Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Kabushiki Kaisha Daini Seikosha

Hideyuki Nakao

Shuzo Hirahara

Hitoshi Nagato

Yasuo Hosaka

Haruhi Oooka

Teruo Murakami

Koichi Ishii

Kenji Todori

Takeshi Gotanda

Yuko Nomura

Yuzo Koike

Satoshi Takayama

Akihiko Ono

Yutaka Nakai

Shintaro Enomoto

Atsuko Iida

Shigehiko Mori

Kenji Fujinaga

Hajime Yamaguchi

Hiroki Iwanaga

Akio Amano

Michihiko Inaba

Tutomu Saito

Yoshikuni Matsumura

Isamu Nishida

Yukio Ikehata

Shigeyuki Masuda

Teruki Oitome

Katsuyuki Naito

Mitsunaga Saito

Yujiro Hara

Aira Hotta

Masayuki Nakamoto

Rumiko Hayase

Yuko Kizu

Masaki Atsuta

Kazuhiko Higuchi

Masafumi Mori

Seizaburo Shimizu

Hyangmi Jung

Masao Tanaka

Masayuki Oguchi

Sadao Kajiura

Nobuo Obara

Nobuo Ohara

Yasuhiro Kawanishi

Yasuhiro Kasai

A photoelectric conversion material dispersion liquid of an embodiment includes: perovskite crystal particles having a composition represented as ABX, where A is a monovalent cation of an amine compound, B is a divalent cation of a metal element, and X is a monovalent anion of a halogen element, and having an average particle diameter of not less than 10 nm nor more than 10000 nm; and a dispersion medium which is composed of a poor solvent to the perovskite crystal particles, and in which the perovskite crystal particles are dispersed.

Photoelectric conversion material dispersion liquid and producing method thereof, producing method and producing apparatus of photoelectric conversion film, and photoelectric conversion device

A photoelectric conversion device in an embodiment includes a first photoelectric conversion part including a first transparent electrode, a first photoelectric conversion layer, and a first counter electrode and a second photoelectric conversion part including a second transparent electrode, a second photoelectric conversion layer, and a second counter electrode, the first photoelectric conversion part and the second photoelectric conversion part being provided on a transparent substrate. The first counter electrode and the second transparent electrode are electrically connected by a connection part. As for the first photoelectric conversion layer and the second photoelectric conversion layer, adjacent portions of the adjacent first and second photoelectric conversion layers are electrically separated by an inactive region having electrical resistance higher than that of the first and second photoelectric conversion layers.

Photoelectric conversion device and manufacturing method thereof

A method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device, that includes: forming a laminate structure of a substrate, a transparent electrode, an active layer produced by wet-coating, and a counter electrode, stacked in this order; and thereafter forming a cavity by: (a) pressing an adhesive material just against a defect formed on the surface of said counter electrode, and then peeling off said adhesive material together with said defect and the peripheral part thereof; or (b) sucking a defect formed on the surface of said counter electrode, so as to remove said defect and the peripheral part thereof, where said cavity penetrates through the counter electrode and unreached to the transparent electrode.

Photoelectric conversion device and manufacturing method and apparatus thereof

A photoelectric conversion device of an embodiment includes: a first photoelectric conversion part including a first transparent electrode provided on a transparent substrate, a first active layer, and a first counter electrode; and a second photoelectric conversion part including a second transparent electrode, a second active layer, and a second counter electrode. A conductive layer containing noble metal as a main component is formed on a partial region of the second transparent electrode, and a fine particle layer having a stack of fine particles is formed on the conductive layer. The first counter electrode and the second transparent electrode are electrically connected by a connection part having a scribe groove penetrating through the fine particle layer from the second active layer and exposing a surface of the conductive layer, and a conductive layer having a part of the first counter electrode filled in the scribe groove.

Photoelectric conversion device and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device of an embodiment includes: forming a layer on a substrate; and drying this layer. The layer contains a p-type semiconductor, an n-type semiconductor, and a compound represented by the following formula (1). The layer is dried under pressures of 100 Pa or less and substrate temperatures of 40 to 200&#xb0; C.R&#x2014;(CH)&#x2014;R&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)

A photoelectric conversion device includes: an element substrate having a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer being provided above the first electrode and performing charge separation by energy of irradiated light, and the second electrode being provided above the photoelectric conversion layer; a counter substrate facing the element substrate; and a sealing layer provided between the element substrate and the counter substrate. The element substrate, the counter substrate, and the sealing layer define a sealing region sealing the photoelectric conversion layer. The element substrate further has: an impurity detection layer in contact with the second electrode inside the sealing region and causing chemical reaction with an impurity containing at least one of oxygen and water; and a third electrode in contact with the impurity detection layer and extending to the outside of the sealing region.

Photoelectric conversion device

A photoelectric conversion device of an embodiment includes: a first photoelectric conversion part including a first transparent electrode, a first organic active layer, and a first counter electrode; and a second photoelectric conversion part including a second transparent electrode, a second organic active layer, and a second counter electrode, which are provided on a transparent substrate. A conductive layer is formed on a partial region, of the second transparent electrode, which is adjacent to the first transparent electrode. The first counter electrode and the second transparent electrode are electrically connected by a connection part including a groove formed from a surface of the second organic active layer to reach an inside of the conductive layer and a part of the first counter electrode filled in the groove.

A solar cell module according to an embodiment includes: a light transmissive first substrate; a second substrate; at least one cell array disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the cell array including a plurality of cells arranged, each of the cells including a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, an organic photoelectric conversion film disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the organic photoelectric conversion film; a plurality of light transmissive partition walls disposed at portions on the first substrate, the portions being located between adjacent ones of the cells and at both end portions of the cell array; and a first resin film disposed between the second substrate and each of the cells between adjacent ones of the partition walls, the cells being connected in series.

Solar cell module

A photoelectric conversion element includes: a substrate having an element formation surface; a first electrode provided on the element formation surface and extending along one direction of the element formation surface up to an end portion of the element formation surface; a photoelectric conversion layer provided above the first electrode and including a first region having a first thickness and a second region extending from an end portion of the first region up to an end portion of the first electrode and having a second thickness larger than the first thickness; and a second electrode provided above the first and second regions and extending up to an end portion of the photoelectric conversion layer.

Photoelectric conversion element and manufacturing method of photoelectric conversion element

In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a photovoltaic cell module including a plurality of photovoltaic cell structures including a hole transport layer and an electron transport layer which are disposed on a common photoelectric conversion layer so that electromotive force polarities are alternately different, wherein the photovoltaic cell structures are electrically connected in series.

Photovoltaic cell module

A solar cell includes a substrate and a stacked body. The substrate includes an upper surface. The stacked body includes a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion film, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode is provided on the upper surface. The photoelectric conversion film is provided on the lower electrode. The upper electrode is provided on the photoelectric conversion film. The stacked body includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes a foreign matter between the lower electrode and the photoelectric conversion film. The second region is without the foreign matter. A distance between an end of the foreign matter in a first direction parallel with the upper surface and the upper electrode in a second direction intersecting the upper surface is greater than a distance in the second direction between the lower electrode and the upper electrode in the second region.

Solar cell, solar cell module, and method for manufacturing solar cell

An organic thin-film solar cell module according to one embodiment includes solar cell panels and reflective surfaces. Each panel includes a substrate, a 1st electrode, a 2nd electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer. When supposing a 1st plane including the reflective surface, a 1st intersection line as a line of intersection of the 1st plane and the 2nd main surface of the substrate, and a 2nd plane including the 1st intersection line and forming an angle of 45&#xb0; with the 2nd main surface of the substrate and an angle smaller than 45&#xb0; with the 1st plane, an edge of the photoelectric conversion layer is in contact with the 2nd plane or the 2nd plane intersects the photoelectric conversion layer.

Organic thin-film solar cell module and sub-module

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Hideyuki Nakao