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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Siegfried F. Karg, Adliswil, CH;
Inventor:
Siegfried F. Karg, Adliswil, CH;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solar cell includes a substrate layer and a plurality of nanowires grown outwardly from the substrate layer, at least two of the nanowires including a plurality of sub-cells. The solar cell also includes one or more light guiding layers formed of a transparent, light scattering material and filling the area between the plurality of nanowires.