An ambient energy converter includes a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion. The housing lower portion has a hydrophobic material portion. The upper portion has a vent opening in fluid communication with ambience. The housing contains a mass...

The invention relates to a method of producing a porous semiconductor film and to a suspension of semiconductor particles. It further relates to a porous semiconductor film produced by the method, and to an electronic device, in particular a solar cell com...

There is disclosed a gradient structure material comprising a substrate 1 and a functional material 2 formed on the substrate. The gradient structure material is thermally treated while a desired gradient temperature is applied to a specific direction and ...

A biochemically-powered self-exciting electric power source, comprising, inside a container (1) for containing an electrolyte (2), an anode (3) which is coated with a biochemical compound (10a), a first electrode (20) and a second electrode (21), which are...

A photoelectric conversion device comprising an organic dye-sensitizing semiconductor fine particle thin film is prepared by using a dye having a barbituric acid structure as a partial structure and by adsorbing the dye on a semiconductor thin film electro...

The present invention relates to an organic dye-sensitized semiconductor device and to a solar cell using it and, particularly, to a photoelectric conversion device using semiconductor fine particles sensitized with a dye having an acrylic acid part and a ...

Making a larger difference in water activity between electrodes elevates an output voltage of an electrochemical element. The electrochemical element includes a solid electrolyte membrane 5 made of a solid electrolyte and possessing a hydrogen ion conducti...