Photovoltaic cell array

Patent · Tue Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6439590

Ullery, Jr, 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 first layer and a top electrode, the improvement is made wherein substrate is an insulative ceramic material and the bottom electrode is a conductive ceramic layer fused to the substrate. The conductive layer is optionally coated with a metal having a high electrical conductivity.

• Assignee: Ses, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4127424
• OSTI ID: 6439590
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 26 Aug 1977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
FABRICATION
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
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CERAMICS
COPPER SULFIDES
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRODES
SUBSTRATES
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLAR CELLS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion