Solarge Holding B.v.

Sabic Global Technologies B.v.

Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno

Huibert Johan Van Den Heuvel

Herbert Lifka

Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting

Robert Walter Venderbosch

Rick Robert Emilie Bercx

Roland Van Giesen

Martin Dinant Bijker

Siegfried Christiaan Veenstra

Stefan Henricus Maria Zwegers

Menno Nicolaas Van Den Donker

Petya Dochkova Yaneva

Hieronymus Antonius Josephus Maria Andriessen

Wilhelmus Nicolaas Maria Selten

Harm Visscher

Marcus Leonardus Gerardus Maria Van De Ven

Gerardus Leonardus Antonius De Leede

Emmanuel Wilhelmus Johannes Leonardus Oomen

Roeland Leonardus Hubertus Maria Verlaek

Maud Van Der Ven

Maarten Sander Dorenkamper

The present disclosure concerns a photovoltaic sandwich panel () comprising a photovoltaic element layer () provided between a protective front layer (), and a fiber reinforced back layer (), wherein: the protective front layer is formed from a compound comprising a first thermoplastic polymer (PI); and the fiber reinforced back layer comprises a second thermoplastic polymer (P) with a fibrous filler material (F). The disclosure further concerns a method for manufacturing a photovoltaic sandwich panel and an assembly of said panels.

Photovoltaic panel

The invention relates to a photovoltaic module comprising (a) a front layer () arranged on the sunlight facing side of the photovoltaic module, wherein the front layer () comprises a first polypropylene composition, comprising a polypropylene, wherein the transmission of the front layer for light in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 1200 nm is on average at least 65% as compared to a situation without the front layer as determined according to ASTM D1003-13, (b) a sealing layer () which at least partly encapsulates a plurality of photovoltaic cells (), wherein the sealing layer () comprises a polyolefin elastomer composition comprising an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer and (c) a back layer (), wherein the back layer () comprises a first reinforced polypropylene layer comprising a second polypropylene composition comprising a polypropylene and optionally a reinforcing filler, wherein the sealing layer is arranged between the front layer and the back layer.

Photovoltaic element

A pre-formed solar panel () to be mounted on a support plane (SP) is disclosed. In a direction from a first end (E) to a second opposing end (E), the panel has at least a first planar section (S), a plastically deformed section (P) and a second planar section (S), wherein the plastically deformed section maintains the first and the second planar section relative to each other at an enclosed angle (A) in a range between 30° and 170°, and wherein an area of at least one of the planar sections is provided with a photovoltaic layer ().

Solar panel

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Huibert Johan Van Den Heuvel