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High voltage series connected tandem junction solar battery

Patent ·
OSTI ID:864136

A high voltage series connected tandem junction solar battery 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.

Research Organization:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-78ET21074
Assignee:
RCA Corporation (New York, NY)
Patent Number(s):
4,316,049
Application Number:
06/192333
OSTI ID:
864136
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

A new type of amorphous silicon photovoltaic cell generating more than 2.0 V journal July 1979
Colloques et centres d’études journal January 1979

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