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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Solar Junction Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Rebecca Elizabeth Jones-Albertus, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pranob Misra, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael J. Sheldon, Cortaro, AZ (US);
Homan B. Yuen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ting Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Derkacs, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vijit Sabnis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Micahel West Wiemer, Campbell, CA (US);
Ferran Suarez, San Jose, CA (US);
Solar Junction Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Multijunction solar cells having at least four subcells are disclosed, in which at least one of the subcells comprises a base layer formed of an alloy of one or more elements from group III on the periodic table, nitrogen, arsenic, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi, and each of the subcells is substantially lattice matched. Methods of manufacturing solar cells and photovoltaic systems comprising at least one of the multijunction solar cells are also disclosed.