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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2019
Mpower Technology, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Murat Okandan, Edgewood, NM (US);
Kaveh Rouhani, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
mPower Technology, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for annealing micro-scale or macro solar cells that can contain lithium. Heaters, a current that is applied in forward or reverse direction, or open-circuiting the cells are used optionally with a laser or other light source to increase the temperature of the cells to perform periodic anneals to recover energy conversion efficiency lost due to environmental conditions such as radiation damage and maintain desired operational conditions. While a small amount of energy is used for heating up the small thermal mass of the micro-cells and macro cells to the desired annealing temperature, much larger amounts of additional energy is harvested with the improved efficiency of the cells. Maintaining a desired temperature for operation of cells takes very little energy owing to the small thermal mass of the cells and controlled thermal conduction of the materials in contact with the cells.