Saint-Gobain Glass France

Dirk Neumann

Marcus Neander

Patrick Gayout

Michele Schiavoni

Ulf Blieske

Katja Werner

Nils-Peter Harder

Ingrid Vaverka

Andreas Nositschka

Pascal Remy

Harald Stoffel

Marc-Oliver Prast

Bianca Bergs

Elke Chorus

Diana Herberg

Silke Nagorsen

A roof panel having an integrated photovoltaic module is described. The roof panel has at least a substrate and an outer panel, which are laminarily bonded to each other by means of a thermoplastic layer, wherein a photovoltaic layer system is embedded in the thermoplastic layer and the substrate contains at least one polymer.

Roof panel having an integrated photovoltaic module

A method of manufacturing a transparent pane, in particular a glass pane, which includes on at least one of its main surfaces a surface structure including an assembly of specified individual motifs in relief, in particular pyramids, cones, or truncated cones, created by embossing or by rolling. A structure is created on the surface of the pane constituted by individual motifs, based on one or more basic motifs but which are distinguished from each other by their depth, their height, and/or the perimeter of their base area, and/or by the position of their peak with respect to their base. With this variation, formation of intensity peaks of the reflected light is prevented and at the same time a high quality of light trapping is obtained by panes suitable, for example, for solar applications.

Transparent glass pane provided with a surface structure

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Herzogenrath, Germany

Dirk Neumann