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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Plant Pv, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian E Hardin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Stephen T Connor, San Francisco, CA (US);
James R Groves, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Craig H Peters, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
PLANT PV, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/078 (2012.01); H01L 31/0725 (2012.01); H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0236 (2006.01); H01L 31/0368 (2006.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/0687 (2012.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H01L 31/0445 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/078 (2013.01); H01L 31/0725 (2013.01); H01L 31/042 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01); H01L 31/1836 (2013.01); H01L 31/02363 (2013.01); H01L 31/0368 (2013.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/0687 (2013.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.12); H01L 31/0445 (2014.12);
Abstract
Multi-crystalline group II-VI solar cells and methods for fabrication of same are disclosed herein. A multi-crystalline group II-VI solar cell includes a first photovoltaic sub-cell comprising silicon, a tunnel junction, and a multi-crystalline second photovoltaic sub-cell. A plurality of the multi-crystalline group II-VI solar cells can be interconnected to form low cost, high throughput flat panel, low light concentration, and/or medium light concentration photovoltaic modules or devices.