Patents by Inventor Misako Okabe

Misako Okabe 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).

  • Publication number: 20130333758
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion element, a solar cell and a solar cell module with improved photoelectric conversion efficiency. The object is achieved with a photoelectric conversion element comprising a pair of electrodes, an active layer disposed between the electrodes and an electron extraction layer disposed between at least one of the electrodes and the active layer, wherein the active layer contains a copolymer having a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1) below, and the electron extraction layer contains a compound represented by General Formula (E1) below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Misako OKABE, Jun ENDA, Seiji AKIYAMA, Hitoshi OOTA, Rieko FUJITA, Saika OOTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20120211082
    Abstract: There is provides a photoelectric conversion device material which can be used as an electrode buffer material for a solar cell or the like and can improve durability while maintaining the interaction with an electrode and mobility; a photoelectric conversion device using the photoelectric conversion device material; and a solar cell using the photoelectric conversion device. A photoelectric conversion device containing a buffer layer and an active layer, wherein the buffer layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I), the active layer contains an n-type semiconductor, and the n-type semiconductor is a compound having a solubility in toluene of 0.5% by weight or more at 25° C. and having an electron mobility of 1.0×10?6 cm2/Vs or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji AKIYAMA, Hitoshi Oota, Misako Okabe, Saika Ootsubo, Junya Kawai, Yoshiko Moritake, Takaaki Niinomi, Yuhei Ogomi, Takamichi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 8022617
    Abstract: An organic compound having excellent heat resistance, an excellent amorphous nature, an excellent ability to transport charges, highly excited singlet and triplet states, and excellent solubility in an organic solvent is an organic compound represented by Formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or an optionally-substituted alkyl group; Ar2 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and Q is represented by Formula (I-1) or (I-2): wherein Ar3 to Ar5 each represent an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and Ar3 and Ar4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Iida, Yuichiro Kawamura, Tomoyuki Ogata, Masayoshi Yabe, Misako Okabe, Masako Takeuchi, Kazuki Okabe