MULTILAYERED FILM-NANOWIRE COMPOSITE, BIFACIAL, AND TANDEM SOLAR CELLS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-junction type photovoltaic device using a nanostructure and a solar panel using it.

SOLUTION: The photovoltaic device 100 includes a substrate 110 having at least two surfaces and a multilayered film 105 disposed on at least a portion of at least one surface of the substrate. A plurality of elongated nanostructures 125 are disposed on the multilayered film. The device incorporates a top layer of the multilayered film contacting the elongated nanostructures that is a tunnel junction 140. The device has at least one layer 107 deposited over the elongated nanostructures defining a portion of a photoactive junction. The solar panel includes at least one photovoltaic device. The solar panel isolates each such devices from its surrounding atmospheric environment and permits the generation of electrical power.

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