Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Cells
Patent
1981-11-16
1986-02-18
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Cells
29572, 136256, 136258, 136260, 357 30, 427 74, 148 15, H01L 3106, H01L 3118
Patent
active
045714487
ABSTRACT:
A thin film photovoltaic solar cell having an opaque electrical contact which consists of a low-cost substrate, such as a metal alloy or a metallurgical grade crystalline silicon and a barrier layer which is optically reflective, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a transparent electrical contact and an encapsulant.
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University of Delaware
Weisstuch Aaron
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