Method of restoring degraded solar cells
US4371738A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 1981 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S136/29
Abstract
Amorphous silicon solar cells have been shown to have efficiencies which degrade as a result of long exposure to light. Annealing such cells in air at a temperature of about 200.degree. C. for at least 30 minutes restores their efficiency.
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