EP3607588A4 - FLEXIBLE INTEGRATED CONCENTRATORS FOR SOLAR CELLS - Google Patents

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EP3607588A4
EP3607588A4 EP18780734.2A EP18780734A EP3607588A4 EP 3607588 A4 EP3607588 A4 EP 3607588A4 EP 18780734 A EP18780734 A EP 18780734A EP 3607588 A4 EP3607588 A4 EP 3607588A4
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solar cells
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Susanna M. THON
Yida LIN
Gary Qian
Garrett UNG
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Johns Hopkins University
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    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/0543—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means comprising light concentrating means of the refractive type, e.g. lenses
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    • H01L31/035209—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 characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their shape or by the shapes, relative sizes or disposition of the semiconductor regions comprising a quantum structures
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/048—Encapsulation of modules
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01G—CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
EP18780734.2A 2017-04-03 2018-03-30 FLEXIBLE INTEGRATED CONCENTRATORS FOR SOLAR CELLS Pending EP3607588A4 (en)

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US201762480572P 2017-04-03 2017-04-03
PCT/US2018/025427 WO2018187176A1 (en) 2017-04-03 2018-03-30 Flexible integrated concentrators for solar cells

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EP3607588A1 EP3607588A1 (en) 2020-02-12
EP3607588A4 true EP3607588A4 (en) 2021-01-06

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US20060037640A1 (en) * 2003-11-05 2006-02-23 Seiko Epson Corporation Solar cell device, method for manufacture thereof, and electronic device
WO2008143635A1 (en) * 2007-01-17 2008-11-27 The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly
EP2387080A2 (en) * 2010-05-11 2011-11-16 Sony Corporation Photoelectric conversion device
US20140261625A1 (en) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-18 John Paul Morgan Concentrated photovoltaic panel
US20160380141A1 (en) * 2015-06-26 2016-12-29 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. Solar cell module

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