Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multijunction solar cells
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Application No.: US17667194Application Date: 2022-02-08
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Publication No.: US12027639B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: John Hart , Daniel Derkacs , Zachary Bittner , Andrew Espenlaub
- Applicant: SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Applicant Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Assignee: SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Current Assignee: SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Albuquerque
- The original application number of the division: US17161314 2021.01.28
- Main IPC: H01L31/0725
- IPC: H01L31/0725 ; H01L31/065 ; H01L31/0735 ; H01L31/18

Abstract:
A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; and a second solar subcell disposed below and adjacent to and lattice matched with said upper first solar subcell, and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; wherein at least one of the solar subcells has a graded band gap throughout the thickness of at least a portion of its emitter layer and base layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220238742A1 MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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