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7196834
This invention relates to a transparent flat body including two transparent cover layers ( 1, 2 ) that confine between them an active layer ( 3 ) whose transparency varies in an electric field and disposed between two electrode layers ( ...  
7166797
This invention relates to the field of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) direct energy conversion. In particular, TPV systems use filters to minimize parasitic absorption of below bandgap energy. This invention constitutes a novel combination of ...  
7045703
A thermophotovoltaic power generating apparatus has a combustor for burning a fuel upon supply of the fuel and air, an emitter heated by passage therein of combustion gas produced in the combustor, and a photoelectric conversion element ...  
7045205
A nanostructured apparatus may include a mesoporous template having an array of regularly-spaced pores. One or more layers of material may conformally coat the walls to a substantially uniform thickness. Such an apparatus can be used in ...  
6913713
Photovoltaic materials and methods of photovoltaic cell fabrication provide a photovoltaic cell in the form of a fiber. These fibers may be formed into a flexible fabric or textile.  
6734352
The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device that improves photoelectric conversion efficiency with the interaction between a transparent substrate with a transparent conductive film, an antireflection film, and a pho...  
6733849
According to the present invention, a high-speed charge transport material is provided which comprises a polymer of a liquid crystal material which is a triphenylene compound having at least one specific unsaturated group in a molecule. ...  
6538191
A photocell device having enhanced conversion efficiency. The device is adapted to convert light energy to electrical energy in a semiconductor layer, to convert a first, monochromatic light, to a second light of different wavelength, in...  
6521823
In a solar cell, there is provided a method of improving external appearance quality by lowering surface reflection and by making a change of a color tone at openings and portions between electrode patterns, resulting from integrating wo...  
6518493
In a display device for an electronic apparatus, a circular polarizing plate constituted by a linear polarizing plate 42 and a ¼λ plate 43 is provided between a solar display board 41 and a middle frame 46 for fixing a module ...  
6512170
The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device that improves photoelectric conversion efficiency with the interaction between a transparent substrate with a transparent conductive film, an antireflection film, and a pho...  
6489044
A polarized organic photonics device, including an LED or photovoltaic device, is comprised of a first conductive layer or electrode coated with a friction transferred alignment material, a photoactive material, and a second electrically...  
6471816
In this method of solar battery output section fabrication, a metal foil is attached to an output terminal on a substrate surface, or a resin film is disposed over a conductive paste as the output terminal on the substrate surface. Subse...  
6459035
There is described a colored photovoltaic cell ( 1 ) with a semiconductor, preferably silicon, which has high efficiency and a pleasing colored appearance, allowing it to be used as a dial for a watch or another electronic apparatus powe...  
6413386
Within a method for forming a metal-silicon layer there is first provided a reactor chamber. There is then positioned within the reactor chamber a substrate spaced from a metal source target. There is also provided within the reactor cha...  
6395973
A photovoltaic device comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive film, a semiconductor thin film, and a metallic electrode film, the three film being formed on one side of the substrate. The distribution of thickness of...  
6355875
A powder glass solution is applied on top of a solar cell 12 with electrodes 17 formed thereon, and solvent is volatilized, followed by baking process, by which a glass 13 is directly formed on the top of the solar cell 12 . In th...  
6344608
A photovoltaic element comprising a p-type semiconductor layer and a transparent conductive layer comprised of indium tin oxide bonded to each other at a surface is provided. The sum of tin oxide content and tin content of the transparen...  
6274804
A thin-film solar module consists of a number of solar cells tandem mounted and series-connected on a common substrate and a number of diodes disposed antiparallel and adjacent thereto. Overlap zones are formed by a projecting edge area ...  
6252157
An amorphous silicon-based thin film photovoltaic device having a glass substrate and a laminate structure formed on the glass substrate and consisting of a transparent electrode, a semiconductor layer containing an amorphous silicon-bas...  
6207603
A borosilicate glass having properties that enable it to be drawn as microsheets for use as a solar cell cover glass, and a solar cell having such microsheet as a cover glass, the glass having a composition consisting essentially of, exp...  
6191353
A solar cell module comprising a photovoltaic element having a light receiving face on which a collecting electrode having an electrically conductive coat and a surface side cover comprising a filler and a surface protective film sequent...  
6127624
A photoresponsive electrode for a wet solar cell wherein on a metal film having fixed thereon a photoresponsive molecule such as, for example, a porphyrin derivative, there is fixed by vapor deposition a light-irradiating portion such as...  
6107564
An ultraviolet and infrared reflecting coating with a wide transmission band and a solar cell cover on which the coating has been deposited. The coating contains a multilayer bandpass filter, and some of the layers of this filter are com...  
6094404
The present invention provides a solar-battery-mounted display structure which comprises a solar battery (16) having a light-receiving surface (16a) disposed in a displaying portion, a light-transmissive plate (17) disposed on the front ...  
6046403
Disclosed is a solar battery module including: a solar battery cell; and a surface material laminated to cover a surface of said cell; wherein a photocatalyst layer is formed on said surface material. With this module, it is possible to ...  
6028265
The photo-semiconducting electrode of the present invention comprises a semiconducting substrate, a chemically adsorbed film formed thereon composed of at least one compound selected from the compounds represented by the formulas: formul...  
6015951
This invention relates to a photoelectric transfer device which comprises a photoelectric transfer element, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer and an ultraviolet cut-off layer, said cholesteric liquid crystal layer being arranged between...  
5981865
An apparatus (10) for utilizing solar energy includes an outer shell body (11), an inner body (40) inside it, and a hollow body (30) provided in between which are formed in a shape of a uniform polyhedron, in particular a dodecahedron. T...  
5861226
A method of fabricating a resonant micromesh filter having conductive antenna elements sized on the order of microns. The steps comprise of first creating an exposure mask having absorbing portions capable of stopping incident ions compl...  
5807440
A photovoltaic device is provided which can selectively and stably control the color of an intended exterior surface, particularly a light-incident surface side, of the photovoltaic device, and which exhibits high performance. A diffuser...  
5782995
A screening layer is disposed on the front side of a solar battery to diffuse reflected light from the solar battery so as to reduce the quantity of light traveling outward from the front side of the solar battery. The screening layer pr...  
5726798
A method and apparatus are provided for emitting a laser like monochromatic narrow beam of light at a selected wavelength from a heated emitter member having a plurality of parallel layers while reducing emission at other wavelengths of ...  
5714012
A diffuse transmission layer (15) is provided on the front side of a solar battery (13), and the light entering the front side of the solar battery is diffused. A part of the light is reflected toward the front side, and another part is ...  
5700332
A filter system to transmit short wavelength radiation and reflect long wavelength radiation for a thermophotovoltaic energy conversion cell comprises an optically transparent substrate segregation layer with at least one coherent wavele...  
5625485
A parallel paired, closely coupled, first and second resonant notch filter array. The disclosed frequency doubling filters are particularly useful in the field of thermophotovoltaics for upgrading black body radiation from heated objects...  
5611870
A system for modifying the radiant energy spectrum of a thermal energy source to produce a desired spectral bandwidth profile including a frequency-selective resonant micromesh filter (50) confronting a thermal energy source (80). Microm...  
5523776
A display is constructed having a flat screen consisting of pixels which may be individually excited to create an image. The pixels are excitable between a light reflective and a transparent state in which they are visible in the reflect...  
5510665
An optoelectronic active circuit element is created by the combination of a light source, an optical control filter and a photocell intimately coupled together. The light source has at least one light emitting surface emitting light ener...  
5449413
A new solar cell cover comprises a substrate that transmits the spectral region to which the solar cell responds and a multilayer infrared-reflecting coating which incorporates means for suppressing low order reflections. The multilayer ...  
5403405
In the present invention, a thermophotovoltaic electric power generator is described. It contains low bandgap photovoltaic cells sensitive in the infrared out to at least 1.7 microns and a broadband infrared emitter with a shortpass IR f...  
5304255
Plasma polymerized organic films deposited on a substrate exhibit broad bandwidth photoluminescence after excitation with blue, violet, or ultraviolet light. The photoluminescent properties of such organic films may be exploited by using...  
5289998
A solar cell voltage regulating arrangement which is particularly advantageous for use in spacecraft includes a light valve such as a liquid crystal cell disposed before the solar cell, to thereby controllably vary the light transmission...  
5246803
Forming a color filter by vacuum depositing alternating layers of SiO 2 and TiO 2 at a temperature of less than 150° C.  
5237233
An optoelectronic active circuit element is created by the combination of a light source, an optical control filter and a photocell intimately coupled together. The light source has at least one light emitting surface emitting light ener...  
5229624
A new composition of matter is described comprising a stretch oriented electrically-conducting light-polarizing film. An improved light-electric power converting film uses molecular diodes (diads) in this film composition aligned head-to...  
5139578
A liquid crystal coverslide for both protecting and concealing solar cells and solar cell arrays is disclosed. A conventional construction of an emulsion of encapsulated liquid crystal droplets is sandwiched between two pieces of polyest...  
5130775
In this sensitive, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, photo-detector, one surface of an amorphous silicon photovoltaic element is bonded to a thin transparent conductive layer formed on an insulating base. A conductive pattern is for...  
4963196
An organic solar cell, comprising an organic photoconductive layer comprising a charge generating substance and a charge transporting substance, and a protective layer covering the organic photoconductive layer blocking low-wavelength li...  
4891075
Photovoltaic cell and wavelength-shifting device, comprising a dihydropyridine condensation product chelated to a lanthanide metal ion, to expand the solar spectrum available to the cell for conversion into electricity. Method to detect ...  

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