Patents by Inventor Brion P. Bob

Brion P. Bob has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Metal-chalcogenide photovoltaic device with metal-oxide nanoparticle window layer
    Patent number: 9780238
    Abstract: A metal-chalcogenide photovoltaic device includes a first electrode, a window layer spaced apart from the first electrode, and a photon-absorption layer between the first electrode and the window layer. The photon-absorption layer includes a metal-chalcogenide semiconductor. The window layer includes a layer of metal-oxide nanoparticles, and at least a portion of the window layer provides a second electrode that is substantially transparent to light within a range of operating wavelengths of the metal-chalcogenide photovoltaic device. A method of producing a metal-chalcogenide photovoltaic device includes providing a photovoltaic substructure, providing a solution of metal-oxide nanoparticles, and forming a window layer on the substructure using the solution of metal-oxide nanoparticles such that the window layer includes a layer of metal-oxide nanoparticles formed by a solution process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Huanping Zhou, Bao Lei, Choong-Heui Chung, Brion P. Bob
  • METAL-CHALOGENIDE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE WITH METAL-OXIDE NANOPARTICLE WINDOW LAYER
    Publication number: 20140326311
    Abstract: A metal-chalcogenide photovoltaic device includes a first electrode, a window layer spaced apart from the first electrode, and a photon-absorption layer between the first electrode and the window layer. The photon-absorption layer includes a metal-chalcogenide semiconductor. The window layer includes a layer of metal-oxide nanoparticles, and at least a portion of the window layer provides a second electrode that is substantially transparent to light within a range of operating wavelengths of the metal-chalcogenide photovoltaic device. A method of producing a metal-chalcogenide photovoltaic device includes providing a photovoltaic substructure, providing a solution of metal-oxide nanoparticles, and forming a window layer on the substructure using the solution of metal-oxide nanoparticles such that the window layer includes a layer of metal-oxide nanoparticles formed by a solution process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Huanping Zhou, Bao Lei, Choong-Heui Chung, Brion P. Bob