High voltage series connected tandem junction solar battery

Patent · Tue Feb 16 00:00:00 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
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 29 Sep 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-192333
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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