Questions about photovoltaic cell patents

A History of the Solar Cell, in Patents | Articles

Today, there are thousands of issued patents, both US and worldwide, on various solar cell technologies. Accompanying this explosion in green technological …

Photovoltaic technologies: Mapping from patent analysis

The results indicate that 1) the number of patents deposited on photovoltaic cells grows every year, 2) the main depositor countries are the United States, China, Japan, …

PEROVSKITE/SILICON TANDEM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE

A tandem photovoltaic device includes a silicon photovoltaic cell having a silicon layer, a perovskite photovoltaic cell having a perovskite layer, and an intermediate layer …

Photovoltaic technologies: Mapping from patent analysis

Considering the development of technologies in photovoltaic cells and the increase on production of electric energy by the solar source [3], a question arises is: how is the technological …

Patents help to power the world: tracing ...

The trio built on the work of engineer Russell Ohl''s 1941 U.S. Patent 2,402,662 in which Ohl disclosed the first silicon solar cell, tweaking thin strips of silicon in an attempt to …

Chapter 1 History of Solar Cell Development

The First Single-Crystal Silicon Solar Cell. Table 1.3 summarizes the events between 1950 and 1959 leading to the practical silicon single-crystal PV device. The key events were the Bell …

FLEXIBLE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE

The front plate 10, the solar cell 20 and the back plate 30 are arranged from top to bottom. FIG. 2 is a structure diagram of the solar cell of the flexible photovoltaic module …

727 questions with answers in PHOTOVOLTAICS | Science topic

A photovoltaic (PV) cell, commonly called a solar cell, is a nonmechanical device that converts sunlight directly into electricity. Some PV cells can convert artificial light …

Review Uncovering emerging photovoltaic technologies based on patent …

The patents that stand out in this TR are: US20040200520A1 (Metal contact structure for solar cell and method of manufacture), US20050016585A1 (Manufacturing a …

Frontier research in perovskite solar cells: Following the paths of ...

The European Commission (EC) has funded perovskite solar cell (PSC)-related projects since 2013, promoting their advancement within several subject areas. In this …

A History Of The Solar Cell, In Patents

In 1954, Bell Labs'' Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller, and Gerald Pearson created a silicon single-crystal photovoltaic (PV) cell capable of about 6% conversion efficiency with …

Photovoltaic technologies: Mapping from patent analysis

Considering the development of technologies in photovoltaic cells and the increase on production of electric energy by the solar source [3], a question arises is: how is …

A History of the Solar Cell, in Patents | Articles

Today, there are thousands of issued patents, both US and worldwide, on various solar cell technologies. Accompanying this explosion in green technological innovation, cumulative solar photovoltaic installed …

727 questions with answers in PHOTOVOLTAICS | Science topic

Though most commercial panels have efficiencies from 17% to 20%, researchers have developed PV cells with efficiencies approaching 50%.A photovoltaic (PV) …

Patent Trends in Renewable Energy Production: Solar Cells

However, understanding of patent trends may provide broad insights into industrial technological activity in photovoltaics and also indicate a general extent to which …

Photovoltaic technologies: Mapping from patent analysis

The objective of this article is to identify the technological development of photovoltaic cells by the analysis of patents. The Derwent Innovations Index (DII) database of Thomson Derwent was …

Advances in solar photovoltaics: Technology review and patent …

The present article has put forward a comprehensive patent analysis of solar PV technologies over the past six decades. To do so, it first defined the PV technological …

Photovoltaic technologies: Mapping from patent analysis

The results indicate that 1) the number of patents deposited on photovoltaic cells grows every year, 2) the main depositor countries are the United States, China, Japan, Germany and South …

The Influence of Solar Photovoltaics Patents Funded by the U.S ...

• 860 PV patents are confirmed to be associated with SETO funding (483 U.S. patents, 158 EPO patents, and 219 WIPO patents). We grouped these SETO-funded PV patents into

727 questions with answers in PHOTOVOLTAICS

A photovoltaic (PV) cell, commonly called a solar cell, is a nonmechanical device that converts sunlight directly into electricity. Some PV cells can convert artificial light into...

Advances in solar photovoltaics: Technology review and patent …

The analysis shows that 95% of the PV patent applications were filed by inventors from seven countries: Japan, Korea, China, USA, Germany, Taiwan, and France. …

Photovoltaic Thin Film Cells

silicon cells (which represents in terms of patents nearly 3300 families since 1985), thin film cells (4300 families) and organic cells (a little less than 1900 families). This study, which focuses on …