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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2010
Applicants:

Yi Cui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jia Zhu, Stanford, CA (US);

Ching-mei Hsu, Stanford, CA (US);

Shanhui Fan, Stanford, CA (US);

Zongfu Yu, Stanford, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yi Cui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jia Zhu, Stanford, CA (US);

Ching-Mei Hsu, Stanford, CA (US);

Shanhui Fan, Stanford, CA (US);

Zongfu Yu, Stanford, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 21/04 (2006.01); H01L 31/0236 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02363 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01); H01L 31/02366 (2013.01); H01L 31/03529 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optoelectronic device comprising an optically active layer that includes a plurality of domes is presented. The plurality of domes is arrayed in two dimensions having a periodicity in each dimension that is less than or comparable with the shortest wavelength in a spectral range of interest. By virtue of the plurality of domes, the optoelectronic device achieves high performance. A solar cell having high energy-conversion efficiency, improved absorption over the spectral range of interest, and an improved acceptance angle is presented as an exemplary device.


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