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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Inl-international Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, PT;
Pedro Salomé, Braga, PT;
Sascha Sadewasser, Braga, PT;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a solar cell module. The solar cell module () comprising a first () and a second () solar cell, each comprising: a charge separating element () arranged to convert light to an electric voltage, a rear electrical contact (), and a transparent conductor (), wherein the rear electrical contact () is arranged in electrical contact with a first portion () of the charge separating element () and the transparent conductor () is arranged in electrical contact with a second portion () of the charge separating element (), wherein the solar cells () are interconnected at an interconnection region (), wherein the rear electrical contact () of the first solar cell () is physically separated from the rear electrical contact () of the second solar cell (), wherein an interconnection contact () is arranged to form an electrical connection between the transparent conductor () of the first solar cell () to the rear electrical contact () of the second solar cell (), wherein the rear electrical contact () and the interconnection contact () are metals, and a metal-metal contact is formed by the interconnection contact () and the rear electrical contact (), the solar cell module further comprising a lens structure () arranged to concentrate light to the charge separating elements () of the first () and second () solar cells, wherein the lens structure () is further arranged such that light is not concentrated at the interconnection region ().