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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2024
Solaero Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
John Hart, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Daniel Derkacs, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Zachary Bittner, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Andrew Espenlaub, Albuquerque, NM (US);
SolAero Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell; a second solar subcell disposed under and adjacent to the upper first solar subcell; and a third solar subcell disposed under and adjacent to the second solar subcell; wherein at least one of the base and emitter layers of at least a particular solar subcell has a graded band gap throughout at least a portion of thickness of its active layer adjacent to the photoelectric junction and having spaced apart regions with equal band gap spaced away from the photoelectric junction.