A method for fabricating an optically transparent conductor including depositing a plurality of metal nanowires on a substrate, annealing or illuminating the plurality of metal nanowires to thermally or optically fuse nanowire junctions between metal nanowires to form a metal nanowire network, disposing a graphene layer over the metal nanowire network to form a nanohybrid layer comprising the graphene layer and the metal nanowire network, depositing a dielectric passivation layer over the nanohybrid layer, patterning the dielectric passivation layer using lithography, printing, or any other method of patterning to define an area for the optically transparent conductor, and etching the patterned dielectric passivation layer to define the optically transparent conductor.

A light scanning apparatus for causing a mirror to oscillate to scan with light reflected by the mirror includes an interconnect formed of gold; a protective film for covering the interconnect; and an adhesive film formed between the interconnect and the protective film.

A heterojunction solar cell includes a cell substrate and a conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a first transparent conductive film, a silver electrode, and a second transparent conductive film. The first transparent conductive film is disposed on a surface of the cell substrate, the silver electrode is disposed on a partial region of the first transparent conductive film, and the second transparent conductive film covers the silver electrode and the first transparent conductive film.

An ultra-thin transmissive cadmium (Cd) alloy solar cell is provided. The ultra-thin transmissive cadmium (Cd) alloy solar cell includes a substrate section, a conductive section, a window section, and an absorber section. The absorber section includes a transmissive cadmium (Cd) alloy and a seven hundred (700) or less nanometer (nm) section thickness. The ultra-thin transmissive cadmium (Cd) alloy solar cell includes a percent (10%) transmissivity for portions of a first irradiance wavelength range between three hundred fifty (350) nanometers (nm) to approximately eight hundred twenty-five (825) nanometers (nm). The ultra-thin transmissive cadmium (Cd) alloy solar cell includes a sixty-five percent (65%) transmissivity for portions of a second irradiance wavelength range between to approximately eight hundred twenty-five (825) nanometers (nm) to one thousand two hundred (1200) nanometers (nm).

A manufacturing method for a solar cell includes the following steps. The manufacturing method includes providing a solar cell semi-finished product. The manufacturing method includes performing a laser opening process to form openings. The manufacturing method includes forming a conductive paste in the openings. The manufacturing method includes performing a firing process. The manufacturing method includes performing a laser-enhanced contact optimization process. The openings expose the semiconductor doping layer of the solar cell semi-finished product. The conductive paste includes 80 to 120 parts by weight of core-shell particles, 0.1 to 14 parts by weight of glass frit, 5 to 25 parts by weight of adhesive resin, and 5 to 30 parts by weight of solvent. Each of the core-shell particles includes a core and a shell layer, and the core includes copper.

The disclosure provides a group-III nitride device. The group-III nitride device includes a heterojunction epitaxial wafer and at least one island-shaped electrode. The at least one island-shaped electrode of the group-III nitride device is disposed on the heterojunction epitaxial wafer. Each of the at least one island-shaped electrode includes an interconnection metal layer and at least one island-shaped structural layer. The island-shaped structural layer is covered by the interconnection metal layer and connected to the interconnection metal layer.

Illustrative embodiments of the invention generally relate to photovoltaics and solar energy harvesting devices and, particularly, to those that are transparent or semi-transparent, allowing sufficient visible light through them to allow visualization of objects through them, and more particularly, to those that supplement their primary near ultraviolet light absorption with secondary and/or tertiary absorptions of narrow bands of visible light while maintaining their transparency. Various embodiments of the invention relate to single solar materials with both primary ultraviolet absorption and secondary, narrow-band visible absorption, while some embodiments of the invention utilize mixtures of one or more materials to realize a primary ultraviolet absorption of light with secondary, or even tertiary, narrow bands of visible light absorption. Means of manufacturing such photovoltaics and solar energy harvesting devices will also be disclosed as well as the applications and uses thereof.