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Photovoltaic cell

Patent 4265933 Issued on May 5, 1981. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 5, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

2522531

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3148084

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 05/835515 filed on 09/22/1977

US Classes:

427/553, Low energy electromagnetic radiation (e.g., microwave, radio wave, IR, UV, visible, actinic, laser, etc.)136/260, Cadmium containing257/E31.006, Comprising only Cu 2 X/CdX heterojunction and X being Group VI element (EPO)427/74Photoelectric

Examiners

Primary: Hoffman, James R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

C01G 11/00 (20060101)
C01G 11/02 (20060101)
C03C 17/22 (20060101)
C03C 17/34 (20060101)
G03G 5/082 (20060101)
H01L 31/0336 (20060101)
H01L 31/0264 (20060101)
H01L 31/18 (20060101)

Abstract

A large area photovoltaic cell comprising a layer of polycrystalline cadmium sulfide, about 1 to 2 microns thick, formed by simultaneously spraying two suitably selected compounds on a uniformly heated plate of Mesa glass and irradiating the layer of polycrystalline cadmium sulfide with intense ultra-violet light during the spraying.

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