Solaero Technologies Corp.

Jeff Steinfeldt

Mark A Stan

Arthur Cornfeld

Alexander Haas

Chelsea Mackos

Daniel James Aiken

Daniel Derkacs

Pravin Patel

Kevin Crist

Chetung George Huang

Michael Mills

Robert Garnica

Lei Yang

A method of manufacturing a solar cell that includes providing a semiconductor growth substrate; depositing on said growth substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; applying a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; affixing the adhesive polyimide surface of a permanent supporting substrate directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive technique; and removing the semiconductor growth substrate.

Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells having a permanent supporting substrate

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a solar cell that includes providing a semiconductor growth substrate; depositing on said growth substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; applying a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; affixing the adhesive polyimide surface of a permanent supporting substrate directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive technique; and removing the semiconductor growth substrate.

A multijunction solar cell assembly and its method of manufacture including first and second discrete and different semiconductor solar cells which are electrically interconnected to form a four or five junction solar cell assembly.

Multijunction solar cell assembly for space applications

A multijunction solar cell assembly and its method of manufacture including first and second discrete and different semiconductor body subassemblies which are electrically interconnected to form a five junction solar cell, each semiconductor body subassembly including first, second, third and fourth lattice matched subcells; wherein the average band gap of all four cells in each subassembly is greater than 1.44 eV.

Solar cell

A solar cell including a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; a permanent supporting substrate composed of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer utilizing a conductive polyimide binding resin disposed directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding thereto.

Multijunction solar cells with electrically conductive polyimide adhesive

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a solar cell comprising: providing a semiconductor growth substrate; depositing on said growth substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; applying a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; and affixing the surface of a permanent supporting substrate composed of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer utilizing a conductive polyimide binding resin directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive technique.

Fabrication of solar cells with electrically conductive polyimide adhesive

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a solar cell including: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; depositing on the first substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell including a top subcell and a bottom subcell; forming a back metal contact over the bottom subcell; applying a conductive polyimide adhesive to the second substrate; attaching the second substrate on top of the back metal contact; and removing the first substrate to expose the surface of the top subcell.

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Rio Rancho, NM, United States of America

Jeff Steinfeldt