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US 5,981,866 AGranted
Process for stampable photoelectric generator
AssigneeBorealis Technical Limited
InventorJonathan Sidney Edelson
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Abstract
Manufacture of a photoelectric converter by a photolithographic or stamping process prior to coating with a photoelectrically emissive material is described. This gives an economic and simple means of mass-producing photoelectric converter cells, and in one aspect is analogous to that used for pressing optical discs.
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A method for producing a radiant energy to electrical power transducer comprising the steps of:
- a) forming a predetermined pattern of channels into a face of a transparent first substrate using a forming means,
- b) forming a layer of conductive material on the floor and sides of said channels and on part of said face using a deposition means,
- c) forming a layer of photoelectrically emissive material on the floor of said channels using a deposition means,
- d) joining said coated first substrate to a second substrate having an electrically conductive surface using a joining means, so that said coating of photoelectrically emissive material on said first substrate is separated from said electrically conductive surface on said second substrate by a sealed gap.
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