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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Sunlight Aerospace Inc., Edison, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Sergey Frolov, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Allan James Bruce, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Michael Cyrus, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Assignee:
SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC., Edison, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 6/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H01L 31/046 (2014.01); H01L 31/0463 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/046 (2014.12); H01L 31/0463 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A degradation-resistant photovoltaic device is provided. The device includes an active area and at least one photovoltaic cell located in the active area. The photovoltaic cell has an elongated shape with a characteristic width and a characteristic length. The characteristic length is greater than the characteristic width and an average distance from the photovoltaic cell to any edge of the active area is greater than the characteristic width.