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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Inventor:
Mark Wanlass, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/044 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0304 (2006.01); H01L 31/0693 (2012.01); H01L 31/0735 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/184 (2013.01); H01L 31/0304 (2013.01); H01L 31/0693 (2013.01); H01L 31/0735 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract
Systems and Methods for Advanced Ultra-High-Performance InP Solar Cells are provided. In one embodiment, an InP photovoltaic device comprises: a p-n junction absorber layer comprising at least one InP layer; a front surface confinement layer; and a back surface confinement layer; wherein either the front surface confinement layer or the back surface confinement layer forms part of a High-Low (HL) doping architecture; and wherein either the front surface confinement layer or the back surface confinement layer forms part of a heterointerface system architecture.