US Patent Issued to IDEMITSU KOSAN on May 12 for "Photoelectric conversion element and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,460, issued on May 12, was assigned to IDEMITSU KOSAN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion element and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion element" was invented by Mikio Hamano (Tokyo), Kyohei Horiguchi (Tokyo) and Takato Ishiuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a photoelectric conversion element capable of suppressing a decrease in strength. A photoelectric conversion element comprises: a photoelectric conversion layer (26); an electrode layer (24) adjacent to the photoelectric conversion layer; a collecting electrode (30) adjacent to the electrode layer; and a conductor (50) joined to the colle...