Realization of a thin film solar cell with a detached reflector
US4497974A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 1982 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/52
Abstract
The present invention is an optically enhanced solar cell having a detached reflector. The optically enhanced solar cell includes a semiconductor material bounded on each side by transparent electrical contacts and an optional antireflection coating with the surface of at least one of these layers being textured. Light is reflected in the cell by a reflector which is detached (i.e., spaced) from the enhanced cell using a layer of dielectric material.
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