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Title: High-efficiency, monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem photovoltaic energy converters

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OSTI ID:1032631
 [1]
  1. Golden, CO
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A monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem solar photovoltaic converter has at least one, and preferably at least two, subcells grown lattice-matched on a substrate with a bandgap in medium to high energy portions of the solar spectrum and at least one subcell grown lattice-mismatched to the substrate with a bandgap in the low energy portion of the solar spectrum, for example, about 1 eV.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99GO10337
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Patent Number(s):
8,067,687
Application Number:
11/027,156
OSTI ID:
1032631
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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journal August 2002

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