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Title: Optoelectronic semiconductor device and method of fabrication

Abstract

An optoelectronic device comprising an optically active layer that includes a plurality of domes is presented. The plurality of domes is arrayed in two dimensions having a periodicity in each dimension that is less than or comparable with the shortest wavelength in a spectral range of interest. By virtue of the plurality of domes, the optoelectronic device achieves high performance. A solar cell having high energy-conversion efficiency, improved absorption over the spectral range of interest, and an improved acceptance angle is presented as an exemplary device.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1164343
Patent Number(s):
8896077
Application Number:
12/909,064
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-07ER46426
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION

Citation Formats

Cui, Yi, Zhu, Jia, Hsu, Ching-Mei, Fan, Shanhui, and Yu, Zongfu. Optoelectronic semiconductor device and method of fabrication. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Cui, Yi, Zhu, Jia, Hsu, Ching-Mei, Fan, Shanhui, & Yu, Zongfu. Optoelectronic semiconductor device and method of fabrication. United States.
Cui, Yi, Zhu, Jia, Hsu, Ching-Mei, Fan, Shanhui, and Yu, Zongfu. Tue . "Optoelectronic semiconductor device and method of fabrication". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1164343.
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