H10F 10/166
The group iv-iv heterojunctions being heterojunctions of crystalline and amorphous materials
Official title: the Group IV-IV heterojunctions being heterojunctions of crystalline and amorphous materials, e.g. silicon heterojunction [SHJ] photovoltaic cells
H10F10/166 (The group iv-iv heterojunctions being heterojunctions of crystalline and amorphous materials) appears on 685 US grants and 1,122 published applications in this corpus.
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