Development of mechanically-stacked multijunction solar cell for concentrator applications. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5317323

Bell, R L; Boettcher, R J; Borden, P G; Dietze, W T; Grounner, M; Kaminar, N R; Lewis, C R; Ludowise, M J

Development of a mechanically-stacked, multijunction solar cell is described. The cell uses a thin, high-bandgap cell bonded to the top of a silicon cell. Two electrical leads are brought out from each cell in the stack so that the cells may be operated electrically in parallel while they are optically in series. This report discusses modeling and packaging of the cascaded cells. It also describes a process for making a thin, high-bandgap AlGaAs solar cell.

• Research Organization: Varian Associates, Palo Alto, CA (USA). Solid State Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5317323
• Report Number(s): SAND-83-7460; ON: DE84008355
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CASCADE SOLAR CELLS
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FABRICATION
GALLIUM ARSENIDE SOLAR CELLS
PERFORMANCE
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ARSENIDES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EQUIPMENT
JOINING
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PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PNICTIDES
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SOLAR EQUIPMENT
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