Patents by Inventor Claudia Cantoni

Claudia Cantoni 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).

  • THIN FILM STRUCTURE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20120192937
    Abstract: A thin film structure for photovoltaic applications includes a biaxially textured metal substrate; a seed layer epitaxially disposed on the metal substrate; a barrier layer comprising SrTiO3 epitaxially disposed on the seed layer; a cap layer comprising ?-Al2O3 epitaxially disposed on the SrTiO3 barrier layer; and a crystalline silicon layer epitaxially disposed on the cap layer, where the cap layer comprises a volume fraction of biaxial texture of at least about 80% and the crystalline silicon layer does not include a metal silicide phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Mariappan Parans Paranthaman, Sung-Hun Wee, Frederick A. List, III, Claudia Cantoni, Lee Heatherly, JR., Kyunghoon Kim, Thomas R. Fanning, Jon Bornstein
  • CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY ENHANCEMENT VIA INCORPORATION OF NANOSCALE Ba2(Y,RE)TaO6 IN REBCO FILMS
    Publication number: 20110034338
    Abstract: A superconducting article includes a substrate having a biaxially textured surface, and an epitaxial biaxially textured superconducting film supported by the substrate. The epitaxial superconducting film includes particles of Ba2RETaO6 and is characterized by a critical current density higher than 1 MA/cm2 at 77K, self-field. In one embodiment the particles are assembled into columns. The particles and nanocolumns of Ba2RETaO6 defects enhance flux pinning which results in improved critical current densities of the superconducting films. Methods of making superconducting films with Ba2RETaO6 defects are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Amit Goyal, Claudia Cantoni, Eliot Specht, Sung-Hun Wee
  • CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY ENHANCEMENT VIA INCORPORATION OF NANOSCALE Ba2(Y,RE)NbO6 IN REBCO FILMS
    Publication number: 20110034336
    Abstract: A superconducting article includes a substrate having a biaxially textured surface, and an epitaxial biaxially textured superconducting film supported by the substrate. The epitaxial superconducting film includes particles of Ba2RENbO6 and is characterized by a critical current density higher than 1 MA/cm2 at 77K, self-field. In one embodiment the particles are assembled into columns. The particles and nanocolumns of Ba2RENbO6 defects enhance flux pinning which results in improved critical current densities of the superconducting films. Methods of making superconducting films with Ba2RENbO6 defects are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Amit Goyal, Sung-Hun Wee, Eliot Specht, Claudia Cantoni