NL2008514C2 - Solar cell. - Google Patents

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NL2008514C2
NL2008514C2 NL2008514A NL2008514A NL2008514C2 NL 2008514 C2 NL2008514 C2 NL 2008514C2 NL 2008514 A NL2008514 A NL 2008514A NL 2008514 A NL2008514 A NL 2008514A NL 2008514 C2 NL2008514 C2 NL 2008514C2
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    • H01L31/00Semiconductor 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
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    • H01L31/04Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/054Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/055Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means where light is absorbed and re-emitted at a different wavelength by the optical element directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. by using luminescent material, fluorescent concentrators or up-conversion arrangements
    • 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
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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1. Zonnecel die in een bindmiddel en/of vulmiddelmateriaal, halfgeleiderdeeltjes die elektromagnetische straling van een bepaald golflengtegebied 5 omzet naar elektriciteit omvat en die verder in een bindmiddel- en/of vulmiddelmateriaal golflengte-omzettende materialen die elektromagnetische straling van een golflengte uit een golflengtegebied naar elektromagnetische straling van een golflengte binnen het golflengtegebied omzet.
2. Zonnecel volgens de voorgaande conclusie, waarbij het golflengte-10 omzettende materiaal 2 componenten omvat waarvan een eerste component elektromagnetische straling van een golflengte die langer is dan het golflengtegebied omzet naar een golflengtegebied die in het golflengtegebied ligt (omhoog converterende component) omzet, en/of een tweede component die elektromagnetische straling van een golflengte die korter is dan het golflengtegebied naar een golflengte die in het 15 golflengtegebied (omlaag converterende component) ligt omzet.
3. Zonnecel volgens conclusie 2, waarbij de ten minste twee componenten fotoluminescerend zijn, bij voorkeur is de ten minste een van de componenten fosforescerend.
4. Zonnecel volgens een of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het 20 golflengte-omzettend materiaal bestaat uit nanostructuren zoals quantum dots, luminescerende kleurmoleculen, of lanthanideverbindingen.
5. Zonnecel volgens een of meer van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij tussen de halfgeleidermaterialen een bindmiddel- en/of vulmateriaal optisch transparant is.
6. Zonnecel volgens de voorgaande conclusie, waarbij de golflengte- omzettende materialen aanwezig zijn in het bindmiddelmateriaal, bij voorkeur zijn de omlaag en omhoog converterende componenten aanwezig als afzonderlijke lagen in het bindmiddelmateriaal.
7. Zonnecel volgens een of meer van de voorgaande conclusies die de 30 volgende lagen omvat: a. een transparant geleidende elektrode; b. een bufferlaag; 2008514 c. een laag die de halfgeleiderdeeltjes, de golflengte-omzettende materiaal en het bindmiddelmateriaal omvat; en d. een achtercontact.
8. Werkwijze om een zonnecel te vervaardigen die de stap omvat van: 5 i. het mengen van een golflengte-omzettende component in een optisch transparant bindmiddel- en/of vulmiddelmateriaal om een mengsel te verkrijgen; ii. het vormen van een plaatvormig deel van het mengsel verkregen in stap L; iii. het arrangeren van de halfgeleiderdeeltjes in het plaatvormig deel van 10 stap ii. ter verkrijging van laag c; iv. het vormen van een eerste elektrode (achtercontact) op een zijde van laag c; v. het vormen van een buffermateriaal op een tweede zijde van laag c; vi. het vormen van een tweede elektrode (transparant geleidende 15 elektrode) op de bufferlaag van stap v. 2. o 8 5 u
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FR2417188A1 (fr) * 1978-02-08 1979-09-07 Commissariat Energie Atomique Convertisseur photovoltaique d'energie solaire
US4514580A (en) * 1983-12-02 1985-04-30 Sri International Particulate silicon photovoltaic device and method of making
WO2008051235A2 (en) * 2005-11-10 2008-05-02 The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois Silicon nanoparticle photovoltaic devices
DE102007047088A1 (de) * 2007-10-01 2009-04-09 Buskühl, Martin, Dr. Fotovoltaik-Modul mit wenigstens einer Solarzelle
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