Patents by Inventor Robert C. Bowen, Jr.

Robert C. Bowen, Jr. 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).

  • High-efficiency solar energy device
    Patent number: 9923161
    Abstract: A high-efficiency solar cell including an Indium, Gallium, Aluminum and Nitrogen (in a combination comprising InGaN, or InAlN, or InGaAlN) alloy which may be blended with a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) material, and which may include an absorption-enhancing layer including one of more of carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, and undulating or uneven surface topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory T. Daly, Michael P. Whelan, Robert C. Bowen, Jr.
  • High-efficiency solar energy device
    Patent number: 9373734
    Abstract: A high-efficiency solar cell including an Indium, Gallium, Aluminum and Nitrogen (in a combination comprising InGaN, or InAlN, or InGaAlN) alloy which may be blended with a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) material, and which may include an absorption-enhancing layer including one of more of carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, and undulating or uneven surface topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory T. Daly, Michael P. Whelan, Robert C. Bowen, Jr.