Amorphous silicon solar cell allowing infrared transmission

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:863415

Carlson, David E ^[1]

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1. Yardley, PA

An amorphous silicon solar cell with a layer of high index of refraction material or a series of layers having high and low indices of refraction material deposited upon a transparent substrate to reflect light of energies greater than the bandgap energy of the amorphous silicon back into the solar cell and transmit solar radiation having an energy less than the bandgap energy of the amorphous silicon.

• Research Organization: RCA Labs., Princeton, NJ (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-03-1286
• Assignee: RCA Corporation (New York, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4166919
• OSTI ID: 863415
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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