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Title: US Photovoltaic Patents, 1988--1990

Abstract

This document contains US patents on terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) power applications, including systems, components, and materials, as well as manufacturing and support functions. The patent entries in this document were issued from 1988 through 1990. The entries were located by searching USPA, the data base of the US Patent Office. The final search retrieved all patents under the class Batteries, Thermoelectric and Photoelectric'' and the subclasses Photoelectric,'' Testing,'' and Applications.'' The search also located patents that contained the words photovoltaic(s)'' or solar cell(s)'' and their derivatives. A manual search of the patents in the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) patent file augmented the data base search. After the initial list was compiled, most of the patents on the following subjects were excluded: space photovoltaic technology, use of the photovoltaic effect for detectors and subjects only peripherally concerned with photovoltaics. Some patents on these three subjects were included when it appeared that those inventions might be of use in terrestrial PV power technologies.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States). Photovoltaics Div.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5425342
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-210-4469
ON: DE91015013
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-83CH10093
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PATENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; INVENTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIDES; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; DOCUMENT TYPES; EQUIPMENT; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PNICTIDES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; CELLS AND MATERIALS; SINGLE-CRYSTAL SILICON CELLS; POLYCRYSTALLINE AND RIBBON SILICON CELLS; AMORPHOUS SILICON CELLS; CELLS FROM III-V MATERIALS; CELLS FROM 1-III-VI2 OR II-VI MATERIALS; OTHER PV DEVICES AND CONCEPTS; CELL COMPONENTS; CELL ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES; MATERIALS PRODUCTION AND PROCESSES; CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS COLLECTORS; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTORS; CONCENTRATOR COLLECTORS; OPTICS AND TRACKERS; SYSTEMS; UTILITY-INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS AND INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES; UTILITY-INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS; STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES; PV-HYBRID SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS SUPPORT; 140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion; 141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators

Citation Formats

. US Photovoltaic Patents, 1988--1990. United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.2172/5425342.
. US Photovoltaic Patents, 1988--1990. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5425342
. 1991. "US Photovoltaic Patents, 1988--1990". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5425342. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5425342.
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abstractNote = {This document contains US patents on terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) power applications, including systems, components, and materials, as well as manufacturing and support functions. The patent entries in this document were issued from 1988 through 1990. The entries were located by searching USPA, the data base of the US Patent Office. The final search retrieved all patents under the class Batteries, Thermoelectric and Photoelectric'' and the subclasses Photoelectric,'' Testing,'' and Applications.'' The search also located patents that contained the words photovoltaic(s)'' or solar cell(s)'' and their derivatives. A manual search of the patents in the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) patent file augmented the data base search. After the initial list was compiled, most of the patents on the following subjects were excluded: space photovoltaic technology, use of the photovoltaic effect for detectors and subjects only peripherally concerned with photovoltaics. Some patents on these three subjects were included when it appeared that those inventions might be of use in terrestrial PV power technologies.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1991}
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