Apparatus for converting light energy into electrical energy

US4110123A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Adolf Goetzberger · Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
• Waldemar Greubel · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 1977
• Grant date: Aug 29, 1978
• Expiry date: May 4, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F77/68

Abstract

An apparatus for the conversion of light energy into electrical energy, by hich solar energy may be converted into electrical energy effectively and cheaply. The invention further relates to fluorescent centers (light concentrators) which consist of thin layers of transparent solid or liquid materials with embedded fluorescent centers and which in conjunction with solar cells serve to convert solar energy into electrical energy.