Patents by Inventor JIN-KAI ZHANG

JIN-KAI ZHANG 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 OF MANUFACTURING A PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMOELECTRIC HYBRID DEVICE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMOELECTRIC HYBRID DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180097468
    Abstract: A photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid device is disclosed, which comprises a bi-layer silicon substrate, an electrode unit having a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on and connected to the bi-layer silicon substrate, and an external circuit connecting to the electrode unit, in which an electric current is set up between the first electrode and the second electrode and flows through the bi-layer silicon substrate as the first electrode is either heated or illuminated more than the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: KUEI-SEN HSIAO, ZHAO-YANG CAI, SHENG-LIN ZHENG, JIN-KAI ZHANG