Konarka Technologies, Inc.

Polaroid Corporation

Other

Merck Patent Gmbh

Robert D Eckert

Russell A Gaudiana

Alan Montello

Lian Li

Kethinni G Chittibabu

Paul Wormser

Ronald A Sahatjian

David P Waller

Edmund Montello

Karl Pichler

Howard G Rogers

Christoph Brabec

Igor Sokolik

Robert L Graves

Jens Hauch

Lian Wang

Robert A Sulesky

Lloyd D Taylor

Michael P Filosa

Boris Levy

Gerard Gomes

John B Mahoney

Francis M Pierce

Daniel D Huang

Marlene C Schwarz

Anthony R Layne

Nirupama Kattamuri

Srinivasan Balasubramanian

Michael Lee

Methods of preparing photovoltaic modules, as well as related components, systems, and devices, are disclosed.

Methods of preparing photovoltaic modules

Photovoltaic materials and methods of photovoltaic cell fabrication provide a photovoltaic cell in the form of a fiber. These fibers may be formed into a flexible fabric or textile.

Photovoltaic fibers

In one aspect, the invention provides photovoltaic cells that utilize a mesh electrode on at least one exposure side of the photovoltaic cell. Preferably, the mesh electrode is a metallic mesh. In one embodiment, the invention provides dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) having a wire mesh exposure side electrode and a photovoltaic material comprising a photosensitized interconnected nanoparticle layer. In one embodiment, the wire mesh electrode functions as the cathode of the DSSC. In another embodiment, the wire mesh electrode functions as the anode of the DSSC. In addition, embodiments are provided where wire mesh electrodes are used for the anode and the cathode of a DSSC.

Photovoltaic cells utilizing mesh electrodes

The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to various aspects of the use of one or more wires in conjunction with an adhesive strip to serve as an electrically conductive connector between the photoactive layers of a photovoltaic cell or module.

Wire interconnects for fabricating interconnected photovoltaic cells

There are described novel photographic processing compositions, film units and processes for use in diffusion transfer photographic systems. More particularly, there is described a method for forming a diffusion transfer image photographic processing of diffusion transfer photographic film units in the presence of hypoxanthine and inosine. Diffusion transfer photographic systems utilizing the novel photographic element or method of the present invention exhibit substantially fewer, if any, crystals on the final image of the finished photograph post-processing.

Photographic element and method

Photographic processing compositions comprising an aqueous alkaline medium and a hydrophobically modified thickening agent are disclosed. The subject thickening agent increases the viscosity of the processing composition while maintaining a relatively uniform homogenous mixture of the constituents thereof. The subject processing compositions are useful in photographic diffusion transfer film units and processes.

Photographic processing compositions including hydrophobically modified

Solid compositions are disclosed comprising a complex of water; a benzotriazole of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen, a monovalent organic radical, halogen, or nitro; and at least one water-soluble base having a basicity greater than that of the benzotriazole and capable of dissociating to provide an anion and a monovalent or divalent metal cation. The compositions have melting ranges above 35.degree. C. and are capable of releasing a substantial portion of the water contained therein to the surrounding environment when melted. The compositions can be employed in thermally developable photographic film units as thermally induced water-releasing materials which provide water to the internal environment of the film unit when the film unit is heated sufficiently to melt the composition.

Film units containing thermally induced water-releasing benzotriazole

Benzotriazole complexes and film units employing same

Silver diffusion transfer image-receiving elements are formed by hydrolyzing a solution of a hydrolyzable cellulose ester, coating a support with a layer of said hydrolyzed cellulose ester and disposing silver precipitating nuclei therein.

Novel method for forming silver diffusion transfer image receiving layers

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Robert D Eckert