Silicon solar cell assembly

Title: Silicon solar cell assembly

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A silicon solar cell assembly comprising a large, thin silicon solar cell bonded to a metal mount for use when there exists a mismatch in the thermal expansivities of the device and the mount.

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Burgess, Edward L ^[1]; Nasby, Robert D ^[1]; Schueler, Donald G ^[1]

Albuquerque, NM

Issue Date:: 1979-01-01

Research Org.:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 863340

Patent Number(s):: 4152175

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

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

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/02008 - {for solar cells or solar cell modules}

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
Y02E10/50 - Photovoltaic [PV] energy

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/022425 - {for solar cells}
H01L31/052 - Cooling means directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. integrated Peltier elements for active cooling or heat sinks directly associated with the PV cells

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DOE Contract Number:: AT(29-1)-789

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: silicon; solar; cell; assembly; comprising; bonded; metal; mount; exists; mismatch; thermal; expansivities; device; solar cell; silicon solar; assembly comprising; cell assembly; /136/257/

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                    Burgess, Edward L, Nasby, Robert D, and Schueler, Donald G. Silicon solar cell assembly.  United States: N. p., 1979. 
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