JPS5715474A - Solar energy converter - Google Patents

Solar energy converter

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JPS5715474A
JPS5715474A JP5306381A JP5306381A JPS5715474A JP S5715474 A JPS5715474 A JP S5715474A JP 5306381 A JP5306381 A JP 5306381A JP 5306381 A JP5306381 A JP 5306381A JP S5715474 A JPS5715474 A JP S5715474A
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solar energy
energy converter
converter
solar
energy
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JPS6148799B2 (ja
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Aibuan Chiyaperu Terii
Makufuaasun Utsudooru Jierii
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y02E10/544Solar cells from Group III-V materials

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JP5306381A 1980-06-23 1981-04-10 Solar energy converter Granted JPS5715474A (en)

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US06/161,820 US4295002A (en) 1980-06-23 1980-06-23 Heterojunction V-groove multijunction solar cell

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JPS5715474A true JPS5715474A (en) 1982-01-26
JPS6148799B2 JPS6148799B2 (ja) 1986-10-25

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JPS6148799B2 (ja) 1986-10-25
EP0044396A2 (en) 1982-01-27
US4295002A (en) 1981-10-13
DE3177028D1 (en) 1989-05-11

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