Abstract: The invention discloses a solar thermal power generation system by thermoelectric conversion, comprising a sunlight-concentrating and receiving module, a solar tracking module, a photothermal-conversion module for absorbing sunlight then transforming sunlight into thermal energy and a combination of semiconductor thermoelectric module, the combination-type cooling module is under the semiconductor thermoelectric module. In the invention, TE module can directly convert solar thermal and waste heat to electricity without heat transfer medium, heat storage tank, turbine, and mechanical moving part, thus realizing small scale, compact system with high efficiency; Due to the adopting of low concentrating lens with tracking system and compound waste heat supplying module, thus reducing floor area and effectively improving temperature difference and power generating efficiency of the overall system.

Abstract: The method of preparing the porous material incorporating ultrafine metal particles comprises the following steps: (1) preparing surface-protected ultrafine metal particles by reducing metal ions in the presence of molecules such as dodecanethiol molecules; (2) immersing a wet gel in a solution of the ultrafine metal particles, thus forming an ultrafine metal particle/wet gel composite in which the ultrafine metal particles are incorporated in the wet gel; and (3) drying the ultrafine metal particle/wet gel composite to form a porous body.

Abstract: The method of preparing the porous material incorporating ultrafine metal particles comprises the following steps: (1) preparing surface-protected ultrafine metal particles by reducing metal ions in the presence of molecules such as dodecanethiol molecules; (2) immersing a wet gel in a solution of the ultrafine metal particles, thus forming an ultrafine metal particle/wet gel composite in which the ultrafine metal particles are incorporated in the wet gel; and (3) drying the ultrafine metal particle/wet gel composite to form a porous body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing layered aluminum fine particles, and applications to single electron tunneling quantum devices, and the present invention further relates to a method for producing spherical metallic aluminum fine particles (layered aluminum fine particles), characterized in that metallic aluminum is supplied into a mixed gas of helium and 1×10−7 to 3×10−7 torr water vapor by sputtering induced by argon gas discharge to generate aggregates, after which this product is released into a vacuum to generate single crystals in which the surface layer is covered with alumina.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing layered aluminum fine particles, and applications to single electron tunneling quantum devices, and the present invention further relates to a method for producing spherical metallic aluminum fine particles (layered aluminum fine particles), characterized in that metallic aluminum is supplied into a mixed gas of helium and 1.times.10.sup.-7 to 3.times.10.sup.-7 torr water vapor by sputtering induced by argon gas discharge to generate aggregates, after which this product is released into a vacuum to generate single crystals in which the surface layer is covered with alumina.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a samarium monosulfide piezochromic thin film, and the present invention relates to a process for producing a thin film material at a high film formation rate by forming a samarium monosulfide thin film on a substrate by a reactive sputtering deposition process, which is a process for producing a samarium monosulfide (SmS) thin film, characterized by co-sputtering a disamarium trisulfide (Sm.sub.2 S.sub.3) compound target and a samarium (Sm) metal target simultaneously in an inert gas discharge.