High performance, high bandgap, lattice-mismatched, GaInP solar cells

Wanlass, Mark W; Carapella, Jeffrey J; Steiner, Myles A

High performance, high bandgap, lattice-mismatched, GaInP solar cells

Patent · 01 November 2016

OSTI ID:1330711

Wanlass, Mark W; Carapella, Jeffrey J; Steiner, Myles A

High performance, high bandgap, lattice-mismatched, photovoltaic cells (10), both transparent and non-transparent to sub-bandgap light, are provided as devices for use alone or in combination with other cells in split spectrum apparatus or other applications.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Assignee:: Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO

Patent Number(s):: 9,484,480

Application Number:: 14/313,720

OSTI ID:: 1330711

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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