Abstract: Provided herein are nanostructures for lithium ion battery electrodes and methods of fabrication. In some embodiments, a nanostructure template coated with a silicon-based coating is provided. The silicon coating may include a non-conformal, more porous silicon-rich SiEx layer and a conformal, denser SiEx layer on the non-conformal, more porous layer. In some embodiments, two different deposition processes are used: a PECVD layer to deposit the non-conformal, silicon-rich SiEx layer and a thermal CVD process to deposit the conformal layer. The silicon-rich SiEx material prevents silicon crystalline domain growth, limits macroscopic swelling, increases lithium diffusion rate and enhances significantly battery life during lithium ion battery cycle of charge and discharge.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a substrate, a first heavily doped crystalline-Si (c-Si) layer situated above the substrate, a lightly doped c-Si layer situated above the first heavily doped crystalline-Si layer, a second heavily doped c-Si layer situated above the lightly doped c-Si layer, a front side electrode grid situated above the second heavily doped c-Si layer, and a backside electrode grid situated on the backside of the substrate.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a Si base layer, a passivation layer situated above the Si base layer, a layer of heavily doped amorphous Si (a-Si) situated above the passivation layer, a first transparent-conducting-oxide (TCO) layer situated above the heavily doped a-Si layer, a back-side electrode situated below the Si base layer, and a front-side electrode situated above the first TCO layer. The first TCO layer comprises at least one of: GaInO, GaInSnO, ZnInO, and ZnInSnO.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method and a state control apparatus as well as a portable terminal. The method is applied in a first system connected to a second system and includes: detecting, by the first system, a first event; determining a first state of the first system and a second state of the second system when the first event is a first predetermined event; obtaining a predetermined policy including a first control command and a second control command based on the first state of the first system, the second state of the second system and the first predetermined event; and controlling, by the first system, its own state based on the first control command and transmitting the second control command to the second system such that the second system is switched from the second state to a fourth state. The second system has different power consumptions in the second state and the fourth state.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module includes an optical concentrator and a tunneling-junction solar cell. The tunneling-junction solar cell includes a base layer, a quantum-tunneling-barrier (QTB) layer situated above the base layer, an emitter layer, a front-side electrode, and a back-side electrode.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for managing an apparatus and an information distributing apparatus. The method for managing an apparatus according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied in the information distributing apparatus, and the method includes obtaining a first apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus; obtaining a local capacity resource parameter of at least one item of apparatus capacity resource of the information distributing apparatus; generating the capacity resource distribution information of this item of the apparatus capacity resource, according to the first apparatus identification and the local capacity resource parameter of each item of the apparatus capacity resource; sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server through the wide area network.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for fabricating solar cells. During operation, an anti-reflection layer is deposited on top of a semiconductor structure to form a photovoltaic structure, and a front-side electrode grid comprising a metal stack is formed on top of the photovoltaic structure. The metal stack comprises a metal-adhesive layer comprising Ti or Ta, and a conducting layer comprising Cu or Ag situated above the metal-adhesive layer.

Abstract: There provides an information processing method and a terminal apparatus, and the information processing method is applied in the terminal apparatus, and the terminal apparatus is able to be connected with a remote server. The information processing method includes obtaining a first operation for a first operating environment of a specific user of the terminal apparatus in the first operating environment; responding to the first operation by the first operating environment; transmitting first parameter information of the first operation and second parameter information of the first operating environment in response to the first operation to the remote server; receiving customized configuration information or customized prompt information related to the specific user from the remote server; configuring the first operating environment to provide optimized customized configuration or customized prompt to the specific user based on the customized configuration information or the customized prompt information.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a double-sided heterojunction solar cell module. The solar cell includes a frontside glass cover, a backside glass cover situated below the frontside glass cover, and a number of solar cells situated between the frontside glass cover and the backside glass cover. Each solar cell includes a semiconductor multilayer structure situated below the frontside glass cover, including: a frontside electrode grid, a first layer of heavily doped amorphous Si (a-Si) situated below the frontside electrode, a layer of lightly doped crystalline-Si (c-Si) situated below the first layer of heavily doped a-Si, and a layer of heavily doped c-Si situated below the lightly doped c-Si layer. The solar cell also includes a second layer of heavily doped a-Si situated below the multilayer structure; and a backside electrode situated below the second layer of heavily doped a-Si.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a double-sided heterojunction solar cell module. The solar cell includes a frontside glass cover, a backside glass cover situated below the frontside glass cover, and a number of solar cells situated between the frontside glass cover and the backside glass cover. Each solar cell includes a semiconductor multilayer structure situated below the frontside glass cover, including: a frontside electrode grid, a first layer of heavily doped amorphous Si (a-Si) situated below the frontside electrode, a layer of lightly doped crystalline-Si (c-Si) situated below the first layer of heavily doped a-Si, and a layer of heavily doped c-Si situated below the lightly doped c-Si layer. The solar cell also includes a second layer of heavily doped a-Si situated below the multilayer structure; and a backside electrode situated below the second layer of heavily doped a-Si.

Abstract: A method and system for creating a linked list and a method and system for searching data are disclosed. The method for creating the linked list includes obtaining a first linked list from a first storage area, in which the first linked list has at least one node, and each node at least includes first data; obtaining the first data of each node from the linked list; storing the first data into a preset second storage area and forming a second linked list. The method stores the node identifiers and the node pointers of the linked list preferentially using the continuous storage area, such that the times of cache updating which is triggered by the traverse operation are reduced, and the access speed of the accessed data is increased.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a video-data distribution method thereof are described. The terminal apparatus includes a camera module, configured to shoot a video and generate raw data associated with the shot video in real time; an encoding-and-packaging unit configured to encode the raw data to produce encoded video data, and package the video data at a predefined time interval to produce a plurality of first-video clip data with a predetermined format, wherein the plurality of first-video clip data can all be played independently. The apparatus can include a first communication unit, configured to communicate with a remote server, wherein the server is a hypertext-transfer-protocol server and supports other terminal apparatuses to download the first-video clip data; and a first processing unit, configured to upload the produced plurality of first-video clip data to the server in real time via the first communication unit.

Abstract: In a method for switching an operation mode of a data processing device, a switching instruction is obtained; and the data processing device is switched to a first operation mode or a second operation mode based on the switching instruction. The second operation mode is a multi-user operation mode.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a Si base layer, a passivation layer situated above the Si base layer, a layer of heavily doped amorphous Si (a-Si) situated above the passivation layer, a first transparent-conducting-oxide (TCO) layer situated above the heavily doped a-Si layer, a back-side electrode situated below the Si base layer, and a front-side electrode situated above the first TCO layer. The first TCO layer comprises at least one of: GaInO, GaInSnO, ZnInO, and ZnInSnO.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a Si base layer, a passivation layer situated above the Si base layer, a layer of heavily doped amorphous Si (a-Si) situated above the passivation layer, a first transparent-conducting-oxide (TCO) layer situated above the heavily doped a-Si layer, a back-side electrode situated below the Si base layer, and a front-side electrode situated above the first TCO layer. The first TCO layer comprises at least one of: GaInO, GaInSnO, ZnInO, and ZnInSnO.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a substrate, a first heavily doped crystalline-Si (c-Si) layer situated above the substrate, a lightly doped c-Si layer situated above the first heavily doped crystalline-Si layer, a second heavily doped c-Si layer situated above the lightly doped c-Si layer, a front side electrode grid situated above the second heavily doped c-Si layer, and a backside electrode grid situated on the backside of the substrate.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module includes an optical concentrator and a tunneling-junction solar cell. The tunneling-junction solar cell includes a base layer, a quantum-tunneling-barrier (QTB) layer situated above the base layer, an emitter layer, a front-side electrode, and a back-side electrode.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module includes an optical concentrator and a tunneling-junction solar cell. The tunneling junction solar cell includes a base layer, a quantum-tunneling-barrier (QTB) layer situated above the base layer, an emitter layer, a front-side electrode, and a back-side electrode.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a substrate, a first heavily doped crystalline-Si (c-Si) layer situated above the substrate, a lightly doped c-Si layer situated above the first heavily doped crystalline-Si layer, a second heavily doped c-Si layer situated above the lightly doped c-Si layer, a front side electrode grid situated above the second heavily doped c-Si layer, and a backside electrode grid situated on the backside of the substrate.

Abstract: There provides an information processing method and a terminal apparatus, and the information processing method is applied in the terminal apparatus, and the terminal apparatus is able to be connected with a remote server. The information processing method includes obtaining a first operation for a first operating environment of a specific user of the terminal apparatus in the first operating environment; responding to the first operation by the first operating environment; transmitting first parameter information of the first operation and second parameter information of the first operating environment in response to the first operation to the remote server; receiving customized configuration information or customized prompt information related to the specific user from the remote server; configuring the first operating environment to provide optimized customized configuration or customized prompt to the specific user based on the customized configuration information or the customized prompt information.