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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Mingju Yang, Yamatotakada, JP;
Tohru Nunoi, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Mingju Yang, Yamatotakada, JP;
Tohru Nunoi, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a photovoltaic cell, which comprises: a photo-electric conversion layer having a front surface and a rear surface, and a reflection layer provided on the rear surface of the photo-electric conversion layer, wherein the reflection layer includes plural types of transparent layers having different refractive indices and alternately stacked and, when light is incident from the front surface of the photo-electric conversion layer, reflects a part of the incident light having a predetermined wavelength back into the photo-electric conversion layer.