Method of fabricating bifacial tandem solar cells
Abstract
A method of fabricating on a semiconductor substrate bifacial tandem solar cells with semiconductor subcells having a lower bandgap than the substrate bandgap on one side of the substrate and with subcells having a higher bandgap than the substrate on the other including, first, growing a lower bandgap subcell on one substrate side that uses only the same periodic table group V material in the dislocation-reducing grading layers and bottom subcells as is present in the substrate and after the initial growth is complete and then flipping the substrate and growing the higher bandgap subcells on the opposite substrate side which can be of different group V material.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1160138
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,852,994
- Application Number:
- 12/800,824
- Assignee:
- Masimo Semiconductor, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2010 May 24
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY
Citation Formats
Wojtczuk, Steven J, Chiu, Philip T, Zhang, Xuebing, Gagnon, Edward, and Timmons, Michael. Method of fabricating bifacial tandem solar cells. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Wojtczuk, Steven J, Chiu, Philip T, Zhang, Xuebing, Gagnon, Edward, & Timmons, Michael. Method of fabricating bifacial tandem solar cells. United States.
Wojtczuk, Steven J, Chiu, Philip T, Zhang, Xuebing, Gagnon, Edward, and Timmons, Michael. Tue .
"Method of fabricating bifacial tandem solar cells". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1160138.
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