Patents by Inventor Jerôme Steinhauser

Jerôme Steinhauser 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).

  • METHOD FOR HYDROGEN PLASMA TREATMENT OF A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE (TCO) LAYER
    Publication number: 20130337603
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a thin film solar device that includes providing a substrate having a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer deposited on a surface of the substrate, the TCO layer having an as deposited sheet resistance. At least a portion of a surface of the TCO layer is exposed to a hydrogen plasma under conditions which result in a treated TCO layer having a reduced sheet resistance which is at least 10% less than the as deposited sheet resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Jerôme Steinhauser, Daniel Borrello