Photovoltaic-thermal collectors

Title: Photovoltaic-thermal collectors

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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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Cox, III, Charles H. ^[1]

(Carlisle, MA)

Issue Date:: 1984-04-24

Research Org.:: MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH

OSTI Identifier:: 864970

Patent Number(s):: 4444992

Application Number:: 06/442,338

Assignee:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) BNL

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/

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