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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Tubesolar Ag, Augsburg, DE;
Vesselinka Petrova-Koch, Garching, DE;
Reiner Mackh, Zusmarshausen, DE;
Annette Goss, Burgau, DE;
Johann Mayer, Konigsbrunn, DE;
Roland Huttinger, Kaufering, DE;
Joerg Leckert, Kissing, DE;
Joachim Wirth-Schon, Gunzburg, DE;
TUBESOLAR AG, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
A photovoltaic module is specified, comprising: a cylindrical light-transmissive tube enclosing an interior and having a main extension direction and a curved inner surface facing the interior, and a mechanically flexible photovoltaic component comprising a solar cell arrangement applied on a carrier film, wherein the photovoltaic component is arranged in the interior, the solar cell arrangement has a curvature, wherein the curvature follows the curved course of the inner surface of the tube at least in places and the solar cell arrangement at least partly covers the inner surface, wherein the covered inner surface forms a light passage surface of the photovoltaic module.