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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1980
Masaru Yamano, Hirakata, JP;
Yukinori Kuwano, Takatsuki, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
The present application discloses a sunlight-into-energy conversion apparatus in which at least one amorphous silicon solar cell having a thickness thin enough to permit the sunlight to pass therethrough is formed on the surface of a heat collecting plate attached to a heating medium tube in a thermal conductive manner, thereby permitting the sunlight to be effectively converted into thermal energy and electrical energy. When a plurality of such amorphous silicon solar cells are formed on the surface of the heat collecting plate through insulating films, respectively and connected in series to each other, high electromotive force may be obtained.