Photovoltaic-thermal collectors
Abstract
A photovoltaic-thermal solar cell including a semiconductor body having antireflective top and bottom surfaces and coated on each said surface with a patterned electrode covering less than 10% of the surface area. A thermal-absorbing surface is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the semiconductor and a heat-exchange fluid is passed between the bottom surface and the heat-absorbing surface.
- Inventors:
-
- (Carlisle, MA)
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864970
- Patent Number(s):
- 4444992
- Application Number:
- 06/442,338
- Assignee:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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:
- AC02-76ET20279
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- photovoltaic-thermal; collectors; solar; cell; including; semiconductor; antireflective; top; bottom; surfaces; coated; surface; patterned; electrode; covering; 10; thermal-absorbing; spaced; apart; heat-exchange; fluid; passed; heat-absorbing; cell including; bottom surfaces; solar cell; spaced apart; bottom surface; exchange fluid; absorbing surface; electrode covering; /136/
Citation Formats
Cox, III, Charles H. Photovoltaic-thermal collectors. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Cox, III, Charles H. Photovoltaic-thermal collectors. United States.
Cox, III, Charles H. Tue .
"Photovoltaic-thermal collectors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864970.
@article{osti_864970,
title = {Photovoltaic-thermal collectors},
author = {Cox, III, Charles H.},
abstractNote = {A photovoltaic-thermal solar cell including a semiconductor body having antireflective top and bottom surfaces and coated on each said surface with a patterned electrode covering less than 10% of the surface area. A thermal-absorbing surface is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the semiconductor and a heat-exchange fluid is passed between the bottom surface and the heat-absorbing surface.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1984},
month = {4}
}
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