Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Panel or array
Patent
1994-06-28
1996-01-09
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Panel or array
136206, 437 2, 437 51, H01L 31052, H01L 3118
Patent
active
054825687
ABSTRACT:
A photovoltaic concentrator module has miniature concentrating mirrors and photovoltaic cells attached to each mirror. A matrix of small thin mirror substrates are formed by coating a preferentially etched irradiation damaged dielectric substrate with a dielectric film, and etching away the dielectric substrate. The mirror substrates are coated with a reflective metal film to form the collecting optics and first electrode. The photovoltaic cells are formed by preferentially filling the mirror with semiconductor material and metal coating on top of the semiconductor for the second electrode. The mirror cone geometry is useful in preferentially locating material deposits. In the mirror dimensional range of 1 cm to 10 nm the optimization of the mirror photovoltaic cell is expected to occur, resulting in more efficient cooling, interconnections, material utilization, and shunt fault elimination.
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Creighton Wray James
Weisstuch Aaron
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