Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki

Japan Fine Ceramics Center

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Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Trek, Inc.

Yoshiki Okuhara

Toru Sasatani

Kazuto Noritake

Takuhito Tsutsui

Tomohiro Kuroyama

Daisuke Igimi

Seiichi Suda

Bruce T Williams

Norihito Takeuchi

Toshio Uehara

Naoki Kawashima

Hiroaki Yanagida

Takayuki Homma

Takeharu Kato

Hideaki Matsubara

Akinori Sato

Shoji Aoki

Daisaku Yokoe

A solar heat collector tube in which at least an infrared reflective layer, a sunlight-heat conversion layer and an anti-reflection layer are provided on the outer surface of a tube through the interior of which a heat medium can flow, wherein the infrared reflective layer in the solar heat collector tube is an Ag layer having Nb dispersed therein, the content of Nb being 0.1 at % to 31.8 at %.

Solar heat collector tube

A solar heat collector tube in which at least an infrared reflective layer, a sunlight-heat conversion layer and an anti-reflection layer are provided on the outer surface of a tube, through the interior of which a heat medium can flow, wherein the infrared reflective layer is an Ag layer in which silicon, silicon nitride or a mixture thereof is dispersed, and a method for producing the solar heat collector tube wherein the infrared reflective layer that is an Ag layer, in which silicon, silicon nitride or a mixture thereof is dispersed, is formed by sputtering in the presence of a gas including nitrogen gas, with Ag and silicon being used as targets.

Solar heat collector tube and production method thereof

A solar heat collector tube in which at least an infrared reflective layer, a sunlight-heat conversion layer and an anti-reflection layer are provided on the outer surface of a tube, through the interior of which a heat medium can flow, wherein the infrared reflective layer in the solar heat collector tube has a multilayer structure in which an Ag layer, having dispersed therein at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, Ta, Nb and Al, is sandwiched between two metal protective layers.

This invention is a sunlight-to-heat converting member containing chromium silicide having an element ratio of Cr to Si from 1:1.6 to 1:4.7. This invention is also a sunlight-to-heat converting stack including a layer of the sunlight-to-heat converting member and a metal layer. This invention is also a sunlight-to-heat converting device including a light collecting part, either or both of a container and a flow path where sunlight is collected by the light collecting part, and a heating medium housed in either or both of the container and the flow path. The sunlight-to-heat converting member or the sunlight-to-heat converting stack is formed on a surface of either or both of the container and the flow path. The sunlight-to-heat converting member, the sunlight-to-heat converting stack, and the sunlight-to-heat converting device of this invention can convert light to heat efficiently.

Sunlight-to-heat converting member, sunlight-to-heat converting stack, sunlight-to-heat converting device, and solar power generating device

The present invention addresses the issue of providing an optical selective film that contributes to efficiently converting light into heat. This optical selective film is characterized in that: the optical selective film includes at least an Ag-containing layer, and an Ag diffusion prevention layer that is disposed adjacent to the Ag-containing layer; and the Ag diffusion prevention layer contains FeSi(X=1 to 2).

Optical selective film

A solar-thermal conversion member includes a &#x3b2;-FeSiphase material. The solar-thermal conversion member exhibits a high absorptance for visible light at wavelengths of several hundred nm and a low absorptance for infrared light at wavelengths of several thousand nm and, as a consequence, efficiently absorbs visible light at wavelengths of several hundred nm and converts the same into heat and exhibits little thermal radiation due to thermal emission at temperatures of several hundred &#xb0; C. The solar-thermal conversion member may therefore efficiently absorb sunlight, provide heat, and prevent thermal radiation due to thermal emission.

Solar-thermal conversion member, solar-thermal conversion device, and solar thermal power generation device comprising a &#x3b2;-FeSi2 phase material

A platen for electrostatic wafer clamping apparatus comprising a platen body of dielectric material and grains of electrically conductive material diffused in the dielectric material so that the platen has a relatively large electrostatic capacitance due to the diffusion of the conductive grains with the result that the platen provides an increased clamping force regardless of humidity. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the thickness of the platen body can be decreased by an amount sufficient to maintain a constant clamping force with reduced applied voltage, to eliminate any residual voltage on the platen and to increase the speed of wafer release. The grains of electrically conductive material are present in an amount of from about 2.5 percent to about 15.0 percent of the volume of the platen body, and the grains of electrically conductive material are selected from the group consisting of carbonated transition metals, nitrified transition metals and carbonated grains. The dielectric material preferably is Al O , and the grains of electrically conductive material preferably are TiC and preferably in an amount of about 5% of the volume of the platen.

Platen for electrostatic wafer clamping apparatus

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Nagoya, Japan

Yoshiki Okuhara