Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Photoelectric – Cells
Patent
1993-09-07
1995-03-28
Weisstuch, Aaron
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Photoelectric
Cells
136256, 136258, H01L 3104, H01L 31028
Patent
active
054013313
ABSTRACT:
A photovoltaic device for converting solar energy into electrical signals comprises a substrate, a layer of photoconductive semiconductor material grown on said substrate, wherein the substrate comprises an alloy of boron and silicon, the boron being present in a range of from 0.1 to 1.3 atomic percent, the alloy having a lattice constant substantially matched to that of the photoconductive semiconductor material and a resistivity of less than 1.times.10.sup.-3 ohm-cm.
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Midwest Research Institute
O'Connor Edna M.
Weisstuch Aaron
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