Low cost high efficiency gallium arsenide homojunction solar cel

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1978-06-23

1979-12-18

Weisstuch, Aaron

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Thermoelectric

Radiation pyrometer

357 30, 357 52, 136 89CC, H01L 3106

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041793080

ABSTRACT:
A new low cost high efficiency gallium arsenide homojunction solar cell incorporating a passivating surface layer of indium gallium phosphide. The thickness of the indium gallium phosphide layer is selected so that it is transmissive to photons having wavelengths shorter than its bandgap energy.

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