Photovoltaic-thermal collectors

Patent · Tue Apr 24 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:864970

Cox, III, Charles H. ^[1]

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1. (Carlisle, MA)

A photovoltaic-thermal solar cell including a semiconductor body having antireflective top and bottom surfaces and coated on each said surface with a patterned electrode covering less than 10% of the surface area. A thermal-absorbing surface is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the semiconductor and a heat-exchange fluid is passed between the bottom surface and the heat-absorbing surface.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ET20279
• Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4444992
• Application Number: 06/442,338
• OSTI ID: 864970
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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photovoltaic-thermal
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solar
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antireflective
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bottom
surfaces
coated
surface
patterned
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covering
10
thermal-absorbing
spaced
apart
heat-exchange
fluid
passed
heat-absorbing
cell including
bottom surfaces
solar cell
spaced apart
bottom surface
exchange fluid
absorbing surface
electrode covering
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