Patents by Inventor PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.

PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC. 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).

  • SOLUBLE PRECURSORS AND SOLUTION-BASED PROCESSES FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS
    Publication number: 20130087745
    Abstract: Processes and compositions for making photovoltaic absorber materials for thin film solar cells including CIGS are disclosed. The processes and compositions achieve high thickness per pass for efficient manufacturing. Processes include depositing one or more layers of an ink onto a substrate, wherein the ink contains one or more polymeric precursor compounds. An ink for making a photovoltaic absorber material may contain one or more precursor compounds and an additive dissolved in one or more solvents, including hydrocarbon solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.
    Inventor: PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.
  • INK COMPOSITIONS FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS
    Publication number: 20130087744
    Abstract: Ink compositions for making materials, including photovoltaic absorber materials for solar cells. An ink composition of this invention can contain one or more compounds having the formula MB(ER)3, wherein MB is In, Ga or Al, E is S or Se, and R is selected from alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, amido, and silyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.
    Inventor: Precursor Energetics, Inc.
  • PRECURSORS AND USES FOR CIS AND CIGS PHOTOVOLTAICS
    Publication number: 20130040418
    Abstract: Methods for photovoltaic absorber materials for uses including solar cells. The methods include depositing onto a substrate an ink comprising one or more compounds having the formula MB(ER)3 wherein MB is In, Ga or Al, E is S or Se, and R is selected from alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, amido, and silyl, and heating the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.
    Inventor: Precursor Energetics, Inc.
  • PRECURSORS AND USES FOR CIS AND CIGS PHOTOVOLTAICS
    Publication number: 20130037106
    Abstract: Processes for making a photovoltaic layer on a substrate by depositing a first layer of an ink onto the substrate, wherein the ink contains one or more compounds having the formula MB(ER)3, wherein MB is In, Ga, or Al, E is S or Se, and depositing a second layer of one or more copper chalcogenides or a CIGS material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.
    Inventor: Precursor Energetics, Inc.
  • INK DEPOSITION PROCESSES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ABSORBERS
    Publication number: 20130025680
    Abstract: Processes for making a process for making a photovoltaic absorber by depositing various layers of components on a substrate and converting the components into a thin film photovoltaic absorber material. Processes for depositing an ink containing compounds having the formula MB(ER)3 wherein MB is In, Ga or Al, and polymeric precursor compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.
    Inventor: Precursor Energetics, Inc.
  • PROCESSES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ABSORBERS WITH COMPOSITIONAL GRADIENTS
    Publication number: 20130025660
    Abstract: Processes for making a photovoltaic absorber by depositing various layers of components on a substrate and converting the components into a thin film photovoltaic absorber material. Processes of this disclosure can be used to make a photovoltaic absorber having a concentration gradient of various atoms. CIGS thin film solar cells can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Precursor Energetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Precursor Energetics, Inc.
  • POLYMERIC PRECURSORS FOR CIS AND CIGS PHOTOVOLTAICS
    Publication number: 20130019777
    Abstract: This invention relates to a range of compounds, inks and compositions used to make materials for photovoltaics, including solar cells. In particular, this invention relates to inks containing precursor compounds, as well as the precursor compounds, and materials for preparing photovoltaic layers. The precursor compounds and inks contain compounds having the formula MB(ER)3 wherein MB is In, Ga or Al, which can be deposited and converted to a material form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.
    Inventor: PRECURSOR ENERGETICS, INC.