Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductor component such as a thin-film solar cell with a seeding layer (20) arranged between a semiconductor layer (21, 22) and a carrier substrate (18). The surface of the carrier substrate (18) facing the seeding layer (20) is sealed or a sealing layer (19) is deposited onto the carrier substrate (18).

Abstract: A process for overcoating granules with overcoating material in a granulator by providing the inside surface of the granulator, before introduction of the granules, with a layer of the overcoating material in a thickness of 0.1 to 1 mm, maintaining a preset entrainment height of the granules during the granulation process, and adding the overcoating material in the flowing particle bed. The deposited layers are very uniform.

Abstract: To produce spherical fuel or absorber elements for high temperature reactors a mixture of coated nuclear fuel or absorber particles and graphite molding composition is molded into spheres, carbonized in a furnace having gas flushing and calcined in a vacuum. There are attained high throughputs without addition of transportation aides by employing as resin binders a thermosetting synthetic resin, hardening the resin at 110.degree. to 170.degree. C. and subsequently allowing the spheres to roll for 1 to 10 hours through an oven which is inclined around 2.degree. to 12.degree. to the horizontal. Thereby the oven must exhibit an increasing and decreasing temperature profile, the flushing gas introduced from both sides and be removed in a temperature zone of 400.degree. to 500.degree. C.

Abstract: Fuel, fertile material and/or absorber material containing particles for fuel and/or absorber elements in nuclear reactors are coated by a process comprising introducing thermally cleavable gases in the reaction space heated to above 1000.degree. C. of a fluidized bed unit with the help of a gas inlet nozzle cooled with a cooling medium and having an elongated inlet tube, decomposing the cleavable gases after leaving the nozzle, depositing the decomposition products on fuel, fertile material or absorber particles present in the fluidized bed and bringing these coated particles into fuel elements or absorber elements. The cooling medium is solely gaseous and only the portion of the inlet tube for the nozzle tips of the gas inlet nozzles within the axis are cooled and the heat flow penetrating from outside is reduced by heat insulation. An apparatus for carrying out the process is also described.

Abstract: Fuel, fertile material and/or absorber material containing particles for fuel and/or absorber elements in nuclear reactors are coated by a process comprising introducing thermally cleavable gases in the reaction space heated to above 1000.degree. C. of a fluidized bed unit with the help of a gas inlet nozzle cooled with a cooling medium and having an elongated inlet tube, decomposiing the cleavable gases after leaving the nozzle, depositing the decomposition products on fuel, fertile material or absorber particles present in the fluidized bed and bringing these coated particles into fuel elements or absorber elements. The cooling medium is solely gaseous and only the portion of the inlet tube for the nozzle tips of the gas inlet nozzles within the axis are cooled and the heat glow penetrating from outside is reduced by heat insulation. An apparatus for carrying out the process is also described.

Abstract: Fuel, fertile material or absorber material containing particles for high temperature fuel elements are coated in a fluidized bed by heating the particles and fluidizing through carrier gas preheated to the desired temperature. The coating gas, having a higher velocity than the carrier gas causing fluidizing, is blown into the fluidized particle bed from one or more nozzles from above counter to the flow of the carrier gas. The nozzles end above the fluidized layer.

Abstract: Fuel, fertile material or absorber material containing particles for high temperature fuel elements are coated in a fluidized bed by heating the particles and fluidizing through carrier gas preheated to the desired temperature. The coating gas, having a higher velocity than the carrier gas causing fluidizing, is blown into the fluidized particle bed from one or more nozzles from above counter to the flow of the carrier gas. The nozzles end above the fluidized layer.