High voltage series connected tandem junction solar battery

Patent · Mon Feb 15 23:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5374590

Hanak, J J

A high voltage series connected tandem junction solar battery is described which comprises a plurality of strips of tandem junction solar cells of hydrogenated amorphous silicon having one optical path and electrically interconnected by a tunnel junction. The layers of hydrogenated amorphous silicon, arranged in a tandem configuration, can have the same bandgap or differing bandgaps. The tandem junction strip solar cells are series connected to produce a solar battery of any desired voltage.

• Assignee: RCA Corp
• Patent Number(s): US 4316049
• OSTI ID: 5374590
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
AMORPHOUS STATE
CERMETS
CHALCOGENIDES
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY GAP
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
INDIUM COMPOUNDS
INDIUM OXIDES
JUNCTIONS
MATERIALS
METALS
MINERALS
OPACITY
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
P-N JUNCTIONS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLATINUM
PLATINUM METALS
SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SILICA
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TIN COMPOUNDS
TIN OXIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS