摘要:
A method of producing sheets of crystalline material is disclosed, as well as devices employing such sheets. In the method, a growth mask is formed upon a substrate and crystalline material is grown at areas of the substrate exposed through the mask and laterally over the surface of the mask to form a sheet of crystalline mateGOVERNMENT SUPPORTWork described herein was supported by the U.S. Air Force.
摘要:
A method of producing sheets of crystalline material is disclosed which is employed in the construction of tandem solar cells. In the method, a growth mask is formed upon a substrate and crystalline material is grown at areas of substrate exposed through the mask and laterally over the surface of the mask to form a sheet of crystalline material. This sheet is then separated and used to form a tandem solar cell while the substrate can be reused to form additional sheets.
摘要:
A method of applying an electrical contact and an anodic reflection coating to an n.sup.+ layer of a direct gap semiconductor device, comprising applying an anodizable metal contact to the n.sup.+ layer and thereafter anodizing the n.sup.+ layer whereby its thickness is reduced and an antireflection layer is formed thereover.
摘要:
Improvements in shallow-homojunction solar cells based upon a plurality of layers of a direct gap semiconductor material such as GaAs, as well as their fabrication, are disclosed. The shallow-homojunction solar cells have a n.sup.+ /p/p.sup.+ structure in which the n.sup.+ top layer is limited to a thickness which permits significant carrier generation to occur in a lower semiconductor layer. An anodic antireflection coating is applied over the n.sup.+ top layer, and a particularly preferred method for applying the antireflection coating is by anodization. These solar cells can be grown on relatively inexpensive substrates, if desired, such as silicon or germanium.
摘要翻译:公开了基于诸如GaAs的直接间隙半导体材料的多层的浅同相结合太阳能电池的改进以及它们的制造。 浅同相结合太阳能电池具有n + / p / p +结构,其中n +顶层被限制为允许在较低半导体层中发生显着的载流子产生的厚度。 在n +顶层上施加阳极抗反射涂层,并且用于施加抗反射涂层的特别优选的方法是通过阳极氧化。 如果需要,这些太阳能电池可以在相对便宜的基底上生长,例如硅或锗。
摘要:
A method of producing sheets of crystalline material is disclosed, as well as devices employing such sheets. In the method, a growth mask is formed upon a substrate and crystalline material is grown at areas of the substrate exposed through the mask and laterally over the surface of the mask to form a sheet of crystalline material. This sheet is optionally separated so that the substrate can be reused. The method has particular importance in forming sheets of crystalline semiconductor material for use in solid state devices.
摘要:
Improvements in solar cells based upon low cost semiconductors, such as amorphous silicon, are disclosed. The improved solar cells of this invention have ultrathin active semiconductor layers having a thickness between 0.1 t.sub..alpha. and L.sub.m wherein t.sub..alpha. is the solar spectrum absorption length and L.sub.m is the diffusion length for photogenerated minority charge carriers in the active layer. The back surface reflector has a solar spectrum reflectivity of 70% or greater, so that incident energy not absorbed in a direct pass through the active layer is reflected for another pass. The most preferred embodiment of the cells described herein are shaped to have a light-trapping structure so that light makes multiple passes through the thin semiconductor layers.
摘要:
A method of producing sheets of crystalline material is disclosed, as well as devices employing such sheets. In the method, a growth mask is formed upon a substrate and crystalline material is grown at areas of the substrate exposed through the mask and laterally over the surface of the mask to form a sheet of crystalline material. This sheet is optionally separated so that the substrate can be reused. The method has particular importance in forming sheets of crystalline semiconductor material for use in solid state devices.
摘要:
A method of producing sheets of crystalline material is disclosed, as well as devices employing such sheets. In the method, a growth mask is formed upon a substrate and crystalline material is grown at areas of the substrate exposed through the mask and laterally over the surface of the mask to form a sheet of crystalline material. This sheet is optionally separated so that the substrate can be reused. The method has particular importance in forming sheets of crystalline semiconductor material for use in solid state devices.
摘要:
Improvements in solar cells based upon low cost semiconductors, such as amorphous silicon, are disclosed. The improved solar cells of this invention have ultrathin active semiconductor layers having a thickness between 0.1 t.sub..alpha. and L.sub.m wherein t.sub..alpha. is the solar spectrum absorption length and L.sub.m is the diffusion length for photogenerated minority charge carriers in the active layer. The back surface reflector has a solar spectrum reflectivity of 70% or greater, so that incident energy not absorbed in a direct pass through the active layer is reflected for another pass. The most preferred embodiment of the cells described herein are shaped to have a light-trapping structure so that light makes mulitple passes through the thin semiconductor layers.
摘要:
A method of passivating imperfections, such as grain boundaries and/or dislocations, in semiconductor materials is disclosed which comprises selectively passing electrical current along the imperfections by employing the semiconductor material as an electrode in an electrolytic cell.