Tandem junction amorphous silicon solar cells

Details Tandem junction amorphous silicon solar cells Tandem junction amorphous silicon solar cells

1980-01-04

1981-06-09

Weisstuch, Aaron

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Photoelectric

Panel or array

136258, 357 2, 357 30, H01L 3106

Patent

active

042726417

ABSTRACT:
An amorphous silicon solar cell has an active body with two or a series of layers of hydrogenated amorphous silicon arranged in a tandem stacked configuration with one optical path and electrically interconnected by a tunnel junction. The layers of hydrogenated amorphous silicon arranged in tandem configuration can have the same bandgap or differing bandgaps.

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