GB1553025A - High-intensity solid-state solar cell - Google Patents

High-intensity solid-state solar cell

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GB1553025A
GB1553025A GB1815377A GB1815377A GB1553025A GB 1553025 A GB1553025 A GB 1553025A GB 1815377 A GB1815377 A GB 1815377A GB 1815377 A GB1815377 A GB 1815377A GB 1553025 A GB1553025 A GB 1553025A
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solar cell
state solar
intensity solid
intensity
solid
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GB1815377A
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Priority claimed from US05/689,989 external-priority patent/US4110122A/en
Application filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed Critical Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/043—Mechanically stacked PV cells
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    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/047—PV cell arrays including PV cells having multiple vertical junctions or multiple V-groove junctions formed in a semiconductor substrate
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    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/05—Electrical interconnection means between PV cells inside the PV module, e.g. series connection of PV cells
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    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/0543—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means comprising light concentrating means of the refractive type, e.g. lenses
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    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/0547—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means comprising light concentrating means of the reflecting type, e.g. parabolic mirrors, concentrators using total internal reflection
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
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    • Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y02E10/547—Monocrystalline silicon PV cells

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GB1815377A 1976-05-26 1977-05-24 High-intensity solid-state solar cell Expired GB1553025A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/689,989 US4110122A (en) 1976-05-26 1976-05-26 High-intensity, solid-state-solar cell device
US05/796,657 US4131984A (en) 1976-05-26 1977-05-13 Method of making a high-intensity solid-state solar cell

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GB1553025A true GB1553025A (en) 1979-09-19

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JP (1) JPS5310988A (en)
AR (1) AR213643A1 (en)
AU (1) AU515496B2 (en)
BR (1) BR7703378A (en)
DE (1) DE2723620A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1553025A (en)
IT (1) IT1113593B (en)
NL (1) NL7705821A (en)

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US5081049A (en) * 1988-07-18 1992-01-14 Unisearch Limited Sculpted solar cell surfaces
DE4310206C2 (en) * 1993-03-29 1995-03-09 Siemens Ag Method for producing a solar cell from a substrate wafer
DE4416549C2 (en) * 1994-05-10 1996-09-12 Siemens Ag Process for the production of a solar cell
DE102008060599A1 (en) 2008-12-06 2010-06-10 Rainer Merdonig Solar cell unit has solar cell, which has photovoltaic active sandwich and lens assembly, which partly covers solar cell
JP5326731B2 (en) * 2009-03-26 2013-10-30 大日本印刷株式会社 Organic thin film solar cell
US11978815B2 (en) * 2018-12-27 2024-05-07 Solarpaint Ltd. Flexible photovoltaic cell, and methods and systems of producing it

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2757593A1 (en) * 2013-01-17 2014-07-23 ATOTECH Deutschland GmbH Plated electrical contacts for solar modules
WO2014111216A1 (en) * 2013-01-17 2014-07-24 Atotech Deutschland Gmbh Plated electrical contacts for solar modules
US9680042B2 (en) 2013-01-17 2017-06-13 Atotech Deutschland Gmbh Plated electrical contacts for solar modules

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DE2723620A1 (en) 1977-12-08
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NL7705821A (en) 1977-11-29
AU2547777A (en) 1978-11-30
AU515496B2 (en) 1981-04-09
IT1113593B (en) 1986-01-20
AR213643A1 (en) 1979-02-28

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