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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Armor Solar Power Films, Nantes, FR;
Jeremiah Mwaura, Andover, MA (US);
Armor, Nantes, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic module comprising at least two electrically connected photovoltaic cells, each photovoltaic cell () being multi-layered structure disposed on a substrate () having down-web direction (X) and a cross-web direction (Y). The method comprises providing a plurality of spaced-apart first electrode strips () over the substrate (), each first electrode strip extending along the cross-web direction (Y), and providing, over the first electrode strips layer, at least one insulating strip () of an insulator material extending along the down-web direction (X), each insulating strip defining a connecting area and an active area. A functional stack () comprising a full web coated layer of photoactive semiconductor material is formed over the first layer and within the active area. A plurality of spaced-apart second electrode strips () are provided within the active area, each second electrode strip extending along the cross-web direction (Y), so as to form photovoltaic cells and a photovoltaic module is formed by electrically connecting at least two adjacent photovoltaic cells, by extending over the insulating strips () electrical connection patterns to electrically connect, within the connecting area(s), the second electrode strip of an photovoltaic cell to the first electrode strip of an adjacent photovoltaic cell.