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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Solaero Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
John Hart, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Zachary Bittner, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Samantha Whipple, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nathaniel Miller, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Daniel Derkacs, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paul Sharps, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
SolAero Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0725 (2012.01); H01L 31/0735 (2012.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H01L 31/044 (2014.01); H01L 31/074 (2012.01); H01L 31/078 (2012.01); H01L 31/0687 (2012.01); H01L 31/076 (2012.01); H01L 27/30 (2006.01); H01L 31/0693 (2012.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01); H01L 31/0745 (2012.01); H01L 31/0368 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 29/737 (2006.01); H01L 31/0376 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 31/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0725 (2013.01); H01L 31/044 (2014.12); H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); H01L 31/0687 (2013.01); H01L 31/074 (2013.01); H01L 31/078 (2013.01); H01L 31/0735 (2013.01); H01L 31/1852 (2013.01); H01L 21/28255 (2013.01); H01L 27/302 (2013.01); H01L 29/7378 (2013.01); H01L 31/03687 (2013.01); H01L 31/03765 (2013.01); H01L 31/035254 (2013.01); H01L 31/0693 (2013.01); H01L 31/06875 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/076 (2013.01); H01L 31/0745 (2013.01); H01L 31/1812 (2013.01); H01L 31/1816 (2013.01); H01L 31/204 (2013.01); H01L 2924/10271 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01); Y02E 10/544 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract
A solar cell comprising a bulk germanium silicon growth substrate; a diffused photoactive junction in the germanium silicon substrate; and a sequence of subcells grown over the substrate, with the first grown subcell either being lattice matched or lattice mis-matched to the growth substrate.