Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Cells
Patent
1982-02-23
1984-04-17
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Cells
136256, 136258, 136260, 357 30, 357 71, 29572, 427 74, 427 87, 427 89, H01L 3106, H01L 3118
Patent
active
044436530
ABSTRACT:
A thin film photovoltaic device which utilizes at least one compound semiconductor layer chosen from Groups IIB and VA of the Periodic Table is formed on a multilayer substrate The substrate includes a lowermost support layer on which all of the other layers of the device are formed. Additionally, an uppermost carbide or silicon layer is adjacent to the semiconductor layer. Below the carbide or silicon layer is a metal layer of high conductivity and expansion coefficient equal to or slightly greater than that of the semiconductor layer.
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Bhushan Manjul
Catalano Anthony W.
The University of Delaware
Weisstuch Aaron
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