Photovoltaic cell assembly

Patent · Tue Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5489413

Beavis, L C; Panitz, J K.G.; Sharp, D J

This patent describes a photovoltaic assembly for converting high intensity solar radiation into electrical energy in which a solar cell is separated from a heat sink by a thin layer of a composite material which has excellent dielectric properties and good thermal conductivity. This composite material is a thin film of porous Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} in which the pores have been substantially filled with an electrophoretically-deposited layer of a styrene-acrylate resin. This composite provides electrical breakdown strengths greater than that of a layer consisting essentially of Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} and has a higher thermal conductivity than a layer of styrene-acrylate alone.

• Assignee: US Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4971633; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-412711
• OSTI ID: 5489413
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 26 Sep 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR CELLS
THIN FILMS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DESIGN
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
ELECTROPHORESIS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EQUIPMENT
FILMS
MATERIALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion