Solar Collector Or Absorber Patents (Class 205/923)
  • Solar battery module for optical electrolysis device and optical electrolysis device
    Patent number: 6198037
    Abstract: Partition member 34 is provided, which partitions the interior of glass container 31 into reduction reaction chamber 32 and oxidation reaction chamber 33 and which is made of a polymer electrolyte that conducts hydrogen ions; solar battery modules 35 are mounted on this partition member 34, for example in a matrix arrangement of five rows and three columns; a solar battery module 35 has a photocell array (photoelectromotive force: 2.0-2.4 V) consisting of four spherical solar battery elements (photoelectromotive force: 0.5-0.6 V) connected in series, anode 46, and cathode 48; solar battery modules 35 are mounted on partition member 34 so that anode 46 is in contact with the electrolyte of oxidation reaction chamber 33 and cathode 48 is in contact with the electrolyte of reduction reaction chamber 32; sunlight is shined on solar battery modules 35, and the photoelectromotive force electrolyzes the water and produces hydrogen gas from cathode 48 and oxygen gas from anode 46.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Inventor: Josuke Nakata
  • Solid polymer electrolyte and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 5609795
    Abstract: The present invention presents a solid polymer electrolyte consisting of a multiphase polymer matrix and an electrolyte solution. The polymer matrix consists of a highly polar polymeric (HPP) phase impregnated with the electrolyte solution to form ion conducting channels, and a less polar polymeric (LPP) phase, constituting the support structure. Further, the invented solid polymer electrolyte may also include a second ion conducting channels, forming a multiphase microstructure in which the electrolyte solution is present around the LPP particles as a fine mesh-like network. The invention also presents two kinds of method for making such a solid polymer electrolyte. The first includes the steps of: making a multiphase polymer matrix; and impregnating the polymer matrix with an electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Morihiko Matsumoto, Toshihiro Ichino, Shiro Nishi
  • Solid polymer electrolyte and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 5585039
    Abstract: The present invention presents a solid polymer electrolyte consisting of a multiphase polymer matrix and an electrolyte solution. The polymer matrix consists of a highly polar polymeric (HPP) phase impregnated with the electrolyte solution to form ion conducting channels, and a less polar polymeric (LPP) phase, constituting the support structure. Further, the invented solid polymer electrolyte may also include a second ion conducting channels, forming a multiphase microstructure in which the electrolyte solution is present around the LPP particles as a fine mesh-like network. The invention also presents two kinds of method for making such a solid polymer electrolyte. The first includes the steps of: making a multiphase polymer matrix; and impregnating the polymer matrix with an electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Morihiko Matsumoto, Toshihiro Ichino, Shiro Nishi
  • Method of producing an absorber layer for solar cells with the aid of electrodeposition
    Patent number: 5275714
    Abstract: A method of producing an absorber layer for solar cells by electrolytic dispersion deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Dieter Bonnet, Josef Ehrhardt, Gert Hewig