High voltage series connected tandem junction solar battery

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:864136

Hanak, Joseph J.

A high voltage series connected tandem junction solar battery which comprises a plurality of strips of tandem junction solar cells of hydrogenated amorphous silicon having one optical path and electrically interconnected by a tunnel junction. The layers of hydrogenated amorphous silicon, arranged in a tandem configuration, can have the same bandgap or differing bandgaps. The tandem junction strip solar cells are series connected to produce a solar battery of any desired voltage.

• Research Organization: RCA Corporation, New York, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-78ET21074
• Assignee: RCA Corporation (New York, NY)
• Patent Number(s): 4,316,049
• Application Number: 06/192333
• OSTI ID: 864136
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1980 Sep 29
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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