Realization of a thin film solar cell with a detached reflector
CA 1211826 A · Owner: Exxon Research And Engineering Company · Inventors: Deckman, Harry W.; Witzke, Horst; Wronski, Christopher R.
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The present invention is an optically enhanced solar cell having a detached reflector. The optically enhanced solar cell includes a semiconductor material bounded on each side by transparent electrical contacts and an optional antireflection coating with the surface of at least one of these layers being textured. Light is reflected in the cell by a reflector which is detached from the enhanced cell using a layer of dielectric material.
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- Granted September 23, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 23, 2003.
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