Tandem module unit

Stradins, Pauls; Warren, Emily Lowell; Tamboli, Adele Clare

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Title: Tandem module unit

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Presented herein are embodiments of a tandem solar panel subunit with 2-terminals, made from two 3-terminal cell tandems, whose top-cells are strongly current-mismatched to the Si 3-terminal bottom cell.

Inventors:: Stradins, Pauls; Warren, Emily Lowell; Tamboli, Adele Clare

Issue Date:: 2022-11-22

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1986846

Patent Number(s):: 11508864

Application Number:: 16/995,378

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 08/17/2020

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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