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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1983
Filed:
May. 13, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshio Adachi, Fuji, JP;
Tatsumi Arakawa, Fuji, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ; C25B / ; C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204242 ; 136249 ; 136250 ; 136258 ; 204128 ; 204129 ; 204266 ; 204D / ;
Abstract
There is presented a photoelectrolyzer comprising a number of minute solar cell elements suspended in an electrolyte. Each element is made of, for example, a first thin film of intrinsic amorphous silicon having specific properties and/or N-type amorphous silicon and a second thin film of a P-type amorphous silicon. This apparatus is high in the sunlight collection efficiency and also is capable of electrolyzing an electrolyte with high electrolysis voltage such as water.