General Electric Company

First Solar, Inc.

Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

First Solar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

Dalong Zhong

Dennis Michael Gray

Lawrence Bernard Kool

Carey Shawn Rogers

Gregory Alan Steinlage

Thomas Robert Raber

Bastiaan Arie Korevaar

Michael Scott Hebert

Gautam Parthasarathy

John J Moore

Richard Arthur Nardi, Jr

Aharon Yakimov

Jinbo Cao

Juan Carlos Rojo

Liangheng Qiu

Thomas C Tiearney

Myles Standish Peterson, Ii

James Anthony Ruud

Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani

Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr

Kevin Matthew Durocher

Kripa K Varanasi

Don Mark Lipkin

Hendrik Pieter Jacobus De Bock

Yong Wu

Scott Daniel Feldman-Peabody

Yuk-Chiu Lau

Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian

Milivoj Konstantin Brun

Mohan Manoharan

David Mulford Shaddock

Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro

George Theodore Dalakos

Thomas Francis McNulty

Hong Qing Zhou

Leonardo Ajdelsztajn

Laura Cerully Dial

Tao Deng

Margaret Louise Blohm

Yifeng Wang

Molly Maureen Gentleman

Nitin Bhate

Timothy James Yosenick

Zirong Zhai

Hongying Peng

Yimin Zhan

Yingna Wu

Sean Michael Sweeney

Wusheng Xu

Qianqian Xin

Todd Charles Curtis

Christopher Michael Eastman

Hai Chang

Ming Feng Hsu

Boon Hing Tan

Deng Tao

Jianliang Lin

The invention relates to a temperature control system for additive manufacturing and method for same. The temperature control system comprises: a cladding device configured to fuse a material and form a cladding layer, the cladding device comprising a first energy source; a micro-forging device coupled to the cladding device for forging the cladding layer; a detecting device; a control module; and an adjusting module coupled to at least one of the first energy source and the micro-forging device.

Temperature control system for additive manufacturing and method for same

A gasification component for use in a gasification environment includes a metal-based substrate and a coating deposited on the metal-based substrate. The coating includes at least about 51% by weight of chromium in the alpha phase at an operating temperature of gasification.

Gasification component coated with chromium coating and method for protecting gasification component by using chromium coating

A surface of an article is modified by aluminizing an initial surface at a first temperature to form a first aluminized layer and a sublayer, removing at least a portion of the first aluminized layer, aluminizing the sublayer at a second temperature to form a second aluminized layer, and finally removing at least a portion of the second aluminized layer to form a processed surface. The second temperature is less than the first temperature and a roughness of the processed surface is less than the roughness of the initial surface.

Method for reducing surface roughness

A photovoltaic device is presented. The photovoltaic device includes a transparent conductive layer; a window layer disposed on the transparent conductive layer; and an absorber layer disposed on the window layer. The window layer includes a low-diffusivity layer disposed adjacent to the transparent conductive layer and a high-diffusivity layer interposed between the low-diffusivity layer and the absorber layer. Method of making a photovoltaic device is also presented.

Photovoltaic devices and method of making

A method of manufacturing semiconductor assemblies is provided. The manufacturing method includes thermally processing a first semiconductor assembly comprising a first semiconductor layer disposed on a first support and thermally processing a second semiconductor assembly comprising a second semiconductor layer disposed on a second support. The first and second semiconductor assemblies are thermally processed simultaneously, and the first and second semiconductor assemblies are arranged such that the first semiconductor layer faces the second semiconductor layer during the thermal processing.

Manufacturing methods for semiconductor devices

An article and method of forming the article is disclosed. The article includes a heat source, a heat-sink, and a thermal interface element having a plurality of freestanding nanosprings, a top layer, and a bottom layer. The nanosprings, top layer, and the bottom layers of the article include at least one inorganic material. The article can be prepared using a number of methods including the methods such as GLAD and electrochemical deposition.

Article including thermal interface element and method of preparation

An article coated with a highly durable, wetting resistant coating is provided. The article comprises a coating that comprises a cermet material. The cermet material includes a nickel-bearing metal matrix and a phase disposed within the matrix. The phase includes an anion moiety, for example nitrogen, carbon, or boron; and a cation moiety, for example chromium, zirconium, titanium, vanadium, hafnium, niobium, or tantalum. The phase is present in the cermet at a level of at least about 5 volume %.

Wetting resistant material and articles made therewith

One aspect of the present invention provides a device that includes a substrate; a first semiconducting layer; a transparent conductive layer; a transparent window layer. The transparent window layer includes cadmium sulfide and oxygen. The device has a fill factor of greater than about 0.65. Another aspect of the present invention provides a method of making the device.

Photovoltaic device and method for making

Articles transparent to infrared radiation and resistant to impact and wear are provided. The article comprises a substrate and a composite coating disposed over the substrate and extending from an interface with the substrate to an external surface. The composite coating comprises a first phase and a second phase. The second phase has a higher resistance to erosive wear than the first phase. The coating comprises a compositional gradient proceeding from a first composition at the interface of the coating with the substrate to a second composition at the external surface, the first composition comprising a higher concentration of the first phase than that of the second composition.

Robust window for infrared energy

The present invention provides methods for manufacturing an article having a wetting-resistant surface. The method includes providing a mixture comprising a plurality of micron-sized first particles and a plurality of nano-sized second particles, and a binder; depositing the mixture onto a substrate to form a wetting-resistant surface via a thermal spray process. The mixture is deposited without substantial melting of the first and second particles. The wetting-resistant surface has wettability sufficient to generate, with a reference fluid, a static contact angle of greater than about 90 degrees.

Method of preparing wetting-resistant surfaces and articles incorporating the same

A target assembly for generating x-rays includes a target substrate, and an emissive coating attached to the target substrate, the emissive coating including a textured material including a plurality of granular protrusions arranged to increase gray body emissive characteristics of the target assembly above that of the target substrate.

Apparatus for increasing radiative heat transfer in an X-ray tube and method of making same

The invention provides coatings to achieve the best accommodation of chemical, physical, and mechanical properties desired in high performance and reliable glass molding and forming tools. The substrate material can be any ordinary die or tool material such as cast iron, stainless steel, platinum, tungsten carbide and silicon. A simple coating architecture consisting of a titanium adhesion layer and a Ni&#x2014;Al&#x2014;N or Ti&#x2014;B&#x2014;C&#x2014;N working layer is provided. A NiAl working layer can meet the requirements of wear resistance in which abrasive and/or erosive wear is relatively low, while a Ti&#x2014;B&#x2014;C&#x2014;N working layer is sufficient for processes operating at relatively low temperature or in vacuum or a protective environment. The coating architectures, from the coating/substrate interface to the outer most surface of the coating include an inner adhesion layer, an outer working layer and, optionally, one or more functionally graded material layers. The invention also provides methods of making these coatings.

Coatings for glass molding dies and forming tools

A target assembly for generating x-rays includes a target substrate, and an emissive coating applied to a portion of the target substrate, the emissive coating comprising one or more of a carbide and a carbonitride.

Apparatus for increasing radiative heat transfer in an x-ray tube and method of making same

A bearing assembly mounted in an x-ray tube includes a bearing race and a plurality of bearing balls positioned adjacent to the bearing race. The plurality of bearing balls are positioned within a bearing cage. The bearing cage is configured to evenly space the bearing balls within the bearing cage and prevent contact between adjacent bearing balls, thereby eliminating the problems of skidding wear and dynamic impact load between adjacent bearing balls in the bearing assembly.

Cage for x-ray tube bearings

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