Solaero Technologies Corp.

Emcore Solar Power, Inc.

Emcore Corporation

Daniel James Aiken

Daniel Derkacs

Mark A Stan

Claiborne McPheeters

Lei Yang

Paul R Sharps

Arthur Cornfeld

Daniel McGlynn

Cory Tourino

Benjamin Cho

Pravin Patel

John Y Spann

Benjamin C Richards

Jeffrey Steinfeldt

Philip E Blumenfeld

Jeff Steinfeldt

Eric Chase McCall

Doug Collins

Marvin Brad Clevenger

Nathaniel Miller

Alexander Haas

Navid S Fatemi

Bed Pantha

Marvin Bradford Clevenger

Michael Mills

Robert Garnica

Gary D Hering

James Sherman

Samantha Whipple

Samantha Cruz

Lance Fesler

Greg Flynn

Michael Kats

Emrah Kulunk

Earl Fuller

Navid Faterni

Claiborne Mcpheeters

Semiconductor wafer for mosaic solar cell fabrication

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.

Automated assembly and mounting of solar cells on space panels

A solar cell module comprising a plurality of solar cells mounted on a flexible support, the support comprising a conductive layer on the top surface thereof divided into two electrically isolated portions&#x2014;a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. Each solar cell comprises a front surface, a rear surface, and a first contact on the rear surface and a second contact on the front surface. Each one of the plurality of solar cells is placed on the first conductive portion with the first contact electrically connected to the first conductive portion so that the solar cells are connected through the first conductive portion. A second contact of each solar cell is then connected to the second conductive portion by a respective interconnect.

Solar cell module on flexible supporting film

A method of fabricating a solar cell assembly comprising a plurality of solar cells mounted on a flexible support, the support comprising a conductive layer on the top surface thereof divided into two electrically isolated portions&#x2014;a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. Each solar cell comprises a front surface, a rear surface, and a first contact on the rear surface and a second contact on the front surface. Each one of the plurality of solar cells is placed on the first conductive portion with the first contact electrically connected to the first conductive portion so that the solar cells are connected through the first conductive portion. A second contact of each solar cell is then connected to the second conductive portion by an interconnect. The two conductive portions serve as bus bars representing contacts of two different polarities of the solar cell assembly.

Interconnection of neighboring solar cells on a flexible supporting film

Diced semiconductor wafer for mosaic solar cell fabrication

Mosaic solar cell

A solar cell module comprising a plurality of solar cells and a polyimide support, the support comprising a conductive layer on the top surface thereof divided into two electrically isolated portions&#x2014;a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. Each solar cell comprises a front surface, a rear surface, and a first contact on the rear surface and a second contact on the front surface. A the plurality of solar cells are placed on the first conductive portion with the first contact electronically connected to the first conductive portion. A second contact of each solar cell can be connected through the first conductive portion. A second contact of each solar cell can be connected to the second conductive portion. The two conductive portions serve as bus bars of two different polarities of the solar cell module.

Solar cell module interconnection of solar cells on conductive layers of a polymide support

The present disclosure provides methods of fabricating a multijunction solar cell panel in which one or more of the steps are performed using an automated process. In some embodiments, the automated process uses machine vision.

Solar cell array

A solar cell assembly for space application comprising a plurality of space-qualified solar cells and a support, the support comprising a conductive layer. The conductive layer is divided into a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. Each space-qualified solar cell of the plurality of space-qualified solar cells comprising a front surface, a rear surface, and a first contact in correspondence with the rear surface. Each one of the plurality of space-qualified solar cells is placed on the first conductive portion with the first contact electrically connected to the first conductive portion so that the space-qualified solar cells are connected in parallel through the first conductive portion. A second contact of each space-qualified solar cell can be connected to the second conductive portion. The two conductive portions serve as bus bars of the space-qualified solar cell assembly.

Parallel interconnection of neighboring space-qualified solar cells via a common back plane

The present disclosure provides a multijunction solar cell comprising: an upper solar subcell having an indirect band gap semiconductor emitter layer composed of greater than 0.7 but less than 1.0 mole fraction aluminum and a base layer, the emitter layer and the base layer forming a heterojunction solar subcell; and a lower solar subcell disposed beneath the upper solar subcell, wherein the lower solar subcell has an emitter layer and a base layer forming a photoelectric junction. In some embodiments, the emitter layer of the upper solar subcell is an n-type AlGaAs layer with 0.7&#x3c;x&#x3c;1.0 and having a band gap of greater than 1.85 eV.

Multijunction solar cells having an indirect high band gap semiconductor emitter layer in the upper solar subcell

Cover glass-interconnect-mosaic solar cell

Growing community of inventors

Cedar Crest, NM, United States of America

Daniel James Aiken