CA751084A - Photovoltaic devices with reduced reflection losses - Google Patents

Photovoltaic devices with reduced reflection losses

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CA751084A
CA751084A CA751084A CA751084DA CA751084A CA 751084 A CA751084 A CA 751084A CA 751084 A CA751084 A CA 751084A CA 751084D A CA751084D A CA 751084DA CA 751084 A CA751084 A CA 751084A
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photovoltaic devices
reflection losses
reduced reflection
reduced
losses
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CA751084A
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John W. Faust, Jr.
P. Mckelvey John
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/02Details
    • H01L31/0236Special surface textures
    • H01L31/02363Special surface textures of the semiconductor body itself, e.g. textured active layers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/054Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/0547Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means comprising light concentrating means of the reflecting type, e.g. parabolic mirrors, concentrators using total internal reflection
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/52PV systems with concentrators
CA751084A 1963-02-06 Photovoltaic devices with reduced reflection losses Expired CA751084A (en)

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Cited By (8)

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US4053327A (en) * 1975-09-24 1977-10-11 Communications Satellite Corporation Light concentrating solar cell cover
US4082570A (en) * 1976-02-09 1978-04-04 Semicon, Inc. High intensity solar energy converter
US4131488A (en) * 1975-12-31 1978-12-26 Motorola, Inc. Method of semiconductor solar energy device fabrication
US4137123A (en) * 1975-12-31 1979-01-30 Motorola, Inc. Texture etching of silicon: method
US4174561A (en) * 1976-02-09 1979-11-20 Semicon, Inc. Method of fabricating high intensity solar energy converter
US4252865A (en) * 1978-05-24 1981-02-24 National Patent Development Corporation Highly solar-energy absorbing device and method of making the same
US4348254A (en) * 1978-12-27 1982-09-07 Solarex Corporation Method of making solar cell
US4497109A (en) * 1979-12-21 1985-02-05 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method of fabricating light-controlled thyristor utilizing selective etching and ion-implantation

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CA1225139A (en) * 1982-09-17 1987-08-04 J. Thomas Tiedje Optical absorption enhancement in amorphous silicon deposited on rough substrate
GB2131229B (en) * 1982-11-30 1986-06-11 Western Electric Co Photodetector

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4053327A (en) * 1975-09-24 1977-10-11 Communications Satellite Corporation Light concentrating solar cell cover
US4131488A (en) * 1975-12-31 1978-12-26 Motorola, Inc. Method of semiconductor solar energy device fabrication
US4137123A (en) * 1975-12-31 1979-01-30 Motorola, Inc. Texture etching of silicon: method
US4082570A (en) * 1976-02-09 1978-04-04 Semicon, Inc. High intensity solar energy converter
US4174561A (en) * 1976-02-09 1979-11-20 Semicon, Inc. Method of fabricating high intensity solar energy converter
US4252865A (en) * 1978-05-24 1981-02-24 National Patent Development Corporation Highly solar-energy absorbing device and method of making the same
US4348254A (en) * 1978-12-27 1982-09-07 Solarex Corporation Method of making solar cell
US4497109A (en) * 1979-12-21 1985-02-05 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method of fabricating light-controlled thyristor utilizing selective etching and ion-implantation

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FR1381894A (en) 1964-12-14
JPS4017537B1 (en) 1965-08-09

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