Photovoltaic cell assembly

Patent Application · Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5850870

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

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. 2 figs.

• Research Organization: AT and T Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7412711
• Application Number: ON: DE91011617; PPN: US 7-412711
• OSTI ID: 5850870
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
DESIGN
ACRYLATES
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
ELECTRICAL INSULATION
ELECTROPHORESIS
FILMS
HEAT SINKS
POROSITY
SOLAR RADIATION
STYRENE
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
AROMATICS
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CHALCOGENIDES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
HYDROCARBONS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATIONS
SINKS
STELLAR RADIATION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion