Tesla, Inc.

Yangsen Kang

Anh Duong

Remy D Labesque

John Liu

Yongkee Chae

Chen Wang

Milan Padilla

Zhigang Xie

Jianhua Hu

Anh N Duong

One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile. The photovoltaic roof tile can include a transparent front cover, a transparent back cover, and a plurality of polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structures positioned between the front cover and the back cover. A respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure has a front surface facing the front cover and a back surface facing the back cover. The photovoltaic roof tile can further include a paint layer positioned on a back surface of the back cover facing away from the front cover. A color of the paint layer substantially matches a color of the front surface of the respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure.

System and method for improving color appearance of solar roofs

One embodiment can provide a solar module. The solar module can include one or more moisture-resistant photovoltaic structures. A respective photovoltaic structure can include a base layer, an emitter layer positioned on a first side of the base layer, and a moisture barrier layer positioned on a first side of the emitter layer, thereby reducing the amount of moisture that reaches a junction between the base layer and the emitter layer.

Moisture-resistant solar cells for solar roof tiles

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Yangsen Kang