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Photovoltaic solar cell

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1109094
A photovoltaic solar cell for generating electricity from sunlight is disclosed. The photovoltaic solar cell comprises a plurality of spaced-apart point contact junctions formed in a semiconductor body to receive the sunlight and generate the electicity therefrom, the plurality of spaced-apart point contact junctions having a first plurality of regions having a first doping type and a second plurality of regions having a second doping type. In addition, the photovoltaic solar cell comprises a first electrical contact electrically connected to each of the first plurality of regions and a second electrical contact electrically connected to each of the second plurality of regions, as well as a passivation layer covering major surfaces and sidewalls of the photovoltaic solar cell.
Research Organization:
SNL-A (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
8,592,249
Application Number:
13/707,875
OSTI ID:
1109094
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Design criteria for Si point-contact concentrator solar cells journal October 1987
Microstructure to substrate self-assembly using capillary forces journal March 2001
Silicon point contact concentrator solar cells journal August 1985

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