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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Applicant:
Masahiro Furusawa, Chino, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Furusawa, Chino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photovoltaic converter device includes a photovoltaic conversion layer containing a plurality of nanoparticles in a first material in a dispersed state, wherein the nanoparticles include a second material in particles and a third material that coats the second material, the third material having a band gap Ethat is greater than a band gap Eof the first material, and greater than a band gap Eof the second material.