Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus – product – and – Deferred action type – Responsive to light
Patent
1978-10-13
1980-04-01
Weisstuch, Aaron
Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and
Deferred action type
Responsive to light
357 15, 357 16, 357 30, H01M 630, H01M 636
Patent
active
041962630
ABSTRACT:
The voltage produced by a photovolatic device containing a semiconductor layer is enhanced by interfacing the semiconductor material of the device with an additional semiconductor material to form an isotype heterodiode. For example, the solar power conversion efficiency and the voltage produced by an n-CdS layer immersed in an electrolyte is enhanced by interfacing the n-CdS layer with an n-GaAs layer.
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Shay Joseph L.
Wagner Sigurd
Bell Telephone Laboratories Incorporated
Schneider Bruce S.
Weisstuch Aaron
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