Current-Matched High-Efficiency, Multijunction Monolithic Solar Cells

The efficiency of a two-junction (cascade) tandem photovoltaic device is improved by adjusting (decreasing) the top cell thickness to achieve current matching. An example of the invention was fabricated out of Ga.sub.0.52 In.sub.0.48 P and GaAs. Additional lattice-matched systems to which the invention pertains include Al.sub.x Ga.sub.1-x /GaAS (x= 0.3-0.4), GaAs/Ge and Ga.sub.y In.sub.l-y P/Ga.sub.y+0.5 In.sub.0.5-y As (0<5).

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US 5,223,043   [MORE INFO]

Inventor(s): Sarah R. Kurtz; Jerry M. Olson

Type of Offer: Licensing



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