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Title: Double heterojunction solar cells

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5749741

A photovoltaic cell is disclosed comprising two heterojunctions between three component semiconductors Ga/sub 1-x/ Al/sub x/ as with X varying from 0 to 9, GaAs, and Ge which have respective bandgaps of 0.66, 1. And 2.4 ev, lattice constants matching at 0.07% and expansion coefficients matching at 1.7%. The cell is mounted in a cell device comprising a parallelepipedal unit, a fresnel lens, a tapering cavity within said unit, partially filled up with a lens shaped antireflecting transparent material and a radiator, said device forming a sunlight concentrator.

Assignee:
Centre National D'etudes Spatiales (France)
Patent Number(s):
US 4191593
OSTI ID:
5749741
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 27 Sep 1977, France; Other Information: PAT-APPL-946084
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English