WO1999065045A3 - Titanium dioxide films for photovoltaic cells - Google Patents

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WO1999065045A3
WO1999065045A3 PCT/US1999/010899 US9910899W WO9965045A3 WO 1999065045 A3 WO1999065045 A3 WO 1999065045A3 US 9910899 W US9910899 W US 9910899W WO 9965045 A3 WO9965045 A3 WO 9965045A3
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Ying Wang
Larry Wayne Harrison
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Priority to BR9911021-0A priority patent/BR9911021A/en
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Priority to PL99344588A priority patent/PL344588A1/en
Application filed by Du Pont, Ying Wang, Larry Wayne Harrison filed Critical Du Pont
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Priority to AU61288/99A priority patent/AU764509B2/en
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    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
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    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01GCAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES OR LIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
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    • H01G9/2027Light-sensitive devices comprising an oxide semiconductor electrode
    • H01G9/2031Light-sensitive devices comprising an oxide semiconductor electrode comprising titanium oxide, e.g. TiO2
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    • H01GCAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES OR LIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
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    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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Abstract

Improved photovoltaic cells utilizing for a semiconductor layer titanium dioxide powders, consisting of porous particles, which range in size from 0.1 to 10 microns and possess relatively high bulk density combined with a high surface area. Said particles are aggregates of crystallites having a size of less than 0.1 micron.
PCT/US1999/010899 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Titanium dioxide films for photovoltaic cells WO1999065045A2 (en)

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JP2000553967A JP2002518822A (en) 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Titanium dioxide film for photovoltaic cells
KR1020007012914A KR20010043697A (en) 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Titanium Dioxide Films for Photovoltaic Cells
BR9911021-0A BR9911021A (en) 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Photovoltaic cell
IL13961999A IL139619A0 (en) 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Titanium dioxide films for photovoltaic cells
PL99344588A PL344588A1 (en) 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Titanium dioxide films for photovoltaic cells
EP99948030A EP1086476A2 (en) 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Titanium dioxide films for photovoltaic cells
CA002330152A CA2330152A1 (en) 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Titanium dioxide films for photovoltaic cells
AU61288/99A AU764509B2 (en) 1998-05-18 1999-05-18 Titanium dioxide films for photovoltaic cells
NO20005289A NO20005289L (en) 1998-05-18 2000-10-20 Titanium dioxide films for photosensitive cells

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US09/080,653 US6075203A (en) 1998-05-18 1998-05-18 Photovoltaic cells
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