CA1088191A - Solar cell - Google Patents

Solar cell

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Publication number: CA1088191A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: unit; conductivity; sidewalls; units; type
Prior art date: 1977-08-15
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA309,154A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

Roy Kaplow

Robert I. Frank

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Original Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1977-08-15

Filing date

1978-08-11

Publication date

1980-10-21

1978-01-23 Priority claimed from US05/871,496 external-priority patent/US4128732A/en

1978-08-11 Application filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed Critical Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1980-10-21 Application granted granted Critical

1980-10-21 Publication of CA1088191A publication Critical patent/CA1088191A/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F77/10—Semiconductor bodies
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F19/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group H10F10/00, e.g. photovoltaic modules
- H10F19/10—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group H10F10/00, e.g. photovoltaic modules comprising photovoltaic cells in arrays in a single semiconductor substrate, the photovoltaic cells having vertical junctions or V-groove junctions
- 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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Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)

CA309,154A 1977-08-15 1978-08-11 Solar cell Expired CA1088191A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US82497477A	1977-08-15	1977-08-15
US824,974		1977-08-15
US05/871,496 US4128732A (en)	1977-08-15	1978-01-23	Solar cell
US871,496		1978-01-23

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1088191A true CA1088191A (en)	1980-10-21

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA309,154A Expired CA1088191A (en)	1977-08-15	1978-08-11	Solar cell

Country Status (11)

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

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE3047383A1 (de) *	1980-12-16	1982-07-15	Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München	Solarzelle mit erhoehtem wirkungsgrad
DE4416549C2 (de) *	1994-05-10	1996-09-12	Siemens Ag	Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Solarzelle

1978
- 1978-08-11 DE DE19782835246 patent/DE2835246A1/de not_active Withdrawn
- 1978-08-11 FR FR7823713A patent/FR2400773A1/fr active Granted
- 1978-08-11 CA CA309,154A patent/CA1088191A/en not_active Expired
- 1978-08-11 IL IL55333A patent/IL55333A/xx unknown
- 1978-08-14 BR BR7805223A patent/BR7805223A/pt unknown
- 1978-08-14 IT IT7826777A patent/IT1098082B/it active
- 1978-08-14 ES ES472558A patent/ES472558A1/es not_active Expired
- 1978-08-14 GB GB7833181A patent/GB2002585B/en not_active Expired
- 1978-08-15 AU AU38897/78A patent/AU3889778A/en active Pending
- 1978-08-15 JP JP9873678A patent/JPS5434790A/ja active Pending
- 1978-08-15 NL NL7808462A patent/NL7808462A/xx not_active Application Discontinuation

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
JPS5434790A (en)	1979-03-14
IT7826777A0 (it)	1978-08-14
AU3889778A (en)	1980-02-21
FR2400773A1 (fr)	1979-03-16
GB2002585A (en)	1979-02-21
IL55333A0 (en)	1978-10-31
FR2400773B3 (it)	1980-11-28
BR7805223A (pt)	1979-04-17
IT1098082B (it)	1985-08-31
IL55333A (en)	1980-09-16
ES472558A1 (es)	1979-03-16
GB2002585B (en)	1982-03-24
NL7808462A (nl)	1979-02-19
DE2835246A1 (de)	1979-03-01

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1997-10-21	MKEX	Expiry

Publication	Publication Date	Title
US4110122A (en)	1978-08-29	High-intensity, solid-state-solar cell device
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US4409422A (en)	1983-10-11	High intensity solar cell
US11107935B2 (en)	2021-08-31	Solar cell with reduced base diffusion area
US4128732A (en)	1978-12-05	Solar cell
US4516314A (en)	1985-05-14	Method of making a high intensity solar cell
US4283589A (en)	1981-08-11	High-intensity, solid-state solar cell
US4602120A (en)	1986-07-22	Solar cell manufacture
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US6384317B1 (en)	2002-05-07	Solar cell and process of manufacturing the same
US4330680A (en)	1982-05-18	Integrated series-connected solar cell
US4409423A (en)	1983-10-11	Hole matrix vertical junction solar cell
Swanson et al.	1984	Point-contact silicon solar cells
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US4292092A (en)	1981-09-29	Laser processing technique for fabricating series-connected and tandem junction series-connected solar cells into a solar battery
US3948682A (en)	1976-04-06	Semiconductor photoelectric generator
US4174978A (en)	1979-11-20	Semiconductor photovoltaic generator and method of fabricating thereof
US4151005A (en)	1979-04-24	Radiation hardened semiconductor photovoltaic generator
US4360701A (en)	1982-11-23	Heat transparent high intensity high efficiency solar cell
USRE30384E (en)	1980-08-26	Solar cell
CA1088191A (en)	1980-10-21	Solar cell
US4129458A (en)	1978-12-12	Solar-cell array
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