Patents by Inventor Tsung-Te Chen

Tsung-Te Chen 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: 20130056070
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for generating inverted organic solar cells and which required no electron selective layer, were fabricated and their power conversion efficiency was found to improve irreversibly with post-processing light soaking for a period. X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterization further revealed segregation in surface composition at the interface and was found to explain the current density-voltage measurements. In addition, the light soaked devices were found to exhibit an extended lifetime as compared to conventional devices. Since no electron selective layer was required, light soaking may be considered as a cost-effective method to achieve efficient inverted organic solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Sheng-Fu Horng, Jen-Chun Wang, Cheng-Yueh Lu, Jui-Lin Hsu, Ming-Kun Lee, Yun-Ru Hong, Hsin-Fei Meng, Yuan-Lin Yang, Tsung-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 8324012
    Abstract: A tandem solar cell and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. The steps of the fabricating method comprises: a top inverted solar cell having a plurality of inverted solar sub-cells is provided; a bottom normal solar cell having a plurality of normal solar sub-cells accompanying with the inverted solar sub-cells is provided; and processing fit process of the top inverted solar cell and the bottom normal solar cell is executed, wherein an interlayer is disposed between the bottom normal solar cell and the top inverted solar cell, and the interlayer includes a plurality of conductive dots. The plurality of inverted solar sub-cells and normal solar sub-cells are placed with an offset distance from each other, and a plurality of solar sub-cells are formed after the pressing fit process, and the plurality of solar sub-cells are series/parallel connection each other by electrically connecting the plurality of conductive dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Sheng-Fu Horng, Hsin-Fe Meng, Ming-Kun Lee, Jen-Chun Wang, Tsung-Te Chen
  • Publication number: 20110100431
    Abstract: A tandem solar cell and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. The steps of the fabricating method comprises: a top inverted solar cell having a plurality of inverted solar sub-cells is provided; a bottom normal solar cell having a plurality of normal solar sub-cells accompanying with the inverted solar sub-cells is provided; and processing fit process of the top inverted solar cell and the bottom normal solar cell is executed, wherein an interlayer is disposed between the bottom normal solar cell and the top inverted solar cell, and the interlayer includes a plurality of conductive dots. The plurality of inverted solar sub-cells and normal solar sub-cells are placed with an offset distance from each other, and a plurality of solar sub-cells are formed after the pressing fit process, and the plurality of solar sub-cells are series/parallel connection each other by electrically connecting the plurality of conductive dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Sheng-Fu HORNG, Hsin-Fe Meng, Ming-Kun Lee, Jen-Chun Wang, Tsung-Te Chen