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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2010
Keith E. Fogel, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
William S. Graham, Irvington, NY (US);
Jeehwan Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Harold J. Hovel, Katonah, NY (US);
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Katherine L. Saenger, Ossining, NY (US);
Keith E. Fogel, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
William S. Graham, Irvington, NY (US);
Jeehwan Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Harold J. Hovel, Katonah, NY (US);
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Katherine L. Saenger, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A photovoltaic device and method include a substrate layer having a plurality of structures including peaks and troughs formed therein. A continuous photovoltaic stack is conformally formed over the substrate layer and extends over the peaks and troughs. The photovoltaic stack has a thickness of less than one micron and is configured to transduce incident radiation into current flow.