US 11,670,727 B2
Solar electricity generation system and method
Thomas Nicodemus Pradhan, Hyderabad (IN); Satyanarayana Venkata Nootigattu, Hyderabad (IN); and Srinivas Paspulla, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Sri Satya Acquisitions LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Sri Satya Acqusitions LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/186,337.
Prior Publication US 2021/0296521 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 31/0525 (2014.01); H01L 31/0725 (2012.01); H01L 25/16 (2023.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01)
CPC H01L 31/0525 (2013.01) [H01L 25/167 (2013.01); H01L 31/0725 (2013.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.12); H10N 10/10 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An improved solar electricity generation system comprising:
semiconductor layers to convert photons from light into electrical current comprising:
a first semiconductor layer,
a second semiconductor layer,
a third semiconductor layer,
a first depletion zone located between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer that upon receiving at least part of the photons generates the electrical current in a first current direction, and
a second depletion zone located between the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer that upon receiving at least part of the photons generates the electrical current in a second current direction; and
a thermoelectric component operatively installed to the semiconductor layers to convert thermal energy received from the semiconductor layers into recovered electrical current to be directed to the second semiconductor layer as a bias current.