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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Edward Willem Albert Young, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Inventor:
Edward Willem Albert Young, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Assignee:
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO, 's -Gravenhage, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/00 (2014.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01); H01L 31/044 (2014.01); H01L 27/142 (2014.01); H01L 31/0443 (2014.01); H01L 51/44 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); H01L 31/053 (2014.01); H01L 31/14 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 27/118 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/00 (2013.01); H01L 31/0504 (2013.01); H01L 21/67769 (2013.01); H01L 22/34 (2013.01); H01L 27/02 (2013.01); H01L 27/142 (2013.01); H01L 27/1421 (2013.01); H01L 27/3297 (2013.01); H01L 31/022433 (2013.01); H01L 31/044 (2014.12); H01L 31/0443 (2014.12); H01L 31/053 (2014.12); H01L 31/14 (2013.01); H01L 51/445 (2013.01); H01L 2027/11881 (2013.01); H01L 2223/6666 (2013.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/34 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12);
Abstract
A solar module (and its fabrication method) is presented where a supporting substrate comprises a network of finger traces connected to bus bars. Photo-active layer portions and upper electrode layer portions are deposited on the substrate thereby forming a network of cells. The cells are connected in series by connecting the bus bar of one cell to the upper electrode layer of the adjacent cell, and the bus bars of two adjacent cells are coupled through a bypass element for protecting the cell array.