US Patent Issued to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY on May 20 for "Composite fine particles, solar cell, member for photoelectric conversion elements, and photoelectric conversion element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,101, issued on May 20, was assigned to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (Kawaguchi, Japan).

"Composite fine particles, solar cell, member for photoelectric conversion elements, and photoelectric conversion element" was invented by Ayumi Nihei (Yokohama, Japan) and Tsutomu Miyasaka (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The composite fine particle includes an inorganic fine particle having a light wavelength conversion ability, a continuous or discontinuous first coating layer formed on the whole or a part of a surface of the inorganic fine particle, a second coating layer formed on the first coating layer, and a third coat...