GB2002585A - Solar cells - Google Patents

Solar cells

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GB2002585A
GB2002585A GB7833181A GB7833181A GB2002585A GB 2002585 A GB2002585 A GB 2002585A GB 7833181 A GB7833181 A GB 7833181A GB 7833181 A GB7833181 A GB 7833181A GB 2002585 A GB2002585 A GB 2002585A
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sidewalls
incident
spaced
area
cell
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GB2002585B (en
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Priority claimed from US05/871,496 external-priority patent/US4128732A/en
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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
    • H01L31/0248—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
    • H01L31/0352—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
    • H01L31/035272—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 characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H01L31/035281—Shape of the body
    • 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
    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/047—PV cell arrays including PV cells having multiple vertical junctions or multiple V-groove junctions formed in a semiconductor substrate
    • 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

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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)

Abstract

A semiconductor solar cell array comprises a plurality of series connected unit solar cells 400 formed from a common substrate of semi- conductor material, each cell 400 having spaced elongate sidewalls, and a "dead space" 402 area between adjoining sidewalls of adjacent units which is made substantially smaller than an active, light receiving area, extending between the opposite sidewalls of each individual unit, the adjacent sidewalls of adjacent units being spaced further apart at the rear face of the array than at the irradiated face. In addition, the width of the active area is preferably concisely limited to ensure that radiation incident on the active area is incident at a point which is spaced from the p-n junction of each unit by no more than a predetermined optimum distance so that substantially all incident radiation contributes to the output of the cell. <IMAGE>
GB7833181A 1977-08-15 1978-08-14 Solar cells Expired GB2002585B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US82497477A 1977-08-15 1977-08-15
US05/871,496 US4128732A (en) 1977-08-15 1978-01-23 Solar cell

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GB2002585A true GB2002585A (en) 1979-02-21
GB2002585B GB2002585B (en) 1982-03-24

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JP (1) JPS5434790A (en)
AU (1) AU3889778A (en)
BR (1) BR7805223A (en)
CA (1) CA1088191A (en)
DE (1) DE2835246A1 (en)
ES (1) ES472558A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2400773A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2002585B (en)
IL (1) IL55333A (en)
IT (1) IT1098082B (en)
NL (1) NL7808462A (en)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3047383A1 (en) * 1980-12-16 1982-07-15 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München SOLAR CELL WITH INCREASED EFFICIENCY
DE4416549C2 (en) * 1994-05-10 1996-09-12 Siemens Ag Process for the production of a solar cell

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IL55333A (en) 1980-09-16
NL7808462A (en) 1979-02-19
DE2835246A1 (en) 1979-03-01
IL55333A0 (en) 1978-10-31
GB2002585B (en) 1982-03-24
AU3889778A (en) 1980-02-21
FR2400773B3 (en) 1980-11-28
FR2400773A1 (en) 1979-03-16
BR7805223A (en) 1979-04-17
IT7826777A0 (en) 1978-08-14
IT1098082B (en) 1985-08-31
CA1088191A (en) 1980-10-21
ES472558A1 (en) 1979-03-16
JPS5434790A (en) 1979-03-14

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