Two-junction photovoltaic devices

Steiner, Myles Aaron; Friedman, Daniel; France, Ryan Joseph; Henry, Asegun

Title: Two-junction photovoltaic devices

Patent · Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2022

OSTI ID:1893064

Steiner, Myles Aaron; Friedman, Daniel; France, Ryan Joseph; Henry, Asegun

The present disclosure relates to a photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a first junction constructed with a first alloy and having a bandgap between about 1.0 eV and about 1.5 eV, and a second junction constructed with a second alloy and having a bandgap between about 0.9 eV and about 1.3 eV, where the first alloy includes III-V elements, the second alloy includes III-V elements, and the PV device is configured to operate in a thermophotovoltaic system having an operating temperature between about 1500° C. and about 3000° C.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, GA)

Patent Number(s):: 11,367,802

Application Number:: 16/269,848

OSTI ID:: 1893064

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 02/07/2019

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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