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.

Inventors:

Cox, III, Charles H. ^[1]

(Carlisle, MA)

Issue Date:: 1984-04-24

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):: 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
H01L31/048 - Encapsulation of 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
Y02E10/60 - Thermal-PV hybrids

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/0521 - {using a gaseous or a liquid coolant, e.g. air flow ventilation, water circulation}

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02S - GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
H02S40/44 - Means to utilise heat energy, e.g. hybrid systems producing warm water and electricity at the same time

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/02168 - {the coatings being antireflective or having enhancing optical properties for the solar cells}

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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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