公开(公告)号：US12107182B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17074272

申请日：2020-10-19

申请人： The Boeing Company

发明人： Richard R. King ,  Christopher M. Fetzer ,  Nasser H. Karam

IPC分类号： H01L31/074 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/0735 ,  H01L31/0745 ,  H01L31/078 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/074 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/0735 ,  H01L31/0745 ,  H01L31/078 ,  H01L31/18 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02E10/544

摘要： Device structures, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for photovoltaic cells that may be a single-junction or multijunction solar cells, with at least a first layer comprising a group-IV semiconductor in which part of the cell comprises a second layer comprising a III-V semiconductor or group-IV semiconductor having a different composition than the group-IV semiconductor of the first layer, such that a heterostructure is formed between the first and second layers.

公开(公告)号：US12062732B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US16538733

申请日：2019-08-12

申请人： The Boeing Company

发明人： Richard R. King ,  Christopher M. Fetzer ,  Daniel C. Law ,  Xing-Quan Liu ,  William D. Hong ,  Kenneth M. Edmondson ,  Dimitri D. Krut ,  Joseph C. Boisvert ,  Nasser H. Karam

IPC分类号： H01L31/044 ,  H01L31/0352 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/0735

CPC分类号： H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/0352 ,  H01L31/035209 ,  H01L31/035218 ,  H01L31/035227 ,  H01L31/035272 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0735 ,  Y02E10/544

摘要： In one aspect, optoelectronic devices are described herein. In some implementations, an optoelectronic device comprises a photovoltaic cell. The photovoltaic cell comprises a space-charge region, a quasi-neutral region, and a low bandgap absorber region (LBAR) layer or an improved transport (IT) layer at least partially positioned in the quasi-neutral region of the cell.

公开(公告)号：US11961927B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17468316

申请日：2021-09-07

申请人： Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ,  The Regents of the University of California

发明人： Adele Clare Tamboli ,  Joel Wheeler Ager, III ,  Emily Lowell Warren ,  Calton Junjing Kong

IPC分类号： H01L31/043 ,  C25B1/55 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01M4/90

CPC分类号： H01L31/043 ,  C25B1/55 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01M4/9041

摘要： Described herein are devices and methods utilizing cascade photocatalysis to drive multiple chemical reactions via a series of photoelectrochemical catalysts driven by the conversion of light into current by one or more photovoltaic devices. The described devices and methods are tunable and may be used in conjunction with different reactants and products, including the conversion of carbon dioxide into valuable hydrocarbon products.

公开(公告)号：US11955576B1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US18141220

申请日：2023-04-28

申请人： Achyut Dutta

发明人： Achyut Dutta

IPC分类号： H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/0352 ,  H01L31/043 ,  H01L31/054 ,  H01L31/075 ,  H01L31/076

CPC分类号： H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/022433 ,  H01L31/02363 ,  H01L31/035218 ,  H01L31/035227 ,  H01L31/03529 ,  H01L31/043 ,  H01L31/0543 ,  H01L31/0547 ,  H01L31/075 ,  H01L31/076 ,  Y02E10/52 ,  Y02E10/544 ,  Y02E10/548

摘要： An apparatus and method for producing a perpetual energy harvester which harvests ambient near ultraviolet to infrared radiation and provides continual power regardless of the environment. The device seeks to harvest the largely overlooked blackbody radiation through use of a semiconductor thermal harvester, providing a continuous source of power. Additionally, increased power output is provided through a solar harvester. The solar and thermal harvesters are physically connected but electrically isolated. “Perpetual energy harvester” as mentioned in this invention is interpreted to mean an energy harvester which is configured to harvest energy during day and/or night and/or light and/or dark.

公开(公告)号：US11909352B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US16089294

申请日：2017-03-28

申请人： The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund ,  Qi Xu ,  Daniel Codd ,  Vince Romanin ,  Nicholas David Farrar-Foley

发明人： Matthew David Escarra ,  Qi Xu ,  Yaping Ji ,  Brian C. Riggs ,  Adam Ollanik ,  Kazi M. Islam ,  Daniel Codd ,  Vince Romanin ,  Nicholas David Farrar-Foley

IPC分类号： H02S40/42 ,  H02S20/32 ,  H02S40/22 ,  H02S40/44 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/052 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0693

CPC分类号： H02S40/425 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/052 ,  H01L31/0521 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H02S20/32 ,  H02S40/22 ,  H02S40/42 ,  H02S40/44 ,  Y02E10/52 ,  Y02E10/60

摘要： A spectrum splitting, transmissive concentrating photovoltaic (tCPV) module is proposed and designed for a hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal (PV/T) system. The system may be able to fully utilize the full spectrum of incoming sunlight. By utilizing III-V triple junction solar cells with bandgaps of approximately 2.1 eV, 1.7 eV, and 1.4 eV in the module, ultraviolet (UV) and visible light (in-band light) are absorbed and converted to electricity, while infrared (IR) light (out-of-band light) passes through and is captured by a solar thermal receiver and stored as heat. The stored heat energy may be dispatched as electricity or process heat as needed. The tCPV module may have an overall power conversion efficiency exceeding 43.5% for above bandgap (in-band) light under a standard AM1.5D solar spectrum with an average concentration ratio of 400 suns. Passive and/or active cooling methods may be used to keep cells below 110° C. while transmitting >75% of out-of-band light to the thermal receiver, which may attain thermal energy capture at temperatures as high as 500° C. or more. A transparent active cooling system may improve the CPV module efficiency by about 1% (absolute) relative to a passive cooling system by reducing the maximum cell working temperature by about 16° C.

公开(公告)号：US11837672B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17007517

申请日：2020-08-31

申请人： AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH

发明人： Tim Kubera ,  Bianca Fuhrmann

IPC分类号： H01L31/00 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/056 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/0687

CPC分类号： H01L31/02245 ,  H01L31/02167 ,  H01L31/056 ,  H01L31/0687

摘要： A stacked multijunction solar cell having a dielectric insulating layer system, a germanium substrate, which forms an underside of the multijunction solar cell, a germanium subcell and at least two III-V subcells, which follow each other in the specified order, the insulating layer system includes a layer sequence made up of at least one bottom insulating layer, which is integrally connected to a first surface section of the multijunction solar cell and a top insulating layer forming an upper side of the insulating layer system, and a metal coating of the multijunction solar cell is integrally and electrically conductively connected to a second surface section abutting the first surface section of the multijunction solar cell and is integrally connected to a section of the upper side of the insulating layer system, and the top insulating layer comprises amorphous silicon or is made up of amorphous silicon.

公开(公告)号：US11817523B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US17121462

申请日：2020-12-14

申请人： SolAero Technologies Corp.

发明人： Marvin B. Clevenger ,  Benjamin Richards ,  Cory Tourino ,  Lei Yang ,  Daniel Aiken ,  Daniel Derkacs ,  Philip Blumenfeld

IPC分类号： H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0443 ,  H01L31/047 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L21/66 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L31/0735

CPC分类号： H01L31/1844 ,  H01L22/14 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/047 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/0443 ,  H01L31/0504 ,  H01L31/0508 ,  H01L31/0516 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/0735 ,  H01L31/1892 ,  Y02E10/544 ,  Y02P70/50

摘要： A method of fabricating a multijunction solar cell panel by providing a plurality of multijunction solar cells;
dispensing out uncured silicone coating on the solar cells using an automated process with visual recognition, and curing the silicone coating on the solar cell to complete the Cell-Interconnect-Cover Glass (CIC) assembly.

公开(公告)号：US11784273B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17818296

申请日：2022-08-08

申请人： SolAero Technologies Corp.

发明人： Daniel Derkacs ,  John Hart ,  Zachary Bittner ,  Andrew Espenlaub

IPC分类号： H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/054

CPC分类号： H01L31/06875 ,  H01L31/054 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/184

摘要： A multijunction solar cell comprising a first solar subcell having a first band gap; a second solar subcell disposed adjacent to said first solar subcell and including an emitter layer, and a base layer having a second band gap less than the first band gap, and being lattice mismatched with the upper first solar subcell, and an intermediate layer directly adjacent to and disposed between first and the second solar subcells and compositionally graded to lattice match the first solar subcell on one side and the second solar subcell on the other side, and arranged so that light can enter and pass through the first solar subcell and at least a portion of which can be reflected back into the first solar subcell by the intermediate layer, and is composed of a plurality of layers of materials with discontinuities in their respective indices of refraction.

公开(公告)号：US11784272B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17731399

申请日：2022-04-28

申请人： SolAero Technologies Corp.

发明人： Daniel Derkacs ,  Andrew Colin Espenlaub

IPC分类号： H01L31/065 ,  H01L31/054 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/0735 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  B64G1/44

CPC分类号： H01L31/065 ,  H01L31/0547 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/0735 ,  H01L31/1844 ,  H01L31/1852 ,  B64G1/443 ,  H01L31/0687

摘要： A multijunction solar cell including a substrate and a top (or light-facing) solar subcell having an emitter layer, a base layer, and a window layer adjacent to the emitter layer, the window layer composed of a material that is optically transparent, has a band gap of greater than 2.6 eV, and includes an appropriately arranged multilayer antireflection coating on the top surface thereof.

公开(公告)号：US11715807B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17930022

申请日：2022-09-06

申请人： SolAero Technologies Corp.

发明人： John Hart ,  Daniel Derkacs ,  Zachary Bittner ,  Andrew Espenlaub

IPC分类号： H01L31/0735 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/065 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0725

CPC分类号： H01L31/0735 ,  H01L31/065 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0693 ,  H01L31/0725

摘要： A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; 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 the active layer.