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patent · US7309832

Multi-junction solar cell device

18 December 2007

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Abstract

A multi-junction solar cell device ( 10 ) is provided. The multi-junction solar cell device ( 10 ) comprises either two or three active solar cells connected in series in a monolithic structure. The multi-junction device ( 10 ) comprises a bottom active cell ( 20 ) having a single-crystal silicon substrate base and an emitter layer ( 23 ). The multi-junction device ( 10 ) further comprises one or two subsequent active cells each having a base layer ( 32 ) and an emitter layer...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2001-12-14
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2007-12-18
Inventors
Daniel J. Friedman; John F. Geisz; Midwest Research Institute