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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Billy J Stanbery, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136249 ; 136265 ; 136258 ; 29572 ; 427 74 ; 427 76 ; 357 30 ;
Abstract
Tandem solar cells combine the energy-absorbing efficiencies of 1.7 eV CdSe/ZnTe heterojunctions with 1.0 eV I-III-VI.sub.2 /II-VI heterojunctions in mechanically-stacked or monolithic cells. Lightweight, efficient tandem cells that are particularly suited to space applications due to their radiation hardness are constructed by judicious selection of the substrate, superstrate and semiconductor materials.