator (5) disposed on the surface of the cathode on the side opposite to the electrolyte membrane side.    USE - Used as direct methanol fuel cell.    ADVANTAGE - (I) has improved in reliability. (I) shows increased in whole thickness, causing increase in weight, and resulting in low output density.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Direct methanol fuel cell (I) comprises: an anode (1) to which an aqueous methanol solution is supplied as the fuel, a cathode (2) to which oxidizing gas is supplied, an electrolyte membrane (3) interposed between the anode and the cathode, a first separator (4) disposed on the surface of the anode on the side opposite to the electrolyte membrane side and a second separator (5) disposed on the surface of the cathode on the side opposite to the electrolyte membrane side, where the first and second separators are respectively made of a membrane containing a copolymer of a first vinyl monomer having a cyclic functional group bonded with a carbonyl group, a second vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group and a third vinyl monomer having an aromatic group, and a carbon powder dispersed in the copolymer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a sectional view of a direct methanol fuel cell.    Anode (1)    Cathode (2)    Electrolyte membrane (3)    First separator (4)    Second separator. (5)
NOVELTY - The method involves providing single or poly crystalline substrate. Wet etching process is carried over the substrate, so that the surface of substrate is textured. Atmospheric pressure plasma cleaning process is performed on textured substrate. The p-n junction is formed with respect to the substrate that is cleaned by atmospheric pressure plasma cleaning device.    USE - Method for cleaning substrate of solar cell (claimed) in photovoltaic device.    ADVANTAGE - Since the substrate is cleaned by the atmospheric pressure plasma cleaning device, the p-n junction is formed on the substrate, so that the high voltage conversion efficiency of photovoltaic device is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for solar cell manufacturing system.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view illustrating the formation of p-n junction on substrate after cleaning the substrate.    Substrate (100)    Anti-reflective layer (310)    Passivation layer (320)    Electrodes (330,340)
NOVELTY - The method involves heating substrate (200) at predetermined temperature using non-contact heater. The thin film is formed on substrate. The thin film (230) is made of amorphous silicon and silicon alloy. The surface of single or poly crystalline substrate is textured by wet etching process using alkaline solution such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, nitric acid and hydrogen fluoride.    USE - Method for heating substrate such as single crystalline substrate, and poly crystalline substrate (all claimed) of solar cell of photovoltaic device.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic conversion efficiency of photovoltaic device can be improved. The passivation effect can be improved since the thermal damage of interface between the substrate and intrinsic amorphous silicon layer can be reduced.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view illustrating the process for heating the substrate of solar cell.    Substrate (200)    Thin film (230)    Electrodes (250,270)
NOVELTY - The three-dimensional nano-structure array (10) has a substrate (100) including several three-dimensional nano-structures (102) with stepped structure such as stepped bulge. The stepped structure comprises a cylinder (104) located on substrate and another cylinder (106) placed above the cylinder (104). The steeped bulge is a multi-layer frustum of prism, multi-layer frustum of cone or multi-layer cylinder.    USE - Three-dimensional nano-structure array used in nano integrated circuit, LED, solar cell and nano-optical component such as plasmonic component.    ADVANTAGE - The three-dimensional nano-structure array is simple and low cost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the three-dimensional nano-structure array.    Three-dimensional nano-structure array (10)    Substrate (100)    Three-dimensional nano-structure (102)    Cylinders (104,106)
NOVELTY - Producing colored glass (1), comprises melting at least one powdery and/or sandy raw glass material, where the finished nanoparticles (2) made of at least one metal are mixed with the raw glass material prior to melting and the mixture is subsequently melted together.    USE - The glass is useful for the manufacture of solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The glass exhibits good optical transparency and degree of resistance to chemicals.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for the glass comprising nanoparticles made of at least one metal and the dichroism of the glass is dependent on whether light is reflected or transmitted by the glass, where the glass is produced by the above process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic representation of the distribution of metal particles in a glass produced by the above process.    Glass (1)    Nanoparticles. (2)
NOVELTY - The method comprises depositing a first layer (17) on a substrate (16) by pulsed plasma deposition, depositing a third layer (19) on the substrate, and depositing zinc oxide on the substrate by pulsed plasma deposition to obtain a second layer (18) having a thickness greater than or equal to 80 nm. The first layer is deposited by directing two pulsed flows of electrons against a respective target having a different composition. The target is made of one of the components of a first layer in elementary form. The third layer has a thickness of 80-150 nm. The substrate is made to rotate during the deposition steps.    USE - The method is useful for making a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method is capable of easily, effectively and economically making the solar cell with long lifespan and increased thermal conductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The method comprises depositing a first layer (17) on a substrate (16) by pulsed plasma deposition, depositing a third layer (19) on the substrate, and depositing zinc oxide on the substrate by pulsed plasma deposition to obtain a second layer (18) having a thickness greater than or equal to 80 nm. The first layer is deposited by directing two pulsed flows of electrons against a respective target having a different composition. The target is made of one of the components of a first layer in elementary form. The third layer has a thickness of 80-150 nm. The substrate is made to rotate during the deposition steps. The first layer has: a composition of copper(indium gallium)(selenium sulfur) (Cu(ln1-yGay)(Se1-zSz)2+x), where x is 0-0.25, y is 0-0.75 and z is 0-1; a composition of copper(indium gallium)selenium (Cu(ln1-yGay)Se2+x); and a thickness of 1-8 mu m. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a schematic view of a solar cell.    Substrate (16)    First layer (17)    Second layer (18)    Third layer (19)    Metallic contact. (20)
NOVELTY - A power generation umbrella comprises an umbrella structure comprising a canopy (12), a skeleton (11), a runner (13), and a central post (10); a solar energy absorption film (20) uniformly distributed on the canopy, to receive light and convert the light to electrical power; a solar energy accumulator (21) inside a hollow portion of the post; a transmission line (22) inside the post to supply the electrical power from the solar energy absorption film to the solar energy accumulator; and an output interface (23)comprising a power socket or a receptacle.    USE - A power generation umbrella used for shielding sunlight and rainwater, and providing continuous supply of electrical power.    ADVANTAGE - The umbrella achieves easy and convenient making outdoor activity and leisure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of the power generation umbrella.    Central post (10)    Skeleton (11)    Canopy (12)    Runner (13)    Solar energy absorption film (20)    Solar energy accumulator (21)    Transmission line (22)    Output interface (23)
NOVELTY - A solar cell (10) comprises: an N-type semiconductor layer (20) on one side of a light absorbing layer containing quantum dots in a matrix layer and a P-type semiconductor layer (16) on the other side of the light absorbing layer, where the quantum dots are made of nanocrystalline semiconductor. The quantum dots are arranged 3-dimensionally uniformly enough and spaced regularly so that several wave functions lie on one another between adjacent quantum dots to form intermediate bands. The matrix layer is formed of amorphous indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO).    USE - As solar cell (claimed) particularly as a PN-junction solar cell or PIN-junction solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell restricts carrier loss and yields high energy conversion efficiency; allows formation of a light absorbing layer containing quantum dots through a process carried out at a relatively low temperature; and allows formation of a light absorbing layer containing quantum dots through a solution step such as a coating or printing method without requiring vacuum equipment and complicated apparatuses.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing the above solar cell involving: applying or printing a mixture of a first IGZO precursor in a state of liquid and a particle dispersed solution in which particles forming the quantum dots are dispersed in a solvent onto the N-type semiconductor layer or the P-type semiconductor layer and a heat treatment step to vaporize the solvent contained in the mixture.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic cross section configuration of a solar cell.    Solar cell (10)    Substrate (12)    Surface (12a)    Electrode layer (14)    P-type semiconductor layer (16)    Photoelectric conversion layer (18)    N-type semiconductor layer (20)    Second electrode layer (22)
NOVELTY - The method involves attaching a handler (201) to a wafer (203) i.e. complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wafer, using an adhesive (901) e.g. thermoset polymer, where the handler is made of a material e.g. quartz, glass, diamond and sapphire, that is transparent in a wavelength range of about 193 nm to 400 nm. The adhesive is ablated through the handler using a laser, where wavelength of the laser is selected based on transparency of the handler material. The handler is separated from the wafer.    USE - Method for releasing a handler from a wafer i.e. complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wafer, during fabricating an integrated circuit e.g. silicon-based three dimensional or four dimensional chip, thin film solar cell, silicon solar cell, and glass substrate-based solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method enables attaching the handler to the wafer using the adhesive and releasing the handler from the wafer using laser ablation without contaminating or damaging the wafer. The adhesive can withstand temperatures up to about 400 degree Celsius, so that the handler is released from the wafer in a rapid manner, thus providing better throughput for overall integrated circuit fabrication process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a system for releasing a handler from a wafer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a system for releasing a handler from a wafer.    Handler (201)    Wafer (203)    Ablated adhesive (901)
NOVELTY - An electrodeposition apparatus (400) comprises support structure including contact pins (425), each contact pin configures to establish electrical contact with substrate surface to supply plating potential to substrate (415). The apparatus further comprises positioning mechanism configures to orient support structure so that contact pins make contact with substrate surface during electrodeposition. The support structure is disposed between substrate surface and counter electrode (430) during electrodeposition.    USE - Electrodeposition apparatus for solar cell fabrication.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus exhibits fast chemical electrodeposition.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is cross-section view depicting an electrodeposition apparatus.    Electrodeposition apparatus (400)    Electrolyte (410)    Substrate (415)    Contact pins (425)    Counter electrode (430)
NOVELTY - A quinoxaline conjugated polymer containing polycyclic thiophene unit (I), is new.    USE - New quinoxaline conjugated polymer is used for organic optoelectronic materials, polymer solar cells, light-emitting devices, organic field-effect transistors, organic light memory devices, organic nonlinear materials and organic laser devices (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A quinoxaline conjugated polymer containing polycyclic thiophene unit of formula (I), is new.    x+y=2;    x=1-2;    n=1-100;    R1,R2=1-20C alkyl;and    R3,R4=H, 1-20C alkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, phenyl group-containing alkyl or alkoxy, fluorine group-containing alkyl, or carbazole-containing alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of quinoxaline conjugated polymer.
NOVELTY - A semiconductor wafer, has a surface (108) whose atomic appearance is reduced to 50% or more, with respect to atomic appearance of surface after carrying out chemical mechanical planarization.    USE - Semiconductor wafer is used for semiconductor devices (claimed) e.g. solar cell, diode and transistor.    ADVANTAGE - The defect-free semiconductor wafer provides semiconductor device having excellent mechanical strength and electrical performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) wafer (100), which comprises a substrate and an epitaxial layer having density of 1x 108 cm-2 on the substrate;    (2) die cut;    (3) processing of semiconductor wafer, which involves planarizing surface of semiconductor wafer and oxidizing; and    (4) processing of semiconductor wafer further involves stripping oxide formed by oxidizing from the semiconductor wafer and growing epitaxial layer containing silicon carbide and a group III-V compound on the semiconductor wafer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of semiconductor wafer.    Wafer (100)    Surface (108)
NOVELTY - The structure has a battery protection circuit board (2) connected with a polymer lithium ion battery core (5) of a battery frame (1). A rear end face of the polymer lithium ion battery core is provided with a low temperature adhesive. Thin metal sheets (4) are connected with the battery frame. The battery frame is connected with front and back ends of an injection hole. Low temperature glue is located into the polymer lithium ion battery core through the injection hole. The injection hole is formed on a front matching surface.    USE - Plastic injection metal plate structure for a polymer lithium ion battery in a fuel cell field.    ADVANTAGE - The structure is simple to process, and reduces manufacturing cost. The structure has high firmness and strength of a battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded perspective view of a plastic injection metal plate structure.    Battery frame (1)    Battery protection circuit board (2)    Thin metal sheets (4)    Polymer lithium ion battery core (5)    Output terminals (21, 22, 23)
NOVELTY - Multi-layered backsheet, comprises: an optional top layer (i); an insulating layer (ii) (3); and a back layer (iii), where between each layer at least one sublayers are optionally present, and the layers contain a polyolefin (as major component) including polyethene homo-and copolymers or polypropene homo-and copolymers.    USE - The multi-layered backsheet is useful for making solar modules (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The multi-layered backsheet: provides long term electrical and mechanical protection against heat and moisture exposure, and exhibits good anti-burning behavior; and can be prepared at low raw material costs, due to using inexpensive polymeric material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a solar module (1) comprising at least one solar cells and encapsulating layer (5), and further comprising the backsheet;    (2) making a backsheet comprising providing compositions for making the layers (i)-(iii), co-extruding the compositions into a multi-layered article, and optionally crosslinking; and    (3) making a solar module comprising vacuum laminating the backsheet to a solar module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a photovoltaic module.    Solar module (1)    Light receiving side (top side) (2)    Middle layer (3)    Solar cell layer (4)    Encapsulating layer (5)
NOVELTY - Etching a device precursor comprises providing (502) a substrate; determining a temperature associated with the substrate; and etching (506) a metal oxide layer of the substrate. The etching is controlled based on the determined temperature.    USE - Method for etching a device precursor, particularly during manufacturing solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method can increase the efficiency of solar cell production.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a device for etching a device precursor comprising:    (A) a substrate support to support a substrate;    (B) a temperature sensing device to determine a temperature associated with the substrate;    (C) an etching device to etch a metal oxide layer of the substrate;and    (D) a control device adapted to control the etching device based on the determined temperature associated with the substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic flow diagram of a method for etching a semiconductor device precursor.    Substrate providing step (502)    Measuring step (504)    Etching step (506)    Measured temperature (510)
NOVELTY - The cell (10) has mesh electrode (2) made of silver and positioned on a groove formed on substrate (1). An electroconductive polymeric layer (3) is formed in opening of mesh electrode, and a photoelectric converting layer (4) is formed on the electroconductive polymeric layer. A counter electrode (5) is formed on the photoelectric converting layer. The electroconductive polymeric layer is formed using polyethylene dioxythiophene/polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT/PSS).    USE - Organic thin-film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the electroconductive polymeric layer is formed in the opening of the mesh electrode to contribute to the movement of electric charge in the film surface direction, the electric charge extraction is improved efficiently. The reduction of manufacturing cost of electrode is attained by using mesh electrode. Since the mesh electrode has a large specific surface area, the contact surface of the mesh electrode, semiconductor material and electrolyte material is increased. Hence the movement of the electric charge is attained smoothly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the organic thin-film solar cell.    Substrate (1)    Mesh electrode (2)    Electroconductive polymeric layer (3)    Photoelectric converting layer (4)    Counter electrode (5)    Organic thin-film solar cell (10)
NOVELTY - A glass composition comprises (in mol%) phosphorus pentoxide (25-55), total tin oxide (30-65) and total iron oxide (5-20).    USE - Glass composition is used for paste for electrode (claimed) for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The glass composition has excellent water resistance, and is economical.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for paste for electrode, which contains glass frit composition containing metal microparticles and organic vehicle.
NOVELTY - An aqueous solution containing compound including copper, silver, manganese, gold and rare earth elements, zinc compound and sulfidizing agent is added in an organic solvent, to obtain reaction liquid mixture. The obtained reaction liquid mixture is heated, water and organic solvent are azeotropically distilled, and target sulfide is provided in the reaction liquid mixture. The water is removed from the reaction liquid mixture, and water is collected by condensing the vapor, to obtain zinc-sulfide-fluorescent-component precursor.    USE - Manufacture of zinc-sulfide-fluorescent-component precursor used for zinc-sulfide-fluorescent component (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to solar cell, light receiving element, video recording, cathode ray tube and lighting fixture.    ADVANTAGE - The zinc-sulfide-fluorescent-component precursor with improved strength and stability is efficiently and economically manufactured.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An aqueous solution containing compound including copper, silver, manganese, gold and rare earth elements, zinc compound and sulfidizing agent is added in an organic solvent, to obtain reaction liquid mixture. The obtained reaction liquid mixture is heated, water and organic solvent are azeotropically distilled, and target sulfide is provided in the reaction mixture. The water is removed from the reaction mixture, and water is collected by condensing vapor, to obtain zinc-sulfide-fluorescent-component precursor. The sulfidizing agent is ammonium sulfide, ammonium hydrogen sulfide and/or ammonium polysulfide. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for zinc sulfide fluorescent component, which is obtained by baking zinc-sulfide-fluorescent-component precursor.
NOVELTY - One or more types of noble-metal compound(s) are reduced with a reducing agent in the presence of a surfactant, to obtain noble-metal particles having a three-dimensional dendrite structure.    USE - Manufacture of noble-metal particles having three-dimensional dendrite structure for catalysts used for oxidation-reduction (all claimed) in e.g. fuel cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacture of noble-metal particles having high surface area and excellent economical efficiency, without using ultrasonication and block copolymer. The obtained particles provide highly efficient catalysts.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) noble-metal particles having a particle diameter of 15-25 nm and a specific surface area of 20-60 m2/mg; and    (2) catalyst containing the noble-metal particles.
NOVELTY - Aluminum hydroxide and calcium sulfate are deposited in waste liquid (31) by supplying a calcium compound (32) to the waste liquid containing aluminum ion and sulfate ion discharged from aluminum treatment process, and the pH of waste liquid is adjusted to 5-8. The precipitate (35) in waste liquid is separated, to obtain a processing agent which reduces fluorine concentration in fluorine-containing water.    USE - Manufacture of agent for processing fluorine-containing water (claimed) discharged from manufacturing processes of semiconductor elements and solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacture of agents which efficiently process fluorine-containing water. Since the processing agent contains calcium sulfate, a substance containing calcium compound and sulfate radical need not be prepared separately.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for processing of fluorine-containing water, which involves depositing precipitate containing fluorine in fluorine-containing water by supplying the processing agent to fluorine-containing water, and separating the precipitate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the apparatus used for manufacturing the processing agent.    Storage tank (21)    Waste liquid (31)    Calcium compound (32)    Precipitate (35)    Processing-agent manufacturing apparatus (71)
NOVELTY - An active energy ray curable compound has piperidinyl group, functional group containing silicon atom and (meth)acryloyl group.    USE - Active energy ray curable compound used in composition used for forming hardening layer on component (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to surface protection film of display of liquid crystal television and plasma television, solar cell panel, window glass, timber, concrete, paper, asphalt, metal, binder for ink and adhesive agent.    ADVANTAGE - The active energy ray curable compound forms hardened layer having excellent adhesiveness with respect to substrate, excellent weather resistance and wear resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for active energy ray curable composition, which contains the active energy ray curable compound (A), active energy ray curable compound (B) having benzotriazole group and (meth)acryloyl group, and active energy ray curable compound (C) other than the compounds (A,B).
NOVELTY - An organic silica-type material contains condensation polymer of dithienyl benzothiadiazole-type organic silane compound (I) and surfactant, and has mesostructure.    USE - Organic silica-type material is used for luminescent material, photocatalyst and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The organic silica-type material has high electroconductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic silica-type material contains condensation polymer of dithienyl benzothiadiazole-type organic silane compound of formula (I) and surfactant, and has mesostructure.    R'=1-8C alkyl;    R"=1-8C alkyl or optionally substituted allyl;    Z=single bond, 1-12C alkylene, 6-20C arylene, 2-20C heterocyclyl, ethenylene, ethynylene, ether, carbonyl, amino, amide or imide;    k=1 or 2;    n=0-3;and    at least one of R1-R6=silyl group-containing substituent of formula: -Z-(Si(OR')nR"3-n)k (a) in which sol-gel polycondensation reaction is carried out, and remainder is H, halo, 1-12C alkyl, 1-12C alkoxy, 6-12C aryl, phenoxy, acetyl, benzoyl, amino, amide, imide, nitro or cyano.
NOVELTY - An organic silica-type material contains surfactant and condensation polymer of (1)-benzothieno-(3,2-b)(1)-benzothiophene type organic silane compound having meso structure (I).    USE - Organic silica-type material. Uses include but are not limited to organic/inorganic hybrid material, luminescent material, photocatalyst and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The organic silica-type material has excellent electroconductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An organic silica-type material contains surfactant and condensation polymer of (1)-benzothieno-(3,2-b)(1)-benzothiophene type organic silane compound having meso structure of formula (I).    at least one of R1-R4,at least one of R5-R8=substituent containing silyl group of formula: -Z-(Si(ORa)n(Rb)3-n)k in which sol-gel polycondensation reaction is possible, and remaining are H, halo, 1-12C alkyl, 1-12C alkoxy, 6-12C aryl, phenoxy, acetyl, benzoyl, amino, amide, imide, nitro or cyano;    Ra=1-8C alkyl;    Rb=1-8C alkyl or optionally substituted allyl;    Z=single bond, 1-12C alkylene, 6-20C arylene, 2-20C heterocyclyl, ethenylene, ethynylene, ether, carbonyl, amino, amide or imide;    k=1 or 2;and    n=0-3.
NOVELTY - A curable composition contains organic polymer and a metallic compound as a curing catalyst. The organic polymer has hydrolyzable group coupled with silicon atom in principal chain, and crosslinkable silicon group crosslinked by forming siloxane bond by effect of moisture content, and excludes polysiloxane. The metallic compound contains one or more types of metal excluding tin. The metal atom of metallic compound is coupled with residue of alpha - or beta -keto alcohol, and alpha -carbon is saturated carbon.    USE - Curable composition used for adhesive agent and sealing material. Uses include but are not limited to adhesive agent for building, boats and ships, molding agent, damping material, sound insulating material, coating material, solar cell backside sealing material, cable material, crack repair material, sealing agent used in motor vehicle component and machine component, adhesive agent for wall finishing, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The curable composition has improved storage stability and favorable adhesiveness.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A curable composition contains organic polymer and a metallic compound as a curing catalyst. The organic polymer has hydrolyzable group coupled with silicon atom in principal chain, and crosslinkable silicon group crosslinked by forming siloxane bond by effect of moisture content, and excludes polysiloxane. The metallic compound contains one or more types of metal excluding tin. The amount of metallic compound with respect to 100 parts mass of organic polymer is 0.1-20 parts mass. The metal atom of metallic compound is coupled with residue of alpha - or beta -keto alcohol, and alpha -carbon is saturated carbon.
NOVELTY - An electroconductive composition comprises silver powder (70-95 %mass), lead oxide-containing glass powder, a vehicle comprising resin and solvent and dispersing agent which disperses and stabilizes the silver powder and glass powder. The content of lead oxide-containing glass powder is 1-10 parts with respect to 100 parts mass of silver powder in the composition, and comprises lead oxide-boron trioxide as main component, zinc oxide and/or titania, and alumina (1-10 mol%).    USE - Electroconductive composition is used for manufacturing solar cell and photovoltaic cell for solar cell module (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The electroconductive composition enables formation of solar cell having excellent electroconductivity and water resistance, without reducing adhesiveness with n-type semiconductor layer in the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An electroconductive composition comprises silver powder (70-95 %mass), lead oxide-containing glass powder, a vehicle comprising resin and solvent and dispersing agent which disperses and stabilizes the silver powder and glass powder. The content of lead oxide-containing glass powder is 1-10 parts with respect to 100 parts mass of silver powder in the composition, and comprises lead oxide-boron trioxide as main component, zinc oxide and/or titania, and alumina (1-10 mol%). The electroconductive composition enables formation of n-type-semiconductor layer (12) which penetrated the silicon nitride layer (11) formed on one of p-type-semiconductor substrate (14). The n-type-semiconductor layer is formed below the silicon nitride layer and electrode (13). An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of solar cell (10).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Solar cell (10)    Silicon nitride layer (11)    N-type semiconductor layer (12)    Electrode (13)    P-type semiconductor substrate (14)
NOVELTY - The unit (10) has a surface protection sheet (14) covering a light-receiving surface side of a photovoltaic cell (12). A back surface protection sheet (16) covers an anti-light-receiving surface side of the photovoltaic cell. Adhesive surfaces (14a, 16a, 16b, 20b) attach the surface protection sheet, the back surface protection sheet and the photovoltaic cell. The back surface protection sheet is polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate or a product made from polypropylene.    USE - Solar cell unit for use in a building.    ADVANTAGE - The back surface protection sheet is polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate or the product made from polypropylene, so that the solar cell unit can be attached easily on a building.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for attaching a solar cell unit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a solar cell unit.    Solar cell unit (10)    Photovoltaic cell (12)    Surface protection sheet (14)    Adhesive surfaces (14a, 16a, 16b, 20b)    Back surface protection sheet (16)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a back surface electrode (10) which is on the opposite side to the light receiving surface electrode (4) of a silicon substrate (2). A back surface electric field layer (8) is formed in the back surface side of the silicon substrate. A silver electrode is formed as back surface electrode after forming light receiving surface electrode. A back surface passivation film (9) is formed in the back surface of the silicon substrate.    USE - Manufacturing method of solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - As the silver with higher reflectance is used in the back surface electrode, the sulfuration phenomenon produced in a solar cell manufacturing process can be suppressed, so the fall of the BSR effect is suppressed.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional block view of the solar cell. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Silicon substrate (2)    Light receiving surface electrode (4)    Back surface electric field layer (8)    Back surface passivation film (9)    Back surface electrode (10)
NOVELTY - A biaxially-oriented polyester film contains polyester containing 0.5-2 mol% of 4-cyclohexane dimethanol as diol component, group II element, titanium element and elemental phosphorus. The biaxially-oriented polyester film has intrinsic viscosity of 0.7 dl/g or more. The amount of terminal carboxyl group contained in polyester film is 26 equivalent/ton or less.    USE - Biaxially-oriented polyester film is used for sealing solar cell backside.    ADVANTAGE - The biaxially-oriented polyester film has excellent hydrolysis resistance and film-forming property.
NOVELTY - Forming an ohmic contact to a surface of a cadmium and tellurium containing compound film comprises: forming a tellurium-rich layer on the surface of the cadmium and tellurium containing compound film; depositing an interface layer on the tellurium-rich layer; and laying down a contact layer (37) on the interface layer, where the interface layer comprises a metallic form of zinc and copper.    USE - The method is useful for forming an ohmic contact to a surface of a cadmium and tellurium containing compound film which is used in photovoltaic device (claimed), such as a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method utilizes copper-zinc alloy which increases the yield and simplifies the manufacturing process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a photovoltaic device having an ohmic contact and comprising a substrate, a transparent conductive layer disposed on the substrate, a junction partner layer (32) disposed on the transparent conductive layer, and the cadmium-tellurium film (33) disposed on the junction partner layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a cross-sectional view of a cadmium-tellurium solar cell structure.    Transparent sheet (30)    Transparent conductive oxide layer (31)    Junction partner layer (32)    Cadmium-tellurium film (33)    Contact layer (37)
NOVELTY - Forming a telluride film on a base (30) involves depositing tellurium (Te)-rich precursor film (31) on the base; and reacting the Te-rich precursor film with cadmium.    USE - For forming telluride film on a base used in solar cells (claimed), and cadmium tellurium radiation detectors.    ADVANTAGE - The method allows for fast electrodeposition process to be employed for processing large area bases; allows automatic adjustment of the stoichiometry of the compound layer by the end of the process even if the initially electrodeposited precursor layer has a highly non-uniform composition due to the use of high current densities which cause excessive voltage drop on the surface of the base; and provides cost method for depositing high quality cadmium tellurium layers at high processing rates.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Forming a telluride film on a base involves depositing a tellurium (Te)-rich precursor film on the base; and reacting the Te-rich precursor film with M, where M comprises cadmium. The Te-rich precursor film is one of a MTex compound film with an x value greater than 1, a composite film comprising MTe and Te, and a composite film comprising a MTex compound film with an x value greater than 1, where M also comprises at least one of zinc, mercury, magnesium and manganese.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a process sequence of forming a telluride film on a base.    Base (30)    Tellurium-rich precursor film (31)    Cadmium containing film (32)    Cadmium tellurium compound layer (33)    Secondary precursor layer (35)
NOVELTY - A semiconductor device comprises free-standing semiconductor alloy film (16), the alloy being nitride or zinc oxide alloy; first semiconductor layer on upper surface of alloy film, being an oxide, nitride, silicon, antimonide, metal, dielectric or other semiconductor material; and second semiconductor layer on lower surface of alloy film, being an oxide, nitride, silicon, antimonide, metal, dielectric or other semiconductor material.    USE - A semiconductor device.    ADVANTAGE - The device uses free-standing nitride films used as growth substrate to enhance optical, electrical, mechanical and mobility of nitride based devices and to enable the use of thick transparent conductive oxides. Refractive index of the free-standing nitride films can be controlled via alloy composition. Dual sided processing is enabled by use of these free-standing nitride films. This enables more efficient output for light emitting devices and more efficient energy conversion for solar cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for forming the semiconductor device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a process to form mechanical structures in free-standing nitride layers.    Top layer (13)    P-doped layer (14)    Active region (15)    Nitride film (16)    Features (17)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has an antenna unit (36) for covering and sealing a through-hole (31a) of an insulating vacuum plate (31), and receiving an external source radio frequency (RF) (35). The antenna unit comprises a plate-shaped antenna provided at a center of the antenna unit and connecting at a center to an RF rod (36c) that receives electric current. A coil-shaped antenna extends from a circumferential surface of the plate-shaped antenna, so that the flow of electric current induced by RF power is directed to the coil-shaped antenna via the plate-shaped antenna.    USE - Plasma generating apparatus such as inductively coupled plasma (ICP) type plasma generating apparatus and capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) type plasma generating apparatus. Uses include but are not limited to process a semiconductor, LCD, organic LED and solar cell, and substance processing based on plasma such as etching, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma doping, and plasma cleaning.    ADVANTAGE - The antenna unit includes a composite structure with the plate-shaped antenna and the coil-shaped antenna, and an electrostatic chuck (ESC) ascends and descends to control capacitance with the antenna unit, so that electric field and magnetic field can be formed within a vacuum chamber so as to control RF power transmission rate, thus providing effect of acquiring a uniform plasma density at the time of forming a large-scale high-density plasma or under two conditions in which narrow and wide gaps are provided between the ESC and the antenna unit, and even under two conditions in which low and high pressures are provided within the vacuum chamber.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The plate-shape antenna is disk-shaped.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a plasma generating apparatus.    Insulating vacuum plate (31)    Through-hole (31a)    External source radio frequency (35)    Antenna unit (36)    RF rod (36c)
NOVELTY - A solar cell (10) comprises base substrate (11) containing first impurities of first conductive type and having textured surface; emitter layer (12) at the textured surface of the base substrate, containing second impurities of second conductive type; and front electrode (14ab) electrically connected to the emitter layer, to collect carriers generated in the base substrate or the emitter layer. A portion of the front electrode transmits incident light from the outside.    USE - A solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has base substrate with textured surface corresponding to an uneven surface or having uneven characteristics. A light reflectance of the light receiving surface of the base substrate is reduced because of the textured surface of the base substrate, and because both a light incident operation and a light reflection operation are performed on the textured surface of the base substrate, the light is confined in the solar cell, thus light absorption of the solar cell increases. Reflection loss of light incident on the base substrate is reduced and an amount of light incident on the base substrate increases, thus efficiency of the solar cell is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a paste for forming an electrode of solar cell, comprising metal particle that does not transmit light and bead that transmits light.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a perspective view of the solar cell.    Solar cell (10)    Base substrate (11)    Emitter layer (12)    Anti-reflection layer (13)    Front electrode (14ab)    Back electrode (15)
NOVELTY - A quinoxaline unit-containing porphyrin copolymer (I), is new.    USE - New quinoxaline unit-containing porphyrin copolymer is used for organic optoelectronic material, polymer solar cell, light-emitting component, organic field-effect transistor, organic optical storage, organic nonlinear material and organic laser (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A quinoxaline unit-containing porphyrin copolymer of formula (I), is new.    R1-R4=1-32C alkyl;and    n=1-100.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of quinoxaline unit-containing porphyrin copolymer.
NOVELTY - A quinoxaline conjugated polymer (I) containing dithienopyrrole ring, is new.    USE - New quinoxaline conjugated polymer used in organic optoelectronic material, polymeric solar cell, light emitting element, organic field effect transistor, organic optical storage material, organic nonlinear material and/or organic laser material (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A quinoxaline conjugated polymer of formula (I) containing dithienopyrrole ring, is new.    x+y=1;    y=0-0.5 (excluding 0);    n=1-100 (excluding 1);    R1=1-20C alkyl;    R2,R3=R1, H, 1-20C alkoxy, benzene-containing ring group of formula (a), fluoro-containing alkyl of formula (b) or carbazole-containing alkyl of formula (c);    R4,R7=1-15C alkyl or 1-15C alkoxy;and    R5,R6=1-15C alkyl.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of the quinoxaline conjugated polymer.
NOVELTY - A back surface protection sheet (4) has a white polyolefin film and a hydrolysis-resistant polyester film. The hydrolysis-resistant polyester film has tensile-elongation retention of 60% or more, after 10-hour storage at 140 degrees C high pressure steam. The absorption factor of the light having wavelength of 400-2200 nm from the white polyolefin film side is 10% or less. The reflectance of the light having wavelength of 400-2200 from the white polyolefin film side is 70% or more.    USE - Back surface protection sheet is used for modules for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The back surface protection sheet has high-partial discharge voltage and improved electric power generation efficiency.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of the solar cell module.    Surface glass (1)    Photovoltaic device (2)    Adhesive resin layer (3)    Back surface protection sheet (4)
NOVELTY - A liquid organosilicon compound (I), is new.    USE - New liquid organosilicon compound is used for thermosetting resin composition for cured material for coating film for molded product for plastic molded material for optical semiconductor (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to light emitting diode, backlight of display device, light source, mobile telephone, sealing material, optical lens, optical medium, electronic material, solar cell sealing material, color filter, electronic paper material, solid electrolyte, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The thermosetting resin composition-containing liquid organosilicon compound has high transparency, heat resistance, refractive index and discoloration property.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A liquid organosilicon compound of formula (I), is new.    X=-Si(R1)2-H (i), -Si(-R1)2-CH2-CH2-Si(-R2)2-(O-Si(R3)2)n-CH=CH2 (ii), or -Si(-R1)2-CH2-CH2-Si(-R2)2-(O-Si(R3)2)m-CH2-CH2-Si(-R1)2- (iii);    a (number of groups (i)), b (number of groups (ii))=0-3.5;    c (number of groups (iii))=0-1;    a+b+2c=4;    R1=1-4C alkyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl;    R2,R3=1-4C alkyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl or phenyl;and    m,n=1-50.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of liquid organosilicon compound;    (2) thermosetting resin composition, which contains liquid organosilicon compound;    (3) cured material, which is obtained by curing thermosetting resin composition;    (4) molded product, which is obtained by molding cured material;    (5) coating film, which is formed by coating thermosetting resin composition; and    (6) plastic molded material for optical semiconductor, which contains thermosetting resin composition.
NOVELTY - The material contains cladding material with semiconductor material different from clad material is granulated to form circular grains, where the cladding material is germanium arsenic. The clad material is selected from the group consisting of multicrystal silicon, cadmium tellurium and cadmium sulfur. Diameter of the grain is about 1-100 micron.    USE - Semiconductor cladding material for forming an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer of a solar battery (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The cladding material absorbs sunlight in partial frequency, and the clad material absorbs sunlight in other frequencies and has large specific surface area, thus improving efficiency of the solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for fabricating a semiconductor cladding material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a photograph of a semiconductor cladding material.
NOVELTY - The battery has a front plate assembly formed by overlapping a float glass, a transparent conductive film, a silicon film and a back electrode. Four sides of a packaging film are arranged with silicon glue films, where the packaging film is polyvinyl butyral or ethylene vinyl acetate film. Leading-out ends of a conflux belt are placed between two-layered silicon glue films. Thickness of the silicon glue films and thickness of the packaging film are equal. A back plate glass is arranged on the packaging film, where shape of the back plate glass is same as that of the front plate assembly.    USE - Silicon-base film solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery effectively prevents water vapor from entering into an inner side of a component, thus improving reliability of the assembly and reducing assembly electrics performance loss.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a silicon-base film solar battery packaging method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a silicon-base film solar battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves growing a zinc oxide layer on a surface of a silicon-based solar cell. A silicon-based solar cell sample is annealed at 350-400 degree Celsius for 20-60 minutes and cooled naturally. The silicon-based solar cell sample is dipped into water solution of precursor with 0.75-7.5 mm of polyethylenamine. The cooled silicon-based solar cell sample is extracted and washed by deionized water, where the cooled silicon-based solar cell sample is dried by using nitrogen. A zinc oxide nanoarray anti-reflection layer is obtained.    USE - Method for preparing silicon-based solar cell surface zinc oxide nanoarray anti-reflection layer.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables reducing light reflection on the surface of the silicon-based solar cell, increasing photoelectricity converting efficiency of the silicon-based solar cell and ensuring simple process at low test temperature.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The silicon-based solar cell sample is a polysilicon cell, a monocrystalline silicon cell or an amorphous silicon cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a photographic image illustrating a silicon-based solar cell surface zinc oxide nanoarray anti-reflection layer.
NOVELTY - The method involves placing a solar battery plate between two pieces of a low iron toughened glass, where the solar battery plate is a mono-crystalline silicon solar battery plate or a polycrystalline silicon solar battery plate. The two pieces of the low iron toughened glass are joined together by adhesive packaging with sealing glue, where the sealing glue is silicone rubber, polyamine ester rubber or polysulfide. A packaging front part is formed with a draw air hole. Vacuumizing operation is performed, and the draw air hole is formed after curing a sealing edge of vacuum glass glue.    USE - Method for packaging a solar cell solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables a silicon chip to be recycled in a simple and easy manner, improving conversion efficiency of silica-based solar battery and conversion efficiency of a solar cell by 10-15 percent, prolonging the service life of the solar cell, and reducing the battery production cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The adhesive is silicon rubber, epoxy resin, glass glue, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyvinyl butyral, polymethyl acrylic resin, butyl rubber or polyisobutylene rubber.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of a solar battery.
NOVELTY - The assembly has a glass base plate, an interlayer battery, a solar battery, a battery layer, a glass plate that are arranged from bottom to top in turn, respectively, where the glass base plate is ultra-white glass and the glass back plate is heat-reflecting coated glass or low radiation coated glass. The solar battery and the battery insulation layer are connected to the glass base plate and the glass back plate, where the solar battery is copper indium gallium selenium solar battery.    USE - Glass curtain wall assembly.    ADVANTAGE - The assembly has high generating efficiency, prolonged service life, light weight and better energy-saving effect. The assembly is inexpensive.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The battery insulation layer is ethylene vinyl acetate or polyvinyl butyral.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a glass curtain wall assembly.
NOVELTY - A lithium secondary battery comprises positive electrode plate which is formed in surface of positive electrode collector, and positive electrode compound material layer which has positive electrode active material, binder dissolved or dispersed to aqueous medium and electrically conductive material. The area ratio of positive electrode active material exposed to surface of positive electrode plate is 3-25% with respect to total area of positive electrode compound material layer of positive electrode plate.    USE - Lithium secondary battery for vehicle (claimed) e.g. motor vehicle, hybrid vehicle, electric vehicle and fuel cell electric vehicle as power supply for motor (electric motor).    ADVANTAGE - The lithium secondary battery has outstanding battery characteristic (high-rate characteristic, cycling characteristics or low-temperature output characteristics), and is excellent in electronic conductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a manufacturing method of lithium secondary battery.
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a mask layer in a surface (S30) of conductivity type single crystal silicon substrate. Anisotropic etching is performed (S40) with respect to a surface in which the mask layer of the single crystal silicon substrate is formed. A recessed part is formed in a lower part of an opening part. A conductivity type impurity element is diffused (S50) in a surface side in which the recessed part of the single crystal silicon substrate is formed. An electrode is formed (S60) in an electrode formation area in a surface side of the semiconductor substrate.    USE - Method for manufacturing a photovoltaic cell i.e. crystalline silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing a photovoltaic cell with better photoelectric conversion efficiency, and forming a texture of uniform size efficiently with high density.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flow chart illustrating texture formation process.'(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Step for removing a damage layer resulting from a slice (S10)    Step for forming a mask layer in a surface of a silicon substrate (S30)    Step for performing anisotropic etching (S40)    Step for diffusing a conductivity type impurity element (S50)    Step for forming an electrode (S60)
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion element comprises pair of electrodes, active layer which has fullerene compound in which cyclohexane ring shares adjacent carbon atom in fullerene, and buffer layer.    USE - Photoelectric conversion element for organic thin film solar cell used for construction field, interior equipment, vegetable factory, road materials and civil engineering, and motor vehicle. Uses include but are not limited to house roof material, rooftops, toplights, walls, windows, outer wall of parking lot, sound insulation wall of highway, outer wall of water purification plant, bonnet, roof, trunk lid, door, front fender, rear fender, pillar, bumper and rearview mirror.    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion element is excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency and durability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A photoelectric conversion element comprises pair of electrodes, active layer which has fullerene compound of formula (I) in which cyclohexane ring shares adjacent carbon atom in fullerene, and buffer layer.    m= greater than or equal to 2;    R1-R4=alkoxy group which may have H, halo, O, OH or substituent, alkyl which may have a substituent or amino which may have a substituent; and    Ar1=aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent or 6-20C aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent.
NOVELTY - The forming method involves forming an initial stage pattern using a precursor polymer on a heat-resistant base material (21). A pyro polymer electroconductive pattern (30) is formed on the base material by heating the precursor polymer in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere. The formed electroconductive pattern is transferred onto a low-heat-resistance substrate (41).    USE - Forming method for electroconductive pattern of substrate apparatus (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to biosensor, carbon contact switch, flexible display, flexible carbon solar cell, fuel cell, or electrical double layer capacitor.    ADVANTAGE - Facilitates cost-effective formation of electroconductive pattern with excellent electrical conduction performance on a low-heat-resistance substrate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a substrate apparatus.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the process drawing of a pattern transferring process in the formation of electroconductive pattern. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Heat-resistant base material (21)    Pyro polymer electroconductive pattern (30)    Low-heat-resistance substrate (41)    Set process (S41)    Heating-pressing process (S42)
NOVELTY - The method involves utilizing a metal organic frame material as a shell material of an optical anode of a dye sensitization solar cell core structure to improve photoelectric property. Nanocrystalline of titanium dioxide is added into ethanol solution of acetylcellulose. A conductive glass is printed by using screen print and roasted at 500-550 degrees centigrade for 1-4 hours to acquire an electrode material to be sensitized. The electrode material to be sensitized is soaked in alcohol solution of the metal organic frame material with a concentration of 0.550 mmol/L.    USE - Method for improving photoelectric property of dye sensitization solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables regulating and controlling open-circuit voltage of a dye sensitization solar cell by controlling a growth time of the metal organic frame material to realize a linear increment from 741mV to 796mV.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The metal organic frame material is supermolecule coordination polymer formed by zinc ion and imidazoles compound. The imidazoles compound comprises one of iminazole, 2methylimidazole, benzimidazole, 2ethylimidazole and 2-nitro Imidazole.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a graph illustrating a method for improving photoelectric property of dye sensitization solar cell.
NOVELTY - The module has an inner fan and an outer fan combined with an inner sash frame and an outer sash frame, respectively. A glass back plate, a copper/gallium/indium/silicon coating, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer coating, a silicon chip, a foil, another ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer coating, another copper/gallium/indium/silicon coating and a glass are laminated to form a combination structure. The combination structure converts direct current into alternating current when the combination structure is irradiated by sun.    USE - Solar module for an inner window sash frame and an outer window sash frame (all claimed) of a building.    ADVANTAGE - The module saves electric energy and enables the frames to be environment-friendly.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an exploded view of a solar module.
NOVELTY - The device has a hole transfer layer installed on a printed optical activity layer material. An indium-tin-oxide-coated glass substrate is washed with pure water and arranged on the printed optical activity layer material. A hole transfer layer material is printed on the glass substrate. The optical activity layer material is combined to a lower part of the glass substrate. A photoactive layer is equipped on the substrate. A cathode electrode material is formed in the photoactive layer. A doping agent is equipped on the cathode electrode layer. A cover glass is adhered to the electrode layer.    USE - Organic solar battery device.    ADVANTAGE - The device improves optical absorption efficiency of sunlight and improves energy conversion efficiency of the organic solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The cathode electrode material is made of silver, aluminum or gold. The doping agent is selected from calcium, lithium-fluoride or barium.
NOVELTY - The method involves providing the recycle silicon dust (20) to inner wall of mold (10). A recycle silicon layer (20a) is formed in the inner wall of mold while a molded bar (40) is inserted inside mold and the mold is rotated. The silicon dust (120a) for molding is provided between molded bar and recycle silicon layer while rotating mold and the silicon layer for molding is formed in the inside of recycle silicon layer. The silicon layer for molding is attached airtightly to recycle silicon layer while applying heat inside mold and rotating the mold.    USE - Method for fabricating quartz-crucible used for manufacturing silicon ingot for solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The quartz crucible of large size can be obtained, and the generation of micro-bubble is avoided. The damage by the thermal shock of the quartz crucible is prevented due to the presence of the recycle silicon layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view illustrating the process of manufacturing quartz crucible.    Mold (10)    Recycle silicon dust (20)    Recycle silicon layer (20a)    Molded bar (40)    Silicon layer for molding (120a)
NOVELTY - The device has an optically transmissive plate comprising a circuit structure. A solar cell includes a light-receiving surface that is adhered to a transparency glue layer in the optically transmissive plate. An electrode structure is formed on a non photo side i.e. opposite side of a light-receiving surface. A solar cell module includes a connector for connecting the circuit structure and the electrode structure. The light-receiving surface faces a transparent glass. The transparency glue layer is made of acryl system material.    USE - Mobile device.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell is placed on the transparency glue layer in the optically transmissive plate, thus reducing the gap of the solar cell and the optically transmissive plate, and hence improving the degree of integration and incidence rate of light to the solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a solar cell module manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a partial sectional view of a mobile device.
NOVELTY - The cell has a substrate including an epitaxial layer positioned on a first electrode. A semiconductor layer is positioned on the substrate. A group of nanorods is positioned above the semiconductor layer, mutually detached and integrally formed with the semiconductor layer. Another group of nanorods are positioned between the former group of nanorods. Second electrode is positioned on the latter group of nanorods. A resin pinned layer is charged between the former nanorods and the latter nanorods.    USE - Solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell has better quantum efficiency. The resin pinned layer is separated from the substrate, so that the substrate can be recycled. The solar cell can be simply manufactured using non-electrolytic etching.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a manufacturing method for a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a solar cell.
NOVELTY - The flexible printed circuit board has biaxial orientation base film which comprises nanodiamond powder of 0.2-10 wt% mixed with polyethylene naphthalate resin. An adhesive layer with adhesive is coated on the biaxial orientation base film, where hardening of the adhesive is made with the electron beam. An inorganic barrier layer is deposited on the glue layer.    USE - Flexible printed circuit board for electronic paper, organic LED (OLED) or solar cell (all claimed), and for flexible display.    ADVANTAGE - Low moisture permeability and high dimensional stability of the flexible printed circuit board can be attained.
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a generating unit made from wire shaped silicon of a crucible. A nozzle unit discharges the silicon of the crucible. A presser portion pressurizes the silicon of the crucible. A gas inlet provides gas for pressurizing silicon of the crucible. A shield selectively blocks flow of gas through a gas inlet. A cooling part cools the silicon discharged through the nozzle unit. A cooling part is formed with an accommodating groove for accommodating the silicon. The groove is formed in a girth face.    USE - Wire shaped silicone manufacturing apparatus for a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus facilitates enlargement of the solar cell, saves manufacturing cost, improves efficiency of the solar cell, and simplifies manufacturing process. The seed part of the apparatus increases silicon growth in efficient manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a silicone manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a wire shaped silicon manufacturing apparatus.
NOVELTY - The module has a back plate formed on a predetermined substrate. A copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) light absorption layer is formed on the back plate. A buffer layer is formed on the CIGS light absorption layer. A front side transparent electrode delivers an incident light in the CIGS light absorption layer that is developed in the buffer layer. A reflection barrier layer is formed on the front side transparent electrode. A front side transparent electrode surface is provided with a crystallization uneven formation for refraction on the surface.    USE - Copper indium gallium selenide solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The front side transparent electrode surface includes crystallization uneven formation, so that low reflection and high absorption rate of the incident light is realized. The module ensures that a concavo-convex angular part controls reflectance on surface of the electrode crystalline uneven formation.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing a copper indium gallium selenide solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a copper indium gallium selenide solar cell module.
NOVELTY - The method involves mixing titanium dioxide with guanidine salt aqueous solution to produce a mixer. Ultrasound is irradiated in the mixture. A harsh mixture is agitated after the ultrasound is irradiated. A paste is manufactured in a substrate by an electrospinning after mixing the mixture. The paste is heated in the substrate after the electrospinning. The ultrasonic irradiation is processed through nitrogen made by doping the titanium dioxide. The paste is formed under 20 kilo volt electric field in the substrate doped with titanium dioxide.    USE - Method for manufacturing a solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables manufacturing the solar cell by utilizing the doped titanium dioxide, thus improving energy conversion efficiency, the short-circuit current, the open circuit voltage and charging coefficient.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating steps involved in solar cell manufacturing method. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'
NOVELTY - A solar battery comprises first electrode, first photosensitive layer, second photosensitive layer, second electrode and lower conversion layer from bottom up in turn, with first photosensitive layer and second photosensitive layer form of an electronic donor-electronic receptor heterojunction.    USE - Solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The solar battery increases utilization rate of solar spectrum, overcomes thermal effect problem of charge carrier and greatly increases energy conversion efficiency of solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the solar battery. (Drawing includes non-English language text).
NOVELTY - The battery has a grid line (2) arranged on illuminated face of battery sheet (1). A main line (5) is arranged on backlight surface of sheet for introducing the illuminated surface electrode including back electric field (3) and back electrode (4). The main line is made of metal belt or carbon nanometer fiber belt, and is connected with grid line through conductor (6). A gasket (7) made of plastic, paint, glass paper, rubber resin rubber, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber or glass rubber is arranged among main line, conductor and sheet. Glue water is coated to spaces among battery main portion.    USE - Crystalline silicon solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - Since the main line for introducing the electrode on the illuminated surface is arranged on the backlight surface of the battery sheet, the shielding area of the illuminated surface of the battery is reduced. The absorption of light by the battery is increased, thus large number of photons can enter the silicon sheet to increase the current flow. The usage rate of sunlight is increased by the battery, thus the photoelectric switch efficiency of the battery is improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of crystalline silicon solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional side view of the crystalline silicon solar battery.    Battery sheet (1)    Grid line (2)    Back electric field (3)    Back electrode (4)    Main line (5)    Conductor (6)    Insulating gasket (7)
NOVELTY - The battery has an organic functional layer arranged between an anode layer and a cathode layer. The organic functional layer is provided with an electronic donor layer, an electronic receptor layer and a positive buffering layer, where the electronic receptor layer is regarded as a zinc oxide layer with an island-shaped micro structure. The electronic donor layer is made of P-type semiconductor material of micromolecule or polymer. Bottom diameter of the zinc oxide layer is 50-100 nanometers, and height is not greater than 1 um.    USE - Organic film solar battery .    ADVANTAGE - The electronic receptor layer is regarded as zinc oxide layer with the island-shaped micro structure, thus increasing the exciton in the component and transmitting the electron and the hold at the interface to the electrode layer, and hence increasing energy conversion efficiency of the solar battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The P type semiconductor material of micromolecule comprises copper Pc, Zinc Pc, Ferros Pc, phthalocyanine hydrogen, SubPc, Tin Pc, 5- vinyl-2- tetrathiofuran, 5- vinyl-pentathiofuran, alpha-di (2, 2-dicyanoethylene)-pentathiofuran, N, N'-diphenyl- N, N'-di (3-methyl phenyl-1, 1'-bipheny-4, 4'-diamine, tetracene or pentacene). The P type semiconductor material of polymer comprises polythiophene, poly (2-methoxy group-5-(2- ethylhexyl)-1, 4-phenylene vinylene), poly (2- methoxyl and 5-(3, 7-dimethyl- octoxy)-polyphenyl vinylene). An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for an organic film solar battery preparation method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an organic film solar battery.
NOVELTY - A reverse structural polymer solar battery comprises a substrate (1), a transparent conductive metal oxide electrode layer (2), an electronic gathering layer (3), a photoelectric active layer (4), a hollow collecting layer (5), and a high work content positive pole layer which are overlapped in turn. The electronic gathering layer is diisopropyl epoxide(diacetone)titanium film.    USE - A reverse structural polymer solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery has simple and low cost preparation method having high photoelectric converting efficiency, good testing repeatability, and which can be applied to mass industrial production.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparation of the solar battery comprising preparing transparent conductive metal oxide electrode layer on a substrate; rotatably coating the mixing solution of diisopropyl epoxide(diacetone)titanium having a concentration of2-10 mg/ml and solvent on the transparent conductive metal oxide electrode layer; parching at 20-250 degrees C for 1 minute to 48 hours to obtain the electronic gathering layer; and preparing photoelectric active layer, hole gathering layer and high work content positive pole layer on the electronic gathering layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic view of a reverse structural polymer solar battery.    Substrate (1)    Transparent conductive metal oxide electrode layer (2)    Electronic gathering layer (3)    Photoelectric active layer (4)    Hollow collecting layer (5)
NOVELTY - The method involves forming a photoelectric transformation layer on a substrate, and forming a contact element in a fixed region of the photoelectric transformation layer. A transparent conductive layer is formed in a front side of the photoelectric transformation layer. An electrode is formed on the transparent conductive layer, and is comprised of an exposure pattern for exposing the fixed region of another electrode. Etching process is performed in the former electrode by utilizing a mask. The transformation layer is removed, and the fixed region of the latter electrode is exposed.    USE - Thin film type solar cell manufacturing method.    ADVANTAGE - The method forms a cell separation part after removing the transparent conductive layer through wet etch process and the photoelectric transformation layer through dry etching process, thus reducing the process time of the cell separation part. The method prevents the damage of the electrode in the formation of the cell separation part, thus preventing the efficiency drop of the solar cell. The size of the cell separation part is increased.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The electrode and the transparent conductive layer are made of zinc oxide, boron doped zinc oxide, and aluminum doped zinc oxide. The method performs dry etching process by utilizing fluorine based etching gas such as sulfur hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride, tetrafluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, octafluoropropane, hexafluorobutadiene, perfluorocyclopentene, hexafluorobenzne, and chlorine trifluoride, and chlorine based etching gas such as boron trichloride, hydrogen chloride, silicon chloride, and chloroform.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a thin film type solar cell manufacturing method.
NOVELTY - The anode has enzyme-containing chitosan gel prepared from chitosan or chitosan derivate i.e. chitosan methacrylate. The gel is attached to a surrounding part containing dehydrogenase e.g. glucose dehydrogenase, ethanol dehydrogenase, glycerol dehydrogenase, lactic dehydrogenase and fructose dehydrogenase or oxidase e.g. glucose oxidase, ethanol oxidase and galactose oxidases, from oxidized gluconic acid bacillus. Another gel is formed by alginate and covered on an outer part of the chitosan gel.    USE - Enzyme fuel battery anode for an enzyme fuel battery.    ADVANTAGE - The anode enhances current output power of the enzyme fuel battery and stability of enzyme and extends power supplying time of the battery.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing an enzyme fuel battery anode.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of an enzyme fuel battery anode.
NOVELTY - An indium (In) doped zinc oxide target material is formed by sintering zinc oxide (ZnO) and indium oxide (In2O3) powder. The mass content of In2O3 is 0.5-10%. The purity of the target material is not less than 99.9%, and the relative density is 95-99.5%.    USE - Indium doped ZnO target material used for preparing transparent conducting film (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to solar cell, light emitting diode, and flat and LCD.    ADVANTAGE - The preparation method applies the liquid phase method or solid phase method for preparing the In doped ZnO powder, so as to obtain the high-purity ceramic target material after cold isostatic pressing, vacuum sintering and atmosphere annealing. The transparent conducting film has excellent photoelectric performance, the electrical resistivity is 10-4 ohm cm, the lowest electrical resistivity is 7x 10-4 ohm cm, the highest transmissivity in the visible light range (400-800 nm) is 92%, and the average transmissivity is not lower than 84%.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) preparation of In doped ZnO target material comprising pre-pressing and molding the prepared ZnO and In2O3 in a stainless steel mold with a 1-50 MPa single axial pressure, performing the 100-300 MPa cold isostatic pressing, then drying the formed block at 70-150 degrees C and removing the forming agent; sintering the dried bock in a vacuum state, where the sintering temperature is 900-1500 degrees C; putting the sintered target material blank into a pure oxygen atmosphere for annealing at 800-1200 degrees C; and after annealing, cutting the target blank, burnishing and installing the back panel; and    (2) an indium doped ZnO transparent conducting film made of In doped ZnO target material.
NOVELTY - A gallium (Ga)-doped zinc oxide (ZnO) target is formed by sintering zinc and gallium oxide (Ga2O3) powder, in which the concentration of (Ga2O3) is 0.5-10%. The purity of the target is more than 99.9%; and the relative density is more than 95% but less than 99.5%.    USE - Gallium-doped zinc oxide target used for preparing transparent conducting film (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to solar battery, light emitting diode, panel and LCD.    ADVANTAGE - The prepared transparent conducting film has good photoelectric performance, where the resistivity can be lower than 1.05x 10-4 ohm, the maximal transmissivity in visible light range of 400-800 nm can be 92%, and the average transmissivity is not less than 84%.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) preparation of Ga-doped ZnO target comprising pre-pressing Zn and Ga2O3 via the single shaft of 1-5 MPa in a stainless steel mold, and then cold-pressure molding at 100-300 MPa and drying the molded block at 70-150 degrees C and removing the molding agent; sintering the dried block at normal pressure or 0.1-10-5 Pa at 900-1500 degrees C; putting the primary blank of sintered target in pure oxygen to anneal at 800-1200 degrees C; and cutting, polishing and back plate-installing the annealed target; and    (2) a Ga-doped ZnO transparent conducting film formed by sputtering the Ga-doped ZnO.
NOVELTY - A coated back plate has a polyethylene terephthalate substrate, an anti-hydrolyzing processing layer formed on two surfaces of the polyethylene terephthalate substrate, a polyvinylidene fluoride film arranged on one surface of the anti-hydrolyzing processing layer, and a high-fluorine crystal-type fluorine coating layer arranged on other surface of the anti-hydrolyzing processing layer.    USE - Coated back plate is used for solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The coated back plate has excellent ultraviolet resistance, anti-hydrolyzing property, adhesiveness, anti-oxidizing performance and durability, and is economical.
NOVELTY - Method for encapsulating crystalline silicon solar cell component, involves laminating toughened glass, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) gel film, crystalline silicon solar cell, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) backboard material layer, and heating, vacuumizing, pressing and encapsulating the laminated material, where the EVA gel film is laminated on two sides of the crystalline silicon solar cell component.    USE - The method is useful for encapsulating crystalline silicon solar cell component.    ADVANTAGE - The method increases light transmittance and optical-electric converting efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cell component and protects PET backboard material layer of the solar cell component.
NOVELTY - Polycrystalline graphene film, where a chemical vapor deposition or physical method is used for releasing carbon atom from a gas (liquid) or a solid carbon source for growing on a catalyst layer for forming the polycrystalline graphene film, is claimed.    USE - The film is useful as a flexible transparent conductive film in the organic electroluminescence display, electromechanical storage, organic solar battery and photoelectric functional device.    ADVANTAGE - The film is not brittle and has good electrical conductivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) the preparation of the polycrystalline graphene film, comprising (a) using the chemical vapor deposition method for growing carbon atom in the gas carbon source on the catalyst layer, using a thermal process and fast temperature reducing method for preparing large area polycrystalline graphene film, (b) using the physical method for growing carbon atom in the gas carbon source, liquid carbon source or solid carbon source on the catalyst layer and using the thermal process and fast temperature reducing method for preparing large area polycrystalline graphene film, (c) soaking the catalyst layer in the solution including carbon or coating the organic matter including carbon on the catalyst layer for covering a layer of film including carbon on the catalyst layer, using the thermal process and fast temperature reducing method for preparing large area polycrystalline graphene film, and (d) using an acid for processing the polycrystalline graphene film catalyst layer for removing the catalyst layer after thermal treatment and obtaining a transparent electrode of the polycrystalline graphene film; and    (2) the transparent electrode of the polycrystalline graphene film prepared by the above mentioned method, where the parameter is, the light transmittance of the polycrystalline graphene film is 60-98% while the electric conductivity is 1-5000 ohm-2.
NOVELTY - A sealing material composition comprises ethylene copolymer, organic peroxide, silane coupling agent and stabilizer chosen from hindered amine-type ultraviolet stabilizer and benzophenone type ultraviolet absorber containing ultraviolet ray-stabilizing additive.    USE - Material is used for forming sealing sheet for solar cell (claimed) for solar cell module.    ADVANTAGE - The solar cell having the sheet formed using the material has high power-generating efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A sealing material composition comprises ethylene copolymer, organic peroxide, silane coupling agent and stabilizer chosen from hindered amine-type ultraviolet stabilizer and benzophenone type ultraviolet absorber containing ultraviolet ray-stabilizing additive. The ultraviolet ray-stabilizing additive is chosen from bis-1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl sebacate, bis-(1-octyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)sebacate, tetrakis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-1,2,3,4-butane tetracarboxylate, ((4-methoxy-phenyl)-methylene)-bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidinyl)ester, bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)sebacate, poly-methylpropyl-3-oxy-(4(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl) piperidyl)siloxane and dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-2,5-pyrrolidine.
NOVELTY - A solution containing poly(3-hexylthiophene) and butyric acid methyl ester and zinc oxide-doped nano-material solution are mixed in volume ratio of 1:0.01-1 and spin-casted. The resultant material is coated by inkjet to form active layer. Thus, organic solar cell is manufactured.    USE - Manufacture of organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - The cell has an electrode arranged on a photoactive layer. The photoactive layer comprises a transparent conductive thin film layer. An ion beam is irradiated by utilizing a conjugated polymer on a charge transfer layer with the transparent conductive thin film layer. An organic material is arranged on the charge transfer layer. The conjugated polymer of the charge transfer layer and the organic material of the photoactive layer is butyric acid methyl ester.    USE - Organic solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell has high conductivity and conversion efficiency. The adhesive force of the photoactive layer is increased by using organic material.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for manufacturing an organic solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of an organic solar cell.
NOVELTY - The evaporation source has a crucible, a heater (11) and a cover heater (50). The crucible contains a deposition material. The heater settles the crucible. The cover heater covers the heater. A power source is connected to the end portion of the heater and the cover heater, and heated directly.    USE - Evaporation source for forming thin film used for manufacture of semiconductor device, display device and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The heating efficiency can be enhanced due to direct heating, since the cover heater is provided. The electrical resistance from being varied is prevented even when the metal material is heated.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the plan and cross-sectional views of the cover heater.    Heater (11)    Cover heater (50)    Slot nozzle (51)    Material flux (53)
NOVELTY - The cylindrical sputtering cathode (100) has a cylindrical backing plate (110) and a magnet portion (150). A target (120) is formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical backing plate. The magnet portion is installed inside the cylindrical backing plate and is provided with a yoke plate (130) and multiple magnets (140). The yoke plate is formed in the central axis direction of the backing plate. The magnets are formed on the yoke plate in the central axis direction of the backing plate.    USE - Cylindrical sputtering cathode mounted on sputtering device for depositing thin film for manufacturing solar cell or LED, semiconductor device, display device and micro electromechanical system (MEMS) device.    ADVANTAGE - The cylindrical sputtering cathode is provided to uniformly maintain the properties of thin film by adjusting the intensity of a surface magnetic field such that the lifetime of the target is improved.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of the cylindrical sputtering cathode.    Cylindrical sputtering cathode (100)    Cylindrical backing plate (110)    Target (120)    Yoke plate (130)    Magnet (140)    Magnet portion (150)
NOVELTY - The circuit (10) has a regulator (11) whose input/output terminal is connected to solar cell (1)/lithium ion battery (2) respectively. A bypass circuit (12) is parallelly connected with regulator, so that electric current passed along parasitic diodes (21,22) of p-channel type power MOSFETs (16,17) is prevented. The bypass circuit is switched to electrical connection state/blocking state, when electric current value of battery is beyond/smaller than a set electric current value, and voltage value of battery is smaller/beyond than a set voltage value respectively.    USE - Circuit for controlling electric charge of secondary battery e.g. lithium ion battery mounted in electronic device e.g. mobile telephone.    ADVANTAGE - The lithium ion battery can be charged at short time with low power consumption by utilizing the electric power generation of solar cell. The electric charging efficiency of lithium ion battery can be improved with high safety. The overcharge electric current flow into the lithium ion battery can be prevented. The electric power loss in the regulator can be eliminated.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a circuit diagram of electric charge control circuit.    Solar cell (1)    Lithium ion battery (2)    Electric charge control circuit (10)    Regulator (11)    Bypass circuit (12)    P-channel type power MOSFETs (16,17)    Parasitic diodes (21,22)
NOVELTY - The cell has a p-type silicon substrate (110) in which a hole (181) is formed. N-type emitter (120) is located at the substrate. An anti-reflection layer (130) is located on the front surface of the substrate. A front electrode (141) is located in the front surface of the substrate. A front electrode bus bar (161) is located in the back surface of the substrate. A back electrode (151) is located on the back surface of the p-type substrate, is connected to the N-type substrate.    USE - Solar cell for generating electric power used in exhaustion of natural resource such as petroleum and coal.    ADVANTAGE - The efficiency of the solar cell can be improved, since the reflectivity of the light incident on the solar cell is reduced by anti-reflection layer. The shunt failure of the solar cell can be prevented, since the anti-reflection layer is located in the front surface of the substrate. The current flow in the solar cell can be increased, since the efficiency of charge transfer is improved. The manufacturing time of the solar cell can be shortened.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the solar cell.    P-type silicon substrate (110)    Emitter (120)    Anti-reflection layer (130)    Front electrode (141)    Back electrode (151)    Front electrode bus bar (161)    Hole (181)
NOVELTY - The module (20) has organic photovoltaic cells that are mounted on substrate (21). The adjacent photovoltaic cells are connected in series. The cells are provided with non-patterned layer (24). The current flow through non-patterned layer of primary photovoltaic cell is opposite to current flow through non-patterned layer of secondary photovoltaic cell. The non-patterned layer has poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) with phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). An additional layer in module is provided with metal layer such as gold layer and carbon layer made of graphene.    USE - Photovoltaic module of solar panel (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - Since photovoltaic cells are provided with non-patterned layer, the efficiency of the module is improved and cost of the solar panel is reduced. The electrical contact between electrode layers of same cell is prevented and manufacturing yield of the module is improved. Since absorption of photons is increased, the power conversion efficiency of the module is improved and aperture ratio of the photovoltaic module is increased.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for manufacturing photovoltaic module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of the photovoltaic module. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Photovoltaic module (20)    Substrate (21)    Electrode layer (22)    Interface layer (23)    Non-patterned layer (24)
NOVELTY - Determining a quality of an etch process of a thin film (302) deposited onto a transparent substrate (301) comprises depositing the thin film onto the transparent substrate; etching the thin film at portions of the substrate; measuring, at one wavelength in a wavelength range of 280-340 nm, transparency level(s) (402) of the substrate deposited with partially etched thin film; and evaluating the quality of the etch process on the basis of the measured transparency level.    USE - Method for determining a quality of an etch process of a thin film used for solar cell production.    ADVANTAGE - The method has high efficiency and throughput.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a thin film monitoring device (100) for determining a quality of an etched thin film deposited onto a transparent substrate, comprising a light source, a light detector (102), and an evaluation unit.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic block diagram of a thin film monitoring device.    Thin film monitoring device (100)    Light detector (102)    Transparent substrate (301)    Thin film (302)    Transparency level (402)
NOVELTY - The device has a semiconductor substrate, and a passivation unit with a passivation layer e.g. anti-reflection layer and reflection layer, for passivating a surface of the substrate. The passivation layer contains composition of aluminium oxide, aluminium nitride or aluminium oxynitride, elements such as nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, boron and fluorine, or metals. The passivation layer is arranged directly at the substrate surface, and another passivation layer is arranged at a side of the former passivation layer, where the side is turned away from the substrate surface.    USE - Semiconductor device i.e. solar cell (claimed), for converting incident light into electricity.    ADVANTAGE - The passivation layer contains the composition of aluminium oxide, aluminium nitride or aluminium oxynitride, elements such as nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, boron and fluorine, or metals, thus improving passivation of the surface of the semiconductor substrate and manufacturing the semiconductor device in a cost-effective and time-saving manner, and hence converting the incident light into electricity in an efficient manner while increasing chemical stability of the semiconductor device.
NOVELTY - The apparatus (1) has an endless metal-strip-like portion (8) that is spanned between temperature control roll (4) and rotating roll (7). The outer surface of metal-strip-like portion is contacted with heated thermoplastic resin sheet (3), when temperature control roll is rotated during contact with heated metal-strip-portion. The corrugation of endless metal-strip-like portion outer surface is transferred to one surface of resin sheet. The endless metal-strip-like portion is conveyed towards the contact point of resin sheet and endless metal-strip-like portion.    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing thermoplastic resin sheet for use as sealing film for solar cell, optical film for LCD device, or inner-film for laminated glasses.    ADVANTAGE - The corrugation of endless metal-strip-like portion outer surface can be transferred reliably and with high precision on one surface of resin sheet. The aspect ratio of the convex portion cross section in the corrugation is 0.5-12.5, so that the corrugation on the surface of resin sheet can be formed with high accuracy. A high quality thermoplastic resin sheet can be obtained.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of resin sheet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show a schematic view of thermoplastic resin sheet manufacturing apparatus, enlarged view of endless metal-strip-like portion and notch sectional view of resin sheet.    Thermoplastic resin sheet manufacturing apparatus (1)    Thermoplastic resin sheet (3)    Temperature control roll (4)    Rotating roll (7)    Endless metal-strip-like portion (8)
NOVELTY - A laminated sheet contains 1st resin layer which has thickness of 20-250 mu m, total light transmittance of greater than or equal to 90% and elasticity modulus of 0.3-3 GPa and 2nd resin layer which has thickness of 0.1-1 mm, total light transmittance of greater than or equal to 90% and elasticity modulus of 0.10-0.3 MPa.    USE - A laminated sheet for solar cell module and solar cell element (claimed) used for surface protection.    ADVANTAGE - The laminated sheet exhibits excellent weather resistance and shock absorption property and efficiently protects solar cell module and solar cell element.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar cell module containing the laminated sheet adhered to a solar element and a solar cell module backside sealing sheet via filler. The 1st resin layer of the laminated sheet is laminated as a light-receiving surface.
NOVELTY - A manufacturing apparatus has pressure roller (14) made to press fiber (26) wound around outer surface of liner (22) to container body. The roller rotates in synchronized state with rotation of the liner to wind fiber to the outer surface of the liner in a reverse direction.    USE - Manufacturing apparatus of high pressure tank used to accommodate fuel gas and mounted in e.g. fuel cell electric vehicle, natural gas vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - Provides an apparatus that can reliably integrate fiber smoothly to surface of tank.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a manufacturing method of high pressure tank.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic diagram of apparatus. (Drawing includes non-English language text).    Rotation support (12)    Pressure roller (14)    Pressurization roller shaft (15)    Liner (22)    Fiber (26)
NOVELTY - The apparatus has a laser source (50) which irradiates a laser beam (52) to inside of a division portion (10) through a nozzle (14) provided in the division portion (10). A rotating shaft (62) is attached to a reflective mirror (60) which is made to reflect irradiated laser beam to an inner peripheral side of laser weld portion (30). The laser beam is irradiated in a division portion (20) through a nozzle (24) provided in the division portion (20). A rotation unit (64) is made to rotate the rotating shaft with the reflective mirror.    USE - Manufacturing apparatus of liner for high pressure tank (claimed) for supplying fuel gas to fuel cell used in vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - The clearance gap between both the welding edge portions of the two division portions is eliminated. The productivity of the high pressure tank is improved, as the welding quality of liner can be improved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacturing method of liner for high pressure tank; and    (2) high pressure tank.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic block diagram of manufacturing apparatus of liner for high pressure tanks. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Division portions (10,20)    Nozzles (14,24)    Laser weld portion (30)    Laser source (50)    Laser beam (52)    Reflective mirror (60)    Rotating shaft (62)    Rotation unit (64)
NOVELTY - A laminated body comprises structure formed by laminating A-layer consists of polyvinyl acetal-containing composition A and B-layer consists of composition B containing carboxylic acid and/or salt derived from hydrocarbon polymer and 8-30C carboxylic acid.    USE - A laminated body for solar cell module, laminated glass (all claimed), and laminated glass intermediate film.    ADVANTAGE - Interlayer adhesiveness is excellent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for laminated glass containing laminated body.
NOVELTY - The substrate (1) has end surface (3) that is provided between outer periphery ends of surface (2a) and back surface. A chamfering surface (4) is formed in the boundary portion (Z) between surface and back surface. Root mean square roughness of chamfering surface is about 0.3 ~ mm or less.    USE - Glass substrate for flat panel display (FPD) such as LCD, plasma display panel, field emission display and organic electroluminescent display. Can also be used in organic electroluminescent illumination object and solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - Since the stress concentration produced in chamfering surface can be reduced, the occurrence probability of damage caused by bending and unjust temperature distribution of substrate can be decreased, so that residual retention of glass particle cannot be carried out easily. Hence the improvement of product quality can be achieved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of glass substrate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view of the end surface of glass substrate.    Glass substrate (1)    Surface (2a)    End surface (3)    Chamfering surface (4)    Boundary portion (Z)
NOVELTY - A silicon wafer (2) used as substrate of solar cell element is immersed in alkaline aqueous solution tank and etched, to obtain solar cell element (1). The alkaline aqueous solution tank has tank (A) and/or (B) in which the liquid temperature of alkaline aqueous solution is less than the tank (A).    USE - Manufacture of solar cell element used for photovoltaic power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The method efficiently provides solar cell element having excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency, with suppressed generation external appearance non-uniformity.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawings show schematic view explaining manufacture of solar cell element.    Solar cell element (1)    Silicon wafer (2)    Surfaces (2a,2b)    Bus-bar electrode (3)    Current collection electrode (5)    Output extraction electrode (6)
NOVELTY - The battery has a composite layer gate electrode, a transparent indium-tin oxide conductive film layer, a silicon nitride passivation antireflection layer, an n-type silicon nano-wire array, a p-type silicon substrate and a metal back electrode arranged with each other. The composite layer grid electrode is formed by high temperature sintering silver paste containing titanium, palladium and silver materials. Diameter of a nano-wire in the n-type silicon nano-wire array is 30nm to 250nm.    USE - Polycrystalline silicon nanowire solar battery.    ADVANTAGE - The battery has improved solar photoelectric conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for preparing a polycrystalline silicon nanowire solar battery.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a side view of a polycrystalline silicon nanowire solar battery.
NOVELTY - Method for improving electrical and optical properties of zinc oxide thin film, involves immersing the thin film in mixture of ultrapure water and hydrogen peroxide, and maintaining the mixture with the film.    USE - The method is useful for improving electrical and optical properties of zinc oxide thin film, preferably aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin film, and in solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The zinc oxide thin film has improved resistivity of 9.1-9.8 ohms.cm and optical band gap energy of 3.44-3.46 eV, and improves quantum efficiency of solar cell.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) zinc oxide thin film; and    (2) solar cell comprising the above-cited zinc oxide thin film.
NOVELTY - An indium metal target has sputter surface in (101) main orientation and tetragonal crystal structure.    USE - Indium metal target. Uses include but are not limited to solder material for manufacturing semiconductor e.g. integrated circuit and large scale integrated circuit, wiring material for semiconductor, bump formation during tape automated bonding or flip-chip manufacture, and formation of light absorption layer for thin film solar cell, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The indium metal target has high sputtering rate, is manufactured with high productivity, and is prevented from fall of durability by partial erosion.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of indium metal target.
NOVELTY - A coating solution containing organo silica sol or colloidal silica and condensate of organoalkoxysilane is coated on the surface of a highly permeable glass containing soda lime glass. The coated solution is heated at 620-730 degrees C, and cooled to form a cover glass.    USE - Manufacture of cover glass for solar cells (both claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The cover glass has improved light transmittance, high hardness, low refractive index, high hydrophilicity, contamination resistance and adhesiveness with respect to base material, and provides solar cell with improved electric power generation efficiency over a long period of time.
NOVELTY - The method involves exposing a surface (205) of a p-type doped region formed on a solar cell substrate (210) to a radio frequency (RF) plasma that comprises a halogen gas. The substrate is RF biased during exposing a portion of the surface to the RF plasma, to form a negatively charged layer on the surface. The surface of the p-type doped region is exposed to another RF plasma that comprises ammonia gas, a fluorine containing gas and a hydrogen containing gas before exposing the surface of the p-type doped region to the former RF plasma.    USE - Method for passivating a surface of a silicon solar cell substrate.    ADVANTAGE - The substrate is RF biased during exposing the portion of the surface of the p-type doped region to the RF plasma, to form the negatively charged layer on the surface, thus enabling to repel electrons flowing in the substrate and passivate the surface to minimize carrier recombination and improve the efficiency of a solar cell device. The method allows a desirable surface texture to be formed on a surface of a solar cell to improve the formed cell's ability to trap incident light.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a portion of a solar cell substrate.    Silicon solar cell (200)    Base region (201)    Emitter region (202)    Surface of solar cell substrate (205)    Solar cell substrate (210)    Passivation layers (221, 222)
NOVELTY - A polymer sheet (S1) comprises a polymer support; an undercoat layer that contains a first binder and that is provided on at least one surface of the polymer support at a thickness of 0.05-10 mu m; and a fluorine-containing polymer layer that contains a second binder including at least a fluorine-based polymer and that is provided in contact with the undercoat layer of the surface of the polymer support, at a thickness of 0.8-12 mu m.    USE - As a polymer sheet for making solar cell back sheet and solar cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The polymer sheet has a value of breaking elongation value that is greater than or equal to 50% of a value of breaking elongation before storage (when stored for 50 hours at 120 degrees C and 100% relative humidity). The polymer layer has high durability and adhesiveness of the polymer layer is retained for a long time period.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a back sheet (S2) for solar cell comprising the polymer sheet (S1);    (2) a solar cell module comprising the back sheet (S2); and    (3) producing the polymer sheet (S1) involving providing a polymer sheet having the undercoat layer on at least one surface of the polymer support, applying a coating liquid, which contains the second binder containing the fluorine-based polymer and contains water ( greater than or equal to 60 mass.% relative to a total amount of solvent), on the undercoat layer, and forming the fluorine-containing polymer layer by drying the coating liquid applied on the undercoat layer.
NOVELTY - The cell (1) has a polycrystalline silicon substrate (110) provided with a conductive type element. An anti-reflection unit is positioned on an emitter unit (120). An electrode (141) is connected to the emitter unit. Another electrode is connected to the substrate. Multiple depressions are formed on a surface of the substrate, where depth of each of the depressions is half to 1 times distance between centers of immediately adjacent depressions. Width of each of the depressions is 3 times the depth of each of the immediately adjacent depressions.    USE - Silicon solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The depth of each of the depressions is half to 1 times the distance between the centers of mutually adjacent depressions so as to simultaneously remove saw damage and laser damage through wet etching, so that the textured structure of the polycrystalline silicon substrate can be maintained or preserved, and reflectance of light made incident to the substrate can be effectively reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The anti-reflection unit includes an anti-reflection film (131) with a refractive index and another anti-reflection film (132) with another refractive index. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for fabricating a solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a silicon solar cell. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Silicon solar cell (1)    Polycrystalline silicon substrate (110)    Emitter unit (120)    Anti-reflection films (131, 132)    Electrode (141)
NOVELTY - Copper (Cu)-Gallium (Ga) alloy material comprises an average composition consisting of not less than 32 mass% and not more than 53 mass% of gallium (Ga) as well as the balance consisting of copper (Cu) and an inevitable impurity, where a region containing less than 47 mass% of copper accounts for 2% or less by volume of the whole Cu-Ga alloy material.    USE - (I) is useful for making sputtering target, which is useful for making a Cu-indium (In)-Ga-selenium (Se) alloy film used for a light-absorbing layer of a solar battery (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The sputtering target made by (I): provides high quality and yield of a Cu-indium (In)-Ga-selenium (Se) alloy film; and avoids the problem of abnormal electrical discharge during sputtering. The solar battery containing the film has high conversion efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a sputtering target made from (I);    (2) the preparation of (I) containing many Cu-Ga alloy phases, comprising: either sintering by pressing and heating Cu-Ga alloy powder containing at least one of the Cu-Ga alloy phases, or forming an ingot by melting and coagulating Cu-Ga alloy and an inevitable impurity in argon atmosphere, crushing the ingot to make powder, sorting out powder having a grain diameter of 150 mu m or less from the powder, sintering the sorted powder through heating and pressing to make (I), and carrying out heat treatment to (I) after the sintering;    (3) making a Cu-indium (In)-Ga-selenium (Se) alloy film used for a light-absorbing layer of a solar battery, comprising: forming an alloy film on an In layer by sputtering using a sputtering target made from (I), and carrying out heat treatment to the alloy film in Se atmosphere; and    (4) a Cu-In-Ga-Se alloy film made by the method.
NOVELTY - An etching liquid comprises sulfonic-acid-group-containing compound (I) or its alkali salt (A), and alkali hydroxide (B) (0.1-30 weight%). A silicon substrate is immersed in the etching liquid to form pyramid-like depressions and protrusions on the surface.    USE - Etching liquid is used for surface treatment of silicon substrate (claimed) used for solar cells.    ADVANTAGE - The etching liquid stably enables the formation of silicon substrate having fine pyramid-like depressions and protrusions (textured structure) without using isopropyl alcohol as etching inhibitor and without generation of wastewater. The etching process is economical, and prevents environmental pollution.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An etching liquid comprises sulfonic-acid-group-containing compound of formula: R-X (I) or its alkali salt (A), and alkali hydroxide (B) (0.1-30 weight%). A silicon substrate is immersed in the etching liquid to form pyramid-like depressions and protrusions on the surface.    R=4-15C alkyl, 4-15C alkenyl or 4-15C alkynyl;and    X=sulfonic acid group.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for surface treatment of silicon substrate.
NOVELTY - A carbon nanotube-invaded metal oxide composite film (6) comprises single-walled carbon nanotube uniformly dispersed in metal oxide.    USE - Carbon nanotube-invaded metal oxide composite film used as N-type metal oxide conductive film for organic solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The carbon nanotube-invaded metal oxide composite film provides organic solar cell with improved photoelectric conversion efficiency and durability, and is economical.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) manufacture of carbon nanotube-invaded metal oxide composite film, which involves dissolving metal oxide and stabilizer in ethanol group solution, obtaining metal oxide sol-gel solution, adding single-walled carbon nanotube to the solution, dispersing, surface-processing carbon nanotube, dispersing, coating solution, heat-treating, adding surface-treated single-walled carbon nanotube into metal oxide sol-gel solution, and re-dispersing single-walled carbon nanotube on transparent conductive electrode; and    (2) organic solar cell, which has the composite film.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the schematic view of organic solar cell.    Transparent conductive electrode (1)    Photoactive layer (3)    P-type metal oxide conductive film (4)    Metal electrode (5)    Carbon nanotube-invaded metal oxide composite film (6)
NOVELTY - A zinc oxide sintered tablet comprises zinc oxide powder or mixture containing zinc oxide and compacted dopant, and has a hexagonal crystal structure. The pressed surface of the zinc oxide sintered tablet has degree of orientation of 0.48 or more measured using X-ray diffractometry using Copper K alpha line.    USE - Zinc oxide sintered tablet is used for manufacturing oxide transparent conductive film. Uses include but are not limited to electrode for solar cell, liquid crystal display element, light receiving element, motor vehicle, window glass for buildings, antistatic films and frozen showcase.    ADVANTAGE - The zinc oxide sintered compact tablet has excellent electroconductivity, permeability, heat resistance, crystal orientation property, film forming stability and specific resistance, and is economical. The zinc oxide sintered compact tablet provides oxide transparent conductive film having excellent productivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A zinc oxide sintered tablet comprises zinc oxide powder or mixture containing zinc oxide and compacted dopant, and has a hexagonal crystal structure. The pressed surface of the zinc oxide sintered tablet has degree of orientation of 0.48 or more measured using X-ray diffractometry using Copper K alpha line, represented by a formula: I(103)/ I(103)+ I(110), where I(103) and I(110) are integrated intensity of (103)plane and (110)plane, respectively. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of zinc oxide sintered compact tablet.
NOVELTY - A wet chemical solution for etching silicon substrates, comprises hydroxyl containing compound having silica containing ions dissolved in it.    USE - For etching silicon substrates; and for texturing of silicon substrates (claimed), particularly useful in solar cells or photovoltaic cells.    ADVANTAGE - The solutions provide more consistent and uniform texturing over the entire life of the solution, resulting in fewer discarded wafers, increased reliability and yield and lower costs.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a method of etching a silicon substrate, involving: providing the silicon substrate; and etching the silicon substrate with the etching solution; and    (2) a textured silicon substrate formed by etching the silicon substrate with the etching solution.
NOVELTY - A dispersing-agent composition (2) contains impurity-diffusion component, silicon compound, and solvent containing solvent (a) having boiling point of 100 degrees C or less, solvent (b) having boiling point of 120-180 degrees C, and solvent (c) having boiling point of 240-300 degrees C.    USE - Dispersing-agent composition is used for forming impurity diffusion agent layer for solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The dispersing-agent composition has excellent coated-film forming property and discharge stability.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) formation of impurity diffused layer (3); and    (2) solar cell (10).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows sectional view illustrating manufacture of solar cell.    Semiconductor substrate (1)    Dispersing-agent composition (2)    P-type impurity diffused layer (3)    Passivation film (4)    Solar cell (10)
NOVELTY - A lithium secondary battery has positive electrode, negative electrode, separator, and electrolyte. Positive electrode active material contains nickel-based lithium-containing complex oxide. Negative electrode active material contains graphite material having reversible capacity of 350 mAh/g or more and irreversible capacity of 30 mAh/g or less. Ratio of irreversible capacity per unit area of portion of positive electrode facing the negative electrode to irreversible capacity per unit area of portion of negative electrode facing positive electrode, is 0.5-1.13.    USE - Lithium secondary battery is used as power supply for electronic device, vehicles, battery pack, and battery module (all claimed). Uses include but are not limited to personal computer, mobile telephone, mobile device, portable information terminal, portable game machine, video camera, electric tool, vacuum cleaner, fuel cell electric vehicle, hybrid electric vehicle, and robot.    ADVANTAGE - The lithium secondary battery has excellent charging/discharging characteristics and high capacity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A lithium secondary battery has a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material capable of adsorbing/desorbing lithium ions, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material capable of adsorbing/desorbing lithium ions, a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. The positive electrode active material contains a nickel-based lithium-containing complex oxide. The negative electrode active material contains graphite material having reversible capacity of 350 mAh/g or more and irreversible capacity of 30 mAh/g or less. The ratio of irreversible capacity per unit area of a portion of the positive electrode facing the negative electrode to the irreversible capacity per unit area of a portion of the negative electrode facing the positive electrode, is 0.5-1.13.
NOVELTY - A maleimide-type compound (I) is new.    USE - New maleimide-type compound is used for pigments used for photoelectric conversion in semiconductor layers of semiconductor electrodes of photoelectric conversion elements used in photoelectrochemical cells (all claimed) e.g. solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The new maleimide-type compound exhibits excellent photoelectric conversion characteristics.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A maleimide-type compound of formula (I), and its tautomer or stereoisomer is new.    R1=direct bond or optionally substituted alkylene;    X=acidic group;    D'=organic group containing electron-donating substituent;and    Z=coupling group having hydrocarbon group(s) chosen from aromatic ring and heterocyclic ring.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) pigment containing compound (I); and    (2) semiconductor electrode (4) having a semiconductor layer (1) containing the pigment.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of the photoelectric conversion element.    Semiconductor layer (1)    Transparent conductive layer (2)    Transparent substrate (3)    Semiconductor electrode (4)    Electrolyte layer (5)
NOVELTY - Copper powder contains silicon and phosphorus. The concentration of silicon is 0.01-1.2 atomic%. The silicon equivalent calculated by multiplying silicon concentration with D50 ( mu m) by volume-based particle size distribution is 3.50 or less.    USE - Copper powder is used for electroconductive paste (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to electroconductive filler, formation of electric circuit, formation of exterior electrode and internal electrode of laminated ceramic capacitor, inductor, resistor, flexible printed circuit board, antenna switch module, power amplifier module, high frequency active filler, front surface board of plasma display panel and backplate, electromagnetic shielding film for plasma display panel color filters, crystal form solar cell surface electrode, back lead-out electrode, conductive adhesive, personal computer keyboard, etc.    ADVANTAGE - The copper powder has controllable sintering temperature property at 500-900 degrees C while maintaining oxidation resistance.
NOVELTY - A photoelectric conversion element consists of charge transfer layer (4) clamped between electroconductive support (1) having semiconductor content layer (2) and electroconductive support having counter electrode (3), and sealing compound (5) containing epoxy resin and thermosetting agent, provided on the periphery of the support in order to seal the charge transfer layer. The thermosetting agent contains aromatic hydrazide or 6C or more aliphatic hydrazide.    USE - Photoelectric conversion element for solar cell (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The photoelectric conversion element has excellent adhesiveness, high temperature and humidity reliability, and excellent durability.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows the cross-sectional view of the photoelectric conversion element. (Drawing includes non-English language text)    Electroconductive support (1)    Semiconductor content layer (2)    Counter electrode (3)    Charge transfer layer (4)    Sealing compound (5)
NOVELTY - The method involves electroplating a seed layer after sputtering titanium/tungsten/copper as an adhesive layer. A film is manufactured on a solar cell substrate point by thick photoetching glue. A photo-etching plating window is sequentially provided with a copper, tin-silver and an indium solder. A convex point is formed by the solder and a granule after electroplating by wet corrosion method to remove the thick photoetching glue and a redundant seed layer metal. Thermal oxidation treatment is performed on a silicon chip to a silicon di-oxide layer.    USE - Ternary silver indium tin lead-free salient point preparing method.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables inexpensively preparing a ternary silver indium tin lead-free salient point with better consistency, accurate point size, small pitch and high convex yield.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a sectional view of a ternary silver indium tin lead-free salient point.
NOVELTY - The cell has an amorphous silicon top cell part whose upper part is provided with a transparent conductive glass substrate. A lower part of a microcrystalline silicon germanium bottom battery is equipped with a transparent conducting film and a metal layer. A transparent conductive glass substrate is stannic oxide powder or zinc oxide. A transparent conductive thin film is zinc oxide. The metal layer is aluminum or silver. The amorphous silicon top cell part is provided with a buffer layer.    USE - Three-junction silicon thin film solar cell.    ADVANTAGE - The cell uses a band gap adjustable low defect microcrystalline silicon germanium film. The cell has wide spectral response range of intrinsic layer as the microcrystalline silicon germanium bottom battery, thus increasing absorption of long wavelength light and expanding spectral response range of the solar battery. The cell has high absorption efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiency, less thickness battery and high efficiency and stability function.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of a three-junction silicon thin film solar cell.