GB1553025A

GB1553025A – High-intensity solid-state solar cell
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GB1553025A – High-intensity solid-state solar cell
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High-intensity solid-state solar cell

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Publication number
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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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
solar cell
state solar
intensity solid
intensity
solid
Prior art date
1976-05-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Expired

Application number
GB1815377A
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1976-05-26
Filing date
1977-05-24
Publication date
1979-09-19

1976-05-26
Priority claimed from US05/689,989
external-priority
patent/US4110122A/en

1977-05-24
Application filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
filed
Critical
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1979-09-19
Publication of GB1553025A
publication
Critical
patent/GB1553025A/en

Status
Expired
legal-status
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H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

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H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices

H01L31/06—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier

H01L31/068—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PN homojunction type, e.g. bulk silicon PN homojunction solar cells or thin film polycrystalline silicon PN homojunction solar cells

H—ELECTRICITY

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H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices

H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells

H01L31/043—Mechanically stacked PV cells

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H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices

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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H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices

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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H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices

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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H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices

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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H01L2924/00—Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00

H01L2924/0001—Technical content checked by a classifier

H01L2924/0002—Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

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

Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

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

Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Y02E10/547—Monocrystalline silicon PV cells

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

Publications (1)

Publication Number
Publication Date

GB1553025A
true

GB1553025A
(en)

1979-09-19

Family
ID=27104513
Family Applications (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

GB1815377A
Expired

GB1553025A
(en)

1976-05-26
1977-05-24
High-intensity solid-state solar cell

Country Status (8)

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Link

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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Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

EP2757593A1
(en)

*

2013-01-17
2014-07-23
ATOTECH Deutschland GmbH
Plated electrical contacts for solar modules

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

DE3047383A1
(en)

*

1980-12-16
1982-07-15
Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München

SOLAR CELL WITH INCREASED EFFICIENCY

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

1977

1977-05-24
GB
GB1815377A
patent/GB1553025A/en
not_active
Expired

1977-05-25
BR
BR7703378A
patent/BR7703378A/en
unknown

1977-05-25
AU
AU25477/77A
patent/AU515496B2/en
not_active
Expired

1977-05-25
DE
DE19772723620
patent/DE2723620A1/en
not_active
Withdrawn

1977-05-25
IT
IT2401277A
patent/IT1113593B/en
active

1977-05-26
JP
JP6057577A
patent/JPS5310988A/en
active
Pending

1977-05-26
AR
AR26777077A
patent/AR213643A1/en
active

1977-05-26
NL
NL7705821A
patent/NL7705821A/en
not_active
Application Discontinuation

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

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

Also Published As

Publication number
Publication date

AU2547777A
(en)

1978-11-30

DE2723620A1
(en)

1977-12-08

AR213643A1
(en)

1979-02-28

BR7703378A
(en)

1978-03-14

AU515496B2
(en)

1981-04-09

JPS5310988A
(en)

1978-01-31

NL7705821A
(en)

1977-11-29

IT1113593B
(en)

1986-01-20

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Legal Events

Date
Code
Title
Description

1979-12-05
PS
Patent sealed

1984-02-08
PCNP
Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

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