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  1. Antisolvent-mediated Air Quench for High Efficiency Air-processed Carbon-Based Planar Perovskite Solar Cells
    Invention Description Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been rigorously researched and pursued as a potential low-cost, next-generation thin-film photovoltaic technology. PSCs have now achieved certified power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 26%, which paves the way to commercial upscale manufacturing. However, the commercialization of PSCs...
    Published: 10/7/2025
    Inventor(s): Feng Yan, Jacob Wall
    Keywords(s): Materials and Electronics, Solar cells
    Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Alternative Energy, Energy & Power, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical, Physical Science, Semiconductors, Materials & Processes
  2. Ultrafast Doping in Polycrystalline Chalcogenides
    Background Cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic technology is considered one of the most successful commercial thin film solar cell technologies, boasting a power conversion efficiency of approximately 23%. Despite this achievement, the current power conversion efficiency for CdTe modules is still far from the theoretical power conversion efficiency...
    Published: 9/15/2025
    Inventor(s): Feng Yan
    Keywords(s): PS-Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, PS-Energy and Power, PS-Environmental, Solar cells, Solar Energy, Thin Films
    Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Alternative Energy, Energy & Power, Environmental, Physical Science
  3. All-Inorganic Perovskites/Chalcogenides Multijunction Solar Cells
    Background All-inorganic perovskite solar cells (AI-PSCs) have emerged as a promising technology in the field of photovoltaics, offering significant advancements in efficiency and stability. Perovskite materials as solar energy absorbers are traditionally developed with hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. These types of hybrid materials demonstrate...
    Published: 9/15/2025
    Inventor(s): Feng Yan
    Keywords(s): PS-Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, PS-Energy and Power, PS-Environmental, Solar cells, Solar Energy, Thin Films
    Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Alternative Energy, Energy & Power, Environmental, Physical Science
  4. Multijunction Solar Cell with Thin-Film Polycrystalline Low-Bandgap Bottom Cell
    There is a need for solar cells with highly efficient light-to-electricity conversion and lower cost. Multijunction cells, which include multiple light-absorbing materials, each of which converts a given wavelength range of the solar spectrum, can be used to provide greater conversion efficiency than single-junction thin-film solar cells. However,...
    Published: 2/13/2025
    Inventor(s): Richard King
    Keywords(s): Energy Efficiency, PS-Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, PS-Energy and Power, PS-Semiconductors, Materials, Processes, Solar cells, Solar Energy
    Category(s): Physical Science, Semiconductors, Materials & Processes, Semiconductor Devices, Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Alternative Energy, Energy & Power, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical
  5. Low-Cost Nanostructured Substrates for Efficient Epitaxial Lift-Off of III-V Solar Cells
    In order to reduce the high costs associated with renewable power, there is a need to develop highly efficient photovoltaic materials, and III-V compound semiconductors offer a higher efficiency than conventional materials. However, high production costs limit widespread photovoltaic development. The substrates used to manufacture compound semiconductor...
    Published: 2/13/2025
    Inventor(s): Alan Chin, Cun-Zheng Ning
    Keywords(s): Energy, Solar cells
    Category(s): Semiconductors, Materials & Processes, Semiconductor Devices, Physical Science, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical, Environmental, Energy & Power, Alternative Energy
  6. Dendritic Electrode Formation Via Liquid Overlayers
    Electrical structures which interact with light, such as solar cells and optical sensors, generally employ electrodes to collect a generated current (or to apply an external field) however, the electrode designs commonly used suffer from a number of disadvantages. For example, the wide spacing of electrodes in conventional solar cells, necessary to...
    Published: 2/13/2025
    Inventor(s): Michael Kozicki, Minghan Ren
    Keywords(s): Device, Flexible electronics, Materials and Electronics, Metallization, Nanofabrication, Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Processing, Sensors, Solar cells
    Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Alternative Energy, Imaging, Semiconductors, Materials & Processes

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