Structures of ordered arrays of semiconductors

HA Atwater, BM Kayes, NS Lewis… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2009 - Google Patents
Pasadena, CA 91101 (US) A device having arrays of semiconductor structures with
dimensions, ordering and orientations to provide for light absorption and charge carrier …

Process for fabricating nanowire arrays

BA Buchine, F Modawar, MR Black - US Patent 8,143,143, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A process is provided for etching a silicon-containing Sub strate to form
nanowire arrays. In this process, one deposits nanoparticles and a metal film onto the …

Polymer-embedded semiconductor rod arrays

NS Lewis, KE Plass, JM Spurgeon… - US Patent 8,110,898, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A structure consisting of well-ordered semiconductor struc tures embedded
in a binder material which maintains the ordering and orientation of the semiconductor …

Nanostructured devices

BA Buchine, F Modawar, MR Black - US Patent 8,450,599, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A photovoltaic device is provided. It comprises at least two electrical
contacts, p type dopants and n type dopants. It also comprises a bulk region and nanowires …

Nanostructured silicon for battery anodes

BA Buchine, F Modawar, MR Black - US Patent 8,791,449, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A process is provided for etching a silicon-containing sub strate to form
nanowire arrays. In this process, one deposits nanoparticles and a metal? lm onto the …

Axially-integrated epitaxially-grown tandem wire arrays

NS Lewis, S Hu - US Patent 10,090,425, 2018 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A photoelectrode, methods of making and using, including systems for
water-splitting are provided. The photoelectrode can be a semiconducting material having a …

Process for structuring silicon

BA Buchine, F Modawar, MR Black - US Patent 8,734,659, 2014 - Google Patents
Hale and Dorr LLP (57) ABSTRACT A process for etching a silicon-containing Substrate to
form structures is provided. In the process, a metal is deposited and patterned onto a silicon …

Semiconductor structures for fuel generation

S Ardo, M Shaner, R Coridan, NC Strandwitz… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
US9947816B2 - Semiconductor structures for fuel generation - Google Patents
US9947816B2 - Semiconductor structures for fuel generation - Google Patents …

Solar fuels generator

NS Lewis, JM Sprugeon, WC West, C Xiang - US Patent 10,026,560, 2018 - Google Patents
The solar fuels generator includes an ionically conductive separator between a gaseous first
phase and a second phase. A photoanode uses one or more components of the first phase …

Heterojunction wire array solar cells

A Tamboli, DB Turner-Evans, M Malhotra… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
US9263612B2 - Heterojunction wire array solar cells - Google Patents US9263612B2 -
Heterojunction wire array solar cells - Google Patents Heterojunction wire array solar cells …