Interband cascade (IC) photovoltaic (PV) architecture for PV devices

Yang, Rui Q.; Tian, Zhaobing; Mishima, Tetsuya D.; Santos, Michael B.; Johnson, Matthew B.; Klem, John F.

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Title: Interband cascade (IC) photovoltaic (PV) architecture for PV devices

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A photovoltaic (PV) device, comprising a PV interband cascade (IC) stage, wherein the IC PV stage comprises an absorption region with a band gap, the absorption region configured to absorb photons, an intraband transport region configured to act as a hole barrier, and an interband tunneling region configured to act as an electron barrier. An IC PV architecture for a photovoltaic device, the IC PV architecture comprising an absorption region, an intraband transport region coupled to the absorption region, and an interband tunneling region coupled to the intraband transport region and to the adjacent absorption region, wherein the absorption region, the intraband transport region, and the interband tunneling region are positioned such that electrons will flow from the absorption region to the intraband transport region to the interband tunneling region.

Inventors:: Yang, Rui Q.; Tian, Zhaobing; Mishima, Tetsuya D.; Santos, Michael B.; Johnson, Matthew B.; Klem, John F.

Issue Date:: Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1223690

Patent Number(s):: 9166084

Application Number:: 13/024,203

Assignee:: Board of Regents University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
B82Y20/00 - Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/035236 - {Superlattices
H01L31/0725 - Multiple junction or tandem solar cells
H01L31/0735 - comprising only AIIIBV compound semiconductors, e.g. GaAs/AlGaAs or InP/GaInAs solar cells

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
Y02E10/544 - Solar cells from Group III-V materials

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Feb 09

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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                    Yang, Rui Q., Tian, Zhaobing, Mishima, Tetsuya D., Santos, Michael B., Johnson, Matthew B., and Klem, John F. Interband cascade (IC) photovoltaic (PV) architecture for PV devices.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Yang, Rui Q., Tian, Zhaobing, Mishima, Tetsuya D., Santos, Michael B., Johnson, Matthew B., & Klem, John F. Interband cascade (IC) photovoltaic (PV) architecture for PV devices.  United States.

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  abstractNote = {A photovoltaic (PV) device, comprising a PV interband cascade (IC) stage, wherein the IC PV stage comprises an absorption region with a band gap, the absorption region configured to absorb photons, an intraband transport region configured to act as a hole barrier, and an interband tunneling region configured to act as an electron barrier. An IC PV architecture for a photovoltaic device, the IC PV architecture comprising an absorption region, an intraband transport region coupled to the absorption region, and an interband tunneling region coupled to the intraband transport region and to the adjacent absorption region, wherein the absorption region, the intraband transport region, and the interband tunneling region are positioned such that electrons will flow from the absorption region to the intraband transport region to the interband tunneling region.},

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A comparison of theoretical efficiencies of multi-junction concentrator solar cells journal, September 2008

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Interband quantum well cascade laser, with a blocking quantum well for improved quantum efficiency
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Parallel cascade quantum well light emitting device
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Silicon solar cell with germanium backside solar cell
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Photovoltaic and thermophotovoltaic devices with quantum barriers
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Method of Operating a Solar Cell
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High-performance GaInAsSb thermophotovoltaic devices with an AlGaAsSb window
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Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 34)
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Theoretical limits of thermophotovoltaic solar energy conversion
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Limiting efficiencies of ideal single and multiple energy gap terrestrial solar cells
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40% efficient metamorphic GaInP∕GaInAs∕Ge multijunction solar cells
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A comparison of theoretical efficiencies of multi-junction concentrator solar cells
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Recent Advances in LWIR Type-II InAs/GaSb Superlattice Photodetectors and Focal Plane Arrays at the Center for Quantum Devices
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