Photovoltaic cell array

Patent · Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6310134

Ullery, L R

In a photovoltaic cell which comprises: a substrate, a bottom electrode, a first layer of cadmium sulfide, a second layer of cuprous sulfide forming a barrier junction with said first layer and a top electrode, the improvement is that said substrate is an insulative ceramic material and the bottom electrode is a conductive ceramic layer fused to said substrate. Said conductive layer is optionally coated with a metal having a high electrical conductivity.

• Assignee: SeS Inc
• Patent Number(s): US 4254546
• OSTI ID: 6310134
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 11 Sep 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
FABRICATION
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
CERAMICS
COPPER SULFIDES
P-N JUNCTIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EQUIPMENT
JUNCTIONS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion