Voltage matched multijunction solar cell

US10714644B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Saint-Augustin Canada Electric Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andreas Gombert · Glückstadt, DE
• Sascha Van Riesen · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/548

Abstract

A voltage matched multijunction solar cell having first and second solar cell stacks that are electrically connected parallel to each other. The first solar cell stack is optimized for absorption of incoming solar light in a first wavelength range and the second solar cell stack is optimized for absorption of incoming solar light in a second wavelength range, wherein the first and the second wavelength range do not or at most only partially overlap each other.