AU540909B2 - Back reflector for photovoltaic device - Google Patents

Back reflector for photovoltaic device

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AU540909B2
AU540909B2 AU12415/83A AU1241583A AU540909B2 AU 540909 B2 AU540909 B2 AU 540909B2 AU 12415/83 A AU12415/83 A AU 12415/83A AU 1241583 A AU1241583 A AU 1241583A AU 540909 B2 AU540909 B2 AU 540909B2
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photovoltaic device
back reflector
reflector
photovoltaic
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AU1241583A (en
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David Dean Allred
Vincent Cannella
Ralph Mohr
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Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/06—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers
    • H01L31/075—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers the potential barriers being only of the PIN type, e.g. amorphous silicon PIN solar cells
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/02—Details
    • H01L31/0224—Electrodes
    • H01L31/022466—Electrodes made of transparent conductive layers, e.g. TCO, ITO layers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/02—Details
    • H01L31/0224—Electrodes
    • H01L31/022466—Electrodes made of transparent conductive layers, e.g. TCO, ITO layers
    • H01L31/022475—Electrodes made of transparent conductive layers, e.g. TCO, ITO layers composed of indium tin oxide [ITO]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/056—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means the light-reflecting means being of the back surface reflector [BSR] type
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/548—Amorphous silicon PV cells

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
AU12415/83A 1982-03-18 1983-03-11 Back reflector for photovoltaic device Ceased AU540909B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US35937182A 1982-03-18 1982-03-18
US359371 1994-12-20

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AU1241583A AU1241583A (en) 1984-09-20
AU540909B2 true AU540909B2 (en) 1984-12-06

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JP (1) JPS58170075A (nl)
AU (1) AU540909B2 (nl)
BR (1) BR8301160A (nl)
CA (1) CA1245330A (nl)
DE (1) DE3308598A1 (nl)
FR (1) FR2523768B1 (nl)
GB (1) GB2116775B (nl)
IE (1) IE54573B1 (nl)
IL (1) IL67926A (nl)
IN (1) IN161241B (nl)
IT (1) IT1160506B (nl)
MX (1) MX153416A (nl)
NL (1) NL8300925A (nl)
SE (1) SE457300B (nl)
ZA (1) ZA831342B (nl)

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AU587122B2 (en) * 1986-05-01 1989-08-03 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. Electro-optical devices and methods for manufacturing the same
AU600472B2 (en) * 1986-03-03 1990-08-16 Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Semiconductor device

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EP0167231A1 (en) * 1984-05-02 1986-01-08 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Photoresponsive device incorporating improved back reflector
DE3502218A1 (de) * 1985-01-24 1986-07-24 Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-Gmbh, 6000 Frankfurt Fuer photovoltaische solargeneratoren verwendbare solarzelle
US4663495A (en) * 1985-06-04 1987-05-05 Atlantic Richfield Company Transparent photovoltaic module
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU600472B2 (en) * 1986-03-03 1990-08-16 Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Semiconductor device
AU587122B2 (en) * 1986-05-01 1989-08-03 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. Electro-optical devices and methods for manufacturing the same

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DE3308598A1 (de) 1983-09-22
FR2523768A1 (fr) 1983-09-23
IL67926A (en) 1986-04-29
IE830502L (en) 1983-09-18
JPS58170075A (ja) 1983-10-06
NL8300925A (nl) 1983-10-17
SE457300B (sv) 1988-12-12
GB8306327D0 (en) 1983-04-13
IL67926A0 (en) 1983-06-15
FR2523768B1 (fr) 1991-03-29
SE8301366D0 (sv) 1983-03-14
SE8301366L (sv) 1983-09-19
GB2116775B (en) 1986-07-30
IT8319923A0 (it) 1983-03-04
IN161241B (nl) 1987-10-31
AU1241583A (en) 1984-09-20
GB2116775A (en) 1983-09-28
IT1160506B (it) 1987-03-11
ZA831342B (en) 1983-11-30
MX153416A (es) 1986-10-07
IE54573B1 (en) 1989-11-22
BR8301160A (pt) 1983-11-22
CA1245330A (en) 1988-11-22

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