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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2024
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Thomas J. Knight, Silver Spring, MD (US);
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A light trapping photovoltaic device includes a substrate having a top surface defining a plurality of openings, and a plurality of light trapping photovoltaic cells recessed into the substrate through the openings of the substrate. Each light trapping cell includes a first photovoltaic face and a second photovoltaic face, both of which are configured to produce electricity in response to an external light. Top edges of the first and second photovoltaic faces are disposed at a perimeter of an opening through which the light trapping cell is recessed and bottom edges of the first and second photovoltaic faces are disposed inside the opening. The first and second photovoltaic faces are inclined to each other at a predetermined angle so that the first and second photovoltaic faces are exposed to the external light through the opening.
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