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H01L 31/04 (2006.01) H01L 31/068 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1148639
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A new high efficiency, multijunction photovoltaic solar cell for use with a concentrating lens. This cell comprises an elemental single crystal substrate without an internal light sensitive junction, upon which are two or more successive homogenous layers of semiconductor material, each layer containing within it a light sensitive p/n junction of a similar polarity, each layer having essentially the same lattice constant as the single crystal substrate, each layer having a shorting junction contact with the layer immediately above and below it, each successive layer adsorbing light energy at a shorter wavelength, and each layer being of suffi- cient thickness and appropriate composition to develop essen- tially the same current as the other layers. At the junction, between the successive layers of the multilayer cell, a thin pseudo transparent low bandgap semiconductor layer is provided at the shorting junction interface. The outer surfaces of the top layer and the substrate are provided with electrical contacts for distribution of the electricurrent. The top contact comprises a layer of a transparent conductive material with electrical connections and the whole structure is completed with an antireflection coating over the top.
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Chevron Research And Technology Company
Smart & Biggar
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