Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100313938 | COUNTER ELECTRODE AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT INCLUDING THE COUNTER ELECTRODE - The present invention provides a counter electrode that is excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency and may achieve a photoelectric conversion element where a short circuit between a working electrode and a counter electrode hardly occurs, and a photoelectric conversion element including the counter electrode. The present invention is a counter electrode that includes an intermediate layer made of porous carbon, and an insulating separator that is disposed on one surface of the intermediate layer. The porous carbon includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. | 12-16-2010 |
20110088745 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE - A photoelectric conversion element module | 04-21-2011 |
20110088772 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element includes: a first step of forming a porous oxide semiconductor layer on a surface of a catalytic layer of a first electrode including a metal plate made of titanium or a titanium alloy and the catalytic layer, or a surface of a transparent conductor of a second electrode including the transparent conductor; a second step of supporting a photo-sensitized dye on the porous oxide semiconductor layer; a third step of surrounding and sealing the porous oxide semiconductor layer and an electrolyte between the first electrode and the second electrode with a sealing material; and a fourth step of forming a terminal on the metal plate. In the fourth step, the terminal is formed by pressing a metal member including at least one of copper and nickel against the metal plate and applying an ultrasonic wave to the metal member. | 04-21-2011 |
20110088773 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element includes: a semiconductor forming step of forming a porous oxide semiconductor layer on a surface of a catalytic layer of a first electrode including a metal plate made of titanium or an alloy including titanium and the catalytic layer, or a surface of a transparent conductor of a second electrode including the transparent conductor; a dye supporting step of supporting a photo-sensitized dye on the porous oxide semiconductor layer; a sealing step of surrounding and sealing the porous oxide semiconductor layer and an electrolyte between the first electrode and the second electrode with a sealing material; and a terminal forming step of forming a terminal on the metal plate. In the terminal forming step, the terminal is formed by applying an ultrasonic wave to a high-melting-point solder while the high-melting-point solder is heated to melt. | 04-21-2011 |
20110126879 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE - A photoelectric conversion element module | 06-02-2011 |
20110223703 | SEALING LAMINATED SHEET FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME - The present invention is a sealing laminated sheet for an electronic device in which a first sheet and a second sheet | 09-15-2011 |
20120006406 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes: a pair of electrodes facing one another; a oxide semiconductor layer provided on one of the pair of electrodes; an electrolyte disposed between the electrodes; and a sealing part that connects the electrodes, and surrounds and seals the oxide semiconductor layer and the electrolyte. At least a portion of the sealing part comprises an inorganic sealing part formed of an inorganic material and on a surface of at least one of the electrodes and a resin sealing part that is connected to the inorganic sealing part along the direction connecting the electrodes and comprises a material including a resin. A region on a surface of the inorganic sealing part on a side closer to the electrolyte than a region connected to the resin sealing part is covered with a protective resin layer that is resistant to the electrolyte. | 01-12-2012 |
20130118574 | ELECTRODE FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, PRODUCTION METHOD OF SAME AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - The present invention is a production method of an electrode for a dye-sensitized solar cell, comprising: a first step of providing current collector wiring on an electrically conductive substrate; and a second step of producing an electrode for a dye-sensitized solar cell by sequentially forming a plurality of thermoplastic wiring protective layers on the current collector wiring so that softening points of the thermoplastic wiring protective layers become lower as the thermoplastic wiring protective layers move away from the current collector wiring, and by heat-treating the second and subsequent thermoplastic wiring protective layers from the current collector wiring at a heat treatment temperature lower than a softening point of the thermoplastic wiring protective layer formed immediately prior thereto. | 05-16-2013 |
20150075618 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a dye-sensitized solar cell which includes a conductive substrate, a counter substrate facing the conductive substrate, an electrolyte disposed between the conductive substrate and the counter substrate, and an annular sealing portion surrounding the electrolyte together with the conductive substrate and the counter substrate and connecting the conductive substrate and the counter substrate. The sealing portion has an inorganic sealing portion fixed to the conductive substrate and a resin sealing portion fixed to the counter substrate. The inorganic sealing portion has a main body portion provided on the conductive substrate and a protruding portion extending from the main body portion toward a side opposite to the conductive substrate, and the resin sealing portion has an adhesive portion adhering the main body portion to the counter substrate and adhered to a side surface along an extending direction of the protruding portion. | 03-19-2015 |