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US5057163AOct 15, 1991
Deposited-silicon film solar cell
ASTROPOWER INC141 citations97
US5266125ANov 30, 1993
Interconnected silicon film solar cell array
ASTROPOWER INC98 citations96
US6111191AAug 29, 2000
Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell substrate and improved method of manufacture
ASTROPOWER INC75 citations95
US5828088AOct 27, 1998
Semiconductor device structures incorporating "buried" mirrors and/or "buried" metal electrodes
ASTROPOWER INC78 citations95
US6414237B1Jul 2, 2002
Solar collectors, articles for mounting solar modules, and methods of mounting solar modules
ASTROPOWER INC197 citations94
US5336335AAug 9, 1994
Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell and process of manufacture
ASTROPOWER INC56 citations93
US6429463B1Aug 6, 2002
Semiconductor device structures incorporating “buried” mirrors and/or “buried” metal electrodes and a process for their fabrication
ASTROPOWER INC18 citations92
US6420643B2Jul 16, 2002
Silicon thin-film, integrated solar cell, module, and methods of manufacturing the same
ASTROPOWER INC25 citations92
US6362021B2Mar 26, 2002
Silicon thin-film, integrated solar cell, module, and methods of manufacturing the same
ASTROPOWER INC24 citations92
US5659133AAug 19, 1997
High-temperature optical combustion chamber sensor
ASTROPOWER INC75 citations92
US5356509AOct 18, 1994
Hetero-epitaxial growth of non-lattice matched semiconductors
ASTROPOWER INC61 citations92
US6207891B1Mar 27, 2001
Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell substrate
ASTROPOWER INC27 citations91
USRE36156EMar 23, 1999
Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell and process of manufacture
ASTROPOWER INC24 citations90
US5496416AMar 5, 1996
Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell and process of manufacture
ASTROPOWER INC29 citations90
US6632413B2Oct 14, 2003
Method for purifying silicon
ASTROPOWER INC16 citations83