Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tunneling-junction solar cell with copper grid for concentrated photovoltaic application
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Application No.: US14703716Application Date: 2015-05-04
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Publication No.: US09887306B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Jianming Fu , Zheng Xu , Jiunn Benjamin Heng , Chentao Yu
- Applicant: SolarCity Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP
- Agent Shun Yao
- Main IPC: H01L31/0352
- IPC: H01L31/0352 ; H01L31/0224 ; H01L31/18
Abstract:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module includes an optical concentrator and a tunneling-junction solar cell. The tunneling-junction solar cell includes a base layer, a quantum-tunneling-barrier (QTB) layer situated above the base layer, an emitter layer, a front-side electrode, and a back-side electrode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150236177A1 TUNNELING-JUNCTION SOLAR CELL WITH COPPER GRID FOR CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATION Public/Granted day:2015-08-20
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