Photovoltaic cell assembly

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:867609

Beavis, Leonard C ^[1]; Panitz, Janda K. G. ^[2]; Sharp, Donald J ^[1]

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1. Albuquerque, NM
2. Edgewood, NM

A photovoltaic assembly for converting high intensity solar radiation into lectrical energy in which a solar cell is separated from a heat sink by a thin layer of a composite material which has excellent dielectric properties and good thermal conductivity. This composite material is a thin film of porous Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 in which the pores have been substantially filled with an electrophoretically-deposited layer of a styrene-acrylate resin. This composite provides electrical breakdown strengths greater than that of a layer consisting essentially of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and has a higher thermal conductivity than a layer of styrene-acrylate alone.

• Research Organization: AT&T
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4971633
• OSTI ID: 867609
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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