公开(公告)号：US08536445B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-17

申请号：US11445793

申请日：2006-06-02

申请人： Arthur Cornfeld ,  Mark A. Stan

发明人： Arthur Cornfeld ,  Mark A. Stan

IPC分类号： H01L31/00

CPC分类号： H01L31/06 ,  H01L31/03046 ,  H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/184 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  Y02E10/544

摘要： A method of forming a multijunction solar cell comprising an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell comprising providing first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on said substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over said first subcell having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; and forming a grading interlayer over said second subcell having a third band gap larger than said second band gap forming a third solar subcell having a fourth band gap smaller than said second band gap such that said third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to said second subcell.

摘要翻译： 一种形成包括上部子电池，中间子电池和下部子电池的多结太阳能电池的方法，包括提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的第一衬底; 在所述基板上形成具有第一带隙的第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 以及在所述第二子电池上形成具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙的分级中间层，形成具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙的第三太阳能子电池，使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配 。

公开(公告)号：US20120211068A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-23

申请号：US13401181

申请日：2012-02-21

申请人： Arthur Cornfeld ,  John Spann ,  Pravin Patel ,  Mark A. Stan ,  Benjamin Cho ,  Paul R. Sharps ,  Daniel J. Aiken

发明人： Arthur Cornfeld ,  John Spann ,  Pravin Patel ,  Mark A. Stan ,  Benjamin Cho ,  Paul R. Sharps ,  Daniel J. Aiken

IPC分类号： H01L31/0248 ,  H01L31/0304 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/04

CPC分类号： H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/078 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  H01L31/1892 ,  Y02E10/544 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell, and the base-emitter junction of the upper first solar subcell being a homojunction; a second solar subcell adjacent to said first solar subcell; a third solar subcell adjacent to said second solar subcell. A first graded interlayer is provided adjacent to said third solar subcell. A fourth solar subcell is provided adjacent to said first graded interlayer, said fourth subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to said third subcell. A second graded interlayer is provided adjacent to said fourth solar subcell; and a lower fifth solar subcell is provided adjacent to said second graded interlayer, said lower fifth subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to said fourth subcell.

摘要翻译： 一种多结太阳能电池，其包括上部第一太阳能子电池，并且所述上部第一太阳能子电池的基极 - 发射极结为同质结; 与所述第一太阳能子电池相邻的第二太阳能子电池; 与所述第二太阳能子电池相邻的第三太阳能子电池。 与所述第三太阳能子电池相邻地设置有第一梯度中间层。 与所述第一梯度中间层相邻地设置第四太阳能子电池，所述第四子电池相对于所述第三子电池晶格失配。 邻近所述第四太阳能子电池设置第二梯度中间层; 并且与所述第二梯度中间层相邻地设置较低的第五太阳能子电池，所述下部第五子电池相对于所述第四子电池晶格失配。

公开(公告)号：US07727795B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-01

申请号：US12187454

申请日：2008-08-07

申请人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Vance Ley

发明人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Vance Ley

IPC分类号： H01L21/00

CPC分类号： H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/03042 ,  H01L31/03046 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  Y02E10/544 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A method of forming a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell, including providing first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a grading interlayer over the second subcell, the grading interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; and forming a third solar subcell over the grading interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mis-matched with respect to the second subcell, wherein at least one of the bases of a solar subcell has an exponentially doped profile.

摘要翻译： 一种形成包括上部子电池，中间子电池和下部子电池的多结太阳能电池的方法，包括提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的第一衬底; 在具有第一带隙的基板上形成第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 在所述第二子电池上形成分级中间层，所述分级中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 以及在所述分级中间层上形成第三太阳能子电池，所述第三太阳能子电池具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙，使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配，其中太阳能子电池的至少一个基极具有指数 掺杂型材。

公开(公告)号：US20090272430A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-05

申请号：US12258190

申请日：2008-10-24

申请人： Arthur Cornfeld ,  Mark A. Stan ,  Tansen Varghese ,  Benjamin Cho

发明人： Arthur Cornfeld ,  Mark A. Stan ,  Tansen Varghese ,  Benjamin Cho

IPC分类号： H01L31/04 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/02168 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/078 ,  Y02E10/544 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap; a middle second solar subcell adjacent to the first solar subcell and having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap and having a base layer and an adjacent emitter layer, wherein the other layer adjacent to the emitter layer has an index of refraction substantially equal to that of the emitter layer; a graded interlayer adjacent to the second solar having a third band gap greater than said second band gap; and a lower solar subcell adjacent to the interlayer, and having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap, the third subcell being lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell.

摘要翻译： 一种多结太阳能电池，包括具有第一带隙的上部第一太阳能子电池; 与第一太阳能子电池相邻并具有小于第一带隙的第二带隙并具有基极层和相邻发射极层的中间第二太阳能子电池，其中与发射极层相邻的另一层具有基本相等的折射率 到发射极层的; 与第二太阳能相邻的渐变中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 以及与所述中间层相邻的下部太阳能子电池，并且具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙，所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配。

公开(公告)号：US20100012174A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-21

申请号：US12218558

申请日：2008-07-16

申请人： Tansen Varghese ,  Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Fred Newman ,  Allen A. Gray

发明人： Tansen Varghese ,  Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Fred Newman ,  Allen A. Gray

IPC分类号： H01L31/00 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L21/02

CPC分类号： H01L31/06875 ,  H01L21/02395 ,  H01L21/02433 ,  H01L21/02463 ,  H01L21/02538 ,  H01L31/078 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  Y02E10/544 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A method of forming a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell by providing a substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a graded interlayer over the second subcell, the graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; forming a third solar subcell over the graded interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell; and forming a contact layer over the third subcell having a fifth band gap greater than at least the magnitude of the second band gap.

摘要翻译： 一种通过提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的衬底来形成包括上部子电池，中间子电池和下部子电池的多结太阳能电池的方法; 在具有第一带隙的基板上形成第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 在所述第二子电池上形成渐变中间层，所述渐变中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 在所述渐变中间层上形成具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙的第三太阳能子电池，使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配; 以及在第三子电池上形成具有大于至少第二带隙的幅度的第五带隙的接触层。

公开(公告)号：US20090155952A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-18

申请号：US11956069

申请日：2007-12-13

申请人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Vance Ley

发明人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Vance Ley

IPC分类号： H01L21/02

CPC分类号： H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/03042 ,  H01L31/03046 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  Y02E10/544 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A method of forming a multifunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell, including providing first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a grading interlayer over the second subcell, the grading interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; and forming a third solar subcell over the grading interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell, wherein at least one of the bases of a solar subcell has an exponentially doped profile.

摘要翻译： 一种形成包括上部子电池，中间子电池和下部子电池的多功能太阳能电池的方法，包括提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的第一衬底; 在具有第一带隙的基板上形成第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 在所述第二子电池上形成分级中间层，所述分级中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 以及在所述分级中间层上形成第三太阳能子电池，所述第三太阳能子电池具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙，使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配，其中太阳能子电池的至少一个基极具有指数 掺杂型材。

公开(公告)号：US20090078311A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US12102550

申请日：2008-04-14

申请人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Fred Newman

发明人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Fred Newman

IPC分类号： H01L31/06 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/1852 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  Y02E10/544

摘要： A method of forming a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell, the method including: providing a substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a barrier layer over the second subcell using a surfactant, preferably a isoelectronic surfactant such as bismuth or antimony; forming a graded interlayer over the barrier layer, the graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; and forming a third solar subcell over the graded interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell.

摘要翻译： 一种形成包括上部子电池，中间子电池和下部子电池的多结太阳能电池的方法，所述方法包括：提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的衬底; 在具有第一带隙的基板上形成第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 使用表面活性剂，优选诸如铋或锑的等电子表面活性剂在所述第二子电池上形成阻挡层; 在所述阻挡层上形成渐变中间层，所述渐变中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 以及在所述渐变中间层上形成具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙的第三太阳能子电池，使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配。

公开(公告)号：US20090078310A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US12023772

申请日：2008-01-31

申请人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld

发明人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld

IPC分类号： H01L31/0264 ,  H01L31/072 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/078 ,  H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/0735 ,  Y02E10/544

摘要： An inverted metamorphic multifunction solar cell, and its method of fabrication, including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell, including providing a first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming an upper first solar subcell on the substrate having a first bandgap; forming a middle second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second bandgap smaller than the first bandgap; forming a graded interlayer over the second subcell, the graded interlayer having a third bandgap greater than the second bandgap; and forming a lower third solar subcell over the graded interlayer having a fourth bandgap smaller than the second bandgap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell, wherein at least one of the solar subcells has heterojunction base-emitter layers.

摘要翻译： 一种倒置变质多功能太阳能电池及其制造方法，包括上部子电池，中间子电池和下部子电池，包括提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的第一衬底; 在具有第一带隙的基板上形成上部第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的中间第二太阳能子电池; 在所述第二子电池上形成渐变中间层，所述渐变中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 以及在所述渐变中间层上形成具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙的下部第三太阳能子电池，使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配，其中所述太阳能子电池中的至少一个具有异质结基极 - 发射极层。

公开(公告)号：US20140116500A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-01

申请号：US13831406

申请日：2013-03-14

申请人： Mark A. Stan ,  Chelsea Mackos ,  Paul R. Sharps ,  Cory Tourino ,  Arthur Cornfeld

发明人： Mark A. Stan ,  Chelsea Mackos ,  Paul R. Sharps ,  Cory Tourino ,  Arthur Cornfeld

IPC分类号： H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  H01L31/1896 ,  Y02E10/544 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A method of manufacturing a mounted solar cell by providing a first substrate; depositing on the first substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material to form a multijunction solar cell using an MOCVD process; depositing a metal electrode layer on its surface of the layers of semiconductor material; attaching a metallic flexible film comprising a nickel-cobalt ferrous alloy material, or a nickel iron alloy material, directly to the surface of the metal electrode layer of the semiconductor solar cell. The first substrate is removed, and an electrical interconnection member is attached to the solar cell.

摘要翻译： 一种通过提供第一基板制造安装的太阳能电池的方法; 在所述第一衬底上沉积一系列半导体材料，以使用MOCVD工艺形成多结太阳能电池; 在其半导体材料层的表面上沉积金属电极层; 将包含镍 - 钴铁合金材料或镍铁合金材料的金属柔性膜直接附着到半导体太阳能电池的金属电极层的表面。 去除第一衬底，并且电连接构件附接到太阳能电池。

公开(公告)号：US20090288703A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-26

申请号：US12123864

申请日：2008-05-20

申请人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Benjamin Cho

发明人： Mark A. Stan ,  Arthur Cornfeld ,  Benjamin Cho

IPC分类号： H01L31/0336 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/0735 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  Y02E10/544

摘要： A method of forming a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell, the method including: providing a substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap and including a pseudomorphic window layer; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a graded interlayer over the second subcell, the graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; and forming a third solar subcell over the graded interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second solar subcell.

摘要翻译： 一种形成包括上部子电池，中间子电池和下部子电池的多结太阳能电池的方法，所述方法包括：提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的衬底; 在所述基板上形成具有第一带隙并且包括假晶窗层的第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 在所述第二子电池上形成渐变中间层，所述渐变中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 以及在所述渐变中间层上形成具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙的第三太阳能子电池，使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二太阳能子电池晶格失配。