Global Solar Energy, Inc.

Hanergy Hi-tech Power (hk) Limited

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Yakima Products, Inc.

Scott Wiedeman

Jeffrey S Britt

Robert G Wendt

Scot P Albright

Darren Tibor Verebelyi

Douglas G Mason

Urs Schoop

Eric Sheehan

Dale Huber Anderson

Zulima Rhodes

Victoria Rose Marotto

Robert Michael Rauschkolb

Gregory Russell Rentfrow

Jose Alonso Rodriguez

Robert W Birkmire

Gregory M Hanket

T W Fraser Russell

Joseph H Armstrong

Lawrence M Woods

Walter Stoss

Eric Kanto

Nguyet Nguyen

Improved methods and apparatus for forming thin-film layers of semiconductor material absorber layers on a substrate web. According to the present teachings, a semiconductor layer may be formed in a multi-zone process whereby various layers are deposited sequentially onto a moving substrate web.

Apparatus and methods for manufacturing thin-film solar cells

A conductive grid formation system, apparatus, and related methods may include a drum having a conductive surface, an insulation layer coating said surface, and a grid pattern formed in the insulation layer to expose portions of the conductive surface. The drum surface may be rotated into and out of a chemical bath, such that a metallic grid is electrodeposited in the exposed portions of the conductive surface. A polymer sheet may be laminated to the surface of the drum and then removed, such that the metallic grid attaches to the polymer sheet and is removed with the polymer sheet. Heat, pressure, and/or adhesive may be utilized in various steps of the process, to facilitate preferential adhesion of the metallic grid to the polymer sheet.

Metalization of flexible polymer sheets

Solar panel

Photovoltaic submodule

Photovoltaic modules may include multiple flexible thin film photovoltaic cells electrically connected in series, and laminated to a substantially transparent top sheet having a conductive grid pattern facing the cells. Methods of manufacturing photovoltaic modules including integrated multi-cell interconnections are provided. Methods may include steps of coordinating, integrating, and registering multiple rolls of substrates in continuous processes.

Integrated thin film solar cell interconnection

Photovoltaic modules may include multiple flexible thin film photovoltaic cells electrically connected in series by a substantially transparent top sheet having an embedded conductive wire grid pattern. Methods of manufacturing photovoltaic modules including integrated multi-cell interconnections are provided.

Photovoltaic interconnect systems, devices, and methods

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Tucson, AZ, United States of America

Scott Wiedeman