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Patent No.:

US 9263612 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2011

Heterojunction wire array solar cells

Applicants:

Adele Tamboli, Pasadena, CA (US);

Daniel B. Turner-evans, Pasadena, CA (US);

Manav Malhotra, Tobyhanna, PA (US);

Harry A. Atwater, S. Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Adele Tamboli, Pasadena, CA (US);

Daniel B. Turner-Evans, Pasadena, CA (US);

Manav Malhotra, Tobyhanna, PA (US);

Harry A. Atwater, S. Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Joseph R. Baker, Jr.

Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP

Primary Examiner:

Luan Van

Assistant Examiner:

Angelo Trivisonno

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01); H01L 31/0735 (2012.01); H01L 31/0745 (2012.01); H01L 31/0749 (2012.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/035227 (2013.01); H01L 31/035281 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/0735 (2013.01); H01L 31/0745 (2013.01); H01L 31/0749 (2013.01); H01L 31/1804 (2013.01); H01L 31/184 (2013.01); H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01); Y02E 10/541 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01); Y02E 10/544 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure relates to structures for the conversion of light into energy. More specifically, the disclosure describes devices for conversion of light to electricity using ordered arrays of semiconductor wires coated in a wider band-gap material.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tamboli, Adele. (2016). Heterojunction wire array solar cells (U.S. Patent No. 9263612). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9263612

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