Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Cells
Patent
1988-10-20
1990-10-02
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Cells
H02N 600, H01L 3104
Patent
active
049604686
ABSTRACT:
A photovoltaic converter includes a photovoltaic cell and an enclosure around the cell with a reflective inner surface that reflects light to the cell. An aperture through the wall of the enclosure has a size smaller than the size of the photovaltaic cell. Light enters the enclosure through the aperture and falls upon the cell. Some light is reflected or not absorbed by the cell. This light is re-reflected back to the cell by the reflective inner surface of the enclosure. The small size of the aperture minimizes the escape of reflected light back out of the enclosure.
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Sinton Ronald A.
Swanson Richard M.
Garmong Gregory O.
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Weisstuch Aaron
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