Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Panel or array
Patent
1996-07-19
1998-02-24
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Panel or array
136249, 136255, 257 53, 257 64, 257431, 257440, 437 4, 437 5, 437108, 437109, H01L 3104, H01L 310384
Patent
active
057208271
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for a photo-active region for generation of free carriers when a first surface is exposed to optical radiation. The photo-active region includes a conducting transparent matrix and clusters of semiconductor materials embedded within the conducting transparent matrix. The clusters are arranged in the matrix material so as to define at least a first distribution of cluster sizes ranging from those with the highest bandgap energy near a light incident surface of the photo-active region to those with the smallest bandgap energy near an opposite second surface of the photo-active region. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for a solar cell. The solar cell includes a photo-active region containing a plurality of semiconductor clusters of varying sizes as described.
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University of Florida
Weisstuch Aaron
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