# US 12,598,837 B2 · Photovoltaic device

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- Number: US 12,598,837 B2
- Document ID: US12598837B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/581,661
- Filed: 2024-02-20
- Published: 2024-12-26
- Granted: 2026-04-07
- Earliest claimed: 2023-06-23
- Assignees: KYOCERA SOC Corporation
- Applicants: KYOCERA SOC Corporation
- Inventors: Satoru Kumagai; Yuya Shibasaki; Tomonari Yahata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12598837B2

## CPC

- H10F 55/00: Radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices covered by groups H10F10/00, H10F19/00 or H10F30/00 being structurally associated with electric light sources and electrically or optically coupled thereto
- H10F 77/42: directly associated or integrated with photovoltaic cells, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
- H10F 19/00: Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group H10F10/00, e.g. photovoltaic modules
- Y02E 10/52: PV systems with concentrators
- H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A photovoltaic device includes a first photovoltaic cell configured to perform photovoltaic power generation by using, as irradiation light, light generated by a light source device including a laser light source or a discharge lamp light source. The first photovoltaic cell is arranged such that maximum irradiance (a light amount per unit area in a light receiving portion of the first photovoltaic cell at a time when a light amount of the irradiation light applied to the first photovoltaic cell is at a maximum) does not exceed maximum power generation effective irradiance (a maximum value of a light amount per unit area that can be used by the first photovoltaic cell for power generation).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A photovoltaic device comprising:
a first photovoltaic cell configured to perform photovoltaic power generation by using, as irradiation light, light generated by a light source device including a laser light source or a discharge lamp light source; and
a second photovoltaic cell spaced away from the first photovoltaic cell,
wherein the first photovoltaic cell is inclined relative to the irradiation light at a prescribed inclination angle,
when a light amount of the irradiation light applied to the first photovoltaic cell is at a maximum, a light amount per unit area in a light receiving portion of the first photovoltaic cell is defined as a maximum irradiance, and a maximum value of a light amount per unit area that can be used by the first photovoltaic cell for power generation is defined as a maximum power generation effective irradiance, and
the inclination angle of the first photovoltaic cell is set such that
the maximum irradiance exceeds the maximum power generation effective irradiance in a virtual state where the first photovoltaic cell is not inclined relative to the irradiation light, and
the maximum irradiance does not exceed the maximum power generation effective irradiance in an actual state where the first photovoltaic cell is inclined relative to the irradiation light, and
wherein a portion of the irradiation light applied to the first photovoltaic cell is reflected by the first photovoltaic cell and becomes reflected irradiation light applied to the second photovoltaic cell, and
wherein the second photovoltaic cell is inclined relative to the reflected irradiation light.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The photovoltaic device according to claim 1, wherein the inclination angle of the first photovoltaic cell relative to the irradiation light and an inclination angle of the second photovoltaic cell relative to the reflected irradiation light are different from each other.