Patent ID: 8410353
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A photovoltaic assembly comprising: a monocrystalline semiconductor lamina having a thickness between about 0.5 and about 20 microns, the semiconductor lamina having a first textured surface and a second surface substantially parallel to the first textured surface, wherein at least 50 percent of the first textured surface area is first faces and second faces, wherein the first faces are at an angle between ten and twenty-five degrees from horizontal, and the second faces are at least seventy degrees from horizontal, wherein the semiconductor lamina has a lamina widest dimension; and a receiver element having a receiver widest dimension, wherein the semiconductor lamina is affixed to the receiver element at the second surface, wherein the receiver widest dimension does not exceed the lamina widest dimension by more than about 50 percent, wherein the photovoltaic assembly comprises a photovoltaic cell.