High Efficiency Solar Cell with a Silicon Scavenger Cell

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This invention provides an improved high efficiency solar cell with a high energy gap cell (HEGC) stack dichroic mirror-mid energy gap cell (MEGC) stack architecture or a high energy gap cell (HEGC) stack-dichroic mirror-mid energy gap cell (MEGC) stack-low energy gap cell (LEGC) stack” architecture the improvement comprising a silicon cell positioned adjacent to the cell with the smallest energy gap of the cells in the MEGC stack.

Benefits

1) Improved high efficiency solar cell with a silicon scavenger cell. 2) This solar cell is suitable for use in both mobile and stationary applications.

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