High performance, high bandgap, lattice-mismatched, GaInP solar cells

Title: High performance, high bandgap, lattice-mismatched, GaInP solar cells

High performance, high bandgap, lattice-mismatched, photovoltaic cells (10), both transparent and non-transparent to sub-bandgap light, are provided as devices for use alone or in combination with other cells in split spectrum apparatus or other applications.

Inventors:: Wanlass, Mark W; Carapella, Jeffrey J; Steiner, Myles A

Issue Date:: 2016-11-01

OSTI Identifier:: 1330711

Assignee:: Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO NREL

Patent Number(s):: 9,484,480

Application Number:: 14/313,720

Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Jun 24

Research Org:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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