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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Lei Yang, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sunil Vaid, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Mikhail Kats, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Gary Hering, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Philip Blumenfeld, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Damien Buie, Tijeras, NM (US);
John Nagyvary, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James Foresi, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Peter Allen Zawadzki, Clinton, NJ (US);
SUNCORE PHOTOVOLTAICS, INC., Irwindale, CA (US);
Abstract
A solar cell receiver for use in a concentrating solar system which concentrates the solar energy onto a solar cell for converting solar energy to electricity. The solar cell receiver may include a solar cell mounted on a support and with one or more III-V compound semiconductor layers. An optical element may be positioned over the solar cell and have an optical channel with an inlet that faces away from the solar cell and an outlet that faces towards the solar cell. A frame may be positioned over the support and extend around the solar cell with the frame having an inner side that extends above the support and faces towards the optical element. An encapsulant may be positioned over the support and contained between the optical element and the frame. The encapsulant may have enlarged heights at contact points with the optical element and the frame and a reduced height between the contact points away from the optical element and the frame. The solar cell receiver may be used in a solar cell module.